No, wench; it eats and sleeps and hath such senses As we have, such. This gallant which thou seest Was in the wreck;

and, but he's something stain'd With grief that's beauty's canker, thou mightst call him A goodly person: he hath lost his fellows And strays about to find 'em.


and, but he's something stain'd With grief that's beauty's canker, thou mightst call him A goodly person: he hath lost his fellows And strays about to find 'em.

I might call him A thing divine, for nothing natural I ever saw so noble.


I might call him A thing divine, for nothing natural I ever saw so noble.


Most sure, the goddess On whom these airs attend! Vouchsafe my prayer May know if you remain upon this island; And that you will some good instruction give How I may bear me here:


Most sure, the goddess On whom these airs attend! Vouchsafe my prayer May know if you remain upon this island; And that you will some good instruction give How I may bear me here:

my prime request, Which I do last pronounce, is, O you wonder! If you be maid or no?


my prime request, Which I do last pronounce, is, O you wonder! If you be maid or no?


My language! heavens! I am the best of them that speak this speech, Were I but where 'tis spoken.


My language! heavens! I am the best of them that speak this speech, Were I but where 'tis spoken.

How? the best? What wert thou, if the King of Naples heard thee?


How? the best? What wert thou, if the King of Naples heard thee?

A single thing, as I am now, that wonders To hear thee speak of Naples. He does hear me; And that he does I weep:


A single thing, as I am now, that wonders To hear thee speak of Naples. He does hear me; And that he does I weep:

myself am Naples, Who with mine eyes, never since at ebb, beheld The king my father wreck'd.


myself am Naples, Who with mine eyes, never since at ebb, beheld The king my father wreck'd.


Yes, faith, and all his lords; the Duke of Milan And his brave son being twain.


Why speaks my father so ungently? This Is the third man that e'er I saw, the first That e'er I sigh'd for: pity move my father To be inclined my way!


Why speaks my father so ungently? This Is the third man that e'er I saw, the first That e'er I sigh'd for: pity move my father To be inclined my way!

O, if a virgin, And your affection not gone forth, I'll make you The queen of Naples.


O, if a virgin, And your affection not gone forth, I'll make you The queen of Naples.

Soft, sir! one word more. They are both in either's powers; but this swift business I must uneasy make, lest too light winning Make the prize light. One word more; I charge thee That thou attend me:


Soft, sir! one word more. They are both in either's powers; but this swift business I must uneasy make, lest too light winning Make the prize light. One word more; I charge thee That thou attend me:

thou dost here usurp The name thou owest not; and hast put thyself Upon this island as a spy, to win it From me, the lord on't.


thou dost here usurp The name thou owest not; and hast put thyself Upon this island as a spy, to win it From me, the lord on't.


There's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple: If the ill spirit have so fair a house, Good things will strive to dwell with't.


There's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple: If the ill spirit have so fair a house, Good things will strive to dwell with't.

Follow me. Speak not you for him; he's a traitor. Come; I'll manacle thy neck and feet together: Sea-water shalt thou drink;


Follow me. Speak not you for him; he's a traitor. Come; I'll manacle thy neck and feet together: Sea-water shalt thou drink;

thy food shall be The fresh-brook muscles, wither'd roots and husks Wherein the acorn cradled. Follow.


thy food shall be The fresh-brook muscles, wither'd roots and husks Wherein the acorn cradled. Follow.

No; I will resist such entertainment till Mine enemy has more power.


No; I will resist such entertainment till Mine enemy has more power.

O dear father, Make not too rash a trial of him, for He's gentle and not fearful.


O dear father, Make not too rash a trial of him, for He's gentle and not fearful.

What? I say, My foot my tutor? Put thy sword up, traitor; Who makest a show but darest not strike, thy conscience Is so possess'd with guilt:


What? I say, My foot my tutor? Put thy sword up, traitor; Who makest a show but darest not strike, thy conscience Is so possess'd with guilt:

come from thy ward, For I can here disarm thee with this stick And make thy weapon drop.


come from thy ward, For I can here disarm thee with this stick And make thy weapon drop.


Silence! one word more Shall make me chide thee, if not hate thee. What! An advocate for an imposter! hush! Thou think'st there is no more such shapes as he, Having seen but him and Caliban:


Silence! one word more Shall make me chide thee, if not hate thee. What! An advocate for an imposter! hush! Thou think'st there is 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.


foolish wench! To the most of men this is a Caliban And they to him are angels.

My affections Are then most humble; I have no ambition To see a goodlier man.


My affections Are then most humble; I have no ambition To see a goodlier man.

Come on; obey: Thy nerves are in their infancy again And have no vigour in them.


Come on; obey: Thy nerves are in their infancy again And have no vigour in them.

So they are; My spirits, as in a dream, are all bound up.


So they are; My spirits, as in a dream, are all bound up.

My father's loss, the weakness which I feel, The wreck of all my friends, nor this man's threats, To whom I am subdued, are but light to me, Might I but through my prison once a day Behold this maid:


My father's loss, the weakness which I feel, The wreck of all my friends, nor this man's threats, To whom I am subdued, are but light to me, Might I but through my prison once a day Behold this maid:

all corners else o' the earth Let liberty make use of; space enough Have I in such a prison.


all corners else o' the earth Let liberty make use of; space enough Have I in such a prison.


