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William Shakespeare, The Tempest.http://shakespeare.mit.edu/tempest/full.html

ACT I

SCENE I. On a ship at sea: a tempestuous noise

of thunder and lightning heard.

Enter a Master and a Boatswain

Master

Boatswain!Boatswain

Here, master: what cheer?

MasterGood, speak to the mariners: fall to't, arel,or we run ourseles aground: "estir, "estir.

Exit

Enter Mariners

Boatswain

Heigh, m hearts! cheerl, cheerl, m hearts!

are, are! #ake in the topsail. #end to themaster's whistle. Blow, till thou "urst th wind,if room enough!

Enter ALONSO, SEBASTIAN, ANTONIO, FERDINAND, GONALO, andothers

ALONSO

Good "oatswain, hae care. Where's the master?

$la the men.Boatswain

% pra now, keep "elow.ANTONIO

Where is the master, "oatswain?Boatswain

&o ou not hear him? ou mar our la"our: keep our ca"ins: ou do assist the storm.GONZALO

(a, good, "e patient.

Boatswain

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When the sea is. Hence! What cares these roarers

for the name of king? #o ca"in: silence! trou"le us not.GONZALO

Good, et remem"er whom thou hast a"oard.Boatswain

(one that % more loe than mself. ou are acounsellor) if ou can command these elements to

silence, and work the peace of the present, we willnot hand a rope more) use our authorit: if ou

cannot, gie thanks ou hae lied so long, and makeourself read in our ca"in for the mischance of

the hour, if it so hap. *heerl, good hearts! +utof our wa, % sa.

Exit

GONZALO

% hae great comfort from this fellow: methinks hehath no drowning mark upon him) his compleion is

perfect gallows. Stand fast, good -ate, to hishanging: make the rope of his destin our ca"le,

for our own doth little adantage. %f he "e not "orn to "e hanged, our case is misera"le.

Exe!nt

Re"enter Boatswain

Boatswain

&own with the topmast! are! lower, lower! Bringher to tr with maincourse.

A #r$ within

/ plague upon this howling! the are louder thanthe weather or our office.

Re"enter SEBASTIAN, ANTONIO, and GONALO

et again! what do ou here? Shall we gie o'er and drown? Hae ou a mind to sink?

SEBASTIAN

/ po o' our throat, ou "awling, "lasphemous,

incharita"le dog!Boatswain

Work ou then.



ANTONIO

Hang, cur! hang, ou whoreson, insolent noisemaker!We are less afraid to "e drowned than thou art.

GONZALO

%'ll warrant him for drowning) though the ship were

no stronger than a nutshell and as leak as anunstanched wench.Boatswain

0a her ahold, ahold! set her two courses off to

sea again) la her off.

Enter Mariners wet

Mariners

/ll lost! to praers, to praers! all lost!Boatswain

What, must our mouths "e cold?

GONZALO

#he king and prince at praers! let's assist them,

-or our case is as theirs.SEBASTIAN

%'m out of patience.ANTONIO

We are merel cheated of our lies " drunkards:

#his widechapp'd rascalwould thou mightst lie drowning#he washing of ten tides!GONZALO

He'll "e hang'd et,#hough eer drop of water swear against it

/nd gape at widest to glut him.

A #on%!sed noise within& 'Mer#$ on !s('"" ')e sp*it, we sp*it('""'Farewe**, m$

wi%e and #hi*dren('"" 'Farewe**, +rother('""')e sp*it, we sp*it, we sp*it('

ANTONIO

0et's all sink with the king.SEBASTIAN

0et's take leae of him.

Exe!nt ANTONIO and SEBASTIAN

GONZALO

(ow would % gie a thousand furlongs of sea for an

acre of "arren ground, long heath, "rown fur1e, an



thing. #he wills a"oe "e done! "ut % would fain

die a dr death.

Exe!nt

SCENE II. The island. Beore !"OS!E"O#S $ell.

Enter ROSERO and MIRANDAMI"AN%A

%f " our art, m dearest father, ou hae$ut the wild waters in this roar, alla them.

#he sk, it seems, would pour down stinking pitch,But that the sea, mounting to the welkin's cheek,

&ashes the fire out. +, % hae suffered

With those that % saw suffer: a "rae essel,Who had, no dou"t, some no"le creature in her,&ash'd all to pieces. +, the cr did knock /gainst m er heart. $oor souls, the perish'd.

Had % "een an god of power, % wouldHae sunk the sea within the earth or ere

%t should the good ship so hae swallow'd and#he fraughting souls within her.

!"OS!E"O

Be collected:

(o more ama1ement: tell our piteous heart#here's no harm done.

MI"AN%A

+, woe the da!

!"OS!E"O

(o harm.

% hae done nothing "ut in care of thee,+f thee, m dear one, thee, m daughter, who

/rt ignorant of what thou art, nought knowing+f whence % am, nor that % am more "etter

#han $rospero, master of a full poor cell,/nd th no greater father.

MI"AN%A

2ore to know

&id neer meddle with m thoughts.!"OS!E"O

'#is time% should inform thee farther. 0end th hand,

/nd pluck m magic garment from me. So:

La$s down his mant*e



0ie there, m art. Wipe thou thine ees) hae comfort.

#he direful spectacle of the wreck, which touch'd#he er irtue of compassion in thee,

% hae with such proision in mine artSo safel ordered that there is no soul

(o, not so much perdition as an hair Betid to an creature in the essel

Which thou heard'st cr, which thou saw'st sink. Sit down)-or thou must now know farther.MI"AN%A

ou hae often

Begun to tell me what % am, "ut stopp'd/nd left me to a "ootless in3uisition,

*oncluding 'Sta: not et.'

!"OS!E"O#he hour's now come)#he er minute "ids thee ope thine ear)

+"e and "e attentie. *anst thou remem"er / time "efore we came unto this cell?

% do not think thou canst, for then thou wast not+ut three ears old.MI"AN%A

*ertainl, sir, % can.!"OS!E"O

B what? " an other house or person?

+f an thing the image tell me thatHath kept with th remem"rance.MI"AN%A

'#is far off /nd rather like a dream than an assurance

#hat m remem"rance warrants. Had % not-our or fie women once that tended me?

!"OS!E"O

#hou hadst, and more, 2iranda. But how is it#hat this lies in th mind? What seest thou else%n the dark "ackward and a"sm of time?

%f thou remem"er'st aught ere thou camest here,How thou camest here thou mast.

MI"AN%A

But that % do not.

!"OS!E"O

#wele ear since, 2iranda, twele ear since,

#h father was the &uke of 2ilan and

/ prince of power.MI"AN%A



Sir, are not ou m father?

!"OS!E"O

#h mother was a piece of irtue, and

She said thou wast m daughter) and th father Was &uke of 2ilan) and thou his onl heir

/nd princess no worse issued.MI"AN%A

+ the heaens!What foul pla had we, that we came from thence?

+r "lessed was't we did?!"OS!E"O

Both, "oth, m girl:B foul pla, as thou sa'st, were we heaed thence,

But "lessedl holp hither.

MI"AN%A+, m heart "leeds#o think o' the teen that % hae turn'd ou to,

Which is from m remem"rance! $lease ou, farther.!"OS!E"O

2 "rother and th uncle, call'd /ntonio% pra thee, mark methat a "rother should

Be so perfidious!he whom net thself +f all the world % loed and to him put

#he manage of m state) as at that time#hrough all the signories it was the first

/nd $rospero the prime duke, "eing so reputed%n dignit, and for the li"eral artsWithout a parallel) those "eing all m stud,

#he goernment % cast upon m "rother /nd to m state grew stranger, "eing transported

/nd rapt in secret studies. #h false uncle&ost thou attend me?

MI"AN%A

Sir, most heedfull.!"OS!E"O

Being once perfected how to grant suits,

How to den them, who to adance and who#o trash for oertopping, new created

#he creatures that were mine, % sa, or changed 'em,+r else new form'd 'em) haing "oth the ke

+f officer and office, set all hearts i' the state#o what tune pleased his ear) that now he was

#he i which had hid m princel trunk,

/nd suck'd m erdure out on't. #hou attend'st not.MI"AN%A



+, good sir, % do.

!"OS!E"O

% pra thee, mark me.

%, thus neglecting worldl ends, all dedicated#o closeness and the "ettering of m mind

With that which, "ut " "eing so retired,+'erpri1ed all popular rate, in m false "rother

/waked an eil nature) and m trust,0ike a good parent, did "eget of him

/ falsehood in its contrar as great/s m trust was) which had indeed no limit,

/ confidence sans "ound. He "eing thus lorded, (ot onl with what m reenue ielded,

But what m power might else eact, like one

Who haing into truth, " telling of it,2ade such a sinner of his memor,#o credit his own lie, he did "eliee

He was indeed the duke) out o' the su"stitution/nd eecuting the outward face of roalt,

With all prerogatie: hence his am"ition growing&ost thou hear?MI"AN%A

our tale, sir, would cure deafness.!"OS!E"O

#o hae no screen "etween this part he pla'd

/nd him he pla'd it for, he needs will "e/"solute 2ilan. 2e, poor man, m li"rarWas dukedom large enough: of temporal roalties

He thinks me now incapa"le) confederatesSo dr he was for swawi' the 4ing of (aples

#o gie him annual tri"ute, do him homage,Su"5ect his coronet to his crown and "end

#he dukedom et un"ow'dalas, poor 2ilan!

#o most igno"le stooping.MI"AN%A

+ the heaens!

!"OS!E"O

2ark his condition and the eent) then tell me

%f this might "e a "rother.MI"AN%A

% should sin#o think "ut no"l of m grandmother:

Good wom"s hae "orne "ad sons.

!"OS!E"O



(ow the condition.

#he 4ing of (aples, "eing an enem#o me ineterate, hearkens m "rother's suit)

Which was, that he, in lieu o' the premises+f homage and % know not how much tri"ute,

Should presentl etirpate me and mine+ut of the dukedom and confer fair 2ilan

With all the honours on m "rother: whereon,/ treacherous arm leied, one midnight

-ated to the purpose did /ntonio open#he gates of 2ilan, and, i' the dead of darkness,

#he ministers for the purpose hurried thence2e and th cring self.MI"AN%A

/lack, for pit!%, not remem"ering how % cried out then,Will cr it o'er again: it is a hint

#hat wrings mine ees to't.!"OS!E"O

Hear a little further /nd then %'ll "ring thee to the present "usiness

Which now's upon's) without the which this storWere most impertinent.MI"AN%A

Wherefore did the not

#hat hour destro us?!"OS!E"O

Well demanded, wench:

2 tale prookes that 3uestion. &ear, the durst not,So dear the loe m people "ore me, nor set

/ mark so "lood on the "usiness, "utWith colours fairer painted their foul ends.

