That wrings mine eyes to 't. Hear a little further Pros. And then I'll bring thee to the present business Which now's upon 's; without the which this story Were most impertinent. So dear the love my people bore me, nor set A mark so bloody on the business, but Bore us some leagues to sea; where they prepared Mir. Was I then to you! Pros. Alack, what trouble O, a cherubin Thou wast that did preserve me. Thou didst smile, Infused with a fortitude from heaven, When I have deck'd the sea with drops full salt, Against what should ensue. Mir. 146. butt, (figuratively for) a broad, unwieldy boat, a 'tub.' That it was not literally a cask is shown by the description 'not rigged,' etc. How came we ashore? 148. hoist, hoisted. 155. deck'd, sprinkled. 140 150 157. An undergoing stomach, a valiant courage. Pros. By Providence divine. Some food we had and some fresh water that Out of his charity, who being then appointed Rich garments, linens, stuffs and necessaries, Knowing I loved my books, he furnish'd me I prize above my dukedom. Mir. But ever see that man! Pros. Would I might Now I arise: [Resumes his mantle. Sit still, and hear the last of our sea-sorrow. Have I, thy schoolmaster, made thee more profit pray you, sir, And now, I For stiil 'tis beating in my mind, your reason Know thus far forth. Pros. 160 170 180 The stage direction was first suggested by Dyce. 173. princess', princesses. Ff princesse. This is the regular Shakespearean plural of the word. 181. zenith, culminating point of fortune. If now I court not but omit, my fortunes Will ever after droop. Here cease more questions: Enter ARIEL. Ari. All hail, great master! grave sir, hail! I come To answer thy best pleasure; be't to fly, To swim, to dive into the fire, to ride On the curl'd clouds, to thy strong bidding task Pros. Hast thou, spirit, Perform'd to point the tempest that I bade thee? I boarded the king's ship; now on the beak, cursors O' the dreadful thunder-claps, more momentary 193. quality, faculty, craft (perhaps in the collective rather than the abstract sense). 194. to point, precisely. 197. waist, the middle portion of a ship between forecastle and quarterdeck. 190 200 198. I flamed amazement, etc. The description is suggested by the 'fire of St. Elmo,'-flames seen during a storm to fly along from mast to mast. Accounts of it were accessible in Hakluyt. 200. distinctly, separately. Pros. My brave spirit! Who was so firm, so constant, that this coil Ari. Not a soul But felt a fever of the mad and play'd All but mariners Plunged in the foaming brine and quit the vessel, Then all afire with me: the king's son, Ferdinand, With hair up-staring,-then like reeds, not hair,Was the first man that leap'd; cried, 'Hell is empty, And all the devils are here.' Pros. But was not this nigh shore? Why, that's my spirit, Close by, my master. Not a hair perish'd; Pros. But are they, Ariel, safe? On their sustaining garments not a blemish, Pros. The mariners say how thou hast disposed Ari. Of the king's ship Safely in harbour Is the king's ship; in the deep nook, where once 207. coil, uproar. 210. tricks, wild acts. 213. up-staring, standing on end. 223. odd, out-of-the-way. 224. in this sad knot, sadly 210 220 The mariners all under hatches stow'd; Who, with a charm join'd to their suffer'd labour, Supposing that they saw the king's ship wreck'd Pros. Ariel, thy charge Exactly is perform'd: but there's more work. What is the time o' the day? Ari. Past the mid season. Pros. At least two glasses. The time 'twixt six and now Must by us both be spent most preciously. Ari. Is there more toil? Since thou dost give me pains, Let me remember thee what thou hast promised, Pros. What is 't thou canst demand? Ari. How now ? moody? My liberty. Pros. Before the time be out? no more! I prithee, Told thee no lies, made thee no mistakings, served Without or grudge or grumblings: thou didst promise To bate me a full year. Pros. Dost thou forget No. From what a torment I did free thee? Ari. Pros. Thou dost, and think'st it much to tread 230 240 250 the ooze 234. flote, flood. 240. glasses, hours. 252. ooze, oozy bottom. |