16 TEMPEST. She lov'd not the savour of tar nor of pitch, Cal. Do not torment me: 0! 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 afcard 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, while Stephano breathes at nostrils. Cal. The spirit torments me: 0! I escap'd upon a butt of sack, which the sailors Cal. I'll swear, upon that bottle, to be thy Ste. Here, kiss the book: though thou canst swim like a duck, that 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? Ste. This is some monster of the isle, with four Cal. Hast thou not dropped from heaven? Cal. Do not torment me, pr'ythee; I'll bring my wood home faster. Cal. I have seen thee in her, and I do adore thee; My mistress showed me thee, 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 Ste. He's in his fit now; and does not talk after monster:-I afeard of him ?-a very weak monster: the wisest. He shall taste of any bottle: if he have-The man i' the moon?- a most poor credulous never drunk wine afore, it will go near to remove monster:-well drawn, monster, in good sooth. 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 upon 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. should beTrin. I should know that voice: but he is drowned; and these are devils: O! defend me! Cal. I'll show thee every fertile inch o' the island: 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. Cal. I'll kiss thy foot: I'll swear myself thy subject. Ste. Come on then; down, and swear. Trin. I shall laugh myself to death at this puppyheaded monster: a most scurvy monster! I could find in my heart to beat him, Ste. Come, kiss. Trin. but that the poor monster's in drink: an abominable monster! Cal. I'll show thee the best springs; I'll pluck thee berries; Ste. Four legs, and two voices; a most delicate monster! His forward voice now is to speak well I'll fish for thee, and get thee wood enough. of his friend; his backward voice is to utter foul A plague upon the tyrant that I serve! speeches, and to detract. If all the wine in my bot-I'll bear him no more sticks, but follow thee, tle 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 nim; 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? Thou wondrous man. Trin. A most ridiculous monster; to make a wonder of a poor drunkard. Cal. I pr'ythee, let me bring thee where crabs grow; And I, with my long nails, will dig thee pig-nuts; Ste. I pr'ythee now, lead the way, without any more talking.-Trinculo, the king and all our com pany else being drowned, we will inherit here.Trin. I took him to be kill'd with a thunder-Here; bear my bottle: Fellow Trinculo, we'll fill stroke:-But art thou not drowned, Stephano? I him by and by again. hope now, thou art not drowned. over-blown! I hid me under the dead moon-calf's gaberdine, for fear of the storm: and art thou living, Stephano? O Stephano, two Neapolitans 'scap'd! Ste. Pr'ythee, do not turn me about; my stomach is not constant. Is the storm Cal. These be fine things, an if they be not sprites. Ste. How didst thou 'scape? How cam'st thou (1) India. Cal. Farewell master; farewell, farewell. Cal. At requiring, Nor scrupe trenchering, nor wash dish; Has a new master-Get a new man, Freedom, hey-day! hey-day, freedom: freedom, hey-day, freedom! Ste. O brave monster! lead the way. [Exeunt. Delight in them sets off: some kinds of baseness Had ne'er like executor. I forget: But these sweet thoughts do even refresh my labours; Most busy-less, when I do it. Enter Miranda; and Prospero at a distance. Alas, now! pray you, 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 that; I'll carry it to the pile. Fer. No, precious creature: I had 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 yours against. Pro. Poor worm! thou art infected; This visitation shows it. You look wearily. Mira. me, When you are by at night. I do beseech you Mira. Admir'd Miranda! Indeed, the top of admiration; worth What's dearest to the world. Full many a lady I have ey'd with best regard; and many a time The harmony of their tongues hath into bondage Brought my too diligent car: for several virtues Have I lik'd several women; never any With so full soul, but some defect in her Did quarrel with the noblest grace she ow'd," And put it to the foil: but you, O you, So perfect, and so peerless, are created Of every creature's best. Mira. I do not know One of my sex; no woman's face remember, Save, from my glass, mine own; nor have I seen (1) Command, (2) Own'd, (3) Whatsoever. More that I may call men, than you, good friend, Fer. A prince, Miranda; I do think, a king; And crown what I profess with kind event, Mira. To weep at what I am glad of. Pro. I am a fool, Fair encounter Of two most rare affections! Heavens rain grace 18 TEMPEST. Ste. My man-monster hath drowned his tongue Trin. Why, what did I? I did nothing; I'll go Ste. We'll not run, monsieur monster. Trin. Nor go neither: but you 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 shoe; I'll not serve him, he is not valiant. Ste. Do I so? take thou that. [strikes him.] As 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, Trin. Thou liest, most ignorant monster; I am in case to justle a constable: Why, thou deboshed1 fish thou, was there ever man a coward, that hath I' 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? Trin. Lord, quoth he!