%n few, the hurried us a"oard a "ark,

Bore us some leagues to sea) where the prepared/ rotten carcass of a "oat, not rigg'd,

(or tackle, sail, nor mast) the er rats

%nstinctiel had 3uit it: there the hoist us,#o cr to the sea that roar'd to us, to sigh

#o the winds whose pit, sighing "ack again,&id us "ut loing wrong.

MI"AN%A

/lack, what trou"le

Was % then to ou!

!"OS!E"O



+, a cheru"im

#hou wast that did presere me. #hou didst smile.%nfused with a fortitude from heaen,

When % hae deck'd the sea with drops full salt,6nder m "urthen groan'd) which raised in me

/n undergoing stomach, to "ear up/gainst what should ensue.MI"AN%A

How came we ashore?!"OS!E"O

B $roidence diine.

Some food we had and some fresh water that/ no"le (eapolitan, Gon1alo,

+ut of his charit, "eing then appointed

2aster of this design, did gie us, with7ich garments, linens, stuffs and necessaries,Which since hae steaded much) so, of his gentleness,

4nowing % loed m "ooks, he furnish'd me-rom mine own li"rar with olumes that

% pri1e a"oe m dukedom.MI"AN%A

Would % mightBut eer see that man!!"OS!E"O

(ow % arise:

Res!mes his mant*e

Sit still, and hear the last of our seasorrow.

Here in this island we arried) and hereHae %, th schoolmaster, made thee more profit

#han other princesses can that hae more time-or ainer hours and tutors not so careful.

MI"AN%AHeaens thank ou for't! /nd now, % pra ou, sir,

-or still 'tis "eating in m mind, our reason-or raising this seastorm?!"OS!E"O

4now thus far forth.

B accident most strange, "ountiful -ortune, (ow m dear lad, hath mine enemies

Brought to this shore) and " m prescience% find m 1enith doth depend upon

/ most auspicious star, whose influence%f now % court not "ut omit, m fortunes



Will eer after droop. Here cease more 3uestions:

#hou art inclined to sleep) 'tis a good dulness,/nd gie it wa: % know thou canst not choose.

MIRANDA s*eeps

*ome awa, serant, come. % am read now./pproach, m /riel, come.

Enter ARIEL

A"IEL

/ll hail, great master! grae sir, hail! % come#o answer th "est pleasure) "e't to fl,

#o swim, to die into the fire, to ride+n the curl'd clouds, to th strong "idding task

/riel and all his 3ualit.!"OS!E"O

Hast thou, spirit,$erform'd to point the tempest that % "ade thee?A"IEL

#o eer article.

% "oarded the king's ship) now on the "eak, (ow in the waist, the deck, in eer ca"in,

% flamed ama1ement: sometime %'ld diide,/nd "urn in man places) on the topmast,

#he ards and "owsprit, would % flame distinctl,#hen meet and 5oin. 8oe's lightnings, the precursors+' the dreadful thunderclaps, more momentar

/nd sightoutrunning were not) the fire and cracks+f sulphurous roaring the most might (eptune

Seem to "esiege and make his "old waes trem"le,ea, his dread trident shake.

!"OS!E"O

2 "rae spirit!

Who was so firm, so constant, that this coilWould not infect his reason?

A"IEL

(ot a soul

But felt a feer of the mad and pla'dSome tricks of desperation. /ll "ut mariners

$lunged in the foaming "rine and 3uit the essel,#hen all afire with me: the king's son, -erdinand,

With hair upstaring,then like reeds, not hair,



Was the first man that leap'd) cried, 'Hell is empt

/nd all the deils are here.'!"OS!E"O

Wh that's m spirit!But was not this nigh shore?

A"IEL

*lose ", m master.!"OS!E"O

But are the, /riel, safe?A"IEL

(ot a hair perish'd)

+n their sustaining garments not a "lemish,But fresher than "efore: and, as thou "adest me,

%n troops % hae dispersed them '"out the isle.

#he king's son hae % landed " himself)Whom % left cooling of the air with sighs%n an odd angle of the isle and sitting,

His arms in this sad knot.!"OS!E"O

+f the king's ship#he mariners sa how thou hast disposed

/nd all the rest o' the fleet.A"IEL

Safel in har"our %s the king's ship) in the deep nook, where once

#hou call'dst me up at midnight to fetch dew-rom the stille'd Bermoothes, there she's hid:#he mariners all under hatches stow'd)

Who, with a charm 5oin'd to their suffer'd la"our,% hae left asleep) and for the rest o' the fleet

Which % dispersed, the all hae met again/nd are upon the 2editerranean flote,

Bound sadl home for (aples,

Supposing that the saw the king's ship wreck'd/nd his great person perish.!"OS!E"O

/riel, th charge9actl is perform'd: "ut there's more work.

What is the time o' the da?A"IEL

$ast the mid season.!"OS!E"O

/t least two glasses. #he time 'twit si and now

2ust " us "oth "e spent most preciousl.A"IEL



%s there more toil? Since thou dost gie me pains,

0et me remem"er thee what thou hast promised,Which is not et perform'd me.

!"OS!E"O

How now? mood?

What is't thou canst demand?A"IEL

2 li"ert.!"OS!E"O

Before the time "e out? no more!A"IEL

% prithee,7emem"er % hae done thee worth serice)

#old thee no lies, made thee no mistakings, sered

Without or grudge or grum"lings: thou didst promise#o "ate me a full ear.!"OS!E"O

&ost thou forget-rom what a torment % did free thee?A"IEL

(o.!"OS!E"O

#hou dost, and think'st it much to tread the oo1e

+f the salt deep,#o run upon the sharp wind of the north,

#o do me "usiness in the eins o' the earthWhen it is "aked with frost.A"IEL

% do not, sir.!"OS!E"O

#hou liest, malignant thing! Hast thou forgot#he foul witch Scora, who with age and en

Was grown into a hoop? hast thou forgot her?

A"IEL (o, sir.!"OS!E"O

#hou hast. Where was she "orn? speak) tell me.A"IEL

Sir, in /rgier.!"OS!E"O

+, was she so? % must+nce in a month recount what thou hast "een,

Which thou forget'st. #his damn'd witch Scora,

-or mischiefs manifold and sorceries terri"le#o enter human hearing, from /rgier,



#hou know'st, was "anish'd: for one thing she did

#he would not take her life. %s not this true?A"IEL

/, sir.!"OS!E"O

#his "lueeed hag was hither "rought with child/nd here was left " the sailors. #hou, m slae,

/s thou report'st thself, wast then her serant)/nd, for thou wast a spirit too delicate

#o act her earth and a"horr'd commands,7efusing her grand hests, she did confine thee,

B help of her more potent ministers/nd in her most unmitiga"le rage,

%nto a cloen pine) within which rift

%mprison'd thou didst painfull remain/ do1en ears) within which space she died/nd left thee there) where thou didst ent th groans

/s fast as millwheels strike. #hen was this islandSae for the son that she did litter here,

/ freckled whelp hag"ornnot honour'd with/ human shape.A"IEL

es, *ali"an her son.!"OS!E"O

&ull thing, % sa so) he, that *ali"an

Whom now % keep in serice. #hou "est know'stWhat torment % did find thee in) th groans&id make woles howl and penetrate the "reasts

+f eer angr "ears: it was a torment#o la upon the damn'd, which Scora

*ould not again undo: it was mine art,When % arried and heard thee, that made gape

#he pine and let thee out.

A"IEL% thank thee, master.!"OS!E"O

%f thou more murmur'st, % will rend an oak /nd peg thee in his knott entrails till

#hou hast howl'd awa twele winters.A"IEL

$ardon, master)% will "e correspondent to command

/nd do m spiriting gentl.

!"OS!E"O



&o so, and after two das

% will discharge thee.A"IEL

#hat's m no"le master!What shall % do? sa what) what shall % do?

!"OS!E"O

Go make thself like a nmph o' the sea: "e su"5ect

#o no sight "ut thine and mine, inisi"le#o eer ee"all else. Go take this shape

/nd hither come in't: go, hence with diligence!

Exit ARIEL

/wake, dear heart, awake! thou hast slept well) /wake!

MI"AN%A#he strangeness of our stor putHeainess in me.

!"OS!E"O

Shake it off. *ome on)

We'll isit *ali"an m slae, who neer ields us kind answer.

MI"AN%A

'#is a illain, sir,

% do not loe to look on.

!"OS!E"OBut, as 'tis,We cannot miss him: he does make our fire,

-etch in our wood and seres in offices#hat profit us. What, ho! slae! *ali"an!

#hou earth, thou! speak.CALIBAN

Within; #here's wood enough within.!"OS!E"O

*ome forth, % sa! there's other "usiness for thee:*ome, thou tortoise! when?

Re"enter ARIEL *i-e a water"n$mph

-ine apparition! 2 3uaint /riel,

Hark in thine ear.A"IEL

2 lord it shall "e done.

Exit



!"OS!E"O

#hou poisonous slae, got " the deil himself 6pon th wicked dam, come forth!

Enter ALIBAN

CALIBAN

/s wicked dew as e'er m mother "rush'dWith raen's feather from unwholesome fen

&rop on ou "oth! a southwest "low on e/nd "lister ou all o'er!

!"OS!E"O

-or this, "e sure, tonight thou shalt hae cramps,

Sidestitches that shall pen th "reath up) urchins

Shall, for that ast of night that the ma work,/ll eercise on thee) thou shalt "e pinch'd/s thick as honecom", each pinch more stinging

#han "ees that made 'em.CALIBAN

% must eat m dinner.#his island's mine, " Scora m mother,

Which thou takest from me. When thou camest first,#hou strokedst me and madest much of me, wouldst gie me

Water with "erries in't, and teach me how

#o name the "igger light, and how the less,#hat "urn " da and night: and then % loed thee/nd show'd thee all the 3ualities o' the isle,

#he fresh springs, "rinepits, "arren place and fertile:*ursed "e % that did so! /ll the charms

+f Scora, toads, "eetles, "ats, light on ou!-or % am all the su"5ects that ou hae,

Which first was mine own king: and here ou st me%n this hard rock, whiles ou do keep from me

#he rest o' the island.!"OS!E"O

#hou most ling slae,Whom stripes ma moe, not kindness! % hae used thee,

-ilth as thou art, with human care, and lodged thee%n mine own cell, till thou didst seek to iolate

#he honour of m child.CALIBAN

+ ho, + ho! would't had "een done!#hou didst preent me) % had peopled else

#his isle with *ali"ans.!"OS!E"O



/"horred slae,

Which an print of goodness wilt not take,Being capa"le of all ill! % pitied thee,

#ook pains to make thee speak, taught thee each hour +ne thing or other: when thou didst not, saage,

4now thine own meaning, "ut wouldst ga""le like/ thing most "rutish, % endow'd th purposes

With words that made them known. But th ile race,#hough thou didst learn, had that in't which

good natures*ould not a"ide to "e with) therefore wast thou

&eseredl confined into this rock,Who hadst desered more than a prison.CALIBAN

ou taught me language) and m profit on't%s, % know how to curse. #he red plague rid ou-or learning me our language!!"OS!E"O

Hagseed, hence!

