Spring come to you, at the farthest, Pro. Come with a thought:

I thank you:-
In the very end of harvest !

Ariel, come.
Scarcity and want shall shun you ;

Enter ARIEL.
Ceres' blessing so is on you.
Fer. This is a most majestic vision, and

Arr. Thy thoughts I cleave to; What's thy pleaHarmonious charmingly : May I be bold

sure? To think these spirits ?

Pro.

Spirit, Pro.

Spirits, which by mine art We must prepare to meet with Caliban. I have from their confines call'd to enact

Ari. Ay, my commander: when I presented My present fancies.

Ceres
Fer.
Let me live here ever;

I thought to have told thee of it; but I fear'd, So rare a wonder'd' father and a wife,

Lest I might anger thee. Make this place paradise.

Pro. Say again, where didst thou leave these [Juno and Ceres whisper, and send Iris

varlets? on employment.

Ari. I told you, sir, they were red hot with Pro. Sweet now, silence:

drinking; Juno and Ceres whisper seriously;

So full of valor, that they smote the air There's something else to do: hush, and be mute, For breathing in their faces; beat the ground Or else our spell is marr’d.

For kissing of their feet; yet always bending Iris. You nymphs, call’d Naiads, of the wan- Towards their project: Then I beat my tabor, d'ring brooks,

At which, like unback'd colts, they prick'd their ears, With your sedg’d crowns, and ever harmless looks, Advanc'd their eyelids, lifted up their noses, Leave your crisp channels, and on this green land

As they smelt music; so I charm’d their ears, Answer your summons; Juno does command: That, calf-like, they my lowing follow'd, through Come, temperate nymphs, and help to celebrate

Tooth'd briers, sharp furzes, pricking goss, and A contract of true love; be not too late.

thorns,

Which enter'd their frail shins; at last I left them
Enter certain Nymphs.

I'the filthy mantled pool beyond your cell,
You sunburn'd sicklemen, of August weary, Up to the chins.
Come hither from the furrow, and be merry;

Pro.

This was well done, my bird. Make holy-day: your rye-straw hats put on, Thy shape invisible retain thou still: And these fresh nymphs encounter every one The trumpery in my house, go, bring it hither, In country footing.

For stale to catch these thieves.

Ari. Enter certain Reapers, properly habited: they join

I go, I go. [Exit. with the Nymphs in a graceful dance; towards Nurture can never stick; on whom my pains,

Pro. A devil, a born devil, on whose nature the end whereof Prospero starts suddenly and speaks; after which, to a strange, hollow, and Humanely taken, all, all lost, quite losť;

And
as, with

age, his body uglier grows, confused noise, they heavily vanish.

So his mind cankers: I will plague them all, Pro. [Aside.] I had forgot that foul conspiracy Re-enter Ariel, loaden with glistering apparel, Of the beast Caliban, and his confederates, Against my life; the minute of their plot

fc. Is almost come.—[To the Spirits.] Well done;- Even to roaring:-Come, hang them on this line.

avoid;—no more. Fer. This is most strange: your father's in some

PROSPERO and ARIEL remain invisible. Enter passion

CALIBAN, STEPHANO, and TRINCULO, all wot. That works him strongly.

Cal. Pray you, tread softly, that the blind mole Mira.

Never till this day,
Saw I him touch'd with anger so distemper’d. Hear a foot fall; we now are near his cell.

Pro. You do look, my son, in a mov'd sort, Ste. Monster, your fairy, which, you say, is a As if you were dismay'd: be cheerful, sir:

harmless fairy, has done little better than played Our revels now are ended: these our actors, the Jack with us. As I foretold you, were all spirits, and

Trin. Monster, my nose is in great indignation. Are melted into air, into thin air;

Ste. So is mine. Do you hear, monster? If I And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, should take a displeasure against you; look

you, The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces, Trin. Thou wert but a lost monster. The solemn temples, the great globe itself,

Cal. Good my lord, give me thy favor still: Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve;

Be patient, for the prize I'll bring thee to And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, Shall hood-wink this mischance: therefore, speak Leave not a rack behind: We are such stuff

softly, As dreams are made of, and our little life

All's hush'd as midnight yet. Is rounded with a sleep.—Sir, I am vex'd;

Trin. Ay, but to lose our bottles in the pool, Bear with my weakness: my old brain is troubled. Ste. There's not only disgrace and dishonor in Be not disturb’d with my infirmity:

that, monster, but an infinite loss. If you be pleas’d, retire into my cell,

Trin. That's more to me than my wetting: yet And there repose; a turn or two I'll walk,

this is your harmless fairy, monster. To still my beating mind.

