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| <H3>SCENE I. Before PROSPERO'S cell.</h3> | |
| <p><blockquote> | |
| <i>Enter PROSPERO, FERDINAND, and MIRANDA</i> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech1><b>PROSPERO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=1>If I have too austerely punish'd you,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=2>Your compensation makes amends, for I</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=3>Have given you here a third of mine own life,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=4>Or that for which I live; who once again</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=5>I tender to thy hand: all thy vexations</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=6>Were but my trials of thy love and thou</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=7>Hast strangely stood the test here, afore Heaven,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=8>I ratify this my rich gift. O Ferdinand,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=9>Do not smile at me that I boast her off,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=10>For thou shalt find she will outstrip all praise</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=11>And make it halt behind her.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech2><b>FERDINAND</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=12>I do believe it</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=13>Against an oracle.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech3><b>PROSPERO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=14>Then, as my gift and thine own acquisition</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=15>Worthily purchased take my daughter: but</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=16>If thou dost break her virgin-knot before</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=17>All sanctimonious ceremonies may</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=18>With full and holy rite be minister'd,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=19>No sweet aspersion shall the heavens let fall</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=20>To make this contract grow: but barren hate,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=21>Sour-eyed disdain and discord shall bestrew</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=22>The union of your bed with weeds so loathly</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=23>That you shall hate it both: therefore take heed,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=24>As Hymen's lamps shall light you.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech4><b>FERDINAND</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=25>As I hope</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=26>For quiet days, fair issue and long life,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=27>With such love as 'tis now, the murkiest den,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=28>The most opportune place, the strong'st suggestion.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=29>Our worser genius can, shall never melt</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=30>Mine honour into lust, to take away</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=31>The edge of that day's celebration</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=32>When I shall think: or Phoebus' steeds are founder'd,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=33>Or Night kept chain'd below.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech5><b>PROSPERO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=34>Fairly spoke.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=35>Sit then and talk with her; she is thine own.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=36>What, Ariel! my industrious servant, Ariel!</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Enter ARIEL</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech6><b>ARIEL</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=37>What would my potent master? here I am.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech7><b>PROSPERO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=38>Thou and thy meaner fellows your last service</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=39>Did worthily perform; and I must use you</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=40>In such another trick. Go bring the rabble,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=41>O'er whom I give thee power, here to this place:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=42>Incite them to quick motion; for I must</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=43>Bestow upon the eyes of this young couple</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=44>Some vanity of mine art: it is my promise,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=45>And they expect it from me.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech8><b>ARIEL</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=46>Presently?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech9><b>PROSPERO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=47>Ay, with a twink.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech10><b>ARIEL</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=48> Before you can say 'come' and 'go,'</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=49>And breathe twice and cry 'so, so,'</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=50>Each one, tripping on his toe,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=51>Will be here with mop and mow.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=52>Do you love me, master? no?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech11><b>PROSPERO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=53>Dearly my delicate Ariel. Do not approach</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=54>Till thou dost hear me call.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech12><b>ARIEL</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=55>Well, I conceive.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exit</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech13><b>PROSPERO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=56>Look thou be true; do not give dalliance</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=57>Too much the rein: the strongest oaths are straw</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=58>To the fire i' the blood: be more abstemious,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=59>Or else, good night your vow!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech14><b>FERDINAND</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=60>I warrant you sir;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=61>The white cold virgin snow upon my heart</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=62>Abates the ardour of my liver.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech15><b>PROSPERO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=63>Well.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=64>Now come, my Ariel! bring a corollary,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=65>Rather than want a spirit: appear and pertly!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=66>No tongue! all eyes! be silent.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Soft music</i></p> | |