-etch us in fuel) and "e 3uick, thou'rt "est,#o answer other "usiness. Shrug'st thou, malice?

%f thou neglect'st or dost unwillinglWhat % command, %'ll rack thee with old cramps,

-ill all th "ones with aches, make thee roar #hat "easts shall trem"le at th din.CALIBAN

(o, pra thee.

Aside

% must o"e: his art is of such power,

%t would control m dam's god, Sete"os,and make a assal of him.

!"OS!E"OSo, slae) hence!

Exit ALIBAN

Re"enter ARIEL, in/isi+*e, p*a$in0 and sin0in01 FERDINAND %o**owin0

/7%90'S song.*ome unto these ellow sands,

/nd then take hands:

*ourtsied when ou hae and kiss'd#he wild waes whist,



-oot it featl here and there)

/nd, sweet sprites, the "urthen "ear.Hark, hark!

B!rthen 2dispersed*$, within

#he watchdogs "ark!

B!rthen Bow"wow

Hark, hark! % hear #he strain of strutting chanticleer

*r, *ockadiddledow.&E"%INAN%

Where should this music "e? i' the air or the earth?%t sounds no more: and sure, it waits upon

Some god o' the island. Sitting on a "ank,Weeping again the king m father's wreck,

#his music crept " me upon the waters,/llaing "oth their fur and m passion

With its sweet air: thence % hae follow'd it,+r it hath drawn me rather. But 'tis gone.

(o, it "egins again.

ARIEL sin0s

-ull fathom fie th father lies)+f his "ones are coral made)

#hose are pearls that were his ees: (othing of him that doth fade

But doth suffer a seachange%nto something rich and strange.

Seanmphs hourl ring his knell

B!rthen Din0"don0

Hark! now % hear them,&ingdong, "ell.&E"%INAN%

#he ditt does remem"er m drown'd father.#his is no mortal "usiness, nor no sound

#hat the earth owes. % hear it now a"oe me.!"OS!E"O

#he fringed curtains of thine ee adance/nd sa what thou seest ond.

MI"AN%A



What is't? a spirit?

0ord, how it looks a"out! Beliee me, sir,%t carries a "rae form. But 'tis a spirit.

!"OS!E"O

(o, wench) it eats and sleeps and hath such senses

/s we hae, such. #his gallant which thou seestWas in the wreck) and, "ut he's something stain'd

With grief that's "eaut's canker, thou mightst call him/ goodl person: he hath lost his fellows

/nd stras a"out to find 'em.MI"AN%A

% might call him/ thing diine, for nothing natural

% eer saw so no"le.

!"OS!E"O/side; %t goes on, % see,/s m soul prompts it. Spirit, fine spirit! %'ll free thee

Within two das for this.&E"%INAN%

2ost sure, the goddess+n whom these airs attend! <ouchsafe m praer

2a know if ou remain upon this island)/nd that ou will some good instruction gie

How % ma "ear me here: m prime re3uest,Which % do last pronounce, is, + ou wonder!

%f ou "e maid or no?MI"AN%A

(o wonder, sir)

But certainl a maid.&E"%INAN%

2 language! heaens!% am the "est of them that speak this speech,

Were % "ut where 'tis spoken.

!"OS!E"OHow? the "est?What wert thou, if the 4ing of (aples heard thee?

&E"%INAN%

/ single thing, as % am now, that wonders

#o hear thee speak of (aples. He does hear me)/nd that he does % weep: mself am (aples,

Who with mine ees, neer since at e"", "eheld#he king m father wreck'd.

MI"AN%A

/lack, for merc!&E"%INAN%



es, faith, and all his lords) the &uke of 2ilan

/nd his "rae son "eing twain.!"OS!E"O

/side; #he &uke of 2ilan/nd his more "raer daughter could control thee,

%f now 'twere fit to do't. /t the first sight#he hae changed ees. &elicate /riel,

%'ll set thee free for this.

To FERDINAND

/ word, good sir)% fear ou hae done ourself some wrong: a word.

MI"AN%A

Wh speaks m father so ungentl? #his%s the third man that e'er % saw, the first#hat e'er % sigh'd for: pit moe m father

#o "e inclined m wa!&E"%INAN%

+, if a irgin,/nd our affection not gone forth, %'ll make ou

#he 3ueen of (aples.!"OS!E"O

Soft, sir! one word more.

Aside

#he are "oth in either's powers) "ut this swift "usiness% must uneas make, lest too light winning

2ake the pri1e light.

To FERDINAND

+ne word more) % charge thee

#hat thou attend me: thou dost here usurp#he name thou owest not) and hast put thself

6pon this island as a sp, to win it-rom me, the lord on't.&E"%INAN%

(o, as % am a man.MI"AN%A

#here's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple:

%f the ill spirit hae so fair a house,

Good things will strie to dwell with't.!"OS!E"O



-ollow me.

Speak not ou for him) he's a traitor. *ome)%'ll manacle th neck and feet together:

Seawater shalt thou drink) th food shall "e#he fresh"rook muscles, wither'd roots and husks

Wherein the acorn cradled. -ollow.&E"%INAN%

(o)% will resist such entertainment till

2ine enem has more power.

Draws, and is #harmed %rom mo/in0

MI"AN%A

+ dear father,2ake not too rash a trial of him, for He's gentle and not fearful.

!"OS!E"O

What? % sa,

2 foot m tutor? $ut th sword up, traitor)Who makest a show "ut darest not strike, th conscience

%s so possess'd with guilt: come from th ward,-or % can here disarm thee with this stick

/nd make th weapon drop.

MI"AN%ABeseech ou, father.!"OS!E"O

Hence! hang not on m garments.MI"AN%A

Sir, hae pit)%'ll "e his suret.!"OS!E"O

Silence! one word more

Shall make me chide thee, if not hate thee. What!/n adocate for an imposter! hush!

#hou think'st there is no more such shapes as he,Haing seen "ut him and *ali"an: foolish wench!

#o the most of men this is a *ali"an/nd the to him are angels.MI"AN%A

2 affections

/re then most hum"le) % hae no am"ition#o see a goodlier man.

!"OS!E"O



*ome on) o"e:

#h neres are in their infanc again/nd hae no igour in them.

&E"%INAN%

So the are)

2 spirits, as in a dream, are all "ound up.2 father's loss, the weakness which % feel,

#he wreck of all m friends, nor this man's threats,#o whom % am su"dued, are "ut light to me,

2ight % "ut through m prison once a daBehold this maid: all corners else o' the earth

0et li"ert make use of) space enoughHae % in such a prison.!"OS!E"O

/side; %t works.

To FERDINAND

*ome on.

#hou hast done well, fine /riel!

To FERDINAND

-ollow me.

To ARIEL

Hark what thou else shalt do me.MI"AN%A

Be of comfort)

2 father's of a "etter nature, sir,#han he appears " speech: this is unwonted

Which now came from him.!"OS!E"O

#hou shalt "e free/s mountain winds: "ut then eactl do

/ll points of m command.A"IEL

#o the slla"le.!"OS!E"O

*ome, follow. Speak not for him.

Exe!nt

ACT II



SCENE I. Another part o the island.

Enter ALONSO, SEBASTIAN, ANTONIO, GONALO, ADRIAN, FRANISO, and others

GONZALO

Beseech ou, sir, "e merr) ou hae cause,

So hae we all, of 5o) for our escape%s much "eond our loss. +ur hint of woe

%s common) eer da some sailor's wife,#he masters of some merchant and the merchant

Hae 5ust our theme of woe) "ut for the miracle,% mean our preseration, few in millions

*an speak like us: then wisel, good sir, weigh+ur sorrow with our comfort.

ALONSO$rithee, peace.SEBASTIAN

He receies comfort like cold porridge.ANTONIO

#he isitor will not gie him o'er so.SEBASTIAN

0ook he's winding up the watch of his wit)

" and " it will strike.GONZALO

Sir,SEBASTIAN

+ne: tell.GONZALO

When eer grief is entertain'd that's offer'd,*omes to the entertainerSEBASTIAN

/ dollar.GONZALO

&olour comes to him, indeed: ouhae spoken truer than ou purposed.SEBASTIAN

ou hae taken it wiselier than % meant ou should.

GONZALO

#herefore, m lord,

ANTONIO

-ie, what a spendthrift is he of his tongue!

ALONSO

% prithee, spare.

GONZALOWell, % hae done: "ut et,



+f that there's none, or little.

GONZALO

How lush and lust the grass looks! how green!

ANTONIO

#he ground indeed is tawn.

SEBASTIAN

With an ee of green in't.ANTONIO

He misses not much.SEBASTIAN

(o) he doth "ut mistake the truth totall.GONZALO

But the rarit of it is,which is indeed almost

"eond credit,

SEBASTIAN/s man ouched rarities are.GONZALO

#hat our garments, "eing, as the were, drenched inthe sea, hold notwithstanding their freshness and

glosses, "eing rather newded than stained withsalt water.ANTONIO

%f "ut one of his pockets could speak, would it not

sa he lies?SEBASTIAN

/, or er falsel pocket up his reportGONZALO

2ethinks our garments are now as fresh as when we

put them on first in /fric, at the marriage of the king's fair daughter *lari"el to the 4ing of #unis.

SEBASTIAN

'#was a sweet marriage, and we prosper well in our return.

A%"IAN

#unis was neer graced "efore with such a paragon totheir 3ueen.GONZALO

(ot since widow &ido's time.ANTONIO

Widow! a po o' that! How came that widow in?widow &ido!

SEBASTIAN

What if he had said 'widower /9neas' too? Good 0ord,

how ou take it!

A%"IAN



'Widow &ido' said ou? ou make me stud of that:

she was of *arthage, not of #unis.GONZALO

#his #unis, sir, was *arthage.A%"IAN

*arthage?GONZALO

% assure ou, *arthage.SEBASTIAN

His word is more than the miraculous harp) he hathraised the wall and houses too.ANTONIO

What impossi"le matter will he make eas net?SEBASTIAN

% think he will carr this island home in his pocketand gie it his son for an apple.ANTONIO

/nd, sowing the kernels of it in the sea, "ringforth more islands.GONZALO

/.ANTONIO

Wh, in good time.GONZALO

Sir, we were talking that our garments seem now

as fresh as when we were at #unis at the marriageof our daughter, who is now 3ueen.ANTONIO

/nd the rarest that e'er came there.SEBASTIAN

Bate, % "eseech ou, widow &ido.ANTONIO

+, widow &ido! a, widow &ido.

GONZALO%s not, sir, m dou"let as fresh as the first da %wore it? % mean, in a sort.

ANTONIO

#hat sort was well fished for.

