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Not a frowne further. Goe, release them, Ariell!
My Charmes Ile breake, their fences Ile restore,
And they shall be themfelues.

Ar.

Ile fetch them, Sir! [Exit. 32

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Pro. Ye Elues of hils, brooks, standing lakes, & groues ! 1
And ye, that on the fands with printleffe foote
Doe chase the ebbing-Neptune, and doe flie him
When he comes backe! You demy-Puppets, that
By Moone-shine doe the greene fowre Ringlets make,
Whereof the Ewe not bites! And you, whose pastime
Is to make midnight-Mufhrumps, that reioyce
To heare the folemne Curfewe; by whofe ayde,
(Weake Masters though ye be,) I haue bedymn'd

The Noone-tide Sun, call'd forth the mutenous windes,
And twixt the greene Sea, and the azur'd vault,
Set roaring warre! To the dread ratling Thunder
Haue I giuen fire, and rifted Ioues ftowt Oke
With his owne Bolt: The ftrong bass'd promontorie
Haue I made shake, and by the spurs pluckt vp
The Pyne, and Cedar: Graues (at my command)
Haue wak'd their fleepers, op'd, and let 'em forth
By my fo potent Art. But this rough Magicke,
I heere abiure! And when I haue requir'd
Some heauenly Muficke, (which euen now I do,)
To worke mine end vpon their Sences, that
This Ayrie-charme is for, I'le breake my staffe,
Bury it certaine fadomes in the earth,
And, deeper then did euer Plummet found,
Ile drowne my booke.-

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[Solemne muficke. PROSP. makes a Magick Circle. Heere enters ARIEL before: Then ALONSO with a franticke gefture, attended by GONZALO; SEBASTIAN and ANTHONIO in like manner, attended by ADRIAN and FRANCISCO: They all enter the circle which PROSPERO had made, and there ftand charm'd: which PROSPERO obferuing, Speakes:

A folemne Ayre, and the best comforter
To an vnfetled fancie, Cure thy braines

1 The invocation runs on to l. 44.

(Now vfeleffe) boild within thy skull! [To ALO. & the rest.]

There ftand!

For you are Spell-stopt.

¶ Holy Gonzallo, Honourable man!

Mine eyes, ev'n fociable to the shew of thine,

Fall fellowly drops. (The charme diffolues apace,

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And, as the morning fteales vpon the night,
Melting the darkenesse, so their rifing fences

Begin to chace the ignorant fumes that mantle
Their cleerer reafon.) O good Gonzallo,
My true preferuer, and a loyall Sir

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To him thou follow'ft! I will pay thy graces

Home both in word, and deede. ¶ Moft cruelly

Did thou, Alonfo, víe me, and my daughter:

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Thy brother was a furtherer in the A&t.

Thou art pinch'd for't now, Sebastian! ¶ Flesh, and bloud;

You, brother mine! that entertaind ambition,

Expelld remorse, and nature; who, with Sebaftian, (Whofe inward pinches therefore are most strong,)

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Would heere haue kill'd your King: I do forgiue thee,

Vnnaturall though thou art. (Their vnderstanding
Begins to fwell; and the approching tide

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Will fhortly fill the reasonable shore

That now lyes foule, and muddy. Not one of them

That yet lookes on me, or would know me!1) ¶ Ariell!
Fetch me the Hat, and Rapier in my Cell!

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I will discase me, and my felfe present

As I was fometime Millaine. Quickly, Spirit!

Thou shalt ere long be free.

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[ARIELL fings, and helps to attire him.

Where the Bee fucks, there fuck I;

In a Couflips bell, I lie;

On the Batts backe I doe flie

There I couch when Owles doe crie ;

after Sommer merrily.

Merrily, merrily, Shall I liue now,

Vnder the bloom that hangs on the Bow!

60. boild] Pope. 75. entertaind] F2. 76. who] Rowe.

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Pro. Why! that's my dainty Ariell! I fhall miffe thee; But yet thou fhalt haue freedome : so, so, so!

To the Kings fhip, inuifible as thou art!

There fhalt thou finde the Marriners asleepe

Vnder the Hatches: the Master and the Boat-fwaine

Being awake, enforce them to this place;

And presently, I pre'thee!

Ar. I drinke the aire before me, and returne

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Or ere your pulse twice beate.

[Exit.

Gon. All torment, trouble, wonder, and amazement, Inhabits heere: fome heauenly power guide vs

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Out of this fearefull Country!

Pro.

