As thou report'st thyself, wast then her servant; groans As fast as mill-wheels strike. Then was this island- Ari. Yes, Caliban her son. Pros. Dull thing, I say so; he, that Caliban Of ever angry bears: it was a torment The pine and let thee out. Ari. I thank thee, master. Pros. If thou more murmur'st, I will rend an oak And peg thee in his knotty entrails till Thou hast howl'd away twelve winters. Pardon, master; I will be correspondent to command 280 290 Pros. Do so, and after two days I will discharge thee. That 's my noble master! What shall I do! say what; what shall I do? Pros. Go make thyself like a nymph o' the sea : be subject To no sight but thine and mine, invisible Awake, dear heart, awake! thou hast slept well; Mir. The strangeness of your story put Pros. Shake it off. Come on; We 'll visit Caliban my slave, who never Yields us kind answer. Mir. I do not love to look on. 'T is a villain, sir, But, as 't is, We cannot miss him: he does make our fire, That profit us. What, ho! slave! Caliban! Thou earth, thou! speak. Cal. [Within] There 's wood enough within. M Pros. Come forth, I say! there's other business for thee: Come, thou tortoise! when? Re-enter ARIEL like a water-nymph Fine apparition! My quaint Ariel, Hark in thine ear. 300 31C Ari. My lord, it shall be done. [Exit Pros. Thou poisonous slave, got by the devil himself Upon thy wicked dam, come forth! Enter CALIBAN Cal. As wicked dew as e'er my mother brush'd With raven's feather from unwholesome fen Pros. For this, be sure, to-night thou shalt have cramps, Side-stitches that shall pen thy breath up; urchins Than bees that made 'em. Cal. 320 I must eat my dinner. 330 This island 's mine, by Sycorax my mother, Which thou takest from me. When thou camest first, Thou strok'dst me and mad'st much of me, wouldst give me Water with berries in 't, and teach me how fertile: Cursed be I that did so! All the charms 340 Which first was mine own king: and here you sty me In this hard rock, whiles you do keep from me The rest o' the island. Pros. Thou most lying slave, Whom stripes may move, not kindness! I have used thee, Filth as thou art, with human care, and lodged thee In mine own cell, till thou didst seek to violate The honour of my child. Cal. O ho, O ho! would 't had been done! Thou didst prevent me; I had peopled else This isle with Calibans. Pros. Abhorred slave, Which any print of goodness wilt not take, Took pains to make thee speak, taught thee each hour One thing or other: when thou didst not, savage, Know thine own meaning, but wouldst gabble like A thing most brutish, I endow'd thy purposes With words that made them known. But thy vile race, Though thou didst learn, had that in 't which good natures 350 Could not abide to be with; therefore wast thou 360 Deservedly confined into this rock, Who hadst deserved more than a prison. Cal. You taught me language; and my profit Is, I know how to curse. The red plague rid you Pros. Hag-seed, hence ! Fetch us in fuel; and be quick, thou'rt best, If thou neglect'st or dost unwillingly What I command, I 'll rack thee with old cramps, That beasts shall tremble at thy din. Cal. No, pray thee. [Aside] I must obey: his art is of such power, It would control my dam's god, Setebos, And make a vassal of him. Pros. So, slave; hence! [Exit Caliban. Re-enter ARIEL, invisible, playing and singing; ARIEL'S song Come unto these yellow sands, And then take hands: Courtsied when you have and kiss'd The wild waves whist, Foot it featly here and there; And, sweet sprites, the burthen bear. Burthen [dispersedly]. Hark, hark! The watch-dogs bark : Ari. Hark, hark! I hear Bow-wow. Bow-wow. The strain of strutting chanticleer Cry, Cock-a-diddle-dow. Fer. Where should this music be? i' the air or the earth? 370 380 |