GONZALO

When % wore it at our daughter's marriage?

ALONSO

ou cram these words into mine ears against

#he stomach of m sense. Would % had neer

2arried m daughter there! for, coming thence,2 son is lost and, in m rate, she too,



Who is so far from %tal remoed

% ne'er again shall see her. + thou mine heir +f (aples and of 2ilan, what strange fish

Hath made his meal on thee?&"ANCISCO

Sir, he ma lie:% saw him "eat the surges under him,

/nd ride upon their "acks) he trod the water,Whose enmit he flung aside, and "reasted

#he surge most swoln that met him) his "old head'Boe the contentious waes he kept, and oar'd

Himself with his good arms in lust stroke#o the shore, that o'er his waeworn "asis "ow'd,

/s stooping to reliee him: % not dou"t

He came alie to land.ALONSO

(o, no, he's gone.SEBASTIAN

Sir, ou ma thank ourself for this great loss,

#hat would not "less our 9urope with our daughter,But rather lose her to an /frican)

Where she at least is "anish'd from our ee,Who hath cause to wet the grief on't.ALONSO

$rithee, peace.SEBASTIAN

ou were kneel'd to and importuned otherwiseB all of us, and the fair soul herself

Weigh'd "etween loathness and o"edience, atWhich end o' the "eam should "ow. We hae lost our

son,% fear, for eer: 2ilan and (aples hae

2ore widows in them of this "usiness' making

#han we "ring men to comfort them:#he fault's our own.ALONSO

So is the dear'st o' the loss.GONZALO

2 lord Se"astian,#he truth ou speak doth lack some gentleness

/nd time to speak it in: ou ru" the sore,When ou should "ring the plaster.

SEBASTIAN

<er well.ANTONIO



/nd most chirurgeonl.

GONZALO

%t is foul weather in us all, good sir,

When ou are cloud.SEBASTIAN

-oul weather?ANTONIO

<er foul.GONZALO

Had % plantation of this isle, m lord,ANTONIO

He'ld sow't with nettleseed.SEBASTIAN

+r docks, or mallows.

GONZALO/nd were the king on't, what would % do?SEBASTIAN

'Scape "eing drunk for want of wine.GONZALO

%' the commonwealth % would " contraries9ecute all things) for no kind of traffic

Would % admit) no name of magistrate)0etters should not "e known) riches, poert,

/nd use of serice, none) contract, succession,Bourn, "ound of land, tilth, ineard, none)

(o use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil) (o occupation) all men idle, all)/nd women too, "ut innocent and pure)

(o soereignt)SEBASTIAN

et he would "e king on't.ANTONIO

#he latter end of his commonwealth forgets the

"eginning.GONZALO

/ll things in common nature should produce

Without sweat or endeaour: treason, felon,Sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of an engine,

Would % not hae) "ut nature should "ring forth,+f its own kind, all foison, all a"undance,

#o feed m innocent people.SEBASTIAN

(o marring 'mong his su"5ects?

ANTONIO (one, man) all idle: whores and knaes.



GONZALO

% would with such perfection goern, sir,#o ecel the golden age.

SEBASTIAN

God sae his ma5est!

ANTONIO

0ong lie Gon1alo!GONZALO

/nd,do ou mark me, sir?ALONSO

$rithee, no more: thou dost talk nothing to me.GONZALO

% do well "eliee our highness) and

did it to minister occasion to these gentlemen,

who are of such sensi"le and nim"le lungs thatthe alwas use to laugh at nothing.ANTONIO

'#was ou we laughed at.GONZALO

Who in this kind of merr fooling am nothingto ou: so ou ma continue and laugh at

nothing still.ANTONIO

What a "low was there gien!SEBASTIAN

/n it had not fallen flatlong.GONZALO

ou are gentlemen of "rae metal) ou would lift

the moon out of her sphere, if she would continuein it fie weeks without changing.

Enter ARIEL, in/isi+*e, p*a$in0 so*emn m!si#

SEBASTIANWe would so, and then go a "atfowling.ANTONIO

(a, good m lord, "e not angr.GONZALO

(o, % warrant ou) % will not adenture

m discretion so weakl. Will ou laughme asleep, for % am er hea?ANTONIO

Go sleep, and hear us.

A** s*eep ex#ept ALONSO, SEBASTIAN, and ANTONIO



ALONSO

What, all so soon asleep! % wish mine eesWould, with themseles, shut up m thoughts: % find

#he are inclined to do so.SEBASTIAN

$lease ou, sir,&o not omit the hea offer of it:

%t seldom isits sorrow) when it doth,%t is a comforter.ANTONIO

We two, m lord,

Will guard our person while ou take our rest,/nd watch our safet.ALONSO

#hank ou. Wondrous hea.

ALONSO s*eeps. Exit ARIEL

SEBASTIAN

What a strange drowsiness possesses them!ANTONIO

%t is the 3ualit o' the climate.SEBASTIAN

Wh

&oth it not then our eelids sink? % find not2self disposed to sleep.ANTONIO

(or %) m spirits are nim"le.#he fell together all, as " consent)

#he dropp'd, as " a thunderstroke. What might,Worth Se"astian? +, what might?(o more:

/nd et me thinks % see it in th face,What thou shouldst "e: the occasion speaks thee, and

2 strong imagination sees a crown&ropping upon th head.SEBASTIAN

What, art thou waking?ANTONIO

&o ou not hear me speak?SEBASTIAN

% do) and surel

%t is a sleep language and thou speak'st+ut of th sleep. What is it thou didst sa?

#his is a strange repose, to "e asleep



With ees wide open) standing, speaking, moing,

/nd et so fast asleep.ANTONIO

(o"le Se"astian,#hou let'st th fortune sleepdie, rather) wink'st

Whiles thou art waking.SEBASTIAN

#hou dost snore distinctl)#here's meaning in th snores.ANTONIO

% am more serious than m custom: ou

2ust "e so too, if heed me) which to do#re"les thee o'er.SEBASTIAN

Well, % am standing water.ANTONIO

%'ll teach ou how to flow.SEBASTIAN

&o so: to e""

Hereditar sloth instructs me.ANTONIO

+,%f ou "ut knew how ou the purpose cherish

Whiles thus ou mock it! how, in stripping it,ou more inest it! 9""ing men, indeed,

2ost often do so near the "ottom runB their own fear or sloth.SEBASTIAN

$rithee, sa on:#he setting of thine ee and cheek proclaim

/ matter from thee, and a "irth indeedWhich throes thee much to ield.

ANTONIO

#hus, sir:/lthough this lord of weak remem"rance, this,Who shall "e of as little memor

When he is earth'd, hath here almost persuade,-or he's a spirit of persuasion, onl

$rofesses to persuade,the king his son's alie,'#is as impossi"le that he's undrown'd

/nd he that sleeps here swims.SEBASTIAN

% hae no hope

#hat he's undrown'd.ANTONIO



+, out of that 'no hope'

What great hope hae ou! no hope that wa is/nother wa so high a hope that een

/m"ition cannot pierce a wink "eond,But dou"t discoer there. Will ou grant with me

#hat -erdinand is drown'd?SEBASTIAN

He's gone.ANTONIO

#hen, tell me,Who's the net heir of (aples?SEBASTIAN

*lari"el.ANTONIO

She that is 3ueen of #unis) she that dwells#en leagues "eond man's life) she that from (aples*an hae no note, unless the sun were post

#he man i' the moon's too slowtill new"orn chinsBe rough and ra1ora"le) she thatfrom whom?

We all were seaswallow'd, though some cast again,/nd " that destin to perform an act

Whereof what's past is prologue, what to come%n ours and m discharge.SEBASTIAN

What stuff is this! how sa ou?

'#is true, m "rother's daughter's 3ueen of #unis)So is she heir of (aples) 'twit which regions#here is some space.

ANTONIO

/ space whose eer cu"it

Seems to cr out, 'How shall that *lari"el2easure us "ack to (aples? 4eep in #unis,

/nd let Se"astian wake.' Sa, this were death

#hat now hath sei1ed them) wh, the were no worse#han now the are. #here "e that can rule (aples/s well as he that sleeps) lords that can prate

/s ampl and unnecessaril/s this Gon1alo) % mself could make

/ chough of as deep chat. +, that ou "ore#he mind that % do! what a sleep were this

-or our adancement! &o ou understand me?SEBASTIAN

2ethinks % do.

ANTONIO



/nd how does our content

#ender our own good fortune?SEBASTIAN

% remem"er ou did supplant our "rother $rospero.

ANTONIO

#rue:

/nd look how well m garments sit upon me)2uch feater than "efore: m "rother's serants

Were then m fellows) now the are m men.SEBASTIAN

But, for our conscience?ANTONIO

/, sir) where lies that? if 'twere a ki"e,

'#would put me to m slipper: "ut % feel not#his deit in m "osom: twent consciences,#hat stand 'twit me and 2ilan, candied "e the

/nd melt ere the molest! Here lies our "rother, (o "etter than the earth he lies upon,

%f he were that which now he's like, that's dead)Whom %, with this o"edient steel, three inches of it,

*an la to "ed for eer) whiles ou, doing thus,#o the perpetual wink for ae might put

#his ancient morsel, this Sir $rudence, whoShould not up"raid our course. -or all the rest,

#he'll take suggestion as a cat laps milk)#he'll tell the clock to an "usiness thatWe sa "efits the hour.

SEBASTIAN

#h case, dear friend,

Shall "e m precedent) as thou got'st 2ilan,%'ll come " (aples. &raw th sword: one stroke

Shall free thee from the tri"ute which thou paest)

/nd % the king shall loe thee.ANTONIO

&raw together)

/nd when % rear m hand, do ou the like,#o fall it on Gon1alo.

SEBASTIAN

+, "ut one word.

The$ ta*- apart

Re"enter ARIEL, in/isi+*e



A"IEL

2 master through his art foresees the danger #hat ou, his friend, are in) and sends me forth

-or else his pro5ect diesto keep them liing.

Sin0s in GONALO's ear

While ou here do snoring lie,+peneed conspirac

His time doth take.%f of life ou keep a care,

Shake off slum"er, and "eware:/wake, awake!

ANTONIO

#hen let us "oth "e sudden.GONZALO

(ow, good angels

$resere the king.

The$ wa-e

ALONSO

Wh, how now? ho, awake! Wh are ou drawn?Wherefore this ghastl looking?

GONZALOWhat's the matter?SEBASTIAN

Whiles we stood here securing our repose,9en now, we heard a hollow "urst of "ellowing

0ike "ulls, or rather lions: did't not wake ou?%t struck mine ear most terri"l.

ALONSO

% heard nothing.

ANTONIO

+, 'twas a din to fright a monster's ear,

#o make an earth3uake! sure, it was the roar +f a whole herd of lions.

ALONSO

Heard ou this, Gon1alo?

