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Ant. And how does your content

Tender your own good fortune?

Seb. I remember,

You did fupplant your brother Profpero

Ant. True:

And, look, how well my garments fit upon me;
Much feater than before: My brother's fervants
Were then my fellows, now they are my men.
Seb. But, for your confcience-

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Ant. Ay, fir; where lies that? If it were a kybe, 10
"Twould put me to my flipper; but I feel not
This deity in my bofom: twenty consciences,
That. ftand 'twixt me and Milan, candy'd be they,
And melt, e'er they moleft. Here lies your bro-
No better than the earth he lies upon, [ther, 15
If he were that which now he's like, that's dead;
Whom I with this obedient steel, three inches of it,
Can lay to bed for ever: whiles you, doing thus,
To the perpetual wink, for ay 2 might put
This ancient morfel, this fir Prudence, who
Should not upbraid our course. For all the rest,
They'll take fuggeftion 3, as a cat laps milk;
They'll tell the clock to any business that
We fay befits the hour.

Seb. Thy cafe, dear friend,

Shall be my precedent; as thou gott'ft Milan,

I'll come by Naples. Draw thy A
Shall free thee from the tribute

And I the king fhall love the

Ant. Draw together:

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ft;

Enter Ariel, with musick and fing.

Ari. My mafter through his art forefees the
danger

That you, his friend, are in; and fends me forth
(For elfe his project dies) to keep them living.
[Sings in Gonzalo's ear.
While you here do fnoring lie,
Open-ey'd confpiracy

His time doth take:

If of life you keep a care,

Shake off fumber, and beware:

Awake! awake!

Ant. Then let us both be fudden.

Gon. Now, good angels, preferve the king!
[They awake.
Alon. Why, how now, ho! awake? Why are
you drawn 4?

Wherefore this ghastly looking?
Gon. What's the matter?

By inch-meal a difeafe! His fpirits hear me,
And yet I needs muft curfe. But they'll not pinch,
Fright me with urchin fhows, pitch me i' the mire,
Nor lead me, like a fire-brand, in the dark
30 Out of my way, unless he hid 'em; but
For every trifle they are fet upon me :
Sometime like apes, that moe 5 and chatter at me,
And after, bite me; then like hedge-hogs, which
Lie tumbling in my bare-foot way, and mount
35 Their pricks at my foot-fall; fometime am I
All wound with adders, who, with cloven tongues,
Do hifs me into madness :-Lo! now! lo!

Enter Trinculo.

Here comes a fpirit of his; and to torment me, 4c For bringing wood in flawly: I'll fall flat; Perchance he will not mind me.

Trin. Here's neither bush nor fhrub, to bear off any weather at all, and another storm brewing; I hear it finging i' the wind: yond' fame black 45 cloud, yond' huge one, looks like a foul bumbard that would fhed his liquor. If it should thunder, as it did before, I know not where to hide my head: yond' fame cloud cannot chufe but fall by pailfuls. What have we here? a man or a fish? 50 Dead or alive? A fish: he smells like a fish; a very ancient and fish-like smell; a kind of, not of the neweft, Poor-John. A ftrange fish! Were I in England now, (as once I was) and had but this fifh painted, not a holiday-fool there but would give a piece of filver: there would this monster make a man'; any strange beaft there makes a man: when they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to fee a dead Indian. Legg'd like a man! and his fins like 60 arms! Warm, o' my troth! I do now let loose my opinion, hold it no longer; this is no fish, bui 5 Make mouths. 6 Bumbard means, in this place, a large vessel for holding drink. 7 i.e. make a man's fortune; milar to Wickham's motto, Learning makes a man.

Seb. Whiles we stood here fecuring your repofe,
Even now, we heard a hollow burst of bellowing 55
Like bulls, or rather lions; did it not wake you?
It ftrook mine ear moft terribly.

Alon. I heard nothing.

Ant. O, 'twas a din to fright a monster's ear; To make an earthquake! fure, it was the roar Of a whole herd of lions.

i. e. that is, id eft. 2 For ever.

3 A hint of villany.

4 Having your fwords drawn.

an islander, that has lately suffer'd by a thunderbolt. Alas! the ftorm is come again: my beft way is to creep under his gaberdine'; there is no other shelter hereabout: Mifery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows: I will here shroud, till 5 the dregs of the storm be past.

Enter Stephano finging, a bottle in bis band. Ste. I fball no more to fea, to jea,

Here fball I dye a-fbere

This is a very fcurvy tune to fing at a man's funeral: 10
Well, here's my comfort.

