You did supplant your brother Prospero. Ant. True: And, look, how well my garments sit upon me; Much feater than before: My brother's servants Were then my fellows, now they are my men. Seb. But, for your conscience Ant. Ay, sir; where lies that? if it were a kybe "Twould put me to my slipper; but I feel not This deity in my bosom: twenty consciences, That stand 'twixt me and Milan, candled be they, And melt, ere they molest! Here lies your broNo better than the earth he lies upon, [ther, If he were that which now he's like, that's dead; Whom I, with this obedient steel, three inches of it, Seb. Can lay to bed for ever: whiles you, doing thus, O, but one word. That you, his friends, are in: and sends me forth, His time doth take: If of life you keep a care, Awake! awake! Ant. Then let us both be sudden. Wherefore this ghastly looking? What's the matter? Heard you this, Gonzalo? Alon. Lead off this ground; and let's make further search For my poor son. Gon. Heavens keep him from these beasts! Ari. Prospero my lord shall know what I SCENE II-Another part of the Island. From bogs, fens, flats, on Prosper fall, and make him By inch-meal a disease! His spirits hear me, Enter TRINCULO. Here comes a spirit of his; and to torment me, A Trin. Here's neither bush nor shrub, to bear off any weather at all, and another storm brewing; I hear it sing i' the wind: yond' same black cloud, yond' huge one, looks like a foul bumbard, that would shed his liquor. If it should thunder, as it did before, I know not where to hide my head: yond' same cloud cannot choose but fall by pailfuls.-What have we here? a man or a fish? Dead or alive? A fish: he smells like a fish; a very ancient and fish-like smell; a kind of, not of the newest, Poor-John. strange fish! Were I in England now, (as once I was,) and had but this fish painted, not a holiday-fool there but would give a piece of silver: there would this monster make a man; any strange beast there makes a man; when they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian. Legg'd like a man! and his fins like arms! Warm o'my troth! I do now let loose my opinion, hold it no longer; this is no fish but an islander, that hath lately suffered by a thunderbolt. [Thunder.] Alas! the storm is come again: my best way is to creep under his gaberdine; there is no other shelter hereabout: Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows. I will here shroud, till the dregs of the storm be past. Enter STEPHANO, singing; a bottle in his hand. Ste. I shall no more to sea, to sea, Here shall I die ashore ; Gon. Upon mine honour, sir, I heard a hum- This is a very scurvy tune to sing at a man's ming, [me; funeral: And that a strange one too, which did awake Well, here's my comfort. [Drinks. I shak'd you, sir, and cry'd; as mine eyes The master, the swabber, the boatswain, and I, open'd, I saw their weapons drawn ;-there was a noise, pons. Lov'd The gunner and his mate, She lov'd not the savour of tar nor of pitch, Yet a tailor might scratch her where'er she did itch: Then to sea, boys, and let her go hang. This is a scurvy tune too: But here's my comfort. [Drinks. Cal. Do not torment me: O! Ste. What's the matter? Have we devils here? Do you put tricks upon us with savages, and men of Inde? Ha! I have not 'scap'd drowning, to be afeard now of your four legs; for it hath been said, As proper a man as ever went on four legs, cannot make him give ground: and it shall be said so again, whilst Stephano breathes at nostrils. Cal. The spirit torments me: O! Ste. This is some monster of the isle, with four legs; who hath got, as I take it, an ague: Where the devil should he learn our language? I will give him some relief, if it be but for that: If I can recover him, and keep him tame, and get to Naples with him, he's a present for any emperor that ever trod on neat's-leather. Cal. Do not torment me, pr'ythee; I'll bring my wood home faster. Ste. He's in his fit now; and does not talk after the wisest. He shall taste of my bottle; if he have never drunk wine afore, it will go near to remove his fit: if I can recover him, and keep him tame, I will not take too much for him he shall pay for him that hath him, and that soundly. Cal. Thou dost me yet but little hurt; thou wilt Anon, I know it by thy trembling: Now Prosper works upon