GONZALO

6pon mine honour, sir, % heard a humming,

/nd that a strange one too, which did awake me:% shaked ou, sir, and cried: as mine ees open'd,

% saw their weapons drawn: there was a noise,



#hat's eril. '#is "est we stand upon our guard,

+r that we 3uit this place) let's draw our weapons.ALONSO

0ead off this ground) and let's make further search-or m poor son.

GONZALO

Heaens keep him from these "easts!

-or he is, sure, i' the island.ALONSO

0ead awa.A"IEL

$rospero m lord shall know what % hae done:So, king, go safel on to seek th son.

Exe!nt

SCENE II. Another part o the island.

Enter ALIBAN with a +!rden o% wood. A noise o% th!nder heard CALIBAN

/ll the infections that the sun sucks up-rom "ogs, fens, flats, on $rosper fall and make him

B inchmeal a disease! His spirits hear me/nd et % needs must curse. But the'll nor pinch,

-right me with urchinshows, pitch me i' the mire, (or lead me, like a fire"rand, in the dark

+ut of m wa, unless he "id 'em) "ut-or eer trifle are the set upon me)

Sometime like apes that mow and chatter at me/nd after "ite me, then like hedgehogs which

0ie tum"ling in m "arefoot wa and mount#heir pricks at m footfall) sometime am %

/ll wound with adders who with cloen tongues&o hiss me into madness.

Enter TRIN3LO

0o, now, lo!Here comes a spirit of his, and to torment me-or "ringing wood in slowl. %'ll fall flat)

$erchance he will not mind me.T"INC'LO

Here's neither "ush nor shru", to "ear off

an weather at all, and another storm "rewing)% hear it sing i' the wind: ond same "lack



cloud, ond huge one, looks like a foul

"om"ard that would shed his li3uor. %f itshould thunder as it did "efore, % know not

where to hide m head: ond same cloud cannotchoose "ut fall " pailfuls. What hae we

here? a man or a fish? dead or alie? / fish:he smells like a fish) a er ancient and fish

like smell) a kind of not of the newest $oor8ohn. / strange fish! Were % in 9ngland now,

as once % was, and had "ut this fish painted,not a holida fool there "ut would gie a piece

of siler: there would this monster make aman) an strange "east there makes a man:

when the will not gie a doit to reliee a lame

"eggar, the will la1 out ten to see a dead%ndian. 0egged like a man and his fins likearms! Warm o' m troth! % do now let loose

m opinion) hold it no longer: this is no fish, "ut an islander, that hath latel suffered " a

thunder"olt.

Th!nder

/las, the storm is come again! m "est wa is to

creep under his ga"erdine) there is no other shelter herea"outs: miser ac3uaints a man withstrange "edfellows. % will here shroud till the

dregs of the storm "e past.

Enter STE4ANO, sin0in0& a +ott*e in his hand

STE!(ANO

% shall no more to sea, to sea,

Here shall % die ashore#his is a er scur tune to sing at a man's

funeral: well, here's m comfort.

Drin-s

Sin0s

#he master, the swa""er, the "oatswain and %,#he gunner and his mate

0oed 2all, 2eg and 2arian and 2arger,But none of us cared for 4ate)



-or she had a tongue with a tang,

Would cr to a sailor, Go hang!She loed not the saour of tar nor of pitch,

et a tailor might scratch her where'er she did itch:#hen to sea, "os, and let her go hang!

#his is a scur tune too: "ut here's m comfort.

Drin-s

CALIBAN

&o not torment me: +h!

STE!(ANO

What's the matter? Hae we deils here? &o ou put

tricks upon's with saages and men of %nd, ha? %

hae not scaped drowning to "e afeard now of our four legs) for it hath "een said, /s proper a man aseer went on four legs cannot make him gie ground)

and it shall "e said so again while Stephano "reathes at's nostrils.

CALIBAN

#he spirit torments me) +h!

STE!(ANO

#his is some monster of the isle with four legs, who

hath got, as % take it, an ague. Where the deil

should he learn our language? % will gie him somerelief, if it "e "ut for that. if % can recoer himand keep him tame and get to (aples with him, he's a

present for an emperor that eer trod on neat's leather.CALIBAN

&o not torment me, prithee) %'ll "ring m wood home faster.STE!(ANO

He's in his fit now and does not talk after thewisest. He shall taste of m "ottle: if he hae

neer drunk wine afore will go near to remoe hisfit. %f % can recoer him and keep him tame, % will

not take too much for him) he shall pa for him thathath him, and that soundl.CALIBAN

#hou dost me et "ut little hurt) thou wilt anon, %

know it " th trem"ling: now $rosper works upon thee.STE!(ANO

*ome on our was) open our mouth) here is thatwhich will gie language to ou, cat: open our

mouth) this will shake our shaking, % can tell ou,



and that soundl: ou cannot tell who's our friend:

open our chaps again.T"INC'LO

% should know that oice: it should "e"ut he isdrowned) and these are deils: + defend me!

STE!(ANO

-our legs and two oices: a most delicate monster!

His forward oice now is to speak well of hisfriend) his "ackward oice is to utter foul speeches

and to detract. %f all the wine in m "ottle willrecoer him, % will help his ague. *ome. /men! %

will pour some in th other mouth.T"INC'LO

Stephano!

STE!(ANO&oth th other mouth call me? 2erc, merc! #his isa deil, and no monster: % will leae him) % hae no

long spoon.T"INC'LO

Stephano! %f thou "eest Stephano, touch me andspeak to me: for % am #rinculo"e not afeardth

good friend #rinculo.STE!(ANO

%f thou "eest #rinculo, come forth: %'ll pull thee " the lesser legs: if an "e #rinculo's legs,

these are the. #hou art er #rinculo indeed! Howcamest thou to "e the siege of this mooncalf? canhe ent #rinculos?

T"INC'LO

% took him to "e killed with a thunderstroke. But

art thou not drowned, Stephano? % hope now thou artnot drowned. %s the storm oer"lown? % hid me

under the dead mooncalf's ga"erdine for fear of

the storm. /nd art thou liing, Stephano? +Stephano, two (eapolitans 'scaped!STE!(ANO

$rithee, do not turn me a"out) m stomach is not constant.CALIBAN

/side; #hese "e fine things, an if the "enot sprites.

#hat's a "rae god and "ears celestial li3uor.% will kneel to him.

STE!(ANO

How didst thou 'scape? How camest thou hither?swear " this "ottle how thou camest hither. %



escaped upon a "utt of sack which the sailors

heaed o'er"oard, " this "ottle) which % made of the "ark of a tree with mine own hands since % was

cast ashore.CALIBAN

%'ll swear upon that "ottle to "e th true su"5ect)for the li3uor is not earthl.STE!(ANO

Here) swear then how thou escapedst.T"INC'LO

Swum ashore. man, like a duck: % can swim like a

duck, %'ll "e sworn.STE!(ANO

Here, kiss the "ook. #hough thou canst swim like a

duck, thou art made like a goose.T"INC'LO

+ Stephano. hast an more of this?STE!(ANO

#he whole "utt, man: m cellar is in a rock " the

seaside where m wine is hid. How now, mooncalf!how does thine ague?CALIBAN

Hast thou not dropp'd from heaen?STE!(ANO

+ut o' the moon, % do assure thee: % was the man i'

the moon when time was.CALIBAN

% hae seen thee in her and % do adore thee:

2 mistress show'd me thee and th dog and th "ush.STE!(ANO

*ome, swear to that) kiss the "ook: % will furnishit anon with new contents swear.

T"INC'LO

B this good light, this is a er shallow monster!% afeard of him! / er weak monster! #he man i'the moon! / most poor credulous monster! Well

drawn, monster, in good sooth!CALIBAN

%'ll show thee eer fertile inch o' th' island)/nd % will kiss th foot: % prithee, "e m god.

T"INC'LO

B this light, a most perfidious and drunken

monster! when 's god's asleep, he'll ro" his "ottle.

CALIBAN%'ll kiss th foot) %'ll swear mself th su"5ect.



STE!(ANO

*ome on then) down, and swear.T"INC'LO

% shall laugh mself to death at this puppheadedmonster. / most scur monster! % could find in m

heart to "eat him,STE!(ANO

*ome, kiss.T"INC'LO

But that the poor monster's in drink: an a"omina"le monster!CALIBAN

%'ll show thee the "est springs) %'ll pluck thee "erries)%'ll fish for thee and get thee wood enough.

/ plague upon the trant that % sere!

%'ll "ear him no more sticks, "ut follow thee,#hou wondrous man.T"INC'LO

/ most ridiculous monster, to make a wonder of a$oor drunkard!CALIBAN

% prithee, let me "ring thee where cra"s grow)

/nd % with m long nails will dig thee pignuts)Show thee a 5a's nest and instruct thee how

#o snare the nim"le marmoset) %'ll "ring thee#o clustering fil"erts and sometimes %'ll get thee

oung scamels from the rock. Wilt thou go with me?STE!(ANO

% prithee now, lead the wa without an more

talking. #rinculo, the king and all our companelse "eing drowned, we will inherit here: here)

"ear m "ottle: fellow #rinculo, we'll fill him "and " again.

CALIBAN

Sings drunkenl;-arewell master) farewell, farewell!T"INC'LO

/ howling monster: a drunken monster!CALIBAN

(o more dams %'ll make for fish (or fetch in firing

/t re3uiring) (or scrape trencher, nor wash dish

'Ban, 'Ban, *acali"an

Has a new master: get a new man.



-reedom, heda! heda, freedom! freedom,

heda, freedom!STE!(ANO

+ "rae monster! 0ead the wa.

Exe!nt

ACT III

SCENE I. Beore !"OS!E"O#S Cell.

Enter FERDINAND, +earin0 a *o0 &E"%INAN%

#here "e some sports are painful, and their la"our

&elight in them sets off: some kinds of "aseness/re no"l undergone and most poor matters

$oint to rich ends. #his m mean task Would "e as hea to me as odious, "ut

#he mistress which % sere 3uickens what's dead/nd makes m la"ours pleasures: +, she is

#en times more gentle than her father's cra""ed,/nd he's composed of harshness. % must remoe

Some thousands of these logs and pile them up,6pon a sore in5unction: m sweet mistress

Weeps when she sees me work, and sas, such "asenessHad neer like eecutor. % forget:

But these sweet thoughts do een refresh m la"ours,2ost "us lest, when % do it.

Enter MIRANDA1 and ROSERO at a distan#e, !nseen

MI"AN%A

/las, now, pra ou,Work not so hard: % would the lightning had

Burnt up those logs that ou are en5oin'd to pile!$ra, set it down and rest ou: when this "urns,

'#will weep for haing wearied ou. 2 father %s hard at stud) pra now, rest ourself)

He's safe for these three hours.&E"%INAN%

+ most dear mistress,#he sun will set "efore % shall discharge

What % must strie to do.

