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In what thou hadst to say: so, with good life,
And observation strange, my meaner ministers
Their several kinds have done: my high charms
work,

And these, mine enemies, are all knit up
In their distractions: they now are in my power;
And in these fits I leave them, whilst I visit
Young Ferdinand, (whom they suppose is
drown'd,)

And his and my loved darling.

[Exit PROSPERO from above. Gon. I' the name of something holy, Sir, why stand you

In this strange stare?

Alon. O, it is monstrous! monstrous! Methought, the billows spoke, and told me of it; The winds did sing it to me; and the thunder, That deep and dreadful organ-pipe, pronounc'd The name of Prosper; it did bass my trespass. Therefore my son l' the ooze is bedded; and I'll seek him deeper than e'er plummet sounded, And with him there lie mudded.

Seb. But one fiend at a time,
I'll fight their legions o'er.
Ant. I'll be thy second.

[Exit.

[Exeunt SEB. and ANT. Gon. All three of them are desperate; their

great guilt,

Like poison given to work a great time after,
Now 'gins to bite the spirits :-I do beseech you
That are of suppler joints, follow them swiftly,
And hinder them from what this ecstacy*
May now provoke them to.

Adr. Follow, I pray you.

ACT IV.

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SCENE I.---Before PROSPERO's cell. Enter PROSPERO, FERDINAND, and MIRANDA. Pro. If I have too austerely punish'd you, Your compensation makes amends; for I Have given you here a thread of mine own life, Or that for which I 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 HeaI ratify this my rich gift. O Ferdinand, [ven, 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.

Fer. I do believe it, Against an oracle.

Pro. Then, as my gift, and thine own acqui

sition

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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.

Ari. 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 mowe:
Do you love me, master? no.

Pro. Dearly, my delicate Ariel: Do not ap-
Till thou dost hear me call.
Ari. Well I conceive.

[proach, [Exit.

Pro. Look, thou be true; do not give dal

liance

[straw

Too much the rein; the strongest oaths are To the fire i' the blood: be more abstemious, Or else, good night, your vow!

Fer. I warrant you, Sir;

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

Pro. Well.--

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Whose shadow the dismissed bachelor loves And thy sea-marge, sterile, and rocky-hard, Being lass-lorn; thy pole-clipt vineyard; Where thou thyself dost air: The queen o'

sky,

Whose watery arch, and messenger, am I, Bids thee leave these; and with her sovereig grace,

Here on this grass-plot, in this very place, To come and sport, her peacocks fly amain; Approach, rich Ceres, her to entertain.

Enter CERES.

Cer. Hail, many-colour'd messenger, that Dost disobey the wife of Jupiter; [ne'er 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 [green? Summon'd me hither, to this short-grass'd Iris. A contract of true love to celebrate; And some donation freely to estate On the bless'd lovers.

* Surplus.

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Juno. Honour, riches, marriage-blessing,
Long continuance, and increasing,
Hourly joys be still upon you!
Juno sings her blessings on you.

Cer. Earth's increase, and foison† plenty ;
Barns, and garners never empty;
Vines, with clust'ring bunches growing;
Plants, with goodly burden bowing;
Spring come to you, at the farthest,
In the very end of harvest!

Scarcity, and want, shall shun you;
Ceres' blessing so is on you.

Fer. 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.

Fer, Let me live here ever;

So rare a wonder'd‡ father, and a wife,

Make this place Paradise.

the end whereof PROSPERO 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, and his confederates, Against my life; the minute of their plot Is almost come.---[To the spirits.] Well done --avoid ;---no more.

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

Mira. Never till this day,

Saw I him touch'd with anger so distemper'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,
Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve;
And, like this insubstantial pageant faded,*
Leave not a rack+ behind: We are such stuff
Is rounded with a sleep.---Sir, I am vex'd;
As dreams are made of, and our little life
Bear with my weakness; my old brain is
troubled.

Be not disturb'd with my infirmity:
If you be pleas'd, retire into my cell,
And there repose; a turn or two I'll walk,
To still my beating mind.

Fer. Mira. We wish you peace. [Exeunt.
Pro. Come with a thought :---I thank you :---
Ariel, come.

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Ari. I told you, Sir, they were red-hot with drinking;

So full of valour, that they smote the air

[Juno and Ceres whisper, and send IRIS on For breathing in their faces; beat the ground

employment.

Pro. Sweet now, silence: Juno and Ceres whisper seriously; There's something else to do: husn, and be Or else our spell is marr'd. [mute, Iris. You nymphs, call'd Naiads, of the wand'ring brooks, [looks, With your sedg'd crowns, and ever harmless Leave your crisp channels, and on this green land

For kissing of their feet: yet always bending Towards their project: Then I 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

[them

Tooth'd briers, sharp furzes, pricking goss, and thorns, Which enter'd their frail shins: at last I left cele-I' the filthy mantled pool beyond your cell, There dancing up to the chins, that the foul O'er-stunk their feet.

