fack and drinking do. A murrain on your monster, and the devil take your fingers! Cal. Ha, ha, ha. -Ste. Now, forward with your tale; pr'ythee, ftand further off. Cal. Beat him enough; after a little time I'll beat him too. Ste. Stand further. Come, proceed. Cal. Why, as I told thee, 'tis a cuftom with him One spirit to command. They all do hate him, The beauty of his daughter; he himself Calls her a non-pareil; I ne'er saw a woman, But fhe as far furpaffes Sycorax, As greatest does the leaft. Ste. Is it fo brave a Lass! Cal. Ay, lord; fhe will become thy bed, I warrant, And bring thee forth brave brood. Ste. Monster, I will kill this man: his daughter and I will be King and Queen, fave our Graces: and Trinculo and thyself shall be Vice-Roys. Doft thou like the plot, Trinculo? Trin. Excellent. Ste. Give me thy hand; I am forry, I beat thee: but, while thou liv'ft, keep a good tongue in thy head. Cal. Within this half hour will he be asleep; Wilt thou deftroy him then? Ste. Ay, on my honour. Cal. Thou mak'ft me merry; I am full of pleasure ; Let us be jocund. Will you troll the catch, You taught me while-ere? Ste. At thy request, monfter, I will do reason, any reafon: come on, Trinculo, let us fing. [Sings. Flout 'em, and fkout 'em; and fkout 'em, and flout 'em; thought is free. Cal. That's not the tune. [Ariel plays the tune on a Tabor and Pipe. Ste. What is this fame? Trin. This is the tune of our catch, plaid by the picture of no-body. Ste. If thou be'ft a man, fhew thyself in the likenefs; if thou be'ft a devil, take't as thou list. Trin. O, forgive me my fins! Ste. He that dies, pays all debts: I defy thee. Mercy upon us! Cal. Art thou afraid? Ste. No, monfter, not I. Cal. Be not afraid; the isle is full of noises, [not. Sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt Sometimes a thousand twanging inftruments Will'hum about mine ears, and sometimes voices; Will make me fleep again; and then in dreaming, Ste. This will prove a brave kingdom to me, where I shall have my mufic for nothing. Cal. When Profpero is destroy'd. Ste. That fhall be by and by: I remember the ftory. Trin. The found is going away; let's follow it, and after do our work. Ste. Lead, monfter; we'll follow. I would I could fee this taborer. He lays it on. Trin. Wilt come? I'll follow Stephano. [Exeunt. SCENE SCENE III. Changes to another part of the Island. Enter Alonfo, Sebaftian, Anthonio, Gonzalo, Adrian, Francifco, &c. Y'R lakin, I can go no further, Sir, [deed, Gon.B My old bones ake: here's a maze trod, in Through forth-rights and meanders! by your patiI needs muft reft me. [ence, Alon. Old lord, I cannot blame thee, Seb. The next advantage For, now they are opprefs'd with travel, they Seb. I fay, to night: no more. Solemn and ftrange mufic: and Profpero on the top, invifible. Enter feveral ftrange fhapes, bringing in a banquet; and dance about it with gentle actions of falutation; and, inviting the King, &c. to eat, they depart. Alon. What harmony is this? my good friends, hark! Gon. Marvellous fweet mufic! VOL. I. D Alon. Alon. Give us kind keepers, heaven! what were these? Seb. A living drollery. Now I will believe, That there are unicorns; that, in Arabia There is one tree, the phoenix' throne; one phoenix At this hour reigning there. Ant. I'll believe both : And what does elfe want credit, come to me, And I'll be fworn 'tis true. The Travellers ne'er did lie, fools at home condemn 'em. Gon. If in Naples I fhould report this now, would they believe me? (For, certes, these are people of the island) Many; nay, almost any. Pro. Honeft lord, Thou haft faid well; for fome of you there prefent Are worse than devils. Alon. I cannot too much muse, Such fhapes, fuch gefture, and fuch found, expreffing (Although they want the use of tongue) a kind Of excellent dumb difcourfe.. Pro. * Praise, in departing. Fran. They vanish'd strangely. Seb. No matter, fince They've left their viands behind; for we have ftomachs. Wilt please you taste of what is here? Pro. Praife in departing.] This is a farcasm. They were praising the Mufic and Attendance of this vifionary Entertainment: But their Commendations were too hafty, for the Banquet was presently fnatched from them: So that the Mufic was only a prelude to a Mockery. Profpero therefore fays, Stay your praifes 'till you have ended your entertainment. Praife in departing. The Phrase alludes to the Cuftom of Guests praifing their Entertainment when they rise from the Banquet. Alon. Alon. Not I. Gon. Faith, Sir, you need not fear. When we were boys, Who would believe, that there were mountaineers, Dew-lapt like bulls, whose throats had hanging at 'em Wallets of flesh, or that there were fuch men, Whose heads ftood in their breafts? which now we find, *Each putter out on five for one will bring us Alon. I will ftand to, and feed, Thunder and lightning. Enter Ariel like a harpy, claps his wings upon the table, and with a quaint device the banquet vanishes. Ari. OU are three men of fin, whom destiny And what is in't) the never-furfeited fea Of whom your swords are temper'd, may as well * Each putter out on five for one-] A Satire on the Voyagers of that Time, who had just discovered a new World; and, as was natural, gave very extravagant Accounts of the Wonders of it. Their Ventures in these Expeditions are alluded to in the Title, given them, of putters out on five for one. D 2 Kill |