[Drinks.

Ste. Doth thy other mouth call me? Mercy! mercy! This is a devil, and no monfter: 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 afraid,-thy good friend Trinculo.

Ste. If thou beeft Trinculo, come forth; I'll pull thee by the leffer legs: if any be Trinculo's 15 legs, thefe are they. Thou art very Trinculo, indeed: How cam'ft thou to be the fiege 7 of this moon-calf? can he vent Trinculos?

Trin. I took him to be kill'd with a thunderftroke :-But art thou not drown'd, Stephano? I 20 hope now, thou art not drown'd. Is the ftorm Jover-blown? I hid me under the dead moon-calf's gaberdine, for fear of the ftorm: And art thou living, Stephano? O Stephano, two Neapolitans 'fcap'd!

Ste. What's the matter? have we devils here? Do you put tricks upon us with favages, and men 25 of Inde? Ha! I have not 'scap'd drowning to be afraid now of your four legs; for it hath been faid, As proper a man as ever went upon four legs, cannot make him give ground: and it fhall be faid fo again, while Stephano breathes at noftrils.

Cal. The fpirit torments me: Oh!

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Ste. This is fome monster of the ifle, with four legs; who has 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 re-35 eover him, and keep him tame, and get to Naples with him, he's a prefent for any emperor that ever trod on neats-leather.

Cal. Do not torment me, pr'ythee; I'll bring my wood home faster.

Ste. He'si n his fit now; and does not talk after the wifeft: He shall taste of my bottle: if he never drunk wine afore, it will go near to remove his fit: if I can recover him, and keep him tame,

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Ste. Pr'ythee, do not turn me about; my stomach is not constant.

thou, was fine things, an if they be not sprights. ath drunk so mut, and bears celestial liquor : I will monstrous lie.

Ste. How did't thou 'fcape? How cam'ft thou hither? fwear, by this bottle, how thou cam'st hither. I efcap'd upon a butt of fack, which the failors heav'd over-board, by this bottle! which I made of the bark of a tree, with mine own hands, fince I was caft a-shore.

Cal. I'll fwear, upon that bottle, to be thy true fubject; for the liquor is not earthly.

Ste. Here; fwear then, how efcap'dft thou? Trin. Swom a-shore, man, like a duck; I can 40fwim like a duck, I'll be fworn.

Ste. Here, kifs the book: Though thou can'st fwim like a duck, thou art made like a goofe.

Trin. O Stephano, haft any more of this?
Ste. The whole butt, man: my cellar is in a

Jewill not take too much for him; he fhall pay 45 rock by the fea-fide, where my wine is hid. How for him that hath him, and that soundly.

Cal. Thou doft me yet but little hurt; thou wilt anon, I know it by thy trembling 3: Now Profper works upon thee.

Ste. Come on your ways; open your mouth; 50 here is that which will give language to you, 4 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,-55 But he's drown'd; and these are devils: O! defend me!

Ste. Four legs, and two voices; a moft delicate monster! His forward voice now is to speak well

now, moon-calf? how does thine ague?
Cal. Haft thou not dropp'd from heaven?
Ste. Out o' the moon, I do affure thee: I was
the man in the moon, when time was.

Cal. I have seen thee in her, and I do adore thee: my miftrefs fhew'd me thee, and thy dog and thy bush.

Ste. Come, fwear to that; kifs the book: I will furnish it anon with new contents: fwear.

Trin. By this good light, this is a very shallow monster :-I afraid of him?-a very weak monfter:-The man i' the moon?-a moft poor credulous monster :-Well drawn, monster, in good footh.

1 A gaberdine is properly the coarse frock or outward garment of a peasant, and is still worn by the peasants in Suffex. 2 i. e. any fum, or ever so much. 3 Tremor is always represented as the effect

of being poffefs'd by the devil.

7 Siege

4 Alluding to an old proverb, that good liquor will make a cat speak. 5 Means, stop your draught. ⚫ Alluding to the proverb, A long spoon to eat with the devil. agnifies tool in every fenfe of the word, and is here used in the dirtieft,

Cal.

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Cal. I'll fhew thee every fertile inch o' the isle;
And I will kifs 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.
Cal. I'll kifs thy foot: I'll fwear myself thy fub-5
Ste. Come on then; down, and swear.
Trin. I fhall laugh myself to death at this puppy-
[ject.
headed monster: A most scurvy monfter! I could
find in my heart to beat him,-

Ste. Come, kifs.

