Shalt have the air at freedom: for a little, Follow, and do me service. [Exeunt. ACT. V. SCENE 1. Before the cell. Enter PROSPERO in his magic robes, and ARIEL. Prospero. Now does my project gather to a head : My charms crack not; my spirits obey; and Time Goes upright with his carriage. How's the day? Ari. On the sixth hour; at which time, my lord, You said our work should cease. Pro. I did say so, When first I rais'd the tempest. Say, my spirit, How fare the king and his followers ? In the same fashion as you gave in charge; Just as you left them; all prisoners, sir, In the lime- which weather-fends They cannot budge, till your release. 10 your cell ; The king, His brother, and yours, abide all three distracted; From From eaves of reeds: your charms so strongly work 'em, That if you now beheld them, your affections Would become tender. Pro. Dost thou think so, spirit? Ari. Mine would, sir, were I human. Pro. And mine shall. Hast thou, which art but air, a touch, a feeling One of their kind, that relish all as sharply, 20 Passion as they, be kindlier mov'd than thou art? Though with their high wrongs I am struck to the quick, Yet, with my nobler reason, 'gainst my fury Do I take part: the rarer action is In virtue than in vengeance: they being penitent, Not a frown further: Go, release them, Ariel; Ari. I'll fetch them, sir. 30 [Exit. Pro. Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes, and groves; And ye, that on the sands with printless foot that By moon-shine do the green sour ringlets make, 40 (Weak (Weak masters though ye be) I have be-dimm'd 50 60 [Solemn music. Re-enter ARIEL, after him ALONZO, with a frantic gesture, 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 stand charm'd ; which PROSPERO observing, speaks. A solemn air, and the best comforter Now useless, boil❜d within thy skull! there stand, Holy Gonzalo, honourable man, Mine eyes, even sociable to the shew of thine, Fall Fall fellowly drops. And, as the The charm dissolves apace; morning steals upon To him thou follow'st; I will pay thy graces -Most cruelly Didst thou, Alonzo, use me and my daughter: Thou'rt pinch'd for't now, Sebastian. blood, -Flesh and 70 80 You brother mine, that entertain'd ambition, That now lies foul and muddy. Not one of them, I will dis-case me, and myself present [Exit ARIEL. Thou shalt e'er long be free. ARIEL enters singing, and helps to attire him. Where the bee sucks, there suck 1; In a cowslip's bell I lie : There There I couch when owls do cry. On the bat's back I do fly, Merrily, merrily, shall I live now, Under the blossom that hangs on the bough. Pro. Why, that's my dainty Ariel; I shall miss thee; But yet thou shalt have freedom: So, so, so. Under the hatches; the master, and the boatswain, And presently, I pr'ythee. Ari. I drink the air before me, and return Or e'er your pulse twice beat. Gon. All torment, trouble, wonder, and ment Inhabit here; some heavenly power guide us Pro. Behold, sir King, The wronged duke of Milan, Prospero: A hearty welcome. Alon. Whe'r thou be'st he, or no, Or some inchanted trifle to abuse me, 100 [Exit. amaze 110 As late I have been, I not know: thy pulse Beats, as of flesh and blood; and, since I saw thee, 120 The |