I did say so, Pros. Ari. Confined together In the same fashion as you gave in charge; In the line-grove which weather-fends your cell; The king, His brother, and yours, abide all three distracted; And the remainder mourning over them, Brimful of sorrow and dismay; but chiefly Him that you termed, sir, "The good old lord, Gonzalo ;" His tears run down his beard like winter drops From eaves of reeds: your charm so strongly works them, That if you now beheld them, your affections Would become tender. Pros. Dost thou think so, spirit? Ari. Mine would, sir, were I human. And mine shall. Hast thou, which art but air, a touch, a feeling One of their kind, that relish all as sharply, Passion as they, be kindlier moved than thou art? Do I take part: the rarer action is In virtue than in vengeance: they being penitent, The sole drift of my purpose doth extend Not a frown further: Go, release them, Ariel; Ari. I'll fetch them, sir. [Exit. Pros. Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes, 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 Is to make midnight mushrooms; that rejoice To hear the solemn curfew; by whose aid (Weak masters though ye be) I have bedimmed 1 Till you set them free. The noontide sun, called forth the mutinous winds, [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 brains1, Holy Gonzalo, venerable man, There stand, Mine eyes, even sociable to the show of thine, Fall fellowly drops.2 The charm dissolves apace, Melting the darkness, so their rising senses To him thou followest, I will pay thy graces Thou art pinched for it now, Sebastian.- Flesh and blood, Expelled remorse 3 and nature; who with Sebastian 1 May a solemn air, &c. cure thy brains; i. e. bring them back to rea son. 2 Shed sympathetic tears. (Whose inward pinches therefore are most strong) That now lie foul and muddy. Not one of them I will dis-case me, and myself present, As I was sometime Milan :-quickly, spirit; [Exit ARIEL. 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 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. Pros. 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, And presently, I prithee. Ari. I drink the air before me, and return Or e'er your pulse twice beat. [Exit ARIEL. Gon. All torment, trouble, wonder, and amazement Inhabits here: some heavenly power guide us Out of this fearful country! Pros. Behold, sir king, The wrongèd duke of Milan, Prospero : For more assurance that a living prince A hearty welcome. Alon. Whe'r thou beest 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 I saw thee, The affliction of my mind amends, with which, Thou pardon me my wrongs:-But how should Prospero Be living, and be here? You do yet taste Pros. : [Aside to SEB. and ANT. I here could pluck his highness' frown upon you, And justify 2 you traitors; at this time I'll tell no tales. For you, most wicked sir, whom to call brother Alon. If thou beest Prospero, Give us particulars of thy preservation : How thou hast met us here, who three hours since Pros. I am woe3 for it, sir. Alon. Irreparable is the loss; and patience Says, it is past her cure. Pros. I rather think, You have not sought her help; of whose soft grace And rest myself content. Alon. You the like loss? Pros. As great to me, as late1; and supportable To make the dear loss, have I means much weaker 1 Limited. 2 Prove. 3 Sorry. 4 As great as yours, and as lately happened. Than you may call to comfort you; for I Have lost my daughter. Alon. A daughter? O heavens! that they were living both in Naples, Where my son lies. When did you lose your daughter? At this encounter do so much admire, That they devour their reason; and scarce think Which was thrust forth of Milan; who most strangely Not a relation for a breakfast, nor Befitting this first meeting. Welcome, sir; The entrance of the Cell opens, and discovers FERDINAND and Miran. Sweet lord, you play me false. Ferd. I would not for the world. No, my dearest love, Miran. Yes, for a score of kingdoms you should wrangle, And I would call it fair play.1 Alon. A vision of the island, one dear son Shall I twice lose. Seb. If this prove A most high miracle! Ferd. Though the seas threaten, they are merciful. I have cursed them without cause. [FERD. kneels to ALON. Alon. Now all the blessings 1 A game worthy of your merit. |