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Pros.

Soft, sir! one word more.

[Aside] They are both in either's powers: but this swift

business

I must uneasy make, lest too light winning

450

Make the prize light. [To Fer.] One word more; I charge

thee

That thou attend me: thou dost here usurp

The name thou owest not; and hast put thyself

Upon this island as a spy, to win it

From me, the lord on't.

Fer.

No, as I am a man.

455

Mir. There's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple:

If the ill spirit have so fair a house,

Good things will strive to dwell with't.

Pros.

Follow me.

460

Speak not you for him; he's a traitor. Come;
I'll manacle thy neck and feet together:

Sea-water shalt thou drink; thy food shall be
The fresh-brook muscles, wither'd roots, and husks

Wherein the acorn cradled. Follow.

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Make not too rash a trial of him, for

He's gentle, and not fearful.

450 [Aside] Marked by Capell. After line 451, Collier MS.

451 lest] F4. least F1F2F3.

452 One word] Sir, one word Pope.
One word, sir, Keightley conj.

I charge thee] I charge thee [to
Ariel. Pope.

452, 453 I charge...me: thou] I charge

thee-Dost thou attend me?-thou D. Wilson conj.

459 with't] in't Philadelphia Sh. Soc.
460 Pros. prefixed again to this line in
Ff.

467 rash] harsh Anon. conj. MS. (in
Prof. D. Wilson's copy of F2).
468 and] thơ' Hanmer. but Capell conj.

Pros.

What! I say,

My foot my tutor? Put thy sword up, traitor;
Who makest a show, but darest not strike, thy conscience

Is so possess'd with guilt: come from thy ward;

For I can here disarm thee with this stick

471

And make thy weapon drop.

Mir.

Beseech you, father.

Pros. Hence! hang not on my garments.
Mir.

Sir, have pity;

I'll be his surety.

Pros.

Silence! one word more

475

Shall make me chide thee, if not hate thee. What!

An advocate for an impostor! hush!

Thou think'st there is no more such shapes as he,

Having seen but him and Caliban: foolish wench!
To the most of men this is a Caliban,

And they to him are angels.

Mir.

My affections

Are, then, most humble; I have no ambition

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My spirits, as in a dream, are all bound up.

My father's loss, the weakness which I feel,

The wreck of all my friends, nor this man's threats,

480

485

469 My...tutor? Foolish, my tutor! Anon. conj. MS. (in Prof. D. Wilson's copy of F2).

foot] fool Dyce, ed. 2 (S. Walker conj.). child Dryden's version. tool Bulloch conj.

my tutor?] thy tutor! [Stamps his

foot.] Kinnear conj.

470 makest] mak'st F1. makes F2F3F4-
471 so] F1. om. F2F3F4. all Pope.
477 hush] tush Clark MS.
478 is] are Rowe.

488 nor] and Rowe (after Dryden). or
Capell. nay Keightley conj.

To whom I am subdued, are but light to me,
Might I but through my prison once a day
Behold this maid: all corners else o' th' earth
Let liberty make use of; space enough

Have I in such a prison.

Pros.

[Aside] It works. [To Fer.] Come on. Thou hast done well, fine Ariel! [To Fer.] Follow me.

[To Ari.] Hark what thou else shalt do me. Mir.

My father's of a better nature, sir,

490

Be of comfort;

496

Than he appears by speech: this is unwonted

Which now came from him.

Pros.

Thou shalt be as free

As mountain winds: but then exactly do

All points of my command.

Ari.

To the syllable.

Pros. Come, follow. Speak not for him.

500

[Exeunt.

ACT II.

SCENE I. Another part of the island.

Enter ALONSO, SEBASTIAN, ANTONIO, GONZALO, ADRIAN, FRANCISCO,

and others.

Gon. Beseech you, sir, be merry; you have cause,

So have we all, of joy; for our escape

Is much beyond our loss. Our hint of woe

Is common; every day, some

sailor's wife,

489 are] were Warburton.

but] om. Hudson (Cartwright conj.), reading and in line 488.

493 [Aside] Marked by Capell. 497 by] by's Grey conj.

Another part of the island] Pope.

2 So...joy;] Of joy:-so have we all; Keightley.

3 hint] stint Warburton. dint Weston conj. hin Hutchesson conj. (Gent. Mag. 1790).

The masters of some merchant, and the merchant,
Have just our theme of woe; but for the miracle,
I mean our preservation, few in millions
Can speak like us: then wisely, good sir, weigh
Our sorrow with our comfort.

Alon.

Prithee, peace.

Seb. He receives comfort like cold porridge.
Ant. The visitor will not give him o'er so.

5

10

Seb. Look, he's winding up the watch of his wit; by

and by it will strike.

Gon. Sir,

Seb. One: tell.

Gon. When every grief is entertain'd that's offer'd, Comes to the entertainer

Seb. A dollar.

15

Gon. Dolour comes to him, indeed: you have spoken truer than you purposed.

20

Seb. You have taken it wiselier than I meant you should. Gon. Therefore, my lord,

Ant. Fie, what a spendthrift is he of his tongue!

Alon. I prithee, spare.

Gon. Well, I have done: but yet,

Seb. He will be talking.

25

5 masters] master Johnson. mistress Steevens conj. master's Keightley (Clark and Glover conj.). mariners Bulloch conj.

merchant, and the merchant] merchant-man; the merchant Chalmers conj. vessel and the merchant Keightley.

6 of woe] om. Steevens conj. and Long MS. of grief Staunton conj. (Athen. 1872).

10-43 Omitted in Collier MS.

11-99 Marked as interpolated by
Pope.

11 visitor] adviser Hanmer.
Warburton.

him] om. Rowe.

'viser

12, 13 Look...strike] As two lines in

Ff.

15 One] F1. On F2F3F4
16 entertain'd...Comes] Capell. enter-
taind, That's offer'd comes Ff.
Printed as prose by Pope.

17 Comes] What comes Long MS.
20 you purposed] you propos'd Rowe
(ed. 2). he propos'd Hanmer (ed. 2).
24 spare] spare me Hudson (S. Walker
conj.).

Ant. Which, of he or Adrian, for a good wager, first

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Adr. Though this island seem to be desert, —
Seb. Ha, ha, ha! So, you're paid.

35

Adr. Uninhabitable, and almost inaccessible,

Seb. Yet,

Adr. Yet,

Ant. He could not miss't.

Adr. It must needs be of subtle, tender and delicate

temperance.

41

Ant. Temperance was a delicate wench.

Seb. Ay, and a subtle; as he most learnedly delivered.

Adr. The air breathes upon us here most sweetly.

Seb. As if it had lungs, and rotten ones.

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Ant. Or as 'twere perfumed by a fen.

Gon. Here is every thing advantageous to life.

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Gon. How lush and lusty the grass looks! how green!

Ant. The ground, indeed, is tawny.

51

Seb. With an eye of green in't.

Ant. He misses not much.

Seb.

No; he doth but mistake the truth totally.

27 of he or] Ff. of them, he or Rowe (ed. 2). or he or Collier, ed. 2 (Collier MS. and Clark MS.). of him and Jervis conj. See note (VII).

35 Seb. Ha, ha, ha! So, you're paid] Theobald. Seb. Ha, ha, ha! Ant.

So: you'r paid Ff. Ant. Ha, ha, ha! Seb. So, you're paid. Grant White (ed. 1). Seb. Ha, ha, ha! Ant. So, you've pay'd Capell. 50 lush] fresh D. Wilson conj. 54 doth] does Rowe (ed. 2).

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