MI"AN%A



%f ou'll sit down,

%'ll "ear our logs the while: pra, gie me that)%'ll carr it to the pile.

&E"%INAN%

(o, precious creature)

% had rather crack m sinews, "reak m "ack,#han ou should such dishonour undergo,

While % sit la1 ".MI"AN%A

%t would "ecome me/s well as it does ou: and % should do it

With much more ease) for m good will is to it,/nd ours it is against.!"OS!E"O

$oor worm, thou art infected!#his isitation shows it.MI"AN%A

ou look wearil.&E"%INAN%

(o, no"le mistress)'tis fresh morning with meWhen ou are " at night. % do "eseech ou

*hiefl that % might set it in m praersWhat is our name?MI"AN%A

2iranda.+ m father,

% hae "roke our hest to sa so!&E"%INAN%

/dmired 2iranda!

%ndeed the top of admiration! worthWhat's dearest to the world! -ull man a lad

% hae eed with "est regard and man a time#he harmon of their tongues hath into "ondage

Brought m too diligent ear: for seeral irtues

Hae % liked seeral women) neer anWith so fun soul, "ut some defect in her &id 3uarrel with the no"lest grace she owed

/nd put it to the foil: "ut ou, + ou,So perfect and so peerless, are created

+f eer creature's "est!MI"AN%A

% do not know+ne of m se) no woman's face remem"er,

Sae, from m glass, mine own) nor hae % seen

2ore that % ma call men than ou, good friend,/nd m dear father: how features are a"road,



% am skilless of) "ut, " m modest,

#he 5ewel in m dower, % would not wish/n companion in the world "ut ou,

(or can imagination form a shape,Besides ourself, to like of. But % prattle

Something too wildl and m father's precepts% therein do forget.&E"%INAN%

% am in m condition

/ prince, 2iranda) % do think, a king)% would, not so!and would no more endure

#his wooden slaer than to suffer #he fleshfl "low m mouth. Hear m soul speak:

#he er instant that % saw ou, did

2 heart fl to our serice) there resides,#o make me slae to it) and for our sake/m % this patient logman.MI"AN%A

&o ou loe me?&E"%INAN%

+ heaen, + earth, "ear witness to this sound

/nd crown what % profess with kind eent%f % speak true! if hollowl, inert

What "est is "oded me to mischief! %Beond all limit of what else i' the world

&o loe, pri1e, honour ou.MI"AN%A

% am a fool

#o weep at what % am glad of.!"OS!E"O

-air encounter +f two most rare affections! Heaens rain grace

+n that which "reeds "etween 'em!

&E"%INAN%Wherefore weep ou?MI"AN%A

/t mine unworthiness that dare not offer What % desire to gie, and much less take

What % shall die to want. But this is trifling)/nd all the more it seeks to hide itself,

#he "igger "ulk it shows. Hence, "ashful cunning!/nd prompt me, plain and hol innocence!

% am our wife, if ou will marr me)

%f not, %'ll die our maid: to "e our fellow



ou ma den me) "ut %'ll "e our serant,

Whether ou will or no.&E"%INAN%

2 mistress, dearest)/nd % thus hum"le eer.

MI"AN%A

2 hus"and, then?&E"%INAN%

/, with a heart as willing

/s "ondage e'er of freedom: here's m hand.MI"AN%A

/nd mine, with m heart in't) and now farewell#ill half an hour hence.&E"%INAN%

/ thousand thousand!

Exe!nt FERDINAND and MIRANDA se/era**$

!"OS!E"O

So glad of this as the % cannot "e,Who are surprised withal) "ut m re5oicing

/t nothing can "e more. %'ll to m "ook,-or et ere suppertime must % perform

2uch "usiness appertaining.

Exit

SCENE II. Another part o the island.

Enter ALIBAN, STE4ANO, and TRIN3LOSTE!(ANO

#ell not me) when the "utt is out, we will drink water) not a drop "efore: therefore "ear up, and

"oard 'em. Serantmonster, drink to me.

T"INC'LO

Serantmonster! the foll of this island! #hesa there's "ut fie upon this isle: we are three

of them) if th' other two "e "rained like us, thestate totters.STE!(ANO

&rink, serantmonster, when % "id thee: th eesare almost set in th head.

T"INC'LO

Where should the "e set else? he were a "raemonster indeed, if the were set in his tail.



STE!(ANO

2 manmonster hath drown'd his tongue in sack:for m part, the sea cannot drown me) % swam, ere %

could recoer the shore, fie and thirt leagues off and on. B this light, thou shalt "e m lieutenant,

monster, or m standard.T"INC'LO

our lieutenant, if ou list) he's no standard.STE!(ANO

We'll not run, 2onsieur 2onster.T"INC'LO

(or go neither) "ut ou'll lie like dogs and et sanothing neither.STE!(ANO

2ooncalf, speak once in th life, if thou "eest agood mooncalf.CALIBAN

How does th honour? 0et me lick th shoe.%'ll not sere him) he's not aliant.T"INC'LO

#hou liest, most ignorant monster: % am in case to

5ustle a consta"le. Wh, thou de"oshed fish thou,was there eer man a coward that hath drunk so much

sack as % toda? Wilt thou tell a monstrous lie, "eing "ut half a fish and half a monster?CALIBAN

0o, how he mocks me! wilt thou let him, m lord?T"INC'LO

'0ord' 3uoth he! #hat a monster should "e such a natural!CALIBAN

0o, lo, again! "ite him to death, % prithee.STE!(ANO

#rinculo, keep a good tongue in our head: if ou

proe a mutineer,the net tree! #he poor monster'sm su"5ect and he shall not suffer indignit.CALIBAN

% thank m no"le lord. Wilt thou "e pleased tohearken once again to the suit % made to thee?

STE!(ANO

2arr, will % kneel and repeat it) % will stand,

and so shall #rinculo.

Enter ARIEL, in/isi+*e

CALIBAN



/s % told thee "efore, % am su"5ect to a trant, a

sorcerer, that " his cunning hath cheated me of the island.A"IEL

#hou liest.CALIBAN

#hou liest, thou 5esting monke, thou: % would maliant master would destro thee! % do not lie.STE!(ANO

#rinculo, if ou trou"le him an more in's tale, "

this hand, % will supplant some of our teeth.T"INC'LO

Wh, % said nothing.STE!(ANO

2um, then, and no more. $roceed.

CALIBAN% sa, " sorcer he got this isle)-rom me he got it. if th greatness will

7eenge it on him,for % know thou darest,But this thing dare not,STE!(ANO

#hat's most certain.CALIBAN

#hou shalt "e lord of it and %'ll sere thee.STE!(ANO

How now shall this "e compassed?

*anst thou "ring me to the part?CALIBAN

ea, ea, m lord: %'ll ield him thee asleep,

Where thou mast knock a nail into his "ead.A"IEL

#hou liest) thou canst not.CALIBAN

What a pied ninn's this! #hou scur patch!

% do "eseech th greatness, gie him "lows/nd take his "ottle from him: when that's goneHe shall drink nought "ut "rine) for %'ll not show him

Where the 3uick freshes are.STE!(ANO

#rinculo, run into no further danger:interrupt the monster one word further, and,

" this hand, %'ll turn m merc out o' doorsand make a stockfish of thee.

T"INC'LO

Wh, what did %? % did nothing. %'ll go farther off.



STE!(ANO

&idst thou not sa he lied?A"IEL

#hou liest.STE!(ANO

&o % so? take thou that.

Beats TRIN3LO

/s ou like this, gie me the lie another time.T"INC'LO

% did not gie the lie. +ut o' our wits and "earing too? / po o' our "ottle!

this can sack and drinking do. / murrain on

our monster, and the deil take our fingers!CALIBAN

Ha, ha, ha!

STE!(ANO

(ow, forward with our tale. $rithee, stand farther

off.CALIBAN

Beat him enough: after a little time%'ll "eat him too.

STE!(ANO

Stand farther. *ome, proceed.CALIBAN

Wh, as % told thee, 'tis a custom with him,

%' th' afternoon to sleep: there thou mast "rain him,Haing first sei1ed his "ooks, or with a log

Batter his skull, or paunch him with a stake,+r cut his we1and with th knife. 7emem"er

-irst to possess his "ooks) for without themHe's "ut a sot, as % am, nor hath not

+ne spirit to command: the all do hate him/s rootedl as %. Burn "ut his "ooks.

He has "rae utensils,for so he calls themWhich when he has a house, he'll deck withal

/nd that most deepl to consider is#he "eaut of his daughter) he himself

*alls her a nonpareil: % neer saw a woman,But onl Scora m dam and she)

But she as far surpasseth Scora/s great'st does least.

STE!(ANO%s it so "rae a lass?



CALIBAN

/, lord) she will "ecome th "ed, % warrant./nd "ring thee forth "rae "rood.

STE!(ANO

2onster, % will kill this man: his daughter and %

will "e king and 3ueensae our graces!and#rinculo and thself shall "e iceros. &ost thou

like the plot, #rinculo?T"INC'LO

9cellent.STE!(ANO

Gie me th hand: % am sorr % "eat thee) "ut,while thou liest, keep a good tongue in th head.CALIBAN

Within this half hour will he "e asleep:Wilt thou destro him then?STE!(ANO

/, on mine honour.A"IEL

#his will % tell m master.CALIBAN

#hou makest me merr) % am full of pleasure:0et us "e 5ocund: will ou troll the catch

ou taught me "ut whileere?STE!(ANO

/t th re3uest, monster, % will do reason, anreason. *ome on, #rinculo, let us sing.

Sin0s

-lout 'em and scout 'em

/nd scout 'em and flout 'em#hought is free.

CALIBAN#hat's not the tune.

Arie* p*a$s the t!ne on a ta+o!r and pipe

STE!(ANO

What is this same?T"INC'LO

#his is the tune of our catch, plaed " the pictureof (o"od.

STE!(ANO



%f thou "eest a man, show thself in th likeness:

if thou "eest a deil, take't as thou list.T"INC'LO

+, forgie me m sins!STE!(ANO

He that dies pas all de"ts: % def thee. 2erc upon us!CALIBAN

/rt thou afeard?STE!(ANO

(o, monster, not %.CALIBAN

Be not afeard) the isle is full of noises,Sounds and sweet airs, that gie delight and hurt not.

Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments

Will hum a"out mine ears, and sometime oices#hat, if % then had waked after long sleep,Will make me sleep again: and then, in dreaming,

#he clouds methought would open and show riches7ead to drop upon me that, when % waked,

% cried to dream again.STE!(ANO

#his will proe a "rae kingdom to me, where % shallhae m music for nothing.CALIBAN

When $rospero is destroed.STE!(ANO

#hat shall "e " and ": % remem"er the stor.T"INC'LO

#he sound is going awa) let's follow it, andafter do our work.

STE!(ANO

0ead, monster) we'll follow. % would % could see

this ta"ourer) he las it on.