thee. Ste. Come on your ways; open your mouth; here is that which will give language to you, cat; open your mouth: this will shake your shaking, I can tell you, and that soundly: you cannot tell who's your friend: open your chaps again. Trin. I should know that voice: It should be -But he is drowned; and these are devils: O! defend me! Ste. Four legs, and two voices; a most delicate monster! His forward voice now is to speak well of his friend; his backward voice is to utter foul speeches, and to detract. If all the wine in my bottle will recover him, I will help his ague: Come, Amen! I will pour some in thy other mouth. Trin. Stephano, Ste. Doth thy other mouth call me? Mercy! mercy! This is a devil, and no monster: I will leave him; I have no long spoon. Trin. Stephano!-If thou beest Stephano, touch me, and speak to me; for I am Trinculo; -be not afeard, thy good friend Trinculo. Ste. If thou beest Trinculo, come forth; I'll pull thee by the lesser legs; if any be Trinculo's legs, these are they. Thou art very Trinculo, indeed: How cam'st thou to be the siege of this moon-calf? Can he vent Trinculos? Trin. I took him to be killed with a thunderstroke:-But art thou not drowned, Stephano? I hope now, thou art not drowned. Is the storm over-blown? I hid me under the dead mooncalf's gaberdine, for fear of the storm: And art thou living, Stephano? O Stephano, two Neapolitans 'scap'd! Ste. Prythee do not turn me about; my sto mach is not constant. [sprites. Cal. These be fine things, an if they be not! hither? Swear by this bottle, how thou cam'st hither. I escaped upon a butt of sack, which the sailors heaved over-board, by this bottle! which I made of the bark of a tree, with mine own hands, since I was cast a-shore. Cal. I'll swear, upon that bottle, to be thy true subject; for the liquor is not earthly. Ste. Here; swear then how thou escap'dst. Trin. Swam a-shore, man, like a duck: I can swim like a duck, I'll be sworn. Ste. Here, kiss the book: Though thou canst swim like a duck, thou art made like a goose. Trin. O Stephano, hast any more of this? Ste. The whole butt, man; my cellar is in a rock by the sea-side, where my wine is hid. How now, moon-calf? how does thine ague? Cal. Hast thou not dropped from heaven! Ste. Out o' the moon, I do assure thee: I was the man in the moon, when time was. Cal. I have seen thee in her, and I do adore thee: My mistress showed me thee, and thy dog, and bush. Ste. Come, swear to that: kiss the book: I will furnish it anon with new contents: swear. Trin. By this good light, this is a very shallow monster:-I afeard of him?-a very weak monster:-The man i' the moon?-a most poor credulous monster: Well drawn, monster, in good sooth. [island; Cal. I'll show thee every fertile inch o' the And kiss thy foot: I pr'ythee be my god. Trin. By this light, a most perfidious and drunken monster; when his god's asleep, he'll rob his bottle. [subject. Cal. I'll kiss thy foot: I'll swear myself thy Ste. Come on then; down, and swear. Trin. I shall laugh myself to death at this puppy-headed monster: A most scurvy monster! could find in my heart to beat him, I Ste. Come, kiss. Trin. but that the poor monster's in drink: An abominable monster! [thee berries: Cal. I'll shew thee the best springs; I'll pluck I'll fish for thee, and get thee wood enough. A plague upon the tyrant that I serve! I'll bear him no more sticks, but follow thee, Thou wondrous man. Trin. A most ridiculous monster; to make a wonder of a poor drunkard. [crabs grow; Cal. I pr'ythee, let me bring thee where And I with my long nails will dig thee pig-nuts; Shew thee a jay's nest, and instruct thee how To snare the nimble marmozet: I'll bring thee To clustering filberds, and sometimes I'll get [with me? thee Young sea-mells from the rock: Wilt thou go Ste. I pr'ythee now, lead the way, without any more talking.-Trinculo, the king and all our company else being drowned, we will inherit here.