Scarcity and want shall shun you; Fer. This is a most majestic vision, and Pros. Spirits, which by mine art Let me live here ever; I have from their confines call'd, to enact Fer. So rare a wonder'd father, and a wife, [JUNO and CERES whisper, and send IRIS on Pros. employment. Sweet, now, silence! Juno and Ceres whisper seriously; There's something else to do. Hush, and be mute, Or else our spell is marr'd. Iris. You nymphs, call'd Naiads, of the windring brooks, With your sedged crowns and ever-harmless looks, Leave your crisp channels, and on this green land Answer your summons; Juno does command. Come, temperate nymphs, and help to celebrate A contract of true love; be not too late. Enter certain Nymphs. You sunburnt sicklemen, of August weary, Enter certain Reapers, properly habited: they join with the Nymphs in a graceful dance; towards the end whereof PROSPERO starts suddenly, and speaks; after which, to a strange, hollow, and confused noise, they heavily vanish. Pros. [Aside] I had forgot that foul conspiracy Of the beast Caliban, and his confederates, Against my life: the minute of their plot Is almost come. [To the Spirits.] Well done! avoid; no more! Fer. This is strange: your father's in some passion That works him strongly. : Mir. If you be pleased, retire into my cell, Fer. Mer. We wish your peace. [Exeunt. Pros. Come with a thought. I thank thee, Ariel: come. Enter ARIEL. Ari. Thy thoughts I cleave to. What's thy pleasure? Pros. We must prepare to meet with Caliban. Spirit, Ari. Ay, my commander: when I presented I thought to have told thee of it; but I fear'd Pros. Say again, where didst thou leave these varlets? Ari. I told you, sir, they were red-hot with drinking; So full of valour, that they smote the air Advanced their eyelids, lifted up their noses, Which enter'd their frail shins: at last I left them XXII. Pros. This was well done, my bird. Thy shape invisible retain thou still : The trumpery in my house, go, bring it hither, For stale to catch these thieves. Ι I go, I go. Ari. So his mind cankers. I will plague them all, Re-enter ARIEL, loaden with glistering apparel, &c. PROSPERO and ARIEL remain, invisible. Enter CALIBAN, STEPHANO, and TRINCULO, all wet. Cal. Pray you, tread softly, that the blind mole may not Hear a foot fall: we now are near his cell. Steph. Monster, your fairy, which, you say, is a harmless fairy, has done little better than played the Jack with us. Trin. Monster, I do smell all horse-piss, at which my nose is in great indignation. Steph. So is mine. Do you hear, monster? If I should take a displeasure against you, look you, Trin. Thou wert but a lost monster. Cal. Good my lord, give me thy favour still. Be patient, for the prize I'll bring thee to Shall hoodwink this mischance: therefore, speak softly; All's hush'd as midnight yet. Trin. Ay, but to lose our bottles in the pool,Steph. There is not only disgrace and dishonour in that, monster, but an infinite loss. Trin. That's more to me than my wetting: yet this is your harmless fairy, monster. Steph. I will fetch off my bottle, though I be o'er ears for my labour. Cal. Prithee, my king, be quiet. See'st thou here, This is the mouth o' the cell: no noise, and enter: Do that good mischief, which may make this island Thine own for ever, and I, thy Caliban, Steph. Give me thy hand. I do begin to have bloody thoughts. Trin. O king Stephano! O peer! O worthy Stephano! look, what a wardrobe here is for thee! Cal. Let it alone, thou fool; it is but trash. Trin. O, ho, monster! we know what belongs to a frippery :-O king Stephano! Steph. Put off that gown, Trinculo; by this hand, I'll have that gown. Trin. Thy grace shall have it. Cal. The dropsy drown this fool! what do you mean, To dote thus on such luggage? Let's alone, From toe to crown he'll fill our skins with pinches, Steph. Be you quiet, monster. Mistress line, is not this my jerkin? Now is the jerkin under the |