Trin. I took him to be killed with a thunderstroke. But art thou not drowned, Stephano? I hope now thou art not drowned. Is the storm overblown? I hid me under the dead mooncalf's gaberdine for fear of the storm. And art thou living, Stephano? O Stephano! two Neapolitans 'scaped! Ste. Prithee, do not turn stomach is not constant. me about: my 122 Cal. [Aside.] These be fine things an if they be not sprites. That's a brave god and bears celestial liquor: I will kneel to him. Ste. How didst thou 'scape? How cam'st thou hither? swear by this bottle, how thou cam'st hither. I escaped upon a butt of sack, which the sailors heaved overboard, by this bottle! which I made of the bark of a tree with mine own hands, since I was cast ashore. Cal. I'll swear upon that bottle, to be thy true subject; for the liquor is not earthly. Ste. Here: swear then, how thou escapedst. Trin. Swam ashore, man, like a duck: I can swim like a duck, I'll be sworn. Ste. Here, kiss the book. Though thou canst swim like a duck, thou art made like a goose. Trin. O Stephano! hast any more of this? my cellar is in a rock by the seaside, where my wine is hid. How now, moon-calf! how does thine ague? Cal. Hast thou not dropped from heaven? 130 sack: white Spanish wine 127 133 138 141 146 Ste. Out o' the moon, I do assure thee: I was the man in the moon, when time was. Cal. I have seen thee in her, and I do adore thee; my mistress showed me thee, and thy dog, and thy bush. Ste. Come, swear to that; kiss the book; I will furnish it anon with new contents; swear. Trin. By this good light, this is a very shallow monster. I afeard of him!-a very weak monster. The man i' the moon! a most poor credulous monster!-Well drawn, monster, in good sooth. 152 Cal. I'll show thee every fertile inch o' th' island; And I will kiss thy foot. I prithee, be my god. Trin. By this light, a most perfidious and drunken monster: when's god's asleep, he'll rob his bottle. 160 164 Cal. I'll kiss thy foot: I'll swear myself thy subject. Ste. Come on then; down, and swear. Trin. I shall laugh myself to death at this puppy-headed monster. A most scurvy monster! I could find in my heart to beat him,— 169 Ste. Come, kiss. Trin. But that the poor monster's in drink: an abominable monster! 172 Cal. I'll shew thee the best springs; I'll pluck thee berries; I'll fish for thee, and get thee wood enough. A plague upon the tyrant that I serve! I'll bear him no more sticks, but follow thee 177 Trin. A most ridiculous monster, to make a wonder of a poor drunkard! Cal. I prithee, let me bring thee where crabs grow; And I with my long nails will dig thee pig-nuts; me? 180 Wilt thou go with Ste. I prithee now, lead the way, without any more talking.-Trinculo, the king and all our company else being drowned, we will inherit here. Here; bear my bottle.-Fellow Trinculo, we'll fill him by and by again. Cal. 'Farewell, master; farewell, farewell.' 185 190 Caliban sings drunkenly. Trin. A howling monster, a drunken monster. Cal. 'No more dams I'll make for fish; Nor fetch in firing At requiring, Nor scrape trenchering, nor wash dish; Has a new master-Get a new man.' Freedom, high-day! high-day, freedom! freedom! high-day, freedom! Ste. O brave monster! lead the way. 180 crabs: crab-apples 185 scamels; cf. n. 196 trenchering: trenchers 196 200 Exeunt. 181 pig-nuts: earth-nuts 188 inherit: take possession |