Trin. Your 'Lieutenant', if you lift; hee's no ‘standard'! Ste. VVeel not run, Monfieur Monster ! Trin. Nor go,1 neither: but you'l lie like dogs, and yet say nothing neither. 19 Ste. Moone-calfe! speak once in thy life, if thou beest a good Moone-calfe. Cal. How does thy honour? Let me licke thy fhooe! Ile not ferue him; he is not valiant. 23 Trin. Thou lieft, most ignorant Monster! I am in case to uftle a Conftable. Why, thou debofh'd Fish, thou! was there euer man a Coward, that hath drunk fo much Sacke as I to day? Wilt thou tell a monftrous lie, being but halfe a Fish, and halfe a Monster? 28 Cal. Loe, how he mockes me! Wilt thou let him, my Lord? Trin. 'Lord', quoth he! that a Monster should be such a Naturall! 32 If you Cal. Loe, loe, againe ! bite him to death, I prethee! Ste. Trinculo, keepe a good tongue in your head! proue a mutineere; the next Tree! The poore Monster's my fubiect; and he shall not fuffer indignity. 36 Cal. I thanke my noble Lord! Wilt thou be pleas'd to hearken once againe to the suite I made to thee? Ste. Marry, will I: kneele, and repeate it! I will stand, and fo fhall Trinculo. Enter ARIELL, inuifible. 40 Cal. [kneeling] As I told thee before, I am fubiect to a Tirant, a Sorcerer, that (by his cunning) hath cheated me of the Island. Ariell. Thou lyeft! Cal. Thou lyeft, thou iefting Monkey, thou! 44 I would my valiant Mafter would destroy thee! I do not lye! Ste. Trinculo, if you trouble him any more in's tale, by this hand, I will fupplant fome of your teeth. Trin. Why, I faid nothing. Ste. Mum then, and no more! ¶ Proceed! 1 48 From me, he got it. If thy Greatnesse will Cal. Thou shalt be Lord of it, and Ile ferue thee. me to the party? 52 56 Canft thou bring бо Cal. Yea, yea, my Lord! Ile yeeld him thee asleepe, Where thou maist knocke a naile into his head. Ariell. Thou lieft, thou canst not! Cal. [points to TRINC.] What a py'de Ninnie's this! [To STEPH.] I do befeech thy Greatneffe, giue him blowes, 64 Ste. Trinculo! run into no further danger! Interrupt the Monster one word further, and, by this hand, Ile turne my mercie out o'doores, and make a Stockfish of thee! 69 Trin. Why! what did I? I did nothing! Ile go farther off. Ste. Didft thou not say he lyed? Ariell. Thou lieft! 72 Ste. Do I fo? Take thou that! [Strikes TRINC.] As you like this, giue me the lye another time! 74 Trin. I did not giue the lie! Out o'your wittes, and hearing too? A pox o'your bottle! this, can Sacke and drinking doo! A murren on your Monster, and the diuell take your fingers! Cal. Ha, ha, ha! 78 Ste. Now forward with your Tale! ¶Prethee, stand further off! Cal. Beate him enough! after a little time Ile beate him too. Ste. Stand farther! Come, proceede! 83 Cal. Why, as I told thee, 'tis a custome with him, I'th afternoone to fleepe: there thou maist braine him, (Hauing firft feiz'd his bookes ;) Or, with a logge, Batter his skull, or paunch him with a stake, Or cut his wezand with thy knife. Remember First to poffeffe his Bookes; for without them, 87 Hee's but a Sot, as I am; nor hath not One Spirit to command: they all do hate him 91 Which, when he ha's a house, hee'l decke withall. The beautie of his daughter: he himselfe Cals her a 'non-pareill': I neuer faw a woman, But the as farre furpaffeth Sycorax, As great'ft do's least. Ste. Is it fo braue a Laffe? Cal. I, Lord! fhe will become thy bed, I warrant ! And bring thee forth braue brood. 