Pro. Go make thyself like to a nymph of the sea; Be subject to no sight but mine; invisible To every eye-ball else. Go take this shape, And hither come in't: hence, with diligence. [Exit ARIEL. Awake, dear heart, awake! thou hast slept well; Awake! Mira. The strangeness of your story put Heaviness in me. Pro. Shake it off: Come on, We'll visit Caliban, my slave, who never Yields us kind answer. Mira. I do not love to look on. Pro. 'Tis a villain, sir, But, as 'tis, We cannot miss him: he does make our fire, Fetch in our wood; and serves in offices That profit us. What ho! slave! Caliban Thou earth, thou! speak. Cal. [Within.] There's wood enough within. Pro. Come forth, I say: there's other business for thee: Come forth, thou tortoise! when? Re-enter ARIEL like a water-nymph. Fine apparition! My quaint Ariel, Hark in thine ear. Ari. My lord, it shall be done. [Exit. Pro. Thou poisonous slave, come forth! Enter CALIBAN. Cal. As wicked dew as e'er my mother brush'd With raven's feather from unwholesome fen, Drop on you both! a south-west blow on ye, And blister you all o'er! Pro. For this, be sure, to-night thou shalt have cramps, Side-stitches that shall pen thy breath up; urchins 5 Shall, for that vast of night that they may work 5 Fairies. All exercise on thee: thou shalt be pinch'd As thick as honey-combs, each pinch more stinging Than bees that made them. Cal I must eat my dinner Water with berries in't; and teach me how Which first was mine own king: and here you sty me Pro. Thou most lying slave, Whom stripes may move, not kindness! I have us'd thee, Filth as thou art, with human care; and lodg'd thee Took pains to make thee speak, taught thee each hour One thing or other: when thou didst not, savage, Though thou didst learn, had that in't which good natures Could not abide to be with; therefore wast thou Deservedly confin'd into this rock, Who hadst deserv'd more than a prison. Cal. You taught me language; and my profit on't Is, I know how to curse: the red plague rid you, For learning me your language! Pro. Hag-seed, hence! Fetch us in fuel; and be quick, thou wert best, To answer other business. Shrug'st thou, malice? If thou neglect'st, or dost unwillingly What I command, I'll rack thee with old cramps; Fill all thy bones with aches; make thee roar, That beasts shall tremble at thy din. Cal. No, 'pray thee! Pro. [Aside. So, slave; hence! Re-enter ARIEL invisible, playing and singing; FERDINAND following him. ARIEL'S Song. Come unto these yellow sands Court'sied when you have, and kiss'd, (The wild waves whist 7) Foot it featly here and there; And, sweet sprites, the burden bear. Hark, hark! Bur. Bowgh, wowgh. The watch-dogs bark: Bur. Bowgh, wowgh. Hark, hark! I hear [dispersedly. [dispersedly. The strain of strutting chanticlere Cry, cock-a-doodle-doo. Fer. Where should this musick be? i' the air, or the earth? It sounds no more:- and sure, it waits upon 6 Destroy. 7 Being stilled, silenced. Some god of the island. Sitting on a bank, No, it begins again. -: ARIEL sings. Full fathom five thy father lies; Hark! now I hear them,-ding-dong, bell. [Burden, ding-dong. Fer. The ditty does remember my drown'd father: : This is no mortal business, nor no sound advance That the earth owes 8:- I hear it now above me. Mira. eye What is't? a spir Believe me, sir, See how it looks about! Pro. No, wench; it eats and sleeps, and hath such senses As we have, such: This gallant which thou seest, A goodly person: he hath lost his fellows, 8 Owns. Mira. I might call him A thing divine; for nothing natural Within two days for this. [Aside. Spirit, fine spirit! I'll Fer. Most sure, the goddess On whom these airs attend!-Vouchsafe my prayer May know, if you remain upon this island;" And that you will some good instruction give, How I may bear me here: My prime request, Which I do last pronounce, is, O you wonder! be maid, or no? If you Mira. But, certainly a maid. Fer. No wonder, sir; My language! heavens! I am the best of them that speak this speech, How! the best? Pro. What wert thou, if the king of Naples heard thee? Fer. A single thing, as I am now, that wonders To hear thee speak of Naples: He does hear me ; And, that he does, I weep: myself am Naples Who with mine eyes, ne'er since at ebb, beheld The king my father wreck'd. Mira. ; Alack, for mercy! Fer. Yes, faith, and all his lords; the duke of Milan, And his brave son, being twain. Pro. The duke of Milan, And his more braver daughter, could control thee, If now 'twere fit to do't:- At the first sight [Aside. They have chang'd eyes:- Delicate Ariel, 9 Confute. |