Any companion In the world but you;

Nor can imagination form a shape.
Besides yourself, to like of. But I prattle
Something too wildly, and my father's precepts
I therein do forget.

Fer. I am, in my condition,

A prince, Miranda; I do think, a king;
H would, not so !) and would no more endure
This wooden slavery, than to suffer
The flesh-fly blow my mouth.—Hear my soul speak:—
The very instant that 1 saw you, did
My heart fly to your service; there resides,
To make me slave to it; and for your sake,
Am I tlits patient log-man.

Mira. Do you love met

Fer. O heaven! O earth! bear witness to this sound, And crewn what I profess with kind event. If I speak true: if hollowly, invert What best is boded me to mischief! I, Beyond all limit of what else i' the world. Do love, prize, honour you,

Mira. I am a fool.

To weep at what I am glad of.

Pro. [Aside. | Fair encounter

Of two most rare affections! Heavens rain grace
On that which breeds between them!

Fer. Wherefore weep you?

Mira. At mine unworthiness, lhat dare not offer What I desire to give; and much less take What I shall die to want. But this is trifling; And all the more it seeks to hirle itself. The bigger bulk it shows. Hence, bashful cunning I And prompt ine, plain and holy innocence 1 I am your wife, if you will marry me; If not, I'll die your maid: to be your fellow You may deny me; but IH be your servant, Whether you will or no.

Fer. My mistress, dearest.

And I thus humble ever.

Mira. My husband, then?

Fer. Ay, with a heart as willing
As l>ondage e'er of freedom: here's my hand.

Mira. And mine, with my heart in "t: and now Till half-an-hour hence. [farewell,

Fer. A thousand thousand!

[Fxeunt Fer. and Mira.

Pro. So glad of this as they, I cannot be. Who are surpris'd with all; but my rejoicing At nothing can be more. Ill to my book; For yet, ere supper time, must I perform Much business appertaining. [Exit.

SCENE \\.—Another Part of the Island. Enter Caliban, with a bottle, Stephano, and Trinculo.

Ste, Tell not me:—when the butt is out, we will drink water; not a drop before: therefore bear up, and board 'em.—Servant-monster, drink to me.

Trin. Servant-monster? the folly of this island! They say. there's but five upon this isle: we are three of them; if the other two be brained like us, the state totters.

Ste. Drink, servant-monster, when I bid ;thee: thy eyes are almost set in thy head.

Trtn. Where should they be set else? he were a brave monster indeed, if they were set in his tail.

Ste. My man-monster hath drowned his tongue in Sack: for my part, the sea cannot drown me; I swam, ere I could recover the shore, five-and-thirty leagues, ruff and on, by this light.—Thou shalt be my lieutenant, monster, or my standard.

Trin. Your lieutenant, if you list; he's no standard.

Ste. Well not run, monsieur monster.

Trtn. Nor go neither: but youH lie. like dogs ; and vet say nothing neither. [heest a good moon-calf.

Ste. Moon-calf, speak once in thy life, if thou

Cal. How does thy honour? Let me lick thy shoe. 1*11 not serve him, he is not valiant.

Trin. Thou liest. most ignorant monster: I am in case to justle a constable: Why, thou deboshed fish thou, was there ever a man a coward, that hath drunk so much sack as 1 to-day? Wilt thou tell a monstrous lie, being but half a fish, and half a monster?

Cal. Co, how he mocks me! wilt thou let him. my lord!

Trin. Lord, quoth he!—that a monster should be such a natural 1

Cal. Lo, lo, agam ! bite him to death, I pr'ythee. Ste. Trinculo, keep a good tongue in your head: If I

you prove a mutineer, the next tree—The poor monster's my subject, and he shall not suffer indignity.

Cal. I thank my noble lord. Wilt thou be pleas'd To hearken once again the suit I made thee?

Ste. Marry, will I; kneel, and repeat it: I will stand, and so shall Trinculo.

Enter Ariel, invisible.

