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

Ar.

Ile fetch them, Sir! [Exit. 32

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 strong 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

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

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

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

There ftand!

For you are Spell-stopt.

¶ Holy Gonzallo, Honourable man!

Fall fellowly drops. (The charme diffolues apace,

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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, Alonso, vse nie, and my daughter:

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Thy brother was a furtherer in the Act.

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

You, brother mine! that entertaind ambition,

Expelld remorse, and nature; who, with Sebaftian,

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(Whofe inward pinches therefore are most strong,)

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.

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

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

Or ere your pulse twice beate.

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

Out of this fearefull Country!

Pro.

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[Exit.

Behold, Sir King,

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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 Pulse Beats, as of flesh and bloud; and, fince I saw thee, Th'affliction of my minde amends, with which

(I feare) a madneffe held me: this must craue (And if this be at all) a most strange story.

Thy Dukedome I refigne, and doe entreat

Thou pardon me my wrongs. But how shold Profpero
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.

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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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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 sharp 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 loose your daughter?

Pro. In this last Tempest. I perceiue, these Lords

At this encounter doe so 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

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Beene iuftled from your fences, know for certain

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That I am Profpero, and that very Duke

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-faft, nor

Befitting this first meeting. Welcome, Sir!

This Cell's my Court: heere haue I few attendants,

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And Subiects none abroad: pray you, looke in!

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 Chelse.

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.

Now all the bleffings

O wonder!

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

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

Is the the goddesse that hath feuer'd vs,

And brought vs thus together?

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Fer.

Sir, she is mortall;

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