Answer your summons; Juno does command: Come, temperate nymphs, and help to brate

A contract of true love; be not too late.

Enter certain Nymphs.

You sun-burn'd sicklemen, of August weary,
Come hither from the furrow, and be merry;
Make holy-day: your rye-straw hats put on,
And these fresn nymphs encounter every one
In country footing.

Enter certain Reapers, properly habited: they join
with the Nymphs in a graceful dance; towards
* Pluto. † Abundance.

Able to produce such wonders.

[lake

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.

[Exit.

Ari. I go, I go. Pro. A devil, a born devil, on whose nature Nurtures can never stick; on whom my pains,

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Humanely taken, all, all lost, quite lost;
And as, with age, his body uglier grows,
So his mind cankers: I will plague them all,

And all be turn'd to barnacles, or to apes
With foreheads villainous low.

Ste. Monster, lay-to your fingers; help to bear this away, where my hogshead of wine Re-enter ARIEL loaden with glistering apparel,is, or I'll turn you out of my kingdom: go to,

&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
a 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.

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,
[enter:
This is the mouth of the cell: no noise, and
Do that good mischief, which may make this
island

Thine own for ever, and I, thy Caliban,
For ayet thy foot-licker.

Ste. Give me thy hand: I do begin to have
bloody thoughts.

Trin. O king Stephano! O peer! O worthy Stephano! look, what a wardrobe here is for

thee!

Cal. Let it alone, thou fool; it is but trash. Trin. O, ho, monster; we know what belongs to a frippery :-O king Stephano! Ste. Put off that gown, Trinculo; by this hand, I'll have that gown.

Trin. Thy grace shall have it.

Cal. The dropsy drown this fool! 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'll fill our skins with
Make us strange stuff.
[pinches;
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, and'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,

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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 and ARIEL setting them on.

Pro. Hey, Mountain, hey!

Ari. Silver! there it goes, Silver!
Pro. Fury, Fury! there, Tyrant, there! hark,
hark!

[CAL. STE. and TRIN. 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 them

Than pard, or cat o' mountain.
Ari. Hark, they roar.

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

ACT V.

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In virtue than in vengeance: they being peni-
The sole drift of my purpose doth extend
Not a frown further: Go, release them, Ariel;
Thatch

Leopard. + Defends from bad weather.

THE TEMPEST.

My charms I'll break, their senses I'll restore,
And they shall be themselves.
Art. I'll fetch them, Sir.
Pro. Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes,
[Exit.
and groves;

And ye, that on the sands with printless foot
Do chase the ebbing Neptune, and do fly him,
When he comes back; you demi-puppets, that
By moonshine do the green-sour ringlets make,
Whereof the ewe not bites; and you, whose
pastime

dimm'd

Is to make midnight-mushrooms; that rejoice
To hear the solemn curfew; by whose aid
(Weak masters though you be,) I have be-
The noon-tide 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 waked their sleepers; oped, and let them forth

By my so potent art: But this rough magic I here abjure: and, when I have requir'd Some heavenly music, (which even now I do,) To work mine end upon their senses, that This airy charm is for, I'll break my staff, Bury it certain fathoms in the earth, And, 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 ANTONIO in like manner, attended by ADRIAN and FRANCISCO: They all enter the circle which PROSPERO had made, and there stand charmed; which PROSPERO observing, speaks.

A solemn air, and the best comforter
To an unsettled fancy, cure thy brains,
Now useless, boil'd within thy skull! There
For you are spell-stopp'd.

[stand,

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 my good Gonzalo, My true preserver, and a loyal sir

To him thou follow'st; I 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;Thou'rt pinch'd for't now, Sebastian.-Flesh and blood,

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!Their under-
[standing
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.

Pity, or tenderness of heart.

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I will dis-case me, 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.

Ar. Where the bee sucks, there suck I;
In a cowslip's bell I lie:

There I couch when owls do cry.
On the bat's back I do fly,
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;

To the king's ship, invisible as thou art:
But yet thou shalt have freedom: so, so, so.-
Under the hatches; the master, and the boat:
There shalt thou find the mariners asleep
swain,

And presently, I pr'ythee.
Being awake, enforce them to this place;

Ari. I drink the air before me, and return Or e'er your pulse twice beat. Gon. All torment, trouble, wonder, and [Exit ARIEL. amazement

Inhabits here: Some heavenly power guide us Out 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, I bid
A hearty welcome.