Cat. As I told thee before, I am subject to a tyrant, a sorcerer, that by his cunning hath cheated me of this land.

Ari. Thou Hest.

Cal. Thou liest, thou jesting monkey, thou; I would my valiant master would destroy thee: I do not lie.

Ste. Trinculo, if you trouble him any more in his tale, by this hand, 1 will supplant some of your teeth. Trin. Why, I said nothing.

Ste. Mum then, and no more.—j To Caliban.] ProCal. I say by sorcery he got this isle; (ceed. From me he got it: if thy greatness will. Revenge it on him—for, I know, thou dax'st; But this thing dare not,— Ste. That's most certain.

Cal. Thou shalt be lord of it, and 111 serve thee.

Ste. How now shall this be compassed? Canst thou bring me to the party?

Cal. Yea, yea, my lord: IHyield him thee asleep, Where thou may'st knock a nail into his head.

Art'. Thou liest; thou canst not. (patch I—

Cal. What a pied ninny's this? Thou scurvy I do beseech thy greatness, give him blows. And take his bottle from him: when that's gone. He shall drink nought but brine; for 111 not show him Where the quick freshes are.

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.

Trin. Why, what did I? I did nothing. Ill go further off.

Ste. Didst thou not say he lied?

Art. Thouliest.

Ste. Do I so? take thou that. [Strikes Aim.] As you like this, give me the lie another time.

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 I

Cal. Ha, ha, ha!

Ste. Now, forward with your tale.—Pr'ythee stand further off.

Cal. Beat him enough: after a little time, 111 beat him too.

Ste. Stand further.—Come, proceed.

Cat. Why, as I told thee, 'tis a custom with him ['the afternoon to sleep: there thou may'st brain him, Having first seiz'd his books; or with a log Batter his skull, or paunch him with a stake, Or cut his wezand with thy knife. Remember, FirsWo possess his l>ooks; for without them He's but a sot, as I am, nor hath not One spirit to command: they all do hate him, As rootedly as I. Burn but his books; He has brave utensils, (for so he calls them,) Which, when he has a house, hell deck withal: And that most deeply to consider is The beauty of his daughter; he himself Calls her a nonpareil: J never saw a woman. But only Sycorax my dam, and she; But she as far surpasseth Sycorax, As great'st does least.

Ste. Is it so brave a lass?

Cal. Ay, lord ; she will become thy bed, I warrant, And bring thee forth brave brood.

Ste. Monster, I will kill this man: his daughter nd I will be king and queen, (save our graces!) and Trinculo and thyself shall be viceroys.—Dost thou like the pint, Trinculo?

Trin. Excellent.

Ste. Give me thy hand: I am sorry I beat thee; but, while thou livest. keep a good tongue in thy head.

Cal. Within this half hour will he, be asleep; Wilt thou destroy him then?

Ste. Ay, on mine honour.

A ri. This will I tell my master.

Cal. Thou mak'st memerry: I am full of pleasure*
Let us be jocund : will you troll the catch
You taught me but while-ere?

SCENE TIL Another part of the Island.
Enter Alonso, Sebastian, Antonio, Gonzalo, Adrian,
Francisco, and others.
Gon. By'r la'kin, I can go no further, sir;
My old bones ache: here s a maze trod, indeed,
Through forth-rights, and meanders! by your pa-
I needs must rest me. Itience,
Alon. Old lord, I cannot blame thee,

Who am myself attach'd with weariness.
To the dulling of my spirits: sit down, and rest.
Even here I will put off my hope, and keep it
No longer for my flatterer: he is drown'd.
Whom thus we stray to find; and the sea mocks
Our frustrate search on land. Well, let him go.

Ant. [Aside to Seb. J I am rightglad thathe's so out Do not. for one repulse, forego the purpose | of hope. That you resolv'd to effect.

Seb. [Aside to Ant.l The next advantage
Will we take thoroughly.