Be of comfort; My father's of a better nature, sir, Than he appears by speech: this is unwonted Which now came from him.


Be of comfort; My father's of a better nature, sir, Than he appears by speech: this is unwonted Which now came from him.

Thou shalt be free As mountain winds: but then exactly do All points of my command.


Thou shalt be free As mountain winds: but then exactly do All points of my command.


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 Is common;


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 Is common;

every day some sailor's wife, The masters of some merchant and the merchant Have just our theme of woe; but for the miracle, I mean our preservation, few in millions Can speak like us:


every day some sailor's wife, The masters of some merchant and the merchant Have just our theme of woe; but for the miracle, I mean our preservation, few in millions Can speak like us:

then wisely, good sir, weigh Our sorrow with our comfort.


then wisely, good sir, weigh Our sorrow with our comfort.


Look he's winding up the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike.


When every grief is entertain'd that's offer'd, Comes to the entertainer--


Dolour comes to him, indeed: you have spoken truer than you purposed.


Dolour comes to him, indeed: you have spoken truer than you purposed.

You have taken it wiselier than I meant you should.


You have taken it wiselier than I meant you should.


Fie, what a spendthrift is he of his tongue!


Which, of he or Adrian, for a good wager, first begins to crow?


Uninhabitable and almost inaccessible,--


It must needs be of subtle, tender and delicate temperance.


Ay, and a subtle; as he most learnedly delivered.


Ay, and a subtle; as he most learnedly delivered.

The air breathes upon us here most sweetly.


The air breathes upon us here most sweetly.


Here is everything advantageous to life.


How lush and lusty the grass looks! how green!


No; he doth but mistake the truth totally.


No; he doth but mistake the truth totally.

But the rarity of it is,--which is indeed almost beyond credit,--


But the rarity of it is,--which is indeed almost beyond credit,--


That our garments, being, as they were, drenched in the sea, hold notwithstanding their freshness and glosses, being rather new-dyed than stained with salt water.


That our garments, being, as they were, drenched in the sea, hold notwithstanding their freshness and glosses, being rather new-dyed than stained with salt water.

If but one of his pockets could speak, would it not say he lies?


If but one of his pockets could speak, would it not say he lies?

Ay, or very falsely pocket up his report


Ay, or very falsely pocket up his report

Methinks our garments are now as fresh as when we put them on first in Afric, at the marriage of the king's fair daughter Claribel to the King of Tunis.


Methinks our garments are now as fresh as when we put them on first in Afric, at the marriage of the king's fair daughter Claribel to the King of Tunis.

'Twas a sweet marriage, and we prosper well in our return.


'Twas a sweet marriage, and we prosper well in our return.

Tunis was never graced before with such a paragon to their queen.


Tunis was never graced before with such a paragon to their queen.


Widow! a pox o' that! How came that widow in? widow Dido!


Widow! a pox o' that! How came that widow in? widow Dido!

What if he had said 'widower AEneas' too? Good Lord, how you take it!


What if he had said 'widower AEneas' too? Good Lord, how you take it!

'Widow Dido' said you? you make me study of that: she was of Carthage, not of Tunis.


'Widow Dido' said you? you make me study of that: she was of Carthage, not of Tunis.


His word is more than the miraculous harp; he hath raised the wall and houses too.


His word is more than the miraculous harp; he hath raised the wall and houses too.

What impossible matter will he make easy next?


What impossible matter will he make easy next?

I think he will carry this island home in his pocket and give it his son for an apple.


I think he will carry this island home in his pocket and give it his son for an apple.

And, sowing the kernels of it in the sea, bring forth more islands.


And, sowing the kernels of it in the sea, bring forth more islands.


Sir, we were talking that our garments seem now as fresh as when we were at Tunis at the marriage of your daughter, who is now queen.


Is not, sir, my doublet as fresh as the first day I wore it? I mean, in a sort.


When I wore it at your daughter's marriage?


When I wore it at your daughter's marriage?

You cram these words into mine ears against The stomach of my sense. Would I had never Married my daughter there!


You cram these words into mine ears against The stomach of my sense. Would I had never Married my daughter there!

for, coming thence, My son is lost and, in my rate, she too, Who is so far from Italy removed I ne'er again shall see her.


for, coming thence, My son is lost and, in my rate, she too, Who is so far from Italy removed I ne'er again shall see her.

O thou mine heir Of Naples and of Milan, what strange fish Hath made his meal on thee?


O thou mine heir Of Naples and of Milan, what strange fish Hath made his meal on thee?

