SCENE II. Another part of the island.

Enter STEPHANO and TRINCULO; CALIBAN following 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-monfter, drink to me.

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

STE. Drink, fervant-monfter, when I bid thee; thy eyes are almost set in thy head.

TRIN. Where fhould they be fet else? he were a brave monster indeed, if they were fet in his tail.

STE. My man-monfter hath drown'd his tongue in fack for my part, the fea cannot drown me: I fwam, ere I could recover the fhore, five-and-thirty leagues, off and on, by this light. Thou shalt be my lieutenant, monster, or my standard.

TRIN. Your lieutenant, if you lift; he's no standard. STE. We'll not run, monfieur 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.

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

TRIN. Thou lieft, moft ignorant monster; I am in cafe to justle a conftable: Why, thou debosh'd fish thou, was there ever man a coward, that hath drunk fo much fack as I to-day? Wilt thou tell a monftrous lie, being but half a fish, and half a monster?

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 tree-The poor monfter's my subject, and he shall not fuffer indignity.

CAL. I thank my noble lord. Wilt thou be pleas'd

To hearken once again the fuit I made thee?

STE. Marry will I: kneel, and repeat it; I will stand, and fo fhall Trinculo.

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 island.

ARI. Thou lieft.

CAL. Thou lieft, 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 his tale, by this hand, I will fupplant some of

TRIN., Why, I faid nothing.

your teeth.

STE. Mum then, and no more.-[To CALIBAN.] Proceed.

CAL. I fay, by forcery he got this ifle ;

From me he got it. If thy greatnefs will
Revenge it on him-for, I know, thou dar'ft;

But this thing dare not.

STE. That's most certain.

CAL. Thou shalt be lord of it, and I'll ferve thee.

STE. How now shall this be compass'd? Canft thou bring me to the party?

CAL. Yea, yea, my lord; I'll yield him thee asleep, Where thou may'st knock a nail into his head.

ARI. Thou lieft, thou canst not.

CAL. What a py'd ninny's this? Thou fcurvy patch!I do befeech thy greatness, give him blows,

And take his bottle from him: when that's gone,

He shall drink nought but brine; for I'll not fhew him 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?

ARI. Thou lieft.

STE. Do I fo? 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 fack, and drinking do. A murrain on your monfter, and the devil take your fingers!

CAL. Ha, ha, ha!

STE. Now, forward with your tale. Pr'ythee ftand further off.

CAL. Beat him enough: after a little time,

I'll beat him too.

STE. Stand further.-Come, proceed.

CAL. Why, as I told thee, 'tis a custom with him

I' the afternoon to fleep: there thou may'ft brain him,
Having first seiz'd his books; or with a log
Batter his skull, or paunch him with a ftake,
Or cut his wezand with thy knife: Remember,
First to poffefs his books; for without them
He's but a fot, as I am, nor hath not

One spirit to command: They all do hate him,
As rootedly as I: Burn but his books;

He has brave utenfils, (for fo he calls them,)
Which, when he has a house, he'll deck withal.

And that most deeply to confider, is

The beauty of his daughter; he himself

Calls her a non-pareil: I ne'er saw woman,
But only Sycorax my dam, and she;
But fhe as far furpaffeth Sycorax,

As greatest does least.

STE. Is it fo brave a lass?

CAL. Ay, lord; she will become thy bed, I warrant, And bring thee forth brave brood.

STE. Monster, I will kill this man: his daughter and I will be king and queen; (fave our graces!) and Trinculo and thyself shall be vice-roys:-Doft thou like the plot, Trinculo?

TRIN. Excellent.

STE. Give me thy hand; I am forry I beat thee: but, while thou liv'ft, keep a good tongue in thy head. CAL. Within this half hour will he be asleep; Wilt thou destroy him then?

STE. Ay, on mine honour.

ARI. This will I tell my master.

CAL. Thou mak'ft me merry: I am full of pleasure ; Let us be jocund: Will you troll the catch

You taught me but while-ere?

STE. At thy request, monster, I will do reason, any reason: Come on, Trinculo, let us fing.

[Sings.

Flout 'em, and fkout 'em; and fkout 'em, and flout 'em ;
Thought is free.

CAL. That's not the tune.

[ARIEL plays the tune on a tabor and pipe.

STE. What is this fame?

TRIN. This is the tune of our catch, play'd by the

picture of No-body.

STE. If thou beeft a man, fhow thyfelf in thy like

nefs: if thou beeft a devil, take't as thou lift.

TRIN. O, forgive me my

fins!

STE. He that dies, pays all debts: I defy thee:

Mercy upon us!

CAL. Art thou afeard?

STE. No, monster, not I.

CAL. Be not afeard; the ifle is full of noifes,

Sounds, and fweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not,
Sometimes a thousand twangling inftruments

Will hum about mine ears; and fometime voices,
That, if I then had wak'd after long fleep,

Will make me fleep again: and then, in dreaming,
The clouds, methought, would open, and fhew riches
Ready to drop upon me; that, when I wak'd,

I cry'd to dream again.

STE. This will prove a brave kingdom to me, Where I fhall have my mufic for nothing.

CAL. When Prospero is destroy'd.

STE. That fhall be by and by: I remember the story. TRIN. The found is going away let's follow it, and after, do our work.

STE. Lead, monfter; we'll follow. I would, I could fee this taborer: he lays it on.

TRIN. Wilt come? I'll follow, Stephano.

SCENE III. Another part of the island.

[Exeunt.

Enter ALONSO, SEBASTIAN, ANTONIO, GONZALO,
ADRIAN, FRANCISCO, and others.

GON. By'r la'kin, I can go no further, Sir;

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