Ant. [Aside to Seb.] Let It be to-night;
For, now they are oppress'd with travel, they
Will not, nor cannot, use such vigilance.
As when they are fresh.

Seb. [Aside to Ant.J I say, to-night: no more. Solemn and strange music; and Prospero above, in

visible. Enter several strange Shapes, bringing in a

banquet: they dance about it with gentle actions of

salutation; and, inviting the King, <2rc, to eat,

they depart.

Alon. What harmony is this? my good friends,

Gon. Marvellous sweet music! [hark!

Alon. Give us kind keepers, heavens! What were

Seb. A living drollery. Now I will believe [these! That there are unicorns ; that in Arabia There is one tree, the phoenix' throne; one phcenix At this hour reigning there.

Ant. IH believe both;

And what does else want credit, come to me.
And 111 be sworn 'tis true: travellers ne'er did lie,
Though fools at home condemn them.

Gon. If in Naples

I should report this now, would they believe me r
If I should say, I saw such islanders,
(For, certcs, these are people of the island,)
Who, though they are of monstrous shape, yet, note.
Their manners are more gentle-kind, than of
Our human generation you shall find
Many, nay, almost any.

Pro. [Aside.] Honest lord.

Thou hast said well; for some of you there present, Are worse than devils.

Alon, I cannot too much muse,

Such shapes, such gesture, and such sound, expressing1

(Although they want the use of tongue) a kind
Of excellent dumb discourse.
Pro. [Aside.] Praise in departing.

Fran. They vanish'd strangely.
Seb. No matter, since

They have left their viands behind; for we have
Will't please you taste of what is here? [stomachs.—
Alon. Not I. [boys,

Gon. Faith, sir, you need not fear. When we were Who would believe that there were mountaineers Dcw-lapp'd like bulls, whose throats had hanging at Wallets of flesh? or that there were such men, [them Whose heads stood in their breasts! which now we Each putter-out of five for one, will bring us [find. Good warrant of.

Alon. I will stand to, and feed.

Although my last; no matter, since I feel
The best is past.—Brother, my lord the duke,
Stand to, and do as we.

Thunder and lightning. Enter Ariel like a harpy;
claps his wings upon the table; and, with a quaint
device, the banquet vanishes.
Ari. You are three men of sin, whom destiny
(That hath to instrument this lower world,
And what is in't.) the never-surfeited sea
Hath caused to belch up; and on this island
Where man doth not inhabit; you 'mongst men
Being most unfit to live. I have made you mad;

[Seeing Alon., Seb., &-c, drau their swords.
And even with such like valour, men hang and drown
Their proper selves. You fools I I and my fellows
Are ministers of fate: the elements
Of whom your swords are tempcr'd, may as well
Wound the loud winds, or with hemock d-at stabs

Kill the still-closing waters, as diminish
One dowle that's in my plume; my fellow ministers
Are like invulnerable. If you could hurt.
Your swords are now too massy for your strengths,
And will not be uplifted. But, remember,
(Forthat's my business to you.) that you three
From Milan did supplant good Prospero;
Expos'd unto the sea, which hath requit it.
Him, and his innocent child: for which foul deed
The powers, delaying, not forgetting, have
Incens'd the seas and shores, yea, ail the creatures.
Against your peace. Thee, of thy son, Alonso,
They have bereft; and do pronounce, by me.
Lingering perdition (worse than any death
Can be at once) shall step by step attend
You, and your ways; whose wrathstoguard you from
(Which here in this most desolate isla, else falls
Upon your heads) is nothing, but heart's sorrow.
And a clear life ensuing.

He vanishes in thunder: then, to soft music, enter'
the Shapes again, and dance with mocks and
mowes, and carry out the table.
Pro. [Aside.] Bravely the figure of this harpy hast
Pcrform'd, my Ariel; a grace it had, devouring [thou
Of my instruction hast thou nothing 'bated.
In what thou hadst to say: so with good life
And observation strange, my meaner ministers
Their several kinds have done. My high charms
And these, mine enemies, are all knit up [work,
In their distractions: they now are in my power;
And in these fits I leave them, while I vfsit
Young Ferdinand, (whom they suppose is drown'd,)
And his and my lov'd darling. [Exit above.

