Cal. Art thou afeard? Ste. No, monster, not I. 140 Cal. Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises, Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Will hum about mine ears; and sometime voices, Ste. This will prove a brave kingdom to me, where I Cal. When Prospero is destroyed. Ste. That shall be by and by: I remember the story. Ste. Lead, monster; we 'll follow. I would I could see this taborer; he lays it on. Trin. Wilt come? I'll follow, Stephano. Scene III. Another part of the island. Enter Alonso, Sebastian, Antonio, Gonzalo, Gon. By 'r lakin, I can go no further, sir; Alon. 150 [Exeunt. My old bones ache: here's a maze trod, indeed, Through forth-rights and meanders! By your patience, I needs must rest me. Old lord, I cannot blame thee, Who am myself attach'd with weariness, To the dulling of my spirits: sit down, and rest. Whom thus we stray to find; and the sea mocks Our frustrate search on land. Well, let him go. 10 Ant. [Aside to Seb.] I am right glad that he's so out of hope. Seb. Ant. Seb. Do not, for one repulse, forego the purpose That you resolved to effect. [Aside to Ant.] The next advantage Will we take throughly. [Aside to Seb.] Let it be to-night; For, now they are oppress'd with travel, they [Aside to Ant.] I say, to-night: no more. [Solemn and strange music. Alon. What harmony is this?-My good friends, hark! Gon. Marvellous sweet music! Enter Prospero above, invisible. Enter several Alon. Give us kind keepers, heavens!-What were these? Seb. A living drollery. Now I will believe Ant. That there are unicorns; that in Arabia 21 There is one tree, the phoenix' throne; one phoenix I'll believe both; Gon. And I'll be sworn 'tis true: travellers ne'er did lie, If in Naples I should report this now, would they believe me? 30 Pros. Alon. Pros. Who, though they are of monstrous shape, yet, note, Our human generation you shall find Many, nay, almost any. [Aside] Honest lord, Thou hast said well; for some of you there present I cannot too much muse Such shapes, such gesture, and such sound, ex- Although they want the use of tongue—a kind Fran. They vanish'd strangely. Seb. Alon. [Aside] Praise in departing. No matter, since They have left their viands behind; for we have stomachs. Will 't please you taste of what is here? Not I. 40 Gon. Faith, sir, you need not fear. When we were boys, Who would believe that there were mountaineers Dew-lapp'd like bulls, whose throats had hanging at 'em Wallets of flesh? or that there were such men Whose heads stood in their breasts? which now we find Alon. Each putter-out of five for one will bring us I will stand to, and feed, Although my last: no matter, since I feel Brother, my lord the duke, Stand to, and do as we. Thunder and lightning. Enter Ariel, like a harpy; 50 Ari. You are three men of sin, whom Destiny,- Their proper selves. [Alon., Seb., etc., draw their swords. You fools! I and my fellows 60 Are ministers of Fate: the elements, Of whom your swords are temper'd, may as well One dowle that's in my plume: my fellow-ministers 70 The powers, delaying, not forgetting, have You and your ways; whose wraths to guard you Which here, in this most desolate isle, else falls He vanishes in thunder; then, to soft music, enter Pros. Bravely the figure of this harpy hast thou And these mine enemies are all knit up 80 In their distractions: they now are in my power; 90 Young Ferdinand,-whom drown'd, And his and mine loved darling. they Gon. I' the name of something holy, sir, why stand you In this strange stare? Alon. O, it is monstrous, monstrous! |