-that a monster should be such a natural! him, Having first seiz'd his books; or with a log One spirit to command: They all do hate him, Cal. Lo, lo, again! bite him to death, I pr'ythee. As rootedly as I: Burn but his books; Ste. Trinculo, keep a good tongue in your head; He has brave utensils (for so he calls them,) if you prove a mutineer, the next tree-The poor Which, when he has a house, he'll deck withal. monster's my subject, and he shall not suffer indig-And that most deeply to consider, is nity. Cal. I thank my noble lord. Wilt thou be pleas'd Enter Ariel, invisible. Cal. As I told thee Before, I am subject to a tyrant; A sorcerer, that by his cunning hath Thou liest. Ari. Ste. Trinculo, if you trouble him any more in his will supplant some of your tale, by this hand, teeth. Trin. Why, I said nothing. Ste. Mum then, and no more.-[To Caliban.] Ca. I say, by sorcery he got this isle; Ste. That's most certain. Cal. Thou shalt be lord of it, and I'll serve thee. Ste. How now shall this be compassed? Canst thou bring me to the party? Cal. Yea, yea, my lord; I'll yield him thee asleep, Cal. What a pied ninny's this!2 Thou scurvy I do beseech thy greatness, give him blows, [him 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. The beauty of his daughter; he himself Is it so brave a lass? 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? [Ariel plays the tune on a labor 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, show thyself in thy likeness; if thou beest a devil, take't as thou list. Trin. O, forgive me my sins! 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 isle is full of noises, Sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Ready to drop upon me; that, when I wak'd, Ste. This will prove a brave kingdom to me, where I shall have my music for nothing. Cal. When Prospero is destroyed. Ste. That shall be by and by: I remember the story. Trin. The sound is going away: let's follow it, and after, do our work. Ste. Lead, monster; we'll follow.-I would, I could see this taborer: he lays it on. Trin. Wilt come? I'll follow, Stephano. [Exeunt. No matter, since They have left their viands behind; for we have stomachs. Will't please you taste of what is here? Not I. Gon. Faith, Sir, you need not fear: When we were boys, En-Who would believe that there were mountaineers, SCENE III.—Another part of the Island. Gon. By'r lakin,' I can go no further, sir; I needs must rest me. Seb. Will we take thoroughly. Ant. The next advantage Let it be to-night; at them Wallets of flesh? or that there were such men, Each putter-out on five for one, will bring us Alon. Thunder and lightning. Enter Ariel like a har- Ari. You are three men of sin, whom destiny Their proper selves. You fools! I and my fellows For, now they are oppress'd with travel, they Will not, nor cannot, use such vigilance, As when they are fresh. Seb. I say, to-night: no more. Solemn and strange music; and Prospero above, Of whom your swords are temper'd, may as well invisible. Enter several strange Shapes, bring-Wound the loud winds, or with bemock'd-at stabs ing in a banquet; they dance about it with gen-Kill the still-closing waters, as diminish tle actions of salutation; and inviting the king, One dowle' that's in my plume; my fellow-ministers &c. to eat, they depart. Are like invulnerable: if you could hurt, Alon. What harmony is this? my good friends, And will not be uplifted: But, remember Your swords are now too massy for your strengths, hark! Gon. Marvellous sweet music! Alon. Give us kind keepers, heavens !-What were these? Seb. A living drollery: Now I will believe, If in Naples (1) Our lady, (2) Show. (3) Certainly, (For that's my business to you,) that you three from (Which here, in this most desolate isle, else falls Upon your heads,) is nothing, but heart's sorrow, (5) Down, (4) Wonder, And a clear life ensuing. Sour-ey'd disdain, and discord, shall bestrew The union of your bed with weeds so loadly, He vanishes in thunder: then, to soft music, enter That you shall hate it both: therefore, take need, the Shapes again, and dance with mops and As Hymen's lamps shall light you. 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: And these, mine enemies, are all knit up In this strange stare? Alon. O, it is monstrous! monstrous! Methought, the billows spoke, and told me of it; The winds did sing it to me; and the thunder, That deep and dreadful organ-pipe, pronounc'd The name of Prosper; it did bass my trespass. Therefore my son i' the ooze is bedded; and I'll seek him deeper than c'er plummet sounded, And with him there lie mudded. Seb. I'll fight their legions o'er. Ant. Gon. All three of them great guilt, [Exit. But one fiend at a time, I'll be thy second. [Excunt Seb. and Ant. are desperate; their Like poison given to work a great time after, ACT IV. Follow, I pray you. [Exeunt. Fer. As I hope With such love as 'tis now; the murkiest den, Pro. Now come, my Ariel; bring a corollary, SCENE 1-Before Prospero's cell. Enter Pros- Rather than want a spirit; appear, and pertly. pero, Ferdinand, and Miranda. Pro. If I have too austerely punish'd you, Your compensation makes amends; for I Have given you here a thread of mine own life, Or that for which I live; whom once again I tender to thy hand: all thy vexations Were but my trials of thy love, and thou Hast strangely stood the test: here, afore Heaven, I ratify this my rich gift. O Ferdinand, Do not smile at me, that I boast her off, For thou shalt find she will outstrip all praise, And make it halt behind her. Fer. Against an oracle. I do believe it, Pro. Then, as my gift, and thine own acquisition Worthily purchas'd, take my daughter: But If thou dost break her virgin knot before All sanctimonious ceremonies may With full and holy rite be minister'd, No sweet aspersion' shall the heavens let fall To make this contract grow; but barren hate, (1) Pure, blameless, (2) Alienation of mind, No tongue; all eyes; be silent. [Soft music. A Masque. Enter Iris. Iris. Ceres, most bounteous lady, thy rich leas Whose shadow the dismissed bachelor loves, |