Gon. I' the name of something holy, sir, why stand In this strange stare f [you Alon. O, it is monstrous! monstrous 1

Methought the billows spoke, and told me of it;
The winds did sing it to mc ; and the thunder.
That deep and dreadful organ-pipe, pronoune'd
The name of Prosper: it did base my trespass.
Therefore iny son i' the ooze is bedded; and
I'll seek him deeper than e'er plummet sounded.
And with him there lie mudded. [Exit.

Seb. But one fiend at a time,

I'll fight their legions o'er.
Ant. I'll be thy second. [Exeunt Seb. and Ant.
Gon. All three of them are desperate; their great
Like poison given to work a great time after, [guilt.
Now gins to cite the spirits.—I do beseech you.
That are of suppler joints, follow them swiftly.
And hinder them from what this ecstasy
May now provoke them to.
Adr, Follow, I pray you. {Exeunt.

ACT IV.

SCENE I. Before Prospero's Cell.
Enter Prospero, Ferdinand, and Miranda.

Pre. If I have too austerely punish'd you.
Your compensation makes amends; for I
Have given you here a thread of mine own li'e,
Or that for which 1 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.

Per. I do believe it.

Against an oracle.

Pre. Then, as my gift, and thine own acquisition Worthily purchav'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, Sour-ey'd disdain, and discord, shall bestrew The; union of your bed with weeds so loathly. That you shall liate it both: therefore, take heed, As Hymen's lamps shall light you.

Per. As I hope

For quiet days, fair issue, and long life.
With such love as 'tis now, the murkiest den.
The most opportune place, the strong'st suggestion
Our worser genius can, shall never melt
Mine honour into lust, to take away
The edge of that day's celebration.
When I shall think, or Phoebus' steeds are founder'd.
Or night kept chain'd below.
. Pro. Fairly spoke:

Sit then, and talk with her, she is thine own.—
What, Ariel! my industrious servant, Ariel 1
Enter Ariel.

Ari. What would my potent master? here I am.

Pro. Thou and thy meaner fellows your last service Did worthily perform; and I must use you In such another trick. Go, bring the rabble. O'er whom I give thee power, here, to this place: Incite them to quick motion ; for I must Bestow upon the eyes of this young couple Some vanity of mine art: it is my promise. And they expect it from me.

Ari. Presently?

Pro. Ay, with a twink.

A ri. Before you can say, "Come," and "Go,"
And breathe twice; and cry, "So, so,"
Each one, tripping on his toe,
Will be here with mop and mow.
Do you love me, master? no?

Pro. Dearly, my delicate Ariel. Do not approach, Till thou dost hear me call.

Ari. Well, I conceive. {Exit.

Pro. Look, thou be true; do not give dalliance
Too much the rein: the strongest oaths are straw
To the fire i'thc blood: be more abstemious.
Or else, good night, your vow!

Per. I warrant you, sir;

The white-cold virgin snow upon my heart
Abates the ardour of my liver.

Pro. Well.—
Now come, my Ariel! bring a corollary.
Rather than want a spirit: appear, and pertly.—
No tongue; all eyes; be silent. [Soft -music.

A Masque. Enter Iris,

Iris. Ceres, most bounteous lady, thy rich leas Of wheat, rye, barli'y, vetches, oats, and peas; Thy turfy mountains, where live nibbling sheep. And flat meads, thatchVI with stover, them to keep; Thy banks with peonied and lilied brims. Which spungy April at thy best betrims. [groves, To make cold nymphs chaste crowns; and thy broom Whose shadow the dismissed bachelor loves, Being lass-lorn; thy pole-ctipt vineyard; And thy sea-marge, sterile, and rocky-liard, Where thou thyself dost air: the queen o' the sky, Whose watery arch and messenger am I, Bids thee leave these; and with her sovereign grace, Here on this grass-plot, in this very place, To conie and sport; her peacocks fly ai Approach, rich Ceres, her to entertain.