T"INC'LOWilt come? %'ll follow, Stephano.

Exe!nt

SCENE III. Another part o the island.

Enter ALONSO, SEBASTIAN, ANTONIO, GONALO, ADRIAN, FRANISO, and othersGONZALO

B'r lakin, % can go no further, sir)2 old "ones ache: here's a ma1e trod indeed



#hrough forthrights and meanders! B our patience,

% needs must rest me.ALONSO

+ld lord, % cannot "lame thee,Who am mself attach'd with weariness,

#o the dulling of m spirits: sit down, and rest.9en here % will put off m hope and keep it

(o longer for m flatterer: he is drown'dWhom thus we stra to find, and the sea mocks

+ur frustrate search on land. Well, let him go.ANTONIO

/side to S9B/S#%/(; % am right glad that he's soout of hope.

&o not, for one repulse, forego the purpose

#hat ou resoled to effect.SEBASTIAN

/side to /(#+(%+; #he net adantage

Will we take throughl.ANTONIO

/side to S9B/S#%/(; 0et it "e tonight)-or, now the are oppress'd with trael, the

Will not, nor cannot, use such igilance/s when the are fresh.SEBASTIAN

/side to /(#+(%+; % sa, tonight: no more.

So*emn and stran0e m!si#

ALONSO

What harmon is this? 2 good friends, hark!GONZALO

2arellous sweet music!

Enter ROSERO a+o/e, in/isi+*e. Enter se/era* stran0e Shapes, +rin0in0 in

a +an5!et1 the$ dan#e a+o!t it with 0ent*e a#tions o% sa*!tation1 and, in/itin0the 6in0, 7 #. to eat, the$ depart

ALONSO

Gie us kind keepers, heaens! What were these?

SEBASTIAN

/ liing droller. (ow % will "eliee

#hat there are unicorns, that in /ra"ia#here is one tree, the phoeni' throne, one phoeni

/t this hour reigning there.ANTONIO



%'ll "eliee "oth)

/nd what does else want credit, come to me,/nd %'ll "e sworn 'tis true: traellers ne'er did

lie,#hough fools at home condemn 'em.

GONZALO

%f in (aples

% should report this now, would the "eliee me?%f % should sa, % saw such islanders

-or, certes, these are people of the islandWho, though the are of monstrous shape, et, note,

#heir manners are more gentlekind than of +ur human generation ou shall find

2an, na, almost an.

!"OS!E"O/side; Honest lord,#hou hast said well) for some of ou there present

/re worse than deils.ALONSO

% cannot too much museSuch shapes, such gesture and such sound, epressing,

/lthough the want the use of tongue, a kind+f ecellent dum" discourse.!"OS!E"O

/side; $raise in departing.&"ANCISCO

#he anish'd strangel.SEBASTIAN

(o matter, since#he hae left their iands "ehind) for we hae stomachs.

Will't please ou taste of what is here?ALONSO

(ot %.

GONZALO-aith, sir, ou need not fear. When we were "os,Who would "eliee that there were mountaineers

&ewlapp'd like "ulls, whose throats had hanging at 'emWallets of flesh? or that there were such men

Whose heads stood in their "reasts? which now we find9ach putterout of fie for one will "ring us

Good warrant of.ALONSO

% will stand to and feed,

/lthough m last: no matter, since % feel



#he "est is past. Brother, m lord the duke,

Stand to and do as we.

Th!nder and *i0htnin0. Enter ARIEL, *i-e a harp$1 #*aps his win0s !pon the

ta+*e1 and, with a 5!aint de/i#e, the +an5!et /anishes

A"IEL

ou are three men of sin, whom &estin,#hat hath to instrument this lower world

/nd what is in't, the neersurfeited seaHath caused to "elch up ou) and on this island

Where man doth not inha"it) ou 'mongst menBeing most unfit to lie. % hae made ou mad)

/nd een with suchlike alour men hang and drown

#heir proper seles.

ALONSO, SEBASTIAN 7 #. draw their swords

ou fools! % and m fellows/re ministers of -ate: the elements,

+f whom our swords are temper'd, ma as wellWound the loud winds, or with "emock'dat sta"s

4ill the stillclosing waters, as diminish+ne dowle that's in m plume: m fellowministers

/re like inulnera"le. %f ou could hurt,our swords are now too mass for our strengths

/nd will not "e uplifted. But remem"er-or that's m "usiness to outhat ou three-rom 2ilan did supplant good $rospero)

9posed unto the sea, which hath re3uit it,Him and his innocent child: for which foul deed

#he powers, delaing, not forgetting, hae%ncensed the seas and shores, ea, all the creatures,

/gainst our peace. #hee of th son, /lonso,#he hae "ereft) and do pronounce " me:

0ingering perdition, worse than an death*an "e at once, shall step " step attend

ou and our was) whose wraths to guard ou fromWhich here, in this most desolate isle, else falls

6pon our headsis nothing "ut heartsorrow/nd a clear life ensuing.

4e /anishes in th!nder1 then, to so%t m!si# enter the Shapes a0ain, and dan#e,

with mo#-s and mows, and #arr$in0 o!t the ta+*e



!"OS!E"O

Brael the figure of this harp hast thou$erform'd, m /riel) a grace it had, deouring:

+f m instruction hast thou nothing "ated%n what thou hadst to sa: so, with good life

/nd o"seration strange, m meaner ministers#heir seeral kinds hae done. 2 high charms work

/nd these mine enemies are all knit up%n their distractions) the now are in m power)

/nd in these fits % leae them, while % isitoung -erdinand, whom the suppose is drown'd,

/nd his and mine loed darling.

Exit a+o/e

GONZALO

%' the name of something hol, sir, wh stand ou

%n this strange stare?ALONSO

+, it is monstrous, monstrous:2ethought the "illows spoke and told me of it)

#he winds did sing it to me, and the thunder,#hat deep and dreadful organpipe, pronounced

#he name of $rosper: it did "ass m trespass.

#herefore m son i' the oo1e is "edded, and%'ll seek him deeper than e'er plummet sounded/nd with him there lie mudded.

Exit

SEBASTIAN

But one fiend at a time,%'ll fight their legions o'er.

ANTONIO

%'ll "e th second.

Exe!nt SEBASTIAN, and ANTONIO

GONZALO

/ll three of them are desperate: their great guilt,

0ike poison gien to work a great time after, (ow 'gins to "ite the spirits. % do "eseech ou

#hat are of suppler 5oints, follow them swiftl

/nd hinder them from what this ecstas2a now prooke them to.



A%"IAN

-ollow, % pra ou.

Exe!nt

ACT I)

SCENE I. Beore !"OS!E"O#S $ell.

Enter ROSERO, FERDINAND, and MIRANDA!"OS!E"O

%f % hae too austerel punish'd ou,

our compensation makes amends, for %Hae gien ou here a third of mine own life,

+r that for which % lie) who once again% tender to th hand: all th eations

Were "ut m trials of th loe and thouHast strangel stood the test here, afore Heaen,

% ratif this m rich gift. + -erdinand,&o not smile at me that % "oast her off,

-or thou shalt find she will outstrip all praise/nd make it halt "ehind her.&E"%INAN%

% do "eliee it

/gainst an oracle.!"OS!E"O

#hen, as m gift and thine own ac3uisitionWorthil purchased take m daughter: "ut%f thou dost "reak her irginknot "efore

/ll sanctimonious ceremonies maWith full and hol rite "e minister'd,

(o sweet aspersion shall the heaens let fall#o make this contract grow: "ut "arren hate,

Soureed disdain and discord shall "estrew#he union of our "ed with weeds so loathl

#hat ou shall hate it "oth: therefore take heed,/s Hmen's lamps shall light ou.

&E"%INAN%

/s % hope

-or 3uiet das, fair issue and long life,With such loe as 'tis now, the murkiest den,

#he most opportune place, the strong'st suggestion.+ur worser genius can, shall neer melt

2ine honour into lust, to take awa#he edge of that da's cele"ration



When % shall think: or $hoe"us' steeds are founder'd,

+r (ight kept chain'd "elow.!"OS!E"O

-airl spoke.Sit then and talk with her) she is thine own.

What, /riel! m industrious serant, /riel!

Enter ARIEL

A"IEL

What would m potent master? here % am.

!"OS!E"O

#hou and th meaner fellows our last serice

&id worthil perform) and % must use ou

%n such another trick. Go "ring the ra""le,+'er whom % gie thee power, here to this place:%ncite them to 3uick motion) for % must

Bestow upon the ees of this oung coupleSome anit of mine art: it is m promise,

/nd the epect it from me.A"IEL

$resentl?!"OS!E"O

/, with a twink.

A"IELBefore ou can sa 'come' and 'go,'/nd "reathe twice and cr 'so, so,'

9ach one, tripping on his toe,Will "e here with mop and mow.

&o ou loe me, master? no?!"OS!E"O

&earl m delicate /riel. &o not approach#ill thou dost hear me call.

A"IELWell, % conceie.

Exit

!"OS!E"O

0ook thou "e true) do not gie dalliance#oo much the rein: the strongest oaths are straw

#o the fire i' the "lood: "e more a"stemious,+r else, good night our ow!

&E"%INAN%



% warrant ou sir)

#he white cold irgin snow upon m heart/"ates the ardour of m lier.

!"OS!E"O

Well.

(ow come, m /riel! "ring a corollar,7ather than want a spirit: appear and pertl!

(o tongue! all ees! "e silent.

So%t m!si#

Enter IRIS

I"IS

*eres, most "ounteous lad, th rich leas+f wheat, re, "arle, etches, oats and pease)#h turf mountains, where lie ni""ling sheep,/nd flat meads thatch'd with stoer, them to keep)

#h "anks with pioned and twilled "rims,Which spong /pril at th hest "etrims,

#o make cold nmphs chaste crowns) and th "room groes,Whose shadow the dismissed "achelor loes,

Being lasslorn: th poleclipt ineard)/nd th seamarge, sterile and rockhard,

Where thou thself dost air)the 3ueen o' the sk,Whose water arch and messenger am %,

Bids thee leae these, and with her soereign grace,Here on this grassplot, in this er place,

#o come and sport: her peacocks fl amain:/pproach, rich *eres, her to entertain.

Enter ERES

CE"ES

Hail, mancolour'd messenger, that ne'er &ost diso"e the wife of 8upiter)Who with th saffron wings upon m flowers

&iffusest honedrops, refreshing showers,/nd with each end of th "lue "ow dost crown2 "osk acres and m unshru""'d down,

7ich scarf to m proud earth) wh hath th 3ueenSummon'd me hither, to this shortgrass'd green?

I"IS



/ contract of true loe to cele"rate)

/nd some donation freel to estate+n the "lest loers.

