Gon. This Tunis, sir, was Carthage. Adr. Carthage? 88 Gon. I assure you, Carthage. Ant. His word is more than the miraculous harp. Seb. He hath rais'd the wall, and houses too. Ant. What impossible matter will he make easy next? Seb. I think he will carry this island home in his pocket, and give it his son for an apple. Ant. And, sowing the kernels of it in the sea, bring forth more islands. Gon. Ay. Ant. Why, in good time, very well Gon. [To Alon.] Sir, we were talking that our garments seem now as fresh as when we were at Tunis at the marriage of your daughter, who is now queen. Ant. And the rarest that e'er came there. Seb. Bate, I beseech you, widow Dido. 92 96 100 104 Ant. O! widow Dido; ay, widow Dido. Gon. Is not, sir, my doublet as fresh as the first day I wore it? I mean, in a sort. 109 Ant. That sort was well fish'd for. Gon. When I wore it at your daughter's marriage? 112 Alon. You cram these words into mine ears, against The stomach of my sense. Would I had never Married my daughter there! for, coming thence, My son is lost; and, in my rate, she too, Who is so far from Italy remov'd, 90 miraculous harp; cf. n. 109 in a sort: to a certain extent 116 100 in good time: very well 110 well fish'd for: long in being 'fished up,' or uttered 114 stomach: inclination sense: feelings 116 rate: reckoning Like the harp of amphion which magically raised the walls of thehes. acity by making Junior Chittage alongo waking reuse-vensibilities Francisco's me spuch. the daughter did nat wish to be married. They ful the ship may wathe lost- they will get return - Johnson's suggestion. Frequent In King I ne'er again shall see her. O thou, mine heir Fran. Sir, he may live: 120 I saw him beat the surges under him, And ride upon their backs: he trod the water, The surge most swoln that met him: his bold head 124 'Bove the contentious waves he kept, and oar'd Himself with his good arms in lusty stroke To the shore, that o'er his wave-worn basis bow'd, He came alive to land. Alon. No, no; he's gone. 128 Seb. Sir, you may thank yourself for this great loss, That would not bless our Europe with your daughter, But rather lose her to an African; Where she at least is banish'd from your eye, Who hath cause to wet the grief on 't. Alon. 132 Prithee, peace. Seb. You were kneel'd to and importun'd otherwise By all of us; and the fair soul herself Weigh'd between loathness and obedience, at your son, I fear, for ever: Milan and Naples have 136 We have lost Mo widows in them of this business' making, 140 Than we bring men to comfort them: The fault's your own. Alon. So is the dear'st o' the loss. Gon. My lord Sebastian, 134 Who hath cause, etc.; cf. n. 137 Weigh'd: balanced 138 Which loathness: reluctance bow; cf. n. 140 Mo: more 142 dear'st .. loss: most precious one of those lost (Ferdinand) The truth you speak doth lack some gentleness Seb. Ant. And most chirurgeonly. 145 Very well. Gon. It is foul weather in us all, good sir, When you are cloudy. Seb. Ant. Foul weather? Very foul. Gon. Had I plantation of this isle, my lord,— Seb. 148 Or docks, or mallows. Gon. And were the king on 't, what would I do? Seb. 'Scape being drunk for want of wine. Gon. I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things; for no kind of traffic Would I admit; no name of magistrate; Letters should not be known; riches, poverty, And use of service, none; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none; No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil; No occupation; all men idle, all; 153 156 160 Gon. All things in common nature should produce Without sweat or endeavour: treason, felony, Sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of any engine, 147 chirurgeonly: like a surgeon 150 plantation: colonization; taken by Antonio as meaning ʻplanting' 154-174 Cf. Appendix A, p. 91 158 use of service: custom of having servants property by right of inheritance 159 Bourn: boundary tilth: tilled soil 168 engine: instrument of war 157 Letters: learning succession: tenure of |