Enter Ceres.
Cer. Hail, many-coloured messenger, that ne'er

Dost disobey the wife of Jupiter;

Who, with thy saffron wings, upon my flowers

Diffusest honey-drops, refreshing showers:

And with each end of thy blue bow dost crown

My bosky acres, and my unshrubb'd down.

Rich scarf to my proud earth; why hath thy queen

Summon'd me hither, to this short-grass'd green?

Iris. A contract of true love to celebrate,
And some donation freely to estate
On the bless'd lovers.

Cer. Tell me, heavenly bow,

If V enus, or her son, as thou dost know,
Do now attend the queen? since they did plot
The means that dusky Dis my daughter got.
Her and her blind boy's scandal'd company.
I have forsworn.

Iris. Of her society

Be not afraid; I met her deity
Cutting the clouds towards Paphos, and her son
Dove-drawn with her. Here thought they to have done
Some wanton charm upon this man and maid.
Whose vows are, that no bed-rite shall be paid
Till Hymen's torch be lighted; but in vain:
Mars's hot minion is return'd again;
Her waspish-headed son has broke his arrows,
Swears he will shoot no more, but play with sparrows,
And be a boy right out.

Cer. Highest queen of state.

Great Juno comes; I know lier by her gait.

Enter Juno.

Jan. How does my bounteous sister? Gowith me, To bless this twain, that they may prosperous be, And honour'd in their issue.

SONG.

Jun. Honour, riches, marriage-blessingt
Long continuance, and increasing.
Hourly Joys be still upon you!
yuno sings her blessings on you.
Cer. Earth's increase, foison plenty,

Bartis and garners never empty;
Vines, with clusfritig bunches grooving;
Plants, with goodly burden bowing;
Spring come to you. at t/te farthest.
In the -very end of harvest!
Scarcity and want shall shun you;
Ceres' blessing so is on you.
Per. This is a most majestic vision, and
Harmonious charmingly: May I be bold
To think these spirits?

Pro. Spirits, which by mine art

I have from their confines call'd to enact
My present fancies.

Per. Let me live here ever:

So rare a wonder'd father, and a wife.
Make this place Paradise.

[Juno and Ceres whisper, and send Iris on employment. Pro. Sweet now, silence!

Tuno and Ceres whisper seriously;
There's something else to do: hush, and be mute.
Or else our spell is marr'd, [brooks,
Iris. You nymphs, call'd Naiads, of the winding
\Vitrf*your sedg'd crowns, and ever-harmless looks.
Leave your crisp channels, and on this green land
Answer your summons: Juno does command.
Come, temperate nymphs, and help to celebrate
A contract of true love: be not too late.

Enter certain Nymphs.
You sun-bum'd sicklemen, of August weary.
Come hither from the furrow, an." be merry:
Make holiday: your rye-straw hats put on.
And these fresh nymphs encounter every one
In country footing.

Enter certain Reapers, properly habited: they Join

with the Nymphs in a graceful dance; towards the

end wltereofVrospeTO starts suddenly, and speaks;

after which, to a strange, hollow, and confused

noise, they heavily vanish.

Pro. (Aside.] I had forgot that foul conspiracy Of the beast Caliban, ann his confederates. Against my life: the minute of their plot [—no more. Is almost come.—[ To the Spirits. ] Well done;—avoid.

Per. This is strange: your father's in some passion That works him strongly.

Mini. Never till this day.

Saw I him touch'd with anger so disternper'd.

Pro. You do look, my son. In a mov'd sort.