CE"ES

#ell me, heaenl "ow,

%f <enus or her son, as thou dost know,&o now attend the 3ueen? Since the did plot

#he means that dusk &is m daughter got,Her and her "lind "o's scandal'd compan

% hae forsworn.I"IS

+f her societBe not afraid: % met her deit

*utting the clouds towards $aphos and her son

&oedrawn with her. Here thought the to hae doneSome wanton charm upon this man and maid,Whose ows are, that no "edright shall "e paid

#ill Hmen's torch "e lighted: "ut ain)2ars's hot minion is returned again)

Her waspishheaded son has "roke his arrows,Swears he will shoot no more "ut pla with sparrows

/nd "e a "o right out.CE"ES

High'st 3ueen of state,Great 8uno, comes) % know her " her gait.

Enter 83NO

*'NO

How does m "ounteous sister? Go with me#o "less this twain, that the ma prosperous "e

/nd honour'd in their issue.

The$ sin0&

*'NO

Honour, riches, marriage"lessing,

0ong continuance, and increasing,Hourl 5os "e still upon ou!

8uno sings her "lessings upon ou.CE"ES

9arth's increase, foison plent,Barns and garners neer empt,

<ines and clustering "unches growing,$lants with goodl "urthen "owing)



Spring come to ou at the farthest

%n the er end of harest!Scarcit and want shall shun ou)

*eres' "lessing so is on ou.&E"%INAN%

#his is a most ma5estic ision, andHarmoniousl charmingl. 2a % "e "old

#o think these spirits?!"OS!E"O

Spirits, which " mine art% hae from their confines call'd to enact

2 present fancies.&E"%INAN%

0et me lie here eer)

So rare a wonder'd father and a wife2akes this place $aradise.

8!no and eres whisper, and send Iris on emp*o$ment

!"OS!E"O

Sweet, now, silence!

8uno and *eres whisper seriousl)#here's something else to do: hush, and "e mute,

+r else our spell is marr'd.

I"ISou nmphs, call'd (aiads, of the windring "rooks,With our sedged crowns and eerharmless looks,

0eae our crisp channels and on this green land/nswer our summons) 8uno does command:

*ome, temperate nmphs, and help to cele"rate/ contract of true loe) "e not too late.

Enter #ertain N$mphs

ou sun"urnt sicklemen, of /ugust wear,

*ome hither from the furrow and "e merr:2ake holida) our restraw hats put on

/nd these fresh nmphs encounter eer one%n countr footing.

Enter #ertain Reapers, proper*$ ha+ited& the$ 9oin with the N$mphs in a

0ra#e%!* dan#e1 towards the end whereo% ROSERO starts s!dden*$, and spea-s1 a%ter whi#h, to a stran0e, ho**ow, and #on%!sed noise, the$ hea/i*$

/anish



!"OS!E"O

/side; % had forgot that foul conspirac+f the "east *ali"an and his confederates

/gainst m life: the minute of their plot%s almost come.

To the Spirits

Well done! aoid) no more!

&E"%INAN%

#his is strange: our father's in some passion

#hat works him strongl.MI"AN%A

(eer till this da

Saw % him touch'd with anger so distemper'd.!"OS!E"O

ou do look, m son, in a moed sort,

/s if ou were disma'd: "e cheerful, sir.+ur reels now are ended. #hese our actors,

/s % foretold ou, were all spirits and/re melted into air, into thin air:

/nd, like the "aseless fa"ric of this ision,#he cloudcapp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces,

#he solemn temples, the great glo"e itself,

e all which it inherit, shall dissole/nd, like this insu"stantial pageant faded,0eae not a rack "ehind. We are such stuff

/s dreams are made on, and our little life%s rounded with a sleep. Sir, % am e'd)

Bear with m weakness) m, "rain is trou"led:Be not distur"'d with m infirmit:

%f ou "e pleased, retire into m cell/nd there repose: a turn or two %'ll walk,

#o still m "eating mind.&E"%INAN% MI"AN%A

We wish our peace.

Exe!nt

!"OS!E"O

*ome with a thought % thank thee, /riel: come.

Enter ARIEL

A"IEL



#h thoughts % cleae to. What's th pleasure?

!"OS!E"O

Spirit,

We must prepare to meet with *ali"an.A"IEL

/, m commander: when % presented *eres,% thought to hae told thee of it, "ut % fear'd

0est % might anger thee.!"OS!E"O

Sa again, where didst thou leae these arlets?A"IEL

% told ou, sir, the were redhot with drinking)So fun of alour that the smote the air

-or "reathing in their faces) "eat the ground

-or kissing of their feet) et alwas "ending#owards their pro5ect. #hen % "eat m ta"our)/t which, like un"ack'd colts, the prick'd

their ears,/danced their eelids, lifted up their noses

/s the smelt music: so % charm'd their ears#hat calflike the m lowing follow'd through

#ooth'd "riers, sharp fur1es, pricking goss and thorns,Which entered their frail shins: at last % left them

%' the filthmantled pool "eond our cell,#here dancing up to the chins, that the foul lake

+'erstunk their feet.!"OS!E"O

#his was well done, m "ird.

#h shape inisi"le retain thou still:#he trumper in m house, go "ring it hither,

-or stale to catch these thiees.A"IEL

% go, % go.

Exit

!"OS!E"O

/ deil, a "orn deil, on whose nature (urture can neer stick) on whom m pains,

Humanel taken, all, all lost, 3uite lost)/nd as with age his "od uglier grows,

So his mind cankers. % will plague them all,9en to roaring.

Re"enter ARIEL, *oaden with 0*isterin0 appare*, 7 #



*ome, hang them on this line.

ROSERO and ARIEL remain in/isi+*e. Enter ALIBAN, STE4ANO, andTRIN3LO, a** wet

CALIBAN

$ra ou, tread softl, that the "lind mole ma notHear a foot fall: we now are near his cell.STE!(ANO

2onster, our fair, which ou sa isa harmless fair, has done little "etter than

plaed the 8ack with us.T"INC'LO

2onster, % do smell all horsepiss) at

which m nose is in great indignation.STE!(ANO

So is mine. &o ou hear, monster? %f % should take

a displeasure against ou, look ou,T"INC'LO

#hou wert "ut a lost monster.CALIBAN

Good m lord, gie me th faour still.Be patient, for the pri1e %'ll "ring thee to

Shall hoodwink this mischance: therefore speak softl.

/ll's hush'd as midnight et.T"INC'LO

/, "ut to lose our "ottles in the pool,STE!(ANO

#here is not onl disgrace and dishonour in that,

monster, "ut an infinite loss.T"INC'LO

#hat's more to me than m wetting: et this is our harmless fair, monster.

STE!(ANO% will fetch off m "ottle, though % "e o'er ears

for m la"our.CALIBAN

$rithee, m king, "e 3uiet. Seest thou here,#his is the mouth o' the cell: no noise, and enter.

&o that good mischief which ma make this island#hine own for eer, and %, th *ali"an,

-or ae th footlicker.STE!(ANO

Gie me th hand. % do "egin to hae "lood thoughts.T"INC'LO



+ king Stephano! + peer! + worth Stephano! look

what a wardro"e here is for thee!CALIBAN

0et it alone, thou fool) it is "ut trash.T"INC'LO

+, ho, monster! we know what "elongs to a fripper.+ king Stephano!STE!(ANO

$ut off that gown, #rinculo) " this hand, %'ll hae

that gown.T"INC'LO

#h grace shall hae it.CALIBAN

#he drops drown this fool % what do ou mean

#o dote thus on such luggage? 0et's alone/nd do the murder first: if he awake,-rom toe to crown he'll fill our skins with pinches,

2ake us strange stuff.STE!(ANO

Be ou 3uiet, monster. 2istress line,is not this m 5erkin? (ow is the 5erkin under

the line: now, 5erkin, ou are like to lose our hair and proe a "ald 5erkin.T"INC'LO

&o, do: we steal " line and leel, an't like our grace.STE!(ANO

% thank thee for that 5est) here's a garment for't:wit shall not go unrewarded while % am king of this

countr. 'Steal " line and leel' is an ecellent pass of pate) there's another garment for't.

T"INC'LO

2onster, come, put some lime upon our fingers, and

awa with the rest.

CALIBAN% will hae none on't: we shall lose our time,/nd all "e turn'd to "arnacles, or to apes

With foreheads illanous low.STE!(ANO

2onster, lato our fingers: help to "ear thisawa where m hogshead of wine is, or %'ll turn ou

out of m kingdom: go to, carr this.T"INC'LO

/nd this.

STE!(ANO/, and this.



A noise o% h!nters heard. Enter di/ers Spirits, in shape o% do0s and ho!nds,

and h!nt them a+o!t, ROSERO and ARIEL settin0 them on

!"OS!E"O

He, 2ountain, he!A"IEL

Siler % there it goes, Siler!!"OS!E"O

-ur, -ur! there, #rant, there! hark! hark!

ALIBAN, STE4ANO, and TRIN3LO, are dri/en o!t

Go charge m go"lins that the grind their 5oints

With dr conulsions, shorten up their sinews

With aged cramps, and more pinchspotted make them#han pard or cat o' mountain.A"IEL

Hark, the roar!

!"OS!E"O

0et them "e hunted soundl. /t this hour

0ie at m merc all mine enemies:Shortl shall all m la"ours end, and thou

Shalt hae the air at freedom: for a little-ollow, and do me serice.

Exe!nt

ACT )

SCENE I. Beore !"OS!E"O#S $ell.

Enter ROSERO in his ma0i# ro+es, and ARIEL!"OS!E"O

(ow does m pro5ect gather to a head:

2 charms crack not) m spirits o"e) and timeGoes upright with his carriage. How's the da?A"IEL

+n the sith hour) at which time, m lord,ou said our work should cease.!"OS!E"O

% did sa so,

When first % raised the tempest. Sa, m spirit,How fares the king and's followers?A"IEL



*onfined together

%n the same fashion as ou gae in charge,8ust as ou left them) all prisoners, sir,

%n the linegroe which weatherfends our cell)#he cannot "udge till our release. #he king,

His "rother and ours, a"ide all three distracted/nd the remainder mourning oer them,

Brimful of sorrow and disma) "ut chieflHim that ou term'd, sir, '#he good old lord Gon1alo)'

His tears run down his "eard, like winter's drops-rom eaes of reeds. our charm so strongl works 'em

#hat if ou now "eheld them, our affectionsWould "ecome tender.!"OS!E"O

&ost thou think so, spirit?A"IEL

2ine would, sir, were % human.!"OS!E"O

/nd mine shall.

Hast thou, which art "ut air, a touch, a feeling+f their afflictions, and shall not mself,

+ne of their kind, that relish all as sharpl,$assion as the, "e kindlier moed than thou art?

#hough with their high wrongs % am struck to the 3uick,et with m no"ler reason 'gaitist m fur

&o % take part: the rarer action is%n irtue than in engeance: the "eing penitent,#he sole drift of m purpose doth etend

(ot a frown further. Go release them, /riel:2 charