་་ And, do you mark n Alon. Pry'thee, no more: thou dost ta Gon. I do well believe your highness it to minister occasion to these gentlemen of such sensible and nimble lungs, that th use to laugh at nothing. Ant. 'Twas you we laugh'd at. Gon. Who, in this kind of merry fo nothing to you; so you may continue, at nothing still. Ant. What a blow was there given! Gon. You are gentlemen of brave m would lift the moon out of her sphere, if continue in it five weeks without changin Enter ARIEL invisible, playing solemn Seb. We would so, and then go a batAnt. Nay, good my lord, be not angr Gon. No, I warrant you; I will not my discretion so weakly. Will you laugh for I am very heavy? Ant. Go sleep, and hear us. [All sleep but ALON. SEB Alon. What, all so soon asleep! I wish Would, with themselves, shut up my th find They are inclin'd to do so. Seb. What a strange drowsiness posse Doth it not then our eyelids sink? I f Ant. Nor I; my spirits They fell together all, as by consent; They dropp'd as by a thunder-stroke. W Worthy Sebastian? O, what mig What, art th Ant. Do you not hear me speak? Seb. I do ; It is a sleepy language; and thou speak Out of thy sleep: What is it thou didst This is a strange repose, to be asleep With eyes wide open; standing, speaki What great hope have you! no hope, that way, is But doubts discovery there. Will you grant, with me, That Ferdinand is drown'd? Seb. Ant. He's gone. Who's the next heir of Naples? Seb. I remember, True: Seb. And, look, how well my garments sit upon me; Ant. Ay, sir; where lies that? if it were a kybe, If he were that which now he's like; whom I, Music. Re-enter ARIEL, invisible. Ari. My master through his art foresees the danger Claribel. Ant. She that is queen of Tunis; she that dwells Ten leagues beyond man's life; she that from Naples Can have no note, unless the sun were post, (The man i' the moon's too slow) till new-born chins Be rough and razorable: she, from whom We were all sea-swallow'd, though some cast again; And, by that, destin'd to perform an act, Whereof what's past is prologue; what to come, In yours and my discharge. Seb. What stuff is this? How say you? 'Tis true, my brother's daughter's queen of Tunis; So is she heir of Naples; 'twixt which regions There is some space. Ant. A space whose every cubit Seems to cry out, How shall that Claribel Measure us back to Naples ?· - Keep in Tunis, And let Sebastian wake!. Say, this were death That now hath seiz'd them; why, they were no worse Than now they are: there be, that can rule Naples As well as he that sleeps; lords, that can prate As amply, and unnecessarily, As this Gonzalo; I myself could make A chough 6 of as deep chat. O, that you bore Seb. Methinks I do. Ant. While you here do snoring lie, His time doth take: If of life you keep a care, Ant. Then let us both be sudden. Alon. Why, how now, ho! awake! Why are you drawn? Wherefore this ghastly looking? Gon. What's the matter? Seb. Whiles we stood here securing your repose, Even now, we heard a hollow burst of bellowing Like bulls, or rather lions; did it not wake you? It struck mine ear most terribly. Heard you this, Gonzalo? And how does your content Or that we quit this place: let's draw our weapons. Tender your own good fortune? 6 A bird of the jackdaw kind. Lov'd Mall, Meg, and Marian, and But none of us car'd for Kate: For she had a tongue with a tan Would cry to a sailor, Go hang Then to sea, boys, and let her go This is a scurvy tune too: But here's Cal. Do not torment me: O! Ste. What's the matter? Have we Do you put tricks upon us with savag of Inde? Ha! I have not scap'd dro afeard now of your four legs; for it ha As proper a man as ever went on four make him give ground: and it shall be while Stephano breathes at nostrils. Cal. The spirit torments me: O! Ste. This is some monster of the isl legs; who hath got, as I take it, an ag the devil should he learn our language? him some relief, if it be but for that: cover him, and keep him tame, and g with him, he's a present for any emper 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 n the wisest. He shall taste of my bottle never drunk wine afore, it will go near his fit: If I can recover him, and keep will not take too much for him: he s him that hath him, and that soundly. Cal. Thou dost me yet but little hurt Anon, I know it by thy trembling: Now Prosper works upon thee. Ste. Come on your ways; open yo here is that which will give language t open your mouth: this will shake your can tell you, and that soundly: you who's your friend: open your chaps ag Trin. I should know that voice: It sl But he is drowned; and these are devil fend me! Ste. Four legs, and two voices; a m monster! If all the wine in my bottle him, I will help his ague: Come, I will in thy other mouth. Ste. Doth thy other mouth call me mercy! This is a devil, and no monst leave him; I have no long spoon. Trin. Stephano!