Boats. Work you, then. Ant. Hang, cur, hang! you insolent noise-maker, we are less afraid to be drowned than thou art. Gon. I'll warrant him from drowning; though the ship were no stronger than a nut-shell. Boats. Lay her a-hold, a-hold; set her two courses; off to sea again, lay her off. Enter Mariners, wet. Mar. All lost! to prayers, to prayers! all lost! [Exeunt. The direful spectacle of the wreck, which touch'd Boats. What, must our mouths be cold? them. [Exit. [Exit. Gon. Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground! long heath, brown furze, any thing: The wills above be done! but I would fain die a dry death. [Exit. And rather like a dream than an assurance That Four or five women once, that tended me? That this lives in thy mind? What seest thou else SCENE II. The Island: before the Cell of If thou remember'st aught, ere thou cam'st here, Prospero. Enter PROSPERO and MIRANDA. How thou cam'st here, thou may'st. Pro. Twelve years since, But that I do not. Mira. If by your art, my dearest father, you Miranda, twelve years since, thy father was Put the wild waters in this roar, allay them: Pro. Be collected; No more amazement: tell your piteous heart, There's no harm done. Mira. O, woe the day! No harm. Pro. My brother, and thy uncle, call'd Anto nio, I pray thee, mark me,- that a brother should The manage of my state; as, at that time, Pro. I thus neglecting wordly ends, all dedi- Bore us some leagues to sea; where they prepar'd cate To closeness, and the bettering of my mind - like one Mira. Your tale, sir, would cure deafness. Pro. To have no skreen between this part he play'd Pro. By Providence divine. Out of his charity (who being then appointed Knowing I lov'd my books, he furnish'd me, Mira. But ever see that man! Pro. 'Would I might Now I arise: Pro. Mark his condition, and the event; then Sit still, and hear the last of our sea-sorrow. tell me, If this might be a brother. I should sin Mir. To think but nobly of my grandmother. Now the condition. Pro. This king of Naples, being an enemy 6 Cut away. Here in this island we arriv'd; and here Mira. Heavens thank you for't! And now I pray you, sir, (For still 'tis beating in my mind,) your reason Pro. A most auspicious star; whose influence 7 Stubborn resolution. Safely in harbour Is the king's ship; in the deep nook, where once Supposing that they saw the king's ship wreck'd, The minutest article. 1 Bermudas. Ariel, thy charge 9 Bustle, tumult. 2 Wave. Pro. Thou dost; and think'st It much, to tread the ooze of the salt deep; To run upon the sharp wind of the north; To do me business in the veins o' the earth, When it is bak'd with frost. Ari. I do not, sir. Pro. Thou liest, malignant thing! Hast thou forgot The foul witch Sycorax, who, with age and envy, Thou hast where was she born? speak; tell me. Ari. Sir, in Argier.3 Pro. O, was she so? I must, Once in a month, recount what thou hast been, Which thou forget'st. This vile witch, Sycorax, For mischiefs manifold, and sorceries terrible To enter human hearing, from Argier, Thou know'st, was banish'd; for one thing she did, They would not take her life: Is not this true? Ari. Ay, sir. Pro. This blue-ey'd hag was hither brought with child, And here was left by the sailors: Thou, my slave, To act her earthly and abhorr'd commands, A dozen years; within which space she died, When I arriv'd, and heard thee, that made gape I thank thee, master. Pardon, master: I will be correspondent to command, Pro. Of Sycorax, toads, beetles, bats, light on you! Which first was mine own king: and here you sty me Thou most lying slave, Whom stripes may move, not kindness! I have us'd thee, Do so; and after two days Filth as thou art, with human care; and lodg'd thee I will discharge thee. [Exit ARIEL. Awake, dear heart, awake! thou hast slept well; Awake! Mira. The strangeness of your story put Pro. Mira. I do not love to look on. 'Tis a villain, sir, But, as 'tis, : Took pains to make thee speak, taught thee each hour race, Though thou didst learn, had that in't which good natures Could not abide to be with; therefore wast thou Who hadst deserv'd more than a prison. 6 Cal. You taught me language; and my profit on't Is, I know how to curse: the red plague rid you, For learning me your language! Pro. Hag-seed, hence! What I command, I'll rack thee with old cramps; Cal. : No, 'pray thee! thee, The name thou ow'st not; and hast put thyself Fer. Fer. [TO FERD. Come. No; [He draws. O dear father, What, I say, Make not too rash a trial of him, for He's gentle, and not fearful. Pro. My foot my tutor ! Is so possess'd with guilt: come from thy ward 2; Mira. Beseech you father! Pro. Hence; hang not on my garments. I'll be his surety. Pro. Silence: one word more Shall make me chide thee, if not hate thee. What! An advocate for an impostor? hush! Thou think'st there are no more such shapes as he, Mira. My affections Are then most humble; I have no ambition To see a goodlier man. Pro. Come on; obey: [To FERD. Thy nerves are in their infancy again, And have no vigour in them. Fer. So they are: My spirits, as in a dream, are all bound up. My father's loss, the weakness which The wreck of all my friends, or this man's threats, feel, To whom I am subdued, are but light to me, Might I but through my prison once a day Behold this maid; all corners else o' the earth Let liberty make use of; space enough Have I in such a prison. 1 Frightful. 2 Guard. |