99 102 Ste. Monster! I will kill this man! his daughter and I will be King and Queene! (faue our Graces!) and Trinculo and thy felfe shall be Vice-royes. ¶ Doft thou like the plot, Trinculo? тоб Trin. Excellent! Ste. Giue me thy hand! I am forry I beate thee; but, while thou liu'ft, keepe a good tongue in thy head! Cal. Within this halfe houre will he be asleepe: Wilt thou destroy him then? Ste. I, on mine honour! (Ariell. This, will I tell my Master.) IIO Cal. [rises] Thou mak'ft me merry! I am full of pleasure ! Let vs be iocond! Will you troule the Catch You taught me but whileare? 114 Ste. At thy request, Monster, I will do reafon; any reason. Come on, Trinculo! let vs fing! Sings. Flout'em, and cout'em! and skout'em, and flout'em ' Thought is free. Cal. That's not the tune! 117 [ARIELL plaies the tune on a Tabor and Pipe. Ste. What is this fame? 121 Trin. This is the tune of our Catch, plaid by the picture of No-body.' Ste. If thou beeft a man, fhew thy felfe in thy likenes! If thou beeft a diuell, take't as thou lift! Trin. O, forgiue me my finnes ! 125 Ste. He that dies, payes all debts: I defie thee! Mercy vpon vs! Cal. Art thou affeard? 129 Ste. No, Monster! not I! Cal. Be not affeard! the Isle is full of noyfes, Sounds, and sweet aires, that giue delight, and hurt not: Sometimes a thousand twangling Inftruments 133 Will hum about mine eares; and sometime voices, That, if I then had wak'd after long sleepe, Will make me fleepe againe; and then, in dreaming, The clouds (methought) would open, and fhew riches 137 I cri'de to dreame againe. Ste. This will proue a braue kingdome to me, where I shall haue my Muficke for nothing. 141 Cal. When Profpero is destroy'd. Ste. That fhall be by and by: I remember the storie. Lets follow it; and after, do our worke! 145 Ste. Leade, Monster! Wee'l follow! I would I could Trin. [to CAL.] Wilt come? ¶ Ile follow, Stephano! [Exeunt; the music playing before them. Actus Tertius. Scena Tertia. Enter ALONSO, SEBASTIAN, ANTHONIO, GONZALLO, ADRIAN, FRANCISCO, &c. Gon. By'r lakin, I can goe no further, Sir; My old bones akes! here's a maze trod indeede I Through fourth-rights, & Meanders! By your patience, 1 fourth = forth. Euen here I will put off my hope, and keepe it Whom thus we stray to finde, and the Sea mocks Our frustrate search on land. Well! let him goe! 8 [hope : Ant. [aside to SEB.] I am right glad, that he's fo out of Doe not (for one repulfe) forgoe the purpose That you refolu'd t'effect! Seb. [aside to ANT.] Will we take throughly. Ant. [aside to SEB.] The next aduantage Let it be to night! For now they are opprefs'd with trauaile, they Will not, nor cannot vfe fuch vigilance As when they are fresh. Seb. [aside to ANT.] I fay, to night! no more! 12 16 Solemne and frange Muficke: and PROSPER on the top (inuifible:) Enter feuerall firange Shapes, bringing in a Banket; and dance about it with gentle actions of Jalutations; and, inuiting the King, &c. to eate, they depart. Al. What harmony is this? my good friends, harke! Alo. Giue vs kind keepers, heauens! what were these? 20 That there are Vnicornes; that in Arabia There is one Tree, the Phoenix throne; one Phoenix Ant. Ile beleeue both! And what do's elfe want credit, come to me, Gon. 24 If in Naples 28 I should report this now, would they beleeue me? If I fhould fay I faw fuch Iflanders, (For certes, these are people of the Island,) Who, though they are of monftrous fhape, yet, note, 32 Many, nay almost any. 29. Islanders] F2. Islands F. (But E. E. 'prisons' often means 17-18. The stage-direction follows 'fresh' in FI. 'prisoners.') |