And on this couple drop a blessed crown! say, Amen, Gonzalo! Gon. Was Milan thrust from Milan, that his issue. With gold on lasting pillars, - In one voyage And Ferdinand, her brother, found a wife When no man was his own. Alon. [to Fer. and Mir.] Give me your hands: Let grief and sorrow still embrace his heart That doth not wish you joy! Gon. Be't so! Amen! Re-enter ARIEL, with the Master and Boatswain amazedly following. O, look, sir, look, sir! here is more of us: I prophesied, if a gallows were on land, This fellow could not drown. Now, blasphemy, Boats. The best news is, that we have safely found Our king and company; the next, our ship Which, but three glasses since, we gave out split Is tight, and yare, and bravely rigg'd, as when We first put out to sea. Ari. [aside to Pros.] Sir, all this service Have I done since I went. Pros. [aside to Ari.] My tricksy spirit! Alon. These are not natural events; they strengthen From strange to stranger. Say, how came you hither? Boats. If I did think, sir, I were well awake, I'd strive to tell you. We were dead of sleep, Where, but even now, with strange and several noises We were awak'd; straightway, at liberty: When we, Our royal, good, and gallant ship; our master Ari. [aside to Pros.] Was't well done? Pros. [aside to Ari.] Bravely, my diligence. Thou shalt be free. Alon. This is as strange a maze as e'er men trod; And there is in this business more than nature Was ever conduct of: some oracle Must rectify our knowledge. Pros. Sir, my liege, Do not infest your mind with beating on The strangeness of this business; at pick'd leisure, Which to you shall seem probable of every These happen'd accidents: till when, be cheerful, And think of each thing well. - [Aside to Ari.] Come hither, spirit: Set Caliban and his companions free; Untie the spell. [Exit Ariel.] - How fares my gracious sir? There are yet missing of your company Some few odd lads that you remember not. Re-enter ARIEL, driving in CALIBAN, STEPHANO, and TRINCULO, in their stolen apparel. Ste. Every man shift for all the rest, and let no man take care for himself; for all is but fortune. Coragio, bully ། monster, coragio! Trin. If these be true spies which I wear in my head, here's a goodly sight. Cal. O Setebos, these be brave spirits indeed! How fine my master is! I am afraid What things are these, my lord Antonio? Ant. Very like; one of them Is a plain fish, and, no doubt, marketable. Pros. Mark but the badges of these men, my lords, Then say if they be true. This mis-shapen knave, His mother was a witch; and one so strong That could control the moon, make flows and ebbs, Cal. I shall be pinch'd to death. Alon. Is not this Stephano, my drunken butler? Alon. And Trinculo is reeling ripe: where should they Find this grand liquor that hath gilded 'em? How cam'st thou in this pickle? Trin. I have been in such a pickle, since I saw you last, that, I fear me, will never out of my bones: I shall not fear fly-blowing. Seb. Why, how now, Stephano! I am not Stephano, but a cramp. Pros. You'd be king o' the isle, sirrah? Alon. This is as strange a thing as e'er I look'd on. Pros. He is as disproportion'd in his manners As in his shape. Go, sirrah, to my cell; Cal. Ay, that I will; and I'll be wise hereafter, And worship this dull fool! Pros. Go to; away! Alon. Hence, and bestow your luggage where you found it. Seb. Or stole it, rather. [Exeunt Cal., Ste., and Trin. Pros. Sir, I invite your highness and your train To my poor cell, where you shall take your rest For this one night; which part of it I'll waste With such discourse as, I not doubt, shall make it Go quick away, the story of my life, And the particular accidents gone by Since I came to this isle: and in the morn Alon. I'll deliver all; Pros. Your royal fleet far off. That is thy charge: then to the elements [Aside to Ari.] My Ariel, chick, [Exeunt. Be free, and fare thou well! - Please you, draw near. EPILOGUE. SPOKEN BY PROSPERO. Now my charms are all o'erthrown, I must be here confin'd by you, As you from crimes would pardon'd be, Let your indulgence set me free. |