Trin.

But that the poor monster's in drink:
An abominable monster!

Cal. I'll fhew thee the best springs; I'll pluck
thee berries;

I'll fish for thee, and get thee wood enough.
A plague upon the tyrant that I ferve!
I'll bear him no more sticks, but follow thee,
Thou wond'rous man.

Trin. A moft ridiculous monfter; to make a
wonder of a poor drunkard.

[A& 3. Scene 1.

Shew thee a jay's neft, and instruct thee how
To fnare the nimble marmozet; I'll bring thee
To cluft'ring filberds, and sometimes I'll get thee
Youngfcamels from the rock: Wilt thou go
with me?

Ste. I pr'ythee now, lead the way, without any more talking.-Trinculo, the king and all our company being drown'd, we will inherit here.Here; bear my bottle! Fellow Trinculo, we'll 10 fill him by and by again.

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Cal. [Sings drunkenly.] Farewell mafter; farewell,
farewell.

Trin. A howling monster; a drunken monster.
Cal. No more dams I'll make for fifh ;
Nor fetch in firing

At requiring,

Nor fcrape trencher, nor wash dish;

Ban' Ban', Ca-Caliban

Has a new mafter-Get a new man.

[grow; 20 Freedom, hey-day! hey-day, freedom! freedom,

Cal. I pr'ythee, let me bring thee where crabs
And I with my long nails will dig thee pig-nuts;

hey-day, freedom!

Ste. O brave monfter! lead the way. [Exeunt.

HERE be fome sports are painful; but
their labour

Delight in them fets off: fome kinds of basenefs
Are nobly undergone; and most poor matters
Point to rich ends. This my mean task
Would be as heavy to me, as odious; but
The mistress, which I ferve, quickens what's dead,
And makes my labours pleasures: o, she is

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III.

Fer. No, precious creature;

had rather crack my finews, break my back, Than you fhould such dishonour undergo, While I fit lazy by.

Mira. It would become me

As well as it does you: and I should do it 35 With much more eafe for my good will is to it, And yours it is against.

Ten times more gentle, than her father's crabbed ; 40
And he's compos'd of harshness. I must remove
Some thousands of these logs, and pile them up,
Upon a fore injunction: My fweet mistress
Weeps when the fees me work; and fays, fuch
Had ne'er like executor.
But these sweet thoughts do even refresh my la-
I forget:
Moft bufy-lefs, when I do it.
[bours;

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Enter Miranda, and Profpero at a distance.
Mira. Alas, now! pray you,

Work not fo hard; I would, the lightning had
Purnt up thofe logs, that you are enjoin'd to pile!
Pray; fot it down, and reft you: when this burns,
'Twill weep for having weary'd you: My father
Is hard at study; pray now, reft yourself;
He's fafe for these three hours.

Fer. O moft dear mistress,

The fun will set before I fhall discharge

What I muft ftrive to do.

Mira. If you'll fit down,

Pro. Poor worm! thou art infected;
This vifitation shews it.

Mira. You look wearily.

Fer. No, noble mistress; 'tis fresh morning
with me,

When you are by at night. I do beseech you,
(Chiefly that I might set it in my prayers)
What is your name?

Mira. Miranda :-O my father,
I have broke your heft to say fo!

Fer, Admir'd Miranda!

Indeed, the top of admiration; worth

What's deareft to the world! Full many a lady
50I have ey'd with best regard; and many a time
The harmony of their tongues hath into bondage
Brought my too diligent ear: for several virtues
Have I lik'd feveral women; never any
With fo full foul, but fome defect in her
55 Did quarrel with the nobleft grace she ow'd,
And put it to the foil: but you, o you,
So perfect, and fo peerlefs, are created
Of every creature's best.

Mira. I do not know

I'll bear your logs the while: Pray, give me that; 60 One of my fex; no woman's face remember,

I'll carry it to the pile.

1 Mr. Steevens fuppofes, that, by an error species of bird mentioned by Willoughby.

More that I may call men, than you, good friend,|
And my dear father: how features are abroad,
I am skilless of; but, by my modefty,
(The jewel in my dower) I would not wish
Any companion in the world but you;
Nor can imagination form a shape,
Befides yourself, to like of: But I prattle
Something too wildly, and my father's precepts
I therein do forget.

Fer. I am, in my condition,

A prince, Miranda; I do think, a king;

(I would, not fo!) and would no more endure
This wooden slavery, than I would suffer [speak;-
The flesh-fly blow my mouth-Hear my foul
The very instant that I faw you, did

My heart fly to your service; there refides,

To make me flave to it; and, for your fake,
Am I this patient log-man.

Mira. Do you love me?

|bear up, and board 'em: Servant-monster, drink

to me.

Trin. Servant-monfter? the folly of this island! They fay there's but five upon this ifle: we are 5three of them; if the other two be brain'd like us, the ftate totters.

Ste. Drink, fervant-monster, when I bid thee : thy eyes are almost fet in thy head.

Trin. Where fhould they be fet else? he were a ro brave monfter indeed, if they were fet in his tail. Ste. My man-monster hath drown'd his tongue in fack for my part, the fea cannot drown me: I fwam, ere I could recover the fhore, five-andthirty leagues, off and on, by this light.Thou halt be my lieutenant, monster, or my standard. Trin. Your lieutenant, if you lift; he's no ftandard 2.

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Ste. We'll not run, monfieur monster.

Trin. Nor go neither: but you'll lie, like dogs;

Fer. O heaven, o earth, bear witness to this found, 20 and yet say nothing neither.

And crown what I profess with kind event,

If I fpeak true; if hollowly, invert

What beft is boded me, to mischief! I,

Beyond all limit of what else i' the world,
Do love, prize, honour you.

Mira. I am a fool,

To weep at what I am glad of.

Pro. Fair encounter

Of two moft rare affections! Heavens rain grace
On that which breeds between them!

Fer. Wherefore weep you?

Mira. At mine unworthiness, that dare not offer
What I defire to give; and much less take,
What I fhall die to want: But this is trifling;
And all the more it feeks to hide itself,

The bigger bulk it shews. Hence, bashful cunning!
And prompt me, plain and holy innocence!

I am your wife, if you will marry me ;

If not, I'll die your maid: to be your fellow'
You may deny me; but I'll be your fervant,
Whether you will or no.

Fer. My mistress, dearest,

And I thus humble ever.

Mira. My husband then?

Fer. Ay, with a heart as willing

As bondage e'er of freedom: here's my hand.
Mira. And mine with my heart in't: and now
Till half an hour hence.

Fer. A thoufand, thousand!

[farewell,
[Exeunt.

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Ste. Moon-calf, fpeak once in thy life, if thou beeft a good moon-calf.

Cal. How does thy honour? Let me lick thy fhoe: I'll not serve him, he is not valiant.

Trin. Thou ly'ft, most ignorant monster; I am in cafe to justle a conftable: Why, thou debofh'd3 fish thou, was there ever a man a coward, that hath drunk fo much fack as I to-day? Wilt thou tell a monstrous lie, being but half a fish, and half 30 a monster?

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Cal. Lo, how he mocks me; wilt thou let him, my lord?

Trin. Lord, quoth he!-that a monster should be fuch a natural!

Cal. Lo, lo, again: bite him to death, I pr'ythee.

Ste. Trinculo, keep a good tongue in your head; if you prove a mutineer, the next treeThe poor monster's my subject, and he shall not 40 fuffer indignity.

Cal. I thank my noble lord. Wilt thou be pleas'd to hearken once again to the fuit I made to thee?

Ste. Marry will I kneel, and repeat it; I will 45 ftand, and fo shall Trinculo.

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Enter Ariel invifible.

Cal. As I told thee before, I am fubject to a tyrant; a forcerer, that by his cunning hath cheated me of the ifland.

Ari. Thou ly'ft.

Cal. Thou ly'ft, thou jefting monkey, thou;
I would my valiant master would destroy thee:
I do not lie.

Ste. Trinculo, if you trouble him any more in 55 his tale, by this hand, I will fupplant fome of your teeth.

will drink water; not a drop before: therefore 60

Trin. Why, I faid nothing.

-[To Caliban.]

Ste. Mum then, and no more-
Proceed.

Cal. I fay, by forcery he got this isle;

■ Companion. 2 Meaning he is so much intoxicated, as not to be able to stand. The quibble between standard an enfign, and standard a fruit-tree, that grows without support, is evident. 3 Debauched.

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* Alluding to the striped, or fool's coat worn by Trinculo, who in the ancient dramatis perfonæ is called a jefter, and not a failer. 2 Means probably to difmifs it trippingly from the tongue. provincial mode in Staffordshire and the adjoining counties of pronouncing the word afraid. The diminutive only of our lady, i. e. ladykin,