The wronged Duke of Millaine, Profpero!
For more affurance that a liuing Prince

Do's now speake to thee, I embrace thy body;
And to thee, and thy Company, I bid

A hearty welcome.

Alo.

Where1 thou bee'ft he or no,

Or fome inchanted trifle to abuse me,

(As late I haue beene,) I not know: thy Pulfe Beats, as of flesh and bloud; and, fince I saw thee, Th'affliction of my minde amends, with which

(I feare) a madnesse held me: this must craue
(And if this be at all) a moft strange story.
Thy Dukedome I refigne, and doe entreat

Thou pardon me my wrongs. But how shold Prospero
Be liuing, and be heere?

Pro. [to GoNZ.]

Let me embrace thine age,
Be measur'd, or confin'd!

Gonz.

Or be not, I'le not fweare.

Pro.

ΙΙΟ

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First, noble Frend,

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You doe yet tafte

Some fubtleties o'th'Ifle, that will not let you

Beleeue things certaine. ¶Wellcome, my friends all!

([Aside to SEB. & ANTH.] But you, my brace of Lords, were

I fo minded,

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112. trifle] triflle F. nor F.

I heere could plucke his Highneffe frowne vpon you

And iuftifie you Traitors: at this time

I will tell no tales.

Seb. [aside]

Pro.

The Diuell speakes in him!

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[TO ANTH.] For you, (moft wicked Sir,) whom to call 'brother,'

Would euen infect my mouth, I do forgiue

Thy rankeft fault; all of them! and require

My Dukedome of thee, which, perforce I know
Thou must restore.

Alo.

Giue vs particulars of thy preferuation;

If thou beeft Profpero,

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How thou haft met vs heere, (whom three howres fince
Were wrackt vpon this fhore,) where I haue loft
(How fharp the point of this remembrance is !)

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My deere fonne Ferdinand.

Pro.

I am woe for't, Sir! Alo. Irreparable is the loffe, and patience

Saies, it is past her cure.

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You haue not fought her helpe, of whose soft grace,
For the like loffe, I haue her foueraigne aid,

And reft my felfe content.

Alo.

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You 'the like loffe'?

Pro. As great to me, as late; and fúpportable

To make the deere loffe, haue I meanes much weaker
Then you may call to comfort you; for I

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Haue loft my daughter.

Alo.

A 'daughter'?

Oh heauens, that they were liuing both in Naples,

The King and Queene there! that they were, I wish

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My felfe were mudded in that oo-zie bed

Where my fonne lies! When did you loofe your daughter?

Pro. In this laft Tempeft. I perceiue, these Lords

At this encounter doe fo much admire,

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That they deuoure their reason, and scarce thinke

Their eies doe offices of Truth, their words

Are naturall breath. But, how foeu'r you haue

149. Naples] Nalpes F.

Beene iuftled from your fences, know for certain
That I am Profpero, and that very Duke

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Which was thruft forth of Millaine, who most strangely

Vpon this fhore (where you were wrackt) was landed,
To be the Lord on't. No more yet of this,

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For 'tis a Chronicle of day by day,
Not a relation for a break-fast, nor
Befitting this first meeting. Welcome, Sir!

This Cell's my Court: heere haue I few attendants,
And Subiects none abroad: pray you, looke in!

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My Dukedome, fince you haue giuen me againe,

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I will requite you with as good a thing;
At least bring forth a wonder, to content ye
As much, as me my Dukedome.

[Here PROSPERO difcouers FERDINAND and MIRANDA,
playing at Cheffe.

Mir. Sweet Lord! you play me false.

Fer.

I would not for the world!

No, my dearest loue!

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Mir. Yes, for a score of Kingdomes, you should wrangle, And I would call it faire play.

Alo.

If this proue

A vifion of the Island, one deere Sonne

Shall I twice loose.

Seb.

A moft high miracle!

Fer. Though the Seas threaten, they are mercifull,

I haue curs'd them without cause.

Alo.

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[Kneels to ALON.

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Of a glad father, compaffe thee about!
Arife! and say how thou cam'st heere.

Mir.

How many goodly creatures are there heere!
How beauteous mankinde is! O braue new world,
That has fuch people in't!

Pro.

"Tis new to thee.

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Alo. What is this Maid, with whom thou was't at play? Your eld'ft acquaintance cannot be three houres:

Is the the goddeffe that hath feuer'd vs,

And brought vs thus together?

Fer.

Sir, fhe is mortall;

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