Sir, he may live: I saw him beat the surges under him, And ride upon their backs; he trod the water, Whose enmity he flung aside, and breasted The surge most swoln that met him;


Sir, he may live: I saw him beat the surges under him, And ride upon their backs; he trod the water, Whose enmity he flung aside, and breasted The surge most swoln that met him;

his bold head 'Bove the contentious waves he kept, and oar'd Himself with his good arms in lusty stroke To the shore, that o'er his wave-worn basis bow'd, As stooping to relieve him:


his bold head 'Bove the contentious waves he kept, and oar'd Himself with his good arms in lusty stroke To the shore, that o'er his wave-worn basis bow'd, As stooping to relieve him:


Sir, you may thank yourself for this great loss, That would not bless our Europe with your daughter, But rather lose her to an African;


Sir, you may thank yourself for this great loss, That would not bless our Europe with your daughter, But rather lose her to an African;

Where she at least is banish'd from your eye, Who hath cause to wet the grief on't.


Where she at least is banish'd from your eye, Who hath cause to wet the grief on't.


You were kneel'd to and importuned otherwise By all of us, and the fair soul herself Weigh'd between loathness and obedience, at Which end o' the beam should bow.


You were kneel'd to and importuned otherwise By all of us, and the fair soul herself Weigh'd between loathness and obedience, at Which end o' the beam should bow.

We have lost your son, I fear, for ever: Milan and Naples have More widows in them of this business' making Than we bring men to comfort them: The fault's your own.


We have lost your son, I fear, for ever: Milan and Naples have More widows in them of this business' making Than we bring men to comfort them: The fault's your own.


My lord Sebastian, The truth you speak doth lack some gentleness And time to speak it in: you rub the sore, When you should bring the plaster.


It is foul weather in us all, good sir, When you are cloudy.


Had I plantation of this isle, my lord,--


And were the king on't, what would I do?


I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things; for no kind of traffic Would I admit; no name of magistrate; Letters should not be known; riches, poverty, And use of service, none;


I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things; for no kind of traffic Would I admit; no name of magistrate; Letters should not be known; riches, poverty, And use of service, none;

contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none; No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil; No occupation; all men idle, all; And women too, but innocent and pure; No sovereignty;--


contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none; No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil; No occupation; all men idle, all; And women too, but innocent and pure; No sovereignty;--


The latter end of his commonwealth forgets the beginning.


The latter end of his commonwealth forgets the beginning.

All things in common nature should produce Without sweat or endeavour: treason, felony, Sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of any engine, Would I not have;


All things in common nature should produce Without sweat or endeavour: treason, felony, Sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of any engine, Would I not have;

but nature should bring forth, Of its own kind, all foison, all abundance, To feed my innocent people.


but nature should bring forth, Of its own kind, all foison, all abundance, To feed my innocent people.


I would with such perfection govern, sir, To excel the golden age.


Prithee, no more: thou dost talk nothing to me.


Prithee, no more: thou dost talk nothing to me.

I do well believe your highness; and did it to minister occasion to these gentlemen, who are of such sensible and nimble lungs that they always use to laugh at nothing.


I do well believe your highness; and did it to minister occasion to these gentlemen, who are of such sensible and nimble lungs that they always use to laugh at nothing.


Who in this kind of merry fooling am nothing to you: so you may continue and laugh at nothing still.


You are gentlemen of brave metal; you would lift the moon out of her sphere, if she would continue in it five weeks without changing.


No, I warrant you; I will not adventure my discretion so weakly. Will you laugh me asleep, for I am very heavy?


What, all so soon asleep! I wish mine eyes Would, with themselves, shut up my thoughts: I find They are inclined to do so.


What, all so soon asleep! I wish mine eyes Would, with themselves, shut up my thoughts: I find They are inclined to do so.

Please you, sir, Do not omit the heavy offer of it: It seldom visits sorrow; when it doth, It is a comforter.


Please you, sir, Do not omit the heavy offer of it: It seldom visits sorrow; when it doth, It is a comforter.

We two, my lord, Will guard your person while you take your rest, And watch your safety.


We two, my lord, Will guard your person while you take your rest, And watch your safety.


What a strange drowsiness possesses them!


Why Doth it not then our eyelids sink? I find not Myself disposed to sleep.


Why Doth it not then our eyelids sink? I find not Myself disposed to sleep.

Nor I; my spirits are nimble. They fell together all, as by consent; They dropp'd, as by a thunder-stroke. What might, Worthy Sebastian? O, what might?--No more:


Nor I; my spirits are nimble. They fell together all, as by consent; They dropp'd, as by a thunder-stroke. What might, Worthy Sebastian? O, what might?--No more:

-- And yet me thinks I see it in thy face, What thou shouldst be: the occasion speaks thee, and My strong imagination sees a crown Dropping upon thy head.


-- And yet me thinks I see it in thy face, What thou shouldst be: the occasion speaks thee, and My strong imagination sees a crown Dropping upon thy head.


I do; and surely It is a sleepy language and thou speak'st Out of thy sleep. What is it thou didst say? This is a strange repose, to be asleep With eyes wide open;


I do; and surely It is a sleepy language and thou speak'st Out of thy sleep. What is it thou didst say? This is a strange repose, to be asleep With eyes wide open;

standing, speaking, moving, And yet so fast asleep.


standing, speaking, moving, And yet so fast asleep.

Noble Sebastian, Thou let'st thy fortune sleep--die, rather; wink'st Whiles thou art waking.