As if you were dismay'd: be cheerful, sir:
Our revels now are ended. These our actors,
As I foretold you, were all spirits, and
Are melted into air, into thin air:
And, like the baseless fabric of this vision.
The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces,
The solemn temples, the great globe itself,
Vea, all which it inherit, snail dissolve,
find, like this insubstantial pageant faded,
leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff
As dreams are made of, and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep.—Sir. I am vex'd:
Bear with my weakness; my old brain is troubled.
Be not disturb'd with my infirmity.

Arid there repose: a turn or two I'll walk,
To still my beating mind.
Per. Mira. We wish your peace.

[ Exeunt.

Pro. Come with a thought 1—{To them.] Ithankyou. —Ariel come!

Enter Ariel.

Ari. Thy thoughts I cleave to. What's thy pleasure?

Pro. Spirit,
We must prepare to meet with Caliban.

Ari. Ay, my commander; when I presented Ceres,
I thought to have told thee of it; but I fear'd,
Lest 1 might anger thee.

Pro. Say again, where didst thou leave these varlets?

Ari. I told you, sir, they were red-hot with drinking; So full of valour, that they smote the air For breathing in their faces; beat the ground For kissing of their feet; yet always bending Towards their project. Then 1 beat my tabor; At which, like unback'd colts, they prick d their ears, Advanc'd their eye-lids, lifted up their noses, As they smelt music: so I charm'd their ears. That, calf-like, they my lowing follow'd, through Tooth'd briers, sharp furzes, pricking goss, and thorns, Which enter'd their frail shins: at last I left them I* the filthy mantled pool beyond your cell. There dancing up to the chins, that the foul lake O'erstunk their feet.

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. 1 will plague them all,
Even to roaring.

Re-enter Ariel, loaden with glistering apparel, cVf.

Come, hang them on this line. Prospero and Ariel remain unseen. Enter Caliban, Stephano, Trinculo, all -wet.

Cal. Pray you, tread softly, that the blind mole may Hear a footfall: we now are near his cell. |not

Ste. Monster, your fairy, which you say is a harmle! fairy.has done little better than played the Jack with u

Trin. Monster, I do smell all horse-piss; at which my nose is in great indignation. •

Ste. So is mine.—Doyou 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 III bring thee to Shall hoodwink this mischance: therefore speak softly All's hush'd as midnight yet.

Trin. Ay. but to lose our hottlesin 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. [thoughts.

Ste, Give me thy hand: I do begin to have bloody "Trin. O king Stephano! 0 peer 1 O worthy Stephano 1 look, what a wardrobe here is for theel

Cal. Let it alone, thou fool; it is but trash.

Trin. O, ho. monster; we know what belongs to a frippery.—O king Stephano! [have that gown.

Ste. Put off that gown, Trinculo; by this hand, 111 Trin. Thy grace shall have it.

Cat. The dropsy drown this fool 1 what do you mean, To doat thus on such luggage? Let's along. And do the murder first: if he awake. From toe to crown he 11 fill our skins with pinches; Make us strange stuff.

Ste. Be you quiet, monster.— Mistress line, is not this my jerkin? Nowis 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, and't like your grace.

Ste. I thank thee for that jest; here's a garment for 1: 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 lime upon your fingers, and away with the rest.

Cat. I will have none on t: we shall lose our time. And all be turned 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. Ay, and this. A noise of hunters heard. Enter divers Spirits, in

shape of hounds, and hunt them about; Prospero

ana Ariel setting them on.

Pro. Hey, Mountain, hey!

Ari. Silver! there it goes. Silver 1

Pro. Fury, Fury I there. Tyrant, there ! hark, hark I [Cal., Ste., and Tr'm. are driven out. Go. charge my goblins that they grind their joints With dry convulsions; shorten up their sinews With aged cramps; and more pinch-spotted make Than pard, or cat o* mountain. fthem,

Ari. Hark I they roar.

Pro. Let them be hunted soundly. At this hour Lie at my mercy all mine enemies: Shortly snail all my labours end, and thou Shalt have the air of freedom: for a little, Follow, and do ine service. [Exeunt.

ACT V.

