How I may bear me here: My prime request, Mira. But, certainly a maid. Fer. No wonder, sir; My language! heavens! I am the best of them that speak this speech, How! the best? Pro. Fer. A single thing, as I am now, that wonders Mira. Alack, for mercy! Fer. Yes, faith, and all his lords; the duke of Milan, And his bravé son, being twain. Pro. The duke of Milan, [Aside. And his more braver daughter, could control thee, I fear, you have done yourself some wrong: a word. Is the third man that e'er I saw; the first To be inclin'd my way! Fer. O, if a virgin, And your affection not gone forth, I'll make you Pro. Soft, sir; one word more. They are both in either's powers: but this swift business I must uneasy make, lest too light winning [Aside. Make the prize light.-One word more; I charge thee, The name thou ow'st not; and hast put thyself From me, the lord on't. Fer. No, as I am a man. Mira. There's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple: If the ill spirit have so fair an house, Good things will strive to dwell with't. Pro. Follow me. [TO FERD. Speak not you for him; he's a traitor.-Come. Sea-water shalt thou drink, thy food shall be The fresh-brook muscles, wither'd roots, and husks Wherein the acorn cradled: Follow. Fer. I will resist such entertainment, till Mine enemy has more power. Mira. No; [He draws O dear father, What, I say, Make not too rash a trial of him, for Pro. My foot my tutor!-Put thy sword up, traitor; Who mak'st a shew, but dar'st not strike, thy con. science Is so possess'd with guilt: come from thy ward; And make thy weapon drop. Mira. 'Beseech you, father! Pro. Hence; hang not on my garments. Mira. Sir, have pity; I'll be his surety. Pro. Silence: one word more Shall make me chide thee, if not hate thee. What! An advocate for an impostor? hush! Thou think'st, there are no more such shapes as he, Having seen but him and Caliban: Foolish wench! To the most of men this is a Caliban, And they to him are angels. Mira. My affections Are then most humble; I have no ambition To see a goodlier man. Pro. Come on; obey: [To FERD. So they are: Thy nerves are in their infancy again, Fer. Have I in such a prison. It works :-Come on. Pro. [To FERD. and MIRA Hark, what thou else shalt do me. Mira. My father's of a better nature, sir, Than he appears by speech; this is unwonted, Pro. Thou shalt be as free As mountain winds: but then exactly do Ari. To th' syllable. [Exeunt. Pro. Come, follow: speak not for him. ACT II. SCENE I.-Another part of the Island. Enter ALONSO, SEBASTIAN, ANTONIO, GONZALO, Gon. 'Beseech you, sir, be merry: you have cause So have we all) of joy; for our escape Is much beyond our loss: Our hint of woe The masters of some merchant, and the merchant, Can speak like us: then wisely, good sir, weigh Alon. Seb. Look, he's winding up the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike. Gon. Sir, Seb. One:- -Tell. Gon. When every grief is entertain'd that's offer'd, Comes to the entertainer Seb. A dollar. Gon. Dolour comes to him, indeed; you have spoken truer than you purposed. Seb. You have taken it wiselier than I meant you should. Gon. Therefore, my lord,— Ant. Fye, what a spendthrift is he of his tongue! Alon. I pr'ythee, spare. Gon. Well, I have done: But yet Seb. He will be talking. Ant. Which of them, he, or Adrian, for a good wager, first begins to erow? Adr. Though this island seem to be desert, Seb. Ha, ha, ha! Ant. So, you've pay'd. Adr. Uninhabitable, and almost inaccessible, Seb. Yet, Adr. Yet Ant. He could not miss it. Adr. It must needs.be of subtle, tender, and delicate temperance. Ant. Temperance was a delicate wench. Seb. Ay, and a subtle; as he most learnedly delivered. ་ Adr. The air breathes upon us here most sweetly. Seb. As if it had lungs, and rotten ones. Ant. Or, as 'twere perfumed by a fen. Gon. Here is every thing advantageous to life. |