-Here; bear my bottle. Fellow Trinculo, we'll fill him by and by again. Cal. Farewell, master; farewell, farewell. [Sings drunkenly. Trin. A howling monster; a drunken mon That's a brave god, and bears celestial liquor; | Freedom, hey-day! hey-day, freedom! freedom, I will kneel to him. Ste. How did'st thou 'scape? How cam'st thou hey-day, freedom! Ste. O brave monster! lead the way. [Exeunt. Art Third. SCENE I-Before Prospero's Cell. Enter FERDINAND, bearing a log. Fer. There be some sports are painful; and their labour Delight in them sets off: some kinds of baseness Are nobly undergone; and most poor matters Point to rich ends. This my mean task would be As heavy to me, as 'tis odious; but [dead. The mistress, which I serve, quickens what's And makes my labours pleasures: O, she is Ten times more gentle than her father's crabbed; And he's composed of harshness. I must remove Some thousands of these logs, and pile them up, Upon a sore injunction: My sweet mistress Weeps when she sces me work and says, such baseness Had ne er like executor. I forget; [labours; But these sweet thoughts do even refresh my Most busy-less when I do it. Enter MIRANDA; and PROSPERO at a distance. Mira. Alas, now pray you, Work not so hard: I would, the light ning had Burnt up these logs, that you are enjoin'd to pile! Pray, set it down, and rest you: when this burns, "Twill weep for having wearied you: my father Is hard at study; pray now, rest yourself; He's safe for these three hours. Fer. O most dear mistress, The sun will set, before I shall discharge What I must strive to do. Mira. If you'll sit down, I'll bear your logs the while; 'Pray, give me I'll carry it to the pile. [that; Fer. No, precious creature: I'd rather crack my sinews, break my back, Than you should such dishonour undergo, While I sit lazy by. Mira. It would become me As well as it does you: and I should do it With much more ease, for my good will is to it, And your's it is against. Fer. No, noble mistress; 'tis fresh morning with me, When you are by at night. I do beseech you, Miranda:-O my father, Mira. I do not know One of my sex; no woman's face remember, Any companion in the world but you; Fer. I am, in my condition, did A prince, Miranda; I do think, a king; Mira. And crown what I profess with kind event, I am a fool Fer. Ay, with a heart as willing As bondage e'er of freedom: here's my hand. A thousand! thousand! [Exit. SCENE II. Another part of the Island. Enter STEPHANO and TRINCULO; CALIDAN fob lowing with a Bottle. Ste. Tell not me;-when the butt is out, we will drink water; not a drop before: therefore bear up, and board 'em: Servant-monster, drink to me. Trin. Servant-monster? the folly of this island! They say, there's but five upon this isle: we are three of them; if the other two be brained like us, the state totters. Ste. Drink, servant-monster, when I bid thee; thy eyes are almost set in thy head. Trin. Where should they be set else? he were a brave monster indeed, if they were set in his tail. Ste. My man-monster hath drowned his tongue in sack: for my part, the sea cannot drown me: I swam, ere I could recover the shore, five-and-thirty leagues, off and on, by this light.-Thou shalt be my lieutenant, monster, or my standard. Trin. Your lieutenant, if you list: he's no standard. Ste. We'll not run, monsieur monster. Trin. Nor go neither: but you'll lie, like dogs; and yet say nothing neither. Ste. Moon-calf, speak once in thy life, if thou beest a good moon-calf. [shoe: Cal. How does thy honour? Let me lick thy I'll not serve him, he is not valiant. Trin. Thou liest, most ignorant monster; I am in case to justle a constable: Why, thou debosh'd fish thou, was there ever man a coward, that hath drunk so much sack as I to-day? Wilt thou tell a monstrous lie, being but half a fish, and half a monster? Cal. Lo, how he mocks me! wilt thou let him, my lord? Ste. Do I so? take thou that. [Strikes him. As you like this, give me the lie another time. Trin. I did not give the lie: Out o' your wits and hearing too?-A pox o'your bottle! this can sack, and drinking do. A murrain on your monster, and the devil take your fingers! Cal. Ha, ha, ha! Ste. Now, forward with your tale. Pr'ythee stand further off. Cal. Beat him enough: after a little time, Having first seiz'd his books; or with a log Trin. Lord, quoth he!