SCENE I. Before the cell ^"Prospero.
Enter Prospero in his magic robes; and Arid*
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. On the sixth hour; at which time, my lord,
You said our work should cease.

Pro. I did say so.

When first I rais'd the tempest. Say, my spirit.
How fares the king and's followers?

Art. Confin'd together

in the same fashion as you gave in charge;

"sir,

, u gave n Just as you left them: all prisonei . In the lime-grove which weather-fends your cell; They cannot budge, till your release. The king. His brother, and yours, abide all three distracted; And the remainder mourning over them. Brimful of sorrow and dismay; but chiefly \talo:m Him, that you term'd. sir, "The good old lord Gon~ His tears run down his beard, like winter's drops From eaves of reeds; your charm so strongly works That it you now beheld them, your affections [them, '' become l<

Would b__

Pro. Dost thou think so, spirit?

Ari. Mine would, sir, were I human.

Pro. And mine shall.

Hast thou, which art but air. a touch, a feeling
Of their afflictions, and shall not myself.
One of their kind, that relish all as sharply.
Passion as they, be kindlier mov'd than thou art?
Though with their high wrongs I am struck to the
Yet, with my nobler reason, 'gainst my fury [quick.
Do I take part: the rarer action is
In virtue, than in vengeance: they being penitent.
The sole drift of iny purpose doth extend
Not a frown further? Go. release them, Ariel.
My charms I'll break, their senses I'll restore.
And they shall be themselves.

Ari. Ill fetch them, sir. [Exit.

Pro. Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes, and
And ye, lhat on the sands with printless foot [groves;
Do chase the ebbing Neptune, and do fly him,
When lie comes back ; you demy-puppets, that
By moonshine do the gjeen-sour ringlets make,
Whereof the ewe not bites; and you, whose pastime
Is to make midnight mushrooms; that rejoice
To hear the solemn curfew; by whose aid
(Weak masters though ye be) 1 have bedimm'd
The noontide sun, call'd forth the mutinous winds.
And "twixt the green sea and the azur'd vault
Set roaring war: to the dread rattling thunder
Have I given fire, and rifted Jove's stout oak
With his own bolt: the strong bas'd promontory
Have I made shake; and by the spurs pluck'd up
The pine and cedar: graves, at my command,
Have wak'd their sleepers; oped, and let them forth
By my so potent art. But this rough magic
I here abjure; and, when I have requira
Some heavenly music, (which even now I do,)
To work mine end upon their senses, that
This airy charm is for. 111 break iny stair.
Bury it certain fathoms in the earth.
Ana, deeper than did ever plummet sound,
I'll drown my book. [Solemn music.

Re-enter Ariel: after Him, Alonso. with a frantic
gesture, attended by Gonzalo; Sebastian and An-
tonio in like manner, attended by Adrian and
Francesco: they all enter the circle -which Prospero
had made, and there stand charmed; which Pros-
pero observing, speaks.
A solemn air, and the best comforter
To an unsettled fancy, cure thy brains.
Now useless, boil'd within thy skull I There stand,
For you are spell-stopp'd.—
Holy Gonzalo, honourable man.
Mine eyes, even sociable to the show of thine.
Fall fellowly drops.—The charm dissolves apace;
And as the morning steals upon the night.
Melting the darkness, so their rising senses
Begin to chase the ignorant fumes that mantle
Their clearer reason.—O good Gonzalo,
My true preserver, and a loyal sir
To him thou follow'st, 1 will pay thy graces
Home, both in word and deed.—Most cruelly
Didst thou, Alonso, use me and my daughter:
Thy brother was a furtherer in the act;— (blood,
Thou'rt pinch"d for't now, Sebastian.—Flesh and
You brother mine, that entertain'd ambition,
Expell'd remorse and nature; who, with Sebastian,
(Whose inward pinches therefore are most strong.)
Would here have kill'd your king; I do forgive thee,
Unnatural though thou art 1—Their understanding
Begins to swell, and the approaching tide
Will shortly fill the reasonable shores.
That now lie foul and muddy. Not one of them
That yet looks on me, or would know me.—Ariel,
Fetch me the hat and rapier in my cell:— [Exit Ariel.
I will dis-case n\e, and myself present.
As I was sometime Milan.—quickly, spirit;
Thou shalt ere long be free.