-if thou beest Stepl me, and speak to me; for I am Trinculc afeard, thy good friend Trinculo. Ste. If thou beest Trinculo, come fort thee by the lesser legs: if any be Trin these are they. Thou art very Trincul How cam'st thou to be the siege of this 1 Trin. I took him to be killed with a stroke: But art thou not drowned, I hope now, thou art not drowned. Is overblown? I hid me under the dead n gaberdine, for fear of the storm: An living, Stephano? O Stephano, two N [Drinks. 'scap'd! is not constant That's a brave god, and bears celestial liquor : I will kneel to him. Ste. How did'st thou scape? How cam'st thou hither? swear by this bottle, how thou cam'st hither. I escaped upon a butt of sack, which the sailors heaved overboard, by this bottle! which I made of the bark of a tree, with mine own hands, since I was cast ashore. 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, 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. Cal. I'll show thee every fertile inch o' the island: 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. Cal. I'll show thee the best springs; I'll pluck thee berries; I'll fish for thee, and get thee wood enough. 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; Shew thee a jay's nest, and instruct thee how To snare the nimble marmozet; I'll bring thee To clust'ring filberds, and sometimes I'll get thee Young sea-mells 3 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 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 monster. ACT III. SCENE I. Before Prospero's Cell. Enter FERDINAND, bearing a log. 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; Fer. There be some sports are painful; but their He's safe for these three hours. labour Delight in them sets off: some kinds of baseness Had ne'er like éxecutor. I forget: Fer. O most dear mistress, The sun will set, before I shall discharge What I must strive to do. As well as it does you It would become me and I should do it for my good will is to it, Poor worm! thou art infected; But these sweet thoughts do even refresh my labours; This visitation shows it. Enter MIRANDA; and PROSPERO at a distance. Mira. Alas, now! pray you Work not so hard: I would the lightning had Burnt up those logs, that you are enjoin'd to pile! Mira. You look wearily. Fer. No, noble mistress; 'tis fresh morning with me, When you are by at night. I do beseech you, 3 Sea gulls. Mira. And mine, with my heart in't Till half an hour hence. A thousand! SCENE II. Another part of the Enter STEPHANO and TRINCULO; CALIBA with a bottle. Ste. Tell not me;-when the butt will drink water; not a drop before: bear up and board 'em: Servant-mons Trin. Servant-monster? the folly of t They say, there's but five upon this isl three of them; if the other two be brain the state totters. Ste. Drink, servant-monster, when I bid eyes are almost set in thy head. Trin. Where should they be set else? Ste. My man-monster hath drowned in sack: for my part, the sea cannot drov swam, ere I could recover the shore, fiveleagues, off and on, by this light. Tho my lieutenant, monster, or my standard. Trin. Your lieutenant, if you list standard. Ste. We'll not run, monsieur monster. Trin. Nor go neither: but you'll lie, and yet say nothing neither. Ste. Moon-calf, speak once in thy li beest a good moon-calf. Cal. How does thy honour? Let me shoe: I'll not serve him, he is not val Trin. Thou liest, most ignorant monst in case to justle a constable: Was there a coward, that hath drunk so much sac day? Wilt thou tell a monstrous lie, bein a fish, and half a monster? Cal. Lo, how he mocks me! wilt tho my lord? Trin. Lord, quoth he!-that a monst be such a natural! Cal. Lo, lo, again! bite him to death, Ste. Trinculo, keep a good tongue in y if you prove a mutineer, the next treemonster's my subject, and he shall not su nity. Cal. I thank my noble lord. Wilt thou To hearken once again the suit I made th Ste. Marry will I: kneel, and repeat stand, and so shall Trinculo. Enter ARIEL, invisible. Cal. Thou liest, thou jesting monkey, th I would my valiant master would destroy I do not lie. |