Ste. I will fetch off my bottle, though I be o'er Fer. Mira. We wish you peace.

may not

ACT V.

W

:

Some heavenly music, (which even now I do,) Pro.

Behold, sir king, To work mine end upon their senses,

that

The wronged Duke of Milan, Prospero : This airy charm is for, I'll break my staff, For more assurance that a living prince Bury it certain fathoms in the earth,

Does now speak to thee, I embrace thy body: And deeper than did ever plummet sound, And to thee, and thy company, I bid I'll drown my book.

[Solemn Music. A hearty welcome. Re-enter ARIEL:after him Alonso, with a frantic or some enchanted trifle to abuse me,

Alon.

Whe'r? thou beest he, or no, gesture, attended by Gonzalo; SEBASTIAN and Antonio in like manner attended by Adriax As late I have been, I not know: thy pulse and Francisco: They all enter the circle which Beats, as of flesh and blood; and since I saw thee, Prospero had made, and there stand charmed; I fear, a madness held me: this must crave

The affliction of my mind amends, with which, which Prospero observing, speaks.

(An if this be at all) a most strange story. A solemn air, and the best comforter

Thy dukedom I resign; and do entreat To an unsettled fancy, cure thy brains,

Thou pardon me my wrongs :—But how should Now useless, boiled within thy skull! There stand,

Prospero For you are spell-stopp’d.

Be living and be here? Holy Gonzalo, honorable man,

Pro.

First, noble friend, Mine eyes, even sociable to the shew of thine,

Let me embrace thine age; whose honor cannot Fall fellowy drops.—The charm dissolves apace; Be measur’d, or confin'd. And as the morning steals upon the night,

Gon.

Whether this be,
Melting the darkness, so their rising senses Or be not, I'll not swear.
Begin to chase the ignorant fumes that mantle

Pro.

You do yet taste Their clearer reason.—0 my good Gonzalo, Some subtilties o'the isle, that will not let you My true preserver, and a loyal sir

Believe things certain :-Welcome, my friends To him thou follow'st; I will pay thy graces

all:Home both in word and deed.—Most cruelly

But you, my brace of lords, were I so minded, Didst thou, Alonso, use me and my daughter.

[Aside to SEB. and Ant. Thy brother was a furtherer in the act;- I here could pluck his highness' frown upon you, Thou’rt pinch'd for't now, Sebastian.—Flesh and And justify you traitors: at this time blood,

I'll tell no tales. You brother mine, that entertain'd ambition,

Seb.

The devil speaks in him. [Aside. Expell’d remorse' and nature;who, with Sebastian,

Pro.

No: (Whose inward pinches therefore are most strong,) For you, most wicked sir, whom to call brother Would here have kill'd your king; I do forgive thee, Would even infect my mouth, I do forgive Unnatural though thou art!—Their understanding Thy rankest fault; all of them; and require Begins to swell; and the approaching tide My dukedom of thee, which, perforce, I know, Will shortly fill the reasonable shores,

Thou must restore. That now lie foul and muddy. Not one of them, Alon.

If thou beest Prospero, That yet looks on me, or would know me:-Ariel, Give us particulars of thy preservation: Fetch me the hat and rapier in my cell;

How thou hast met us here, who three hours since

[Exit ARIEL. Were wreck'd upon this shore; where I have lost, I will dis-case me, and my self present,

How sharp the point of this remembrance is! As I was sometime Milan:-quickly, spirit: My dear son Ferdinand. Thou shalt ere long be free.

Pro.

I a

am woefor't, sir. ARIEL re-enters, singing, and helps to attire

Alon. Irreparable is the loss; and Patience
PROSPERO.

Says, it is past her cure.
Pro.

I rather think,
Ari. Where the bee sucks, there suck 1;

You have not sought her help; of whose soft grace,
In a cowslip's bell I lie:

For the like loss, I have her sovereign aid,
There I couch when owls do cry.

And rest myself content.
On the bats back I do fly,

Alon.

You the like loss? After summer merrily:

Pro. As great to me, as late; and, portable Merrily, merrily, shall I live now, To make the dear loss, have I means much weaker

Under the blossom that hangs on the bough. Than you may call to comfort you: for I Pro. Why that's my dainty Ariel; I shall miss Have lost my daughter.

Alon.