| <p><i>Enter IRIS</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech16><b>IRIS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=67>Ceres, most bounteous lady, thy rich leas</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=68>Of wheat, rye, barley, vetches, oats and pease;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=69>Thy turfy mountains, where live nibbling sheep,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=70>And flat meads thatch'd with stover, them to keep;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=71>Thy banks with pioned and twilled brims,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=72>Which spongy April at thy hest betrims,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=73>To make cold nymphs chaste crowns; and thy broom -groves,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=74>Whose shadow the dismissed bachelor loves,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=75>Being lass-lorn: thy pole-clipt vineyard;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=76>And thy sea-marge, sterile and rocky-hard,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=77>Where thou thyself dost air;--the queen o' the sky,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=78>Whose watery arch and messenger am I,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=79>Bids thee leave these, and with her sovereign grace,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=80>Here on this grass-plot, in this very place,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=81>To come and sport: her peacocks fly amain:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=82>Approach, rich Ceres, her to entertain.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Enter CERES</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech17><b>CERES</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=83>Hail, many-colour'd messenger, that ne'er</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=84>Dost disobey the wife of Jupiter;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=85>Who with thy saffron wings upon my flowers</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=86>Diffusest honey-drops, refreshing showers,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=87>And with each end of thy blue bow dost crown</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=88>My bosky acres and my unshrubb'd down,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=89>Rich scarf to my proud earth; why hath thy queen</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=90>Summon'd me hither, to this short-grass'd green?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech18><b>IRIS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=91>A contract of true love to celebrate;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=92>And some donation freely to estate</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=93>On the blest lovers.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech19><b>CERES</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=94>Tell me, heavenly bow,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=95>If Venus or her son, as thou dost know,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=96>Do now attend the queen? Since they did plot</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=97>The means that dusky Dis my daughter got,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=98>Her and her blind boy's scandal'd company</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=99>I have forsworn.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech20><b>IRIS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=100> Of her society</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=101>Be not afraid: I met her deity</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=102>Cutting the clouds towards Paphos and her son</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=103>Dove-drawn with her. Here thought they to have done</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=104>Some wanton charm upon this man and maid,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=105>Whose vows are, that no bed-right shall be paid</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=106>Till Hymen's torch be lighted: but vain;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=107>Mars's hot minion is returned again;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=108>Her waspish-headed son has broke his arrows,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=109>Swears he will shoot no more but play with sparrows</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=110>And be a boy right out.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech21><b>CERES</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=111>High'st queen of state,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=112>Great Juno, comes; I know her by her gait.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Enter JUNO</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech22><b>JUNO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=113>How does my bounteous sister? Go with me</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=114>To bless this twain, that they may prosperous be</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=115>And honour'd in their issue.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>They sing:</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech23><b>JUNO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=116> Honour, riches, marriage-blessing,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=117>Long continuance, and increasing,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=118>Hourly joys be still upon you!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=119>Juno sings her blessings upon you.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech24><b>CERES</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=120> Earth's increase, foison plenty,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=121>Barns and garners never empty,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=122>Vines and clustering bunches growing,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=123>Plants with goodly burthen bowing;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=124>Spring come to you at the farthest</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=125>In the very end of harvest!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=126>Scarcity and want shall shun you;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=127>Ceres' blessing so is on you.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech25><b>FERDINAND</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=128>This is a most majestic vision, and</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=129>Harmoniously charmingly. May I be bold</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=130>To think these spirits?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech26><b>PROSPERO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=131>Spirits, which by mine art</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=132>I have from their confines call'd to enact</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=133>My present fancies.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech27><b>FERDINAND</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=134>Let me live here ever;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=135>So rare a wonder'd father and a wife</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=136>Makes this place Paradise.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Juno and Ceres whisper, and send Iris on employment</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech28><b>PROSPERO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=137>Sweet, now, silence!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=138>Juno and Ceres whisper seriously;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=139>There's something else to do: hush, and be mute,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=140>Or else our spell is marr'd.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech29><b>IRIS</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=141>You nymphs, call'd Naiads, of the windring brooks,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=142>With your sedged crowns and ever-harmless looks,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=143>Leave your crisp channels and on this green land</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=144>Answer your summons; Juno does command:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=145>Come, temperate nymphs, and help to celebrate</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=146>A contract of true love; be not too late.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Enter certain Nymphs</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=147>You sunburnt sicklemen, of August weary,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=148>Come hither from the furrow and be merry:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=149>Make holiday; your rye-straw hats put on</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=150>And these fresh nymphs encounter every one</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=151>In country footing.