-that a monster should | He has brave utensils, (for so he calls them,) be such a natural! [thee. Which, when he has a house, he'll deck withal. Cal. Lo, lo, again! bite him to death, I pr'y- And that most deeply to consider, is Ste. Trinculo, keep a good tongue in your The beauty of his daughter; he himself head; if you prove a mutineer, the next tree-Calls her a nonpareil: I ne'er saw woman, The poor monster's my subject, and he shall But only Sycorax my dam, and she; not suffer indignity. [pleas'd | But she as far surpasseth Sycorax, Cal. I thank my noble lord. Wilt thou be As greatest does least. To hearken once again the suit I made thee? Ste. Marry will I kneel, and repeat it; I will stand, and so shall Trinculo. Enter ARIEL, invisible. Cal. As I told thee Before, I am subject to a tyrant; Thou liest. Ari. Ste. Trinculo, if you trouble him any more in his tale, by this hand, I will supplant some of your teeth. Trin. Why, I said nothing. Ste. Mum then, and no more. [To Caliban.] Proceed. Cal. I say, by sorcery he got this isle; From me he got it. If thy greatness will Revenge it on him-for, I know, thou dar'st; But this thing dare not. [thee. Ste. That's most certain. Cal. Yea, yea, my lord; I'll yield him thee Ste. Is it so brave a lass? Cal. Ay, lord; she will become thy bed, I And bring thee forth brave brood. [warrant, Ste. Monster, I will kill this man: his daughter and I will be king and queen; (save our graces!) and Trinculo and thyself shall be viceroys:-Dost thou like the plot, Trinculo? Trin. Excellent. Ste. Give me thy hand; I am sorry I beat thee; but while thou livest, keep a good tongue in thy head. Cal. Within this half hour will he be asleep; Ste. Atthy request, monster, I will do reason, any reason: Come on, Trinculo, let us sing. [Sings. Flout 'em and skout 'em; and skout 'em Cal. That's not the tune. [ARIEL plays the tune on a Tabor and Pipe. Ste. What is this same? Trin. This is the tune of our catch, played by the picture of No-body. Ste. If thou beest a man, shew thyself in thy likeness: if thou beest a devil, take 't as thou list Trin. O, forgive me my sins! Where thou may'st knock a nail into his head. Where the quick freshes are. Ste. Trinculo, run into no further danger; interrupt the monster one word further, and, by this hand, I'll turn my mercy out of doors, and make a stock-fish of thee. Trin. Why, what did I? I did nothing: I'll go further off. Ste. Didst thou not say he lied? Ste. He that dies, pays all debts: I defy thee: Cal. Art thou afeard? Ste. No, monster, not I. The clouds, methought, would open, and shew Such shapes, such gesture, and such sound, exriches I needs must rest me. Gon. By'r lakin, I can go no further, sir; Seb. The next advantage Will we take thoroughly. I say, to-night: no more.. Solemn and strange Musick; and PROSPERO above, invisible. Enter several strange shapes, bringing in a Banquet; they dance about it with gentle actions of salutation; and inviting the King, &c. to eat, they depart. Alon. What harmony is this? my good friends, [hark! Alon. Give us kind keepers, heavens! What Gon. Marvellous sweet music! were these? Seb. A living drollery: Now I will believe At this hour reigning there. lie, Though fools at home condemn them. If in Naples note, Their manners are more gentle-kind, than of Pro. Honest lord, Thou hast said well; for some of you there present Are worse than devils. [Aside. pressing (Although they want the use of tongue) a kind Pro. [Aside. No matter, since Fran. They vanish'd strangely. They have left their viands behind; for we Will 't please you taste of what is here? Not I. Gon. Faith, sir, you need not fear: When we were boys, Who would believe that there were mountain eers, Dew-lapp'd like bulls, whose throats had hanging at them, Wallets of flesh? or that there were such men, Each putter-out on five for one, will bring us Thunder and Lightning. Enter ARIEL like a Harper, Ari. You are three men of sin, whom destiny (That hath to instrument this lower world, And what is in't,) the never-surfeited sea Where man doth not inhabit; you 'mongst men Hath caused to belch up; and on this island Being most unfit to live. I have made you mad; And even with such like valour, men hang and [Sering ALON. SEB. &c. draw their swords Against your peace: Thee, of thy son, Alonzo, (Which here, in this most desolate isle, else falls He vanishes in Thunder: then, to soft music, enter the Shapes again, and dance with mops and mowes, and carry out the table. Pro. [Aside.] Bravely, the figure of this harpy hast thou Perform'd, my Ariel; a grace it had, devouring: I cannot too much muse, Of my instruction hast thou nothing 'bated. |