A daughter? But yet thou shalt have freedom: so, so, so. O heavens! that they were living both in Naples, To the king's ship, invisible as thou art:

The king and queen there! that they were, I wish There shalt thou find the mariners asleep

Myself were mudded in that oozy bed Under the hatches; the master and the boatswain, Where my son lies. When did you lose your Being awake, enforce them to this place;

daughter? And presently, I pr’ythee.

Pro. In this last tempest. I perceive, these lords Ari. I drink the air before me, and return At this encounter do so much admire, Or e'er your pulse twice beat. [Exit ARIEL. That they devour their reason; and scarce think Gon. All torment, trouble, wonder, and amaze- Their eyes do offices of truth, their words

Are natural breath; but howsoe'er you have Inhabits here: Some heavenly power guide us Been justled from your senses, know for certain, Out of this fearful country!

That I am Prospero, and that very duke 1 Pity or tenderness of heart.

thee;

ment

If this provo

Pro.

Which was thrust forth of Milan; who most And Ferdinand, her brother, found a wife, strangely

Where he himself was lost ; Prospero his dukedom, Upon this shore, where you were wreck’d, was In a poor isle; and all of us, ourselves, landed,

When no man was his own. To be the lord on't. No more yet of this;

Alon.

Give me your hands : For 'tis a chronicle of day by day,

[To Fer. and Mir. Not a relation for a breakfast, nor

Let grief and sorrow still embrace his heart, Befitting this first meeting. Welcome, sir;

That doth not wish you joy! This cell's my court: here have I few attendants, Gon.

Be't so! Amen! And subjects none abroad: pray you look in.

Re-enter ARIEL, with the Master and Boatswain My dukedom since you have given me again, I will requite you with as good a thing;

amazedly following: At least, bring forth a wonder, to content ye O look, sir, look, sir; here are more of us! As much as me my dukedom.

I prophesied, if a gallows were on land, The entrance of the cell opens, and discovers Fen- That swear’st grace o'erboard, not an oath on shore?

This fellow could not drown :-Now, blasphemy, DIxAxD and Miranda playing at chess.

Hast thou no mouth by land? What is the news? Mira. Sweet lord, you play me false.

Boats. The best news is, that we have safely found Fer.

No, my dearest love, Our king, and company: the next our ship, — I would not for the world.

Which, but three glasses since, we gave out split, Mira. Yes, for a score of kingdoms you should Is tight and yare', and bravely rigg'd, as when wra gle,

We first put out to sea. And I would call it fair play.

Ari.

Sir, all this service Alon.

Have I done since I went.

Aside. A vision of the island, one dear son

My tricksys spirit! Shall I twice lose.

Alon. These are not natural events; they Seb. A most high miracle!

strengthen Fer. Tho' the seas threaten, they are merciful; From strange to stranger:-Say, how came you I have curs'd them without cause.

hither? [Ferd. kneels to Alon. Boats. If I did think, sir, I were well awake, Alon.

1 Now all the blessings I'd strive to tell you. We were dead of sleep, Of a glad father compass thee about!

And (how, we know not) all clapp'd under hatches, Arise, and say how thou cam’st here.

Where, but even now, with strange and several Vira.

O! wonder!

noises How

low many goodly creatures are there here! Of roaring, shrieking, howling, gingling chains, How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, And more diversity of sounds, all horrible, That has such people in't!

We were awak'd; straightway, at liberty: Pro.

'Tis new to thee. Where we, in all her trim, freshly beheld Alon. What is this maid, with whom thou wast Our royal, good, and gallant ship; our master at play?

Cap'ring to eye her: On a trice, so please you, Your eld'st acquaintance cannot be three hours : Even in a dream, were we divided from them, Is she the goddess that hath sever'd us,

And were brought moping hither. And brought us thus together?

Ari.

Was't well done? Fer.

Sir, she's mortal; Pro. Bravely, my diligence. Thou Aside. But, by immortal Providence, she's mine;

shalt be free. I chose her, when I could not ask my father Alon. This is as strange a maze as e'er men trod; For his advice; nor thought I had one: she And there is in this business more than nature Is daughter to this famous duke of Milan,

Was ever conduct of: some oracle Of whom so often I have heard renown,

Must rectify our knowledge. But never saw before; of whom I have

Pro.

Sir, my liege, Received a second life, and second father

Do not infest your mind with beating on This lady makes him to me.

The strangeness of this business; at pick'd leisure, Alon.

I am hers:

Which shall be shortly, single I'll resolve you But 0, how oddly will it sound, that I

(Which to you shall seem probable) of every Must ask my child forgiveness!

These happen'd accidents: till when, be cheerful, Pro.

