The Tempest

Enter a Master and a BoatswainMasterBoatswain!BoatswainHere, master: what cheer?MasterGood, speak to the mariners: fall to't, yarely, or we run ourselves aground: bestir, bestir.ExitEnter MarinersBoatswainHeigh, my hearts! cheerly, cheerly, my hearts! yare, yare! Take in the topsail. Tend to the master's whistle. Blow, till thou burst thy wind, if room enough!Enter ALONSO, SEBASTIAN, ANTONIO, FERDINAND, GONZALO, and othersALONSOGood boatswain, have care. Where's the master? Play the men.BoatswainI pray now, keep below.ANTONIOWhere is the master, boatswain?BoatswainDo you not hear him? You mar our labour: keep your cabins: you do assist the storm.GONZALONay, good, be patient.BoatswainWhen the sea is. Hence! What cares these roarers for the name of king? To cabin: silence! trouble us not.GONZALOGood, yet remember whom thou hast aboard.BoatswainNone that I more love than myself. You are a counsellor; if you can command these elements to silence, and work the peace of the present, we will not hand a rope more; use your authority: if you cannot, give thanks you have lived so long, and make yourself ready in your cabin for the mischance of the hour, if it so hap. Cheerly, good hearts! Out of our way, I say.