Or some enchanted trifle to abuse me,
Alon. Whe'r thou beest he, or no,
As late I have been, I not know: thy pulse
Beats, as of flesh and blood; and, since I saw
thee,

Th' affliction of my mind amends, with which,
I fear, a madness held me: this must crave^
Thy dukedom I resign; and do entreat
(An if this be at all,) a most strange story.
Thou pardon me my wrongs :-But how should
Be living, and be here?
Prospero

Pro. First, noble friend,

Let me embrace thine age; whose honour can-
Be measur'd, or confin'd.

Or be not, I'll not swear.
Gon. Whether this be,

Pro. You do yet taste

[not

Some subtilties o' the isle, that will not let you
Believe things certain :-Welcome, my friends
But you, my brace of lords, were I so minded,
all:-
:-
I here could pluck his highness' frown upon
[Aside to SEB. and ANT.
And justify you traitors; at this time [you,
I'll tell no tales.

[Aside.

Seb. The devil speaks in him.
For you, most wicked Sir, whom to call brother
Pro. No:-
Thy rankest fault; all of them; and require
Would even infect my mouth, I do forgive
Thou must restore.
My dukedom of thee, which, perforce, I know,

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

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Alon. A daughter?

O heavens! that they were living both in
Naples,

[I wish
The king and queen there! that they were,
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 offices 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
[landed,
Upon this shore, where you were wreck'd, was
To be the lord on't. No more yet of this;
For 'tis a chronicle of day by day,
Not a relation for a breakfast, nor
Befitting this first meeting. Welcome, Sir;
This cell's my court: here have I few attend-

ants,

And subjects none abroad: pray you, look in.
My dukedom since you have given me again,
I 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 FER

DINAND and MIRANDA playing at chess. Mira. Sweet lord, you play me false. Fer. No, my dearest love,

I would not for the world.

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But O, how oddly will it sound, that I
Must ask my child forgiveness!

Pro. There, Sir, stop:

Let us not burden our remembrances
With a heaviness that's gone.
Gon. I have inly wept,
Or should have spoken ere this.
you gods,

Look down,

And on this couple drop a blessed crown;
For it is you, that have chalk'd forth the way
Which brought us hither!

Alon. I say, Amen, Gonzalo!

Gon. Was Milan thrust from Milan, that his
issue

Should become kings of Naples? O, rejoice
Beyond a common joy; and set it down
With gold on lasting pillars: In one voyage
Did Claribel her husband find at Tunis;
And Ferdinand, her brother, found a wife,
Where he himself was lost; Prospero his duke-
In a poor isle; and all of us, ourselves, [dom,
When no man was his own.*

Alon. Give me your hands:
[To FER. and MIR.
Let grief and sorrow still embrace his heart,
That doth not wish you joy!
Gon. Be't so! Amen!

Re-enter ARIEL, with the MASTER and BOAT-
SWAIN amazedly following.

O look, Sir, look, Sir; here are more of us!
I prophesied, if a gallows were on land,
This fellow could not drown:-Now, blas-
phemy,
[sbore
That swear'st grace o'erboard, not an oath on
Hast thou no mouth by land? What is the
news?

Boats. The best news is, that we have safely
found

Our king, and company: the next our ship,Which, but three glasses since, we gave out split,

Mira. Yes, for a score of kingdoms you Is tight and yare,t and bravely rigged, as when

should wrangle,

And I would call it fair play.

Alon. If this prove

A vision of the island, one dear son

Shall I twice lose.

Seb. A most high miracle!

Fer. Tho' the seas threaten, they are merciful: I have curs'd them without cause.

[FERD. kneels to ALON. Alon. Now all the blessings

Of a glad father compass thee about!
Arise, and say how thou cam'st here.

Mira. O! wonder!

How many goodly creatures are there here!
How beauteous mankind is! O brave new
That has such people in't!
[world,

Pro. "Tis new to thee.

Alon. What is this maid, with whom thou
wast at play?

Your eld'st acquaintance cannot be three hours:
Is she the goddess that hath sever'd us,
And brought us thus together?

Fer. Sir, she's mortal;

But, by immortal Providence, she's mine; + Bearable

* Sorry

We first put out to sea.

Ari. Sír, all this service

Have I done since I went.

Pro. My tricksyt spirit!

[Aside. [Aside.

Alon. These are not natural events; they

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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

[noises

hatches,
Where, but even now, with strange and several
Of roaring, shrieking, howling, gingling chains,
And more diversity of sounds, all horrible,
We were awak'd; straitway, at liberty:
Where we, in all her trim, freshly beheld
Our royal, good, and gallant ship; our master
Cap'ring to eye her: On a trice, so please you,
Even in a dream, were we divided from them,
And were brought moping hither.
Ari. Was't well done?
Pro. Bravely, my diligence. Thou
free.

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