There, sir, stop: And think of each thing well.—Come hither, Let us not burden our remembrances

spirit;

[Aside. With a heaviness that's gone.

Set Caliban and his companions free: Gon.

I have inly wept,

Untie the spell. [Exit ARIEL.] How fares my Or should have spoke ere this. Look down, you gracious sir? gods,

There are yet missing of your company
And on this couple drop a blessed crown; Some few odd lads, that you remember not.
For it is you, that have chalk'd forth the way
Which brought us hither!

Re-enter ARIEL, driving in CalibAN, STEPHANO,

and Trinculo, in their stolen apparel. Alon.

I say, Amen, Gonzalo!
Gon. Was Milan thrust from Milan, that his issue Ste. Every man shift for all the rest, and let fo
Should become kings of Naples? O, rejoice man take care for himself; for all is but fortune:
Beyond a common joy; and set it down

Coragio, bully-monster, Coragio!
With gold on lasting pillars: In one voyage
Did Claribel her husband find at Tunis;

* Ready.

Clever, adroit. 6 Conductor.

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you found it.

Trin. If these be true spies which I wear in my Pro. He is as disproportion'd in his manners,
head, here's a goodly sight.

As in his shape :-Go, sirrah, to my cell;
Cal. O Setebos, these be brave spirits, indeed! Take with you your companions; as you look
How fine my master is! I am afraid

To have my pardon, trim it handsomely.
He will chastise me.

Cal. Ay, that I will; and I'll be wise hereafter,
Seb.
Ha, ha;

And seek for grace: What a thrice-double ass
What things are these, my lord Antonio? Was I, to take this drunkard for a god,
Will money buy them?

And worship this dull fool ?
Ant.
Very like, one of them Pro.

Go to; away!
Is a plain fish, and, no doubt, marketable.

Alon. Hence, and bestow your luggage where
Pro. Mark but the badges of these men, my lords,
Then say, if they be true":—This mis-shapen knave, Seb. Or stole it, rather.
His mother was a witch; and one so strong

[Exeunt Cal., Str., and Trin.
That could control the moon, make flows and ebbs, Pro. Sir, I invite your highness, and your train,
And deal in her command, without her power: To my poor cell: where you shall take your rest
These three have robb’d me; and this demi-devil For tiris one night; which (part of it) I'll waste
(For he's a bastard one) had plotted with them With such discourse, as, I not doubt, shall make it
To take my life: two of these fellows you Go quick away: the story of my life,
Must know, and own; this thing of darkness I And the particular accidents gone by,
Acknowledge mine.

Since I came to this isle: And in the morn,
Cal.

I shall be pinch'd to death. I'll bring you to your ship, and so to Naples,
Alon. Is not this Stephano, my drunken butler? Where I have hope to see the nuptial
Seb. He is drunk now: Where had he wine? Of these our dear-beloved solemniz'd;
Alon. And Trinculo is reeling ripe: Where And thence retire me to my Milan, where
should they

Every third thought shall be my grave.
Find this grand liquor that hath gilded them ?- Alon.
How cam'st thou in this pickle?

To hear the story of your life, which must
Trin. I have been in such a pickle, since I saw Take the ear strangely.
you last, that, I fear me, will never out of my Pro.

I'll deliver all;
bones: I shall not fear fly-blowing.

And promise you calm seas, auspicious gales,
Seb. Why, how now, Stephano ?

And sail so expeditious, that shall catch
Ste. O, touch me not; I am not Stephano, but Your royal fleet far oft:— My Ariel;-chick,
a cramp:

That is thy charge; then to the elements
Pro. You'd be king of the isle, sirrah? Be free, and fare thou well!--[Aside.] Please you
Ste. I should have been a sore one then.

draw near.

[Eweunt.
Alon. This is as strange a thing as e'er I look'd

[Pointing to Caliban.

I long

on.

EPILOGUE.-Spoken by PROSPERO.

Now my charms are all o'erthrown,
And what strength I have's mine own ;
Which is most faint · now, 'tis true,
I must be here confined by you,
Or sent to Naples : Let me not,
Since I have my dukedom got,
And pardon'd the deceiver, dwell
In this bare island, by your spell;
But release me from my

bands,
With the help of your good hands.

Gentle breath of yours my sails
Must fill

, or else my project fails,
Which was to please : Now I want
Spirits to enforce, art to enchant;
And my ending is despair,
Unless I be reliev'd by prayer ;
Which pierces so, that it assaults
Mercy itself, and frees all faults.

As you from crimes would pardon'd be,
Let your indulgence set me free.