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Enter certain Reapers, properly habited: they join with the Nymphs in a graceful dance; towards the end whereof PROSPERO starts suddenly, and speaks; after which, to a strange, hollow, and confused noise, they heavily vanish</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech30><b>PROSPERO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=152>[Aside] I had forgot that foul conspiracy</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=153>Of the beast Caliban and his confederates</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=154>Against my life: the minute of their plot</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=155>Is almost come.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>To the Spirits</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=156>Well done! avoid; no more!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech31><b>FERDINAND</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=157>This is strange: your father's in some passion</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=158>That works him strongly.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech32><b>MIRANDA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=159>Never till this day</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=160>Saw I him touch'd with anger so distemper'd.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech33><b>PROSPERO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=161>You do look, my son, in a moved sort,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=162>As if you were dismay'd: be cheerful, sir.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=163>Our revels now are ended. These our actors,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=164>As I foretold you, were all spirits and</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=165>Are melted into air, into thin air:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=166>And, like the baseless fabric of this vision,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=167>The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=168>The solemn temples, the great globe itself,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=169>Ye all which it inherit, shall dissolve</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=170>And, like this insubstantial pageant faded,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=171>Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=172>As dreams are made on, and our little life</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=173>Is rounded with a sleep. Sir, I am vex'd;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=174>Bear with my weakness; my, brain is troubled:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=175>Be not disturb'd with my infirmity:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=176>If you be pleased, retire into my cell</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=177>And there repose: a turn or two I'll walk,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=178>To still my beating mind.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech34><b>FERDINAND</b></a> | |
| <A NAME=speech35><b>MIRANDA</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=179>We wish your peace.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exeunt</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech36><b>PROSPERO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=180>Come with a thought I thank thee, Ariel: come.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Enter ARIEL</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech37><b>ARIEL</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=181>Thy thoughts I cleave to. What's thy pleasure?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech38><b>PROSPERO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=182>Spirit,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=183>We must prepare to meet with Caliban.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech39><b>ARIEL</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=184>Ay, my commander: when I presented Ceres,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=185>I thought to have told thee of it, but I fear'd</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=186>Lest I might anger thee.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech40><b>PROSPERO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=187>Say again, where didst thou leave these varlets?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech41><b>ARIEL</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=188>I told you, sir, they were red-hot with drinking;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=189>So fun of valour that they smote the air</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=190>For breathing in their faces; beat the ground</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=191>For kissing of their feet; yet always bending</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=192>Towards their project. Then I beat my tabour;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=193>At which, like unback'd colts, they prick'd</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=194>their ears,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=195>Advanced their eyelids, lifted up their noses</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=196>As they smelt music: so I charm'd their ears</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=197>That calf-like they my lowing follow'd through</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=198>Tooth'd briers, sharp furzes, pricking goss and thorns,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=199>Which entered their frail shins: at last I left them</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=200>I' the filthy-mantled pool beyond your cell,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=201>There dancing up to the chins, that the foul lake</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=202>O'erstunk their feet.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech42><b>PROSPERO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=203>This was well done, my bird.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=204>Thy shape invisible retain thou still:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=205>The trumpery in my house, go bring it hither,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=206>For stale to catch these thieves.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech43><b>ARIEL</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=207>I go, I go.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exit</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech44><b>PROSPERO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=208>A devil, a born devil, on whose nature</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=209>Nurture can never stick; on whom my pains,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=210>Humanely taken, all, all lost, quite lost;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=211>And as with age his body uglier grows,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=212>So his mind cankers. I will plague them all,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=213>Even to roaring.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Re-enter ARIEL, loaden with glistering apparel, & c</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=214>Come, hang them on this line.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>PROSPERO and ARIEL remain invisible. Enter CALIBAN, STEPHANO, and TRINCULO, all wet</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech45><b>CALIBAN</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=215>Pray you, tread softly, that the blind mole may not</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=216>Hear a foot fall: we now are near his cell.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech46><b>STEPHANO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=217>Monster, your fairy, which you say is</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=218>a harmless fairy, has done little better than</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=219>played the Jack with us.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech47><b>TRINCULO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=220>Monster, I do smell all horse-piss; at</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=221>which my nose is in great indignation.