Enter Ceres. Cer. Hail, many-colour'd messenger, that ne'er Who, with thy saffron wings, upon my flowers Cer. Tell me, heavenly bow, Juno. How does my bountcous sister? Go with me To bless this twain, that they may prosperous be, SONG. Juno. Honour, riches, marriage-blessing, Cer. Earth's increase, and foizon3 plenty; Fer. This is a most majestic vision, and Pro. My present fancies. Fer. Let me live here ever; So rare a wonder'd' father, and a wife, Make this place Paradise. There's something else to do: hush, and be mute, Iris. You nymphs, call'd Naiads, of the wand'ring With your sedg'd crowns, and ever harmless looks, Enter certain Nymphs. You sum-burn'd sicklemen, of August weary, Enter certain Reapers, properly habited; they join Pro. [Aside.] I had forgot that foul conspiracy Fer. This is most strange: your father's in some If you be pleas'd, retire into my cell, We wish your peace. Enter Ariel. Ari. Thy thoughts I cleave to; What's thy We must prepare to meet with Caliban. Spirit, Ari. Av, ny commander: when I presented I thought to have told thee of it; but I fear'd [Juno and Ceres whisper, and send Iris on Lest I might anger thee. employment. Pro. Say again, where didst thou leave these varlets? Ari. I told you, sir, they were red-hot with drinking? (6) A body of clouds in motion; but it is most probable that the author wrote track. So full of valour, that they smote the air Advanc'd their eye-lids, lifted up their noses, Which entered their frail shins: at last I left them Pro. This was well done, my bird: Thy shape invisible retain thou still: The trumpery in my house, go, bring it hither, For stale, to catch these thieves. Ari. I go, I go. [Exit. Pro. A devil, a born devil, on whose nature Nurture can never stick; on whom my pains, Humanely taken, all, all lost, quite lost; And as, with age, his body uglier grows, So his mind cankers: I will plague them all, Re-enter Ariel loaden with glistering apparel, &c. Even to roaring: Come, hang them on this line. Prospero and Ariel remain invisible. Enter Caliban, Stephano, and Trinculo; all wet. Cal. Pray, you, tread softly, that the blind mole may not Hear a foot fall: we now are near his cell. Ste, Monster, your fairy, which, you say, is harmless fairy, has done little better than played the Jack' with us. Trin. Monster, I do smell all horse-piss, at which my nose is in great indignation. To doat thus on such luggage? Let's along, Ste. Be you quiet, monster.-Mistress line, is not this my jerkin? Now is the jerkin under the line: now, jerkin, you are like to lose your hair, and prove a bald Jerkin. Trin. Do, do: We steal by line and level, an't like your grace. Ste. I thank thee for that jest; here's a garment for't: wit shall not go unrewarded, while I am king of this country: Steal by line and level, is an excellent pass of pate; there's another garment for't. Trin. Monster, come, put some limes upon your fingers, and away with the rest. Cal. I will have none on't: we shall lose our time, And all be turn'd to barnacles, or to apes With foreheads villanous low. Ste. Monster, lay to your fingers; help to bear this away, where my hogshead of wine is, or I'll turn you out of my kingdom; go to, carry this. Trin. And this. Ste. Aye, and this. A noise of hunters heard. Enter divers Spirits, in shape of hounds, and hunt them about; Prospero and Ariel setting them on. Pro. Hey, Mountain, hey! Ari. Silver! there it goes, Silver ! [Cal. Ste. and Trin. are driven out. a Go, charge my goblins that they grind their joints With dry convulsions; shorten up their sinews With aged cramps; and more pinch-spotted make them, Ste. So is mine. Do you hear, monster? If I should take a displeasure against you; look you,Trin. Thou wert but a lost monster. Cal. Good my lord, give me thy favour still: Be patient, for the prize I'll bring thee to Shall hood-wink this mischance: therefore, speak softly, All's hush'd as midnight yet. Trin. Ay, but to lose our bottles in the pool,Ste. There is not only disgrace and dishonour in that, monster, but an infinite loss. Trin. That's more to me than my wetting: yet this is your harmless fairy, monster. Ste. I will fetch off my bottle, though I be o'er ears for my labour. Cal. Pr'ythee, my king, be quiet: Seest thou here, This is the mouth o' the cell: no noise, and enter: Do that good mischief, which may make this island Thine own for ever, and I, thy Caliban, For aye thy foot-licker. Ste. Give me thy hand: I do begin to have bloody thoughts. Than pard," or cat o' mountain. ACT V. [Exeunt. SCENE I-Before the cell of Prospero. Enter Prospero in his magic robes, and Ariel. Pro. Now does my project gather to a head: My charms crack not; my spirits obey; and time Goes upright with his carriage.--How's the day? Ari. Ari. On the sixth hour; at which time, my lord, Trin. O king Stephano! O peer! O worthy, Ste. Put off that gown, Trinculo; by this hand, Trin. Thy grace shall have it. Cal. The dropsy drown this fool! what do you His tears run down his beard, like winter's drops mean, Bait. (2) Education. (3) Jack with a lantern. Ever. (5) A shop for sale of old clothes. (7) Leopard. (6) Bird-lime. (8) Defends from bad weather. From eaves of reeds:1 your charm so strongly works Didst thou, Alonso, use me and my daughter: them, That if you now beheld them, your affections Dost thou think so, spirit? Yet with my nobler reason, 'gainst my fury In virtue than in vengeance: they being penitent, I'll fetch them, sir. [Exit. Pro. Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes,| and groves; And ye, that on the sands with printless foot time Is to make midnight-mushrooms; that rejoice By my so potent art: But this rough magic Thy brother was a furtherer in the act;- You brother nine, that entertain'd ambition, [Exit Ariel. Aricl re-enters, singing, and helps to attire Ari. Where the bee sucks, there suck I; There I couch when owls do cry. After summer, merrily: Merrily, merrily, shall I live now, Under the blossom that hangs on the bough. Pro. Why, that's my dainty Ariel; I shall miss thee; But yet thou shalt have freedom: so, so, so Ari. I drink the air before me, and return Inhabits here: Some heavenly power guide us Pro. Behold, sir king, The wrong'd duke of Milan, Prospero; For more assurance that a living prince Does now speak to thee, I embrace thy body; And to thee, and thy company, I bid A hearty welcome. Alon. Whe'r thou beest he, or no, Or some enchanted trifle to abuse me, Re-enter Ariel: after him, Alonso, with a frantic As late I have been, I not know: thy pulse gesture, attended by Gonzalo; Sebastian and Beats, as of flesh and blood; and, since I saw thee, Antonio in like manner, attended by Adrian and The affliction of my mind amends, with which, Francisco: They all enter the circle which Pros-I fear, a madness held me: this must crave pero had made, and there stand charmed; which (An if this be at all) a most strange story. Prospero observing, speaks. A solemn air, and the best comforter Now useless, boil'd within thy skull! There stand, Holy Gonzalo, honourable man, Mine eyes, even sociable to the show of thine, To him thou follow'st; I will pay thy graces (1) Thatch. (2) Pity, or tenderness of heart. Thy dukedom I resign; and do entreat Be living, and be here? Pro. Let me embrace thine age; Be measur'd, or contin'd." Gon. Or be not, I'll not swear. First, noble friend, whose honour cannot Whether this be, You do yet taste Pro. Some subtletics o' the isle, that will not let you Believe things certain :-Welcome, my friends all: But you, my brace of lords, were I so minded, [Aside to Seb. and Ant I here could pluck his highness' frown upon you, (3) Whether. You the like loss? Pro. As great to me, as late; and, portable To make the dear loss, have I means much weaker Than you may call to comfort you; for I Have lost my daughter. Alon. A daughter? O heavens! that they were living both in Naples, daughter? Pro. In this last tempest. I perceive, these lords! At this encounter do so much admire, That they devour their reason; and scarce think Their eyes do offices of truth, their words Are natural breath; but, howsoe'r you have Been justled from your senses, know for certain, That I am Prospero, and that very duke Which was thrust forth of Milan; who most strangely Upon this shore, where you were wreck'd, was landed, To be the lord on't. No more yet of this; The entrance of the cell opens, and discovers Ferdi- I would not for the world. No, my dearest love, Pro. 'Tis new to thee. Alon. What is this maid, with whom thou wast at play? Your eld'st acquaintance cannot be three hours: Fer. Sir, she's mortal; But, by immortal Providence, she's mine; I chose her, when I could not ask my father For his advice; nor thought I had one: she Is daughter to this famous duke of Milan, Of whom so often I have heard renown, But never saw before; of whom I have Receiv'd a second life, and second father This lady makes him to me. Alon. I am her's: But O, how oddly will it sound, that I Must ask my child forgiveness! Pro. There, sir, stop: Let us not burden our remembrances Gon. And on this couple drop a blessed crown; Alon. Give me your hands: [To Fer. and Mira. Let grief and sorrow still embrace his heart, That doth not wish you joy! Re-enter Ariel, with the Master and Boatswain amazedly following. O look, sir, look, sir; here are more of us! Boats. The best news is, that we have safely found Ari. Sir, all this service Have I done since I went. [Aside. Pro. My tricksys spirit! § Alon. These are not natural events; they strengthen, From strange to stranger.-Say, how came you hither? Boats. If I did think, sir, I were well awake, I'd strive to tell you. We were dead of sleep, And (how, we know not) all clapp'd under hatches, Where, but even now, with strange and several noises (3) In his senses. (4) Ready. (5, Clever adroit. Of roaring, shrieking, howling, gingling chains, Ari. Was't well done? Pro. Bravely, my diligence. Thou [Aside. Alon. This is as strange a maze as e'er men trod: Pro. they Find this grand liquor that hath gilded them?- Trin. I have been in such a pickle, since I saw you last, that, I fear me, will never out of my bones: I shall not fear fly-blowing. Seb. Why, how now, Stephano? Ste. O, touch me not; I am not Stephano, but a cramp. Sir, my licge, Pro. You'd be king of the isle, sirrah? [Aside. Set Caliban and his companions free: There are yet missing of your company Re-enter Ariel, driving in Caliban, Stephano, and Ste. Every man shift for all the rest, and let no man take care for himself; for all is but fortune:Coragio, bully-monster, Coragio! Trin. If these be true spies which I wear in my head, here's a goodly sight. Cal. O Setebos, these be brave spirits, indeed! Seb. Ha, ha; What things are these, my lord Antonio? Very like; one of them Then say, if they be true: 2-This mis-shapen knave, (1) Conductor. Take with you your companions; as you look Cal. Ay, that I will; and I'll be wise hereafter, Go to; away! you found it. [Exeunt Cal. Ste. and Trin. Alon. I long To hear the story of your life, which must Pro. I'll deliver all; D |