Ariel re-enters, singing, and helps to attire Prospero.

Ari. Where the bee sucks, there suck I;
In a cowslip's bell I lie;
There I conch when owls do cry.
On the bat's back I dofly
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.—

To the king's ship, invisible as thou art:

There shalt thou find the mariners asleep

Under the hatches; the master, and the boatswain

Being awake, enforce them to this place;

And presently, I pr'ythee.
Ari. I drink the air before me, and return

Or e'er your pulse twice beat. [Exit.
Gon. All torment, trouble, wonder, and amazement

Inhabits here: some heavenly power guide us

(Jut of this fearful country!
Pro. Behold, sir king,

The wronged 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, X bid

A hearty welcome.

Alon. Whe'r thou be est he, or no.

Or some enchanted trifle to abuse me.
As late I have been, I not know: thy pulse
Beats, as of flesh and blood; and, since 1 saw thee,
The affliction of my mind amends, with which,
I fear, a madness held me: this must crave
(An if this be at all) a most strange story.
Thy dukedom I resign ; and do entreat
Thou pardon me my wrongs.—But how should Prospero
Be living, and be here f

Pro. First, noble friend.

Let me embrace thine age; whose honour cannot
Be mcasur'd, or confin'd.

Gon. Whether this be,

Or be not, 111 not swear.

Pro. You do yet taste

Some subtilties o* the isle, that will not let you
Believe things certain.—Welcome, my friends all:—
[Aside to Seb. and Ant.] But you, my brace of lords*

were I so minded.
I here could pluck his highness' frown upon you.
And justify you traitors: at this time
I will tell no tales.

Seb. [Aside.] The devil speaks in him.

Pro. No.— For you, most wicked sir, whom to call brother Would even infect my mouth. 1 do forgive Thy rankest fault; all of them; and require My dukedom of thee, which, perforce, I know, Tfioun

Alon. If thou beest Prospero,

Give us particulars of thy preservation:
How thou hast met us here, who three hours since
Were wreck'd upon this shore; where I have lost,
(How sharp the point of this remembrance is!)
My dear son Ferdinand.

Pro. I am woe for "t, sir.

Alon. Irreparable is the loss; and patience Says it is past her cure.

Pro. I rather think,

You have not sought her help; of whose soft grace;
For the like loss I have her sovereign aid.
And rest myself content.

Alon. You the like loss?

Pro. As great to me, as late ; and, supportable To make the dear loss, have 1 means much weaker Than you may call to comfort you ; for I Have lost my daughter.

Alon. A daughter?

0 heavens! that they were both living in Naples, The king and queen there ! that they were, I wish Myself were mudded in that oozy bed

Where my son lies. When did you lose your 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 ofiices of truth, their words Are natural breath: but, howsoe'er 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; For 'tis a chronicle of day by day, N'ot a relation for a breakfast, nor Befitting this first meeting. Welcome, sir; This cell's my court: here have I few attendants, And subjects none abroad: pray you, look in. My dukedom since you have given me again,

1 will requite you with as good a thing;

At least, bring forth a wonder, to content ye
As much as me my dukedom.

The entrance of the Cell opens, and discovers Ferdinand and Miranda playing at chess.

Mira. Sweet lord, you play me false.

Per. No, my dearest love,

I would not for the world. [wrangle,

Mira. Yes, for a score of kingdoms you should And I would call it fair play.

Alon. If this prove

A vision of the island, one dear sou
Shall I twice lose.

Seb. A most high miracle!

Per. Though the seas threaten they are merciful: I have curs'd them without cause.

TFer. kneels to Alon.

Alon. Now, all the blessings