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech48><b>STEPHANO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=222>So is mine. Do you hear, monster? If I should take</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=223>a displeasure against you, look you,--</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech49><b>TRINCULO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=224>Thou wert but a lost monster.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech50><b>CALIBAN</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=225>Good my lord, give me thy favour still.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=226>Be patient, for the prize I'll bring thee to</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=227>Shall hoodwink this mischance: therefore speak softly.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=228>All's hush'd as midnight yet.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech51><b>TRINCULO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=229>Ay, but to lose our bottles in the pool,--</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech52><b>STEPHANO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=230>There is not only disgrace and dishonour in that,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=231>monster, but an infinite loss.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech53><b>TRINCULO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=232>That's more to me than my wetting: yet this is your</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=233>harmless fairy, monster.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech54><b>STEPHANO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=234>I will fetch off my bottle, though I be o'er ears</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=235>for my labour.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech55><b>CALIBAN</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=236>Prithee, my king, be quiet. Seest thou here,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=237>This is the mouth o' the cell: no noise, and enter.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=238>Do that good mischief which may make this island</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=239>Thine own for ever, and I, thy Caliban,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=240>For aye thy foot-licker.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech56><b>STEPHANO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=241>Give me thy hand. I do begin to have bloody thoughts.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech57><b>TRINCULO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=242>O king Stephano! O peer! O worthy Stephano! look</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=243>what a wardrobe here is for thee!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech58><b>CALIBAN</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=244>Let it alone, thou fool; it is but trash.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech59><b>TRINCULO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=245>O, ho, monster! we know what belongs to a frippery.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=246>O king Stephano!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech60><b>STEPHANO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=247>Put off that gown, Trinculo; by this hand, I'll have</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=248>that gown.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech61><b>TRINCULO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=249>Thy grace shall have it.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech62><b>CALIBAN</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=250>The dropsy drown this fool I what do you mean</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=251>To dote thus on such luggage? Let's alone</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=252>And do the murder first: if he awake,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=253>From toe to crown he'll fill our skins with pinches,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=254>Make us strange stuff.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech63><b>STEPHANO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=255>Be you quiet, monster. Mistress line,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=256>is not this my jerkin? Now is the jerkin under</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=257>the line: now, jerkin, you are like to lose your</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=258>hair and prove a bald jerkin.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech64><b>TRINCULO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=259>Do, do: we steal by line and level, an't like your grace.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech65><b>STEPHANO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=260>I thank thee for that jest; here's a garment for't:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=261>wit shall not go unrewarded while I am king of this</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=262>country. 'Steal by line and level' is an excellent</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=263>pass of pate; there's another garment for't.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech66><b>TRINCULO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=264>Monster, come, put some lime upon your fingers, and</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=265>away with the rest.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech67><b>CALIBAN</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=266>I will have none on't: we shall lose our time,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=267>And all be turn'd to barnacles, or to apes</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=268>With foreheads villanous low.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech68><b>STEPHANO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=269>Monster, lay-to your fingers: help to bear this</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=270>away where my hogshead of wine is, or I'll turn you</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=271>out of my kingdom: go to, carry this.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech69><b>TRINCULO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=272>And this.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech70><b>STEPHANO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=273>Ay, and this.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>A noise of hunters heard. Enter divers Spirits, in shape of dogs and hounds, and hunt them about, PROSPERO and ARIEL setting them on</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech71><b>PROSPERO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=274>Hey, Mountain, hey!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech72><b>ARIEL</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=275>Silver I there it goes, Silver!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech73><b>PROSPERO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=276>Fury, Fury! there, Tyrant, there! hark! hark!</A><br> | |
| <p><i>CALIBAN, STEPHANO, and TRINCULO, are driven out</i></p> | |
| <A NAME=277>Go charge my goblins that they grind their joints</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=278>With dry convulsions, shorten up their sinews</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=279>With aged cramps, and more pinch-spotted make them</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=280>Than pard or cat o' mountain.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech74><b>ARIEL</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=281>Hark, they roar!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech75><b>PROSPERO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=282>Let them be hunted soundly. At this hour</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=283>Lie at my mercy all mine enemies:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=284>Shortly shall all my labours end, and thou</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=285>Shalt have the air at freedom: for a little</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=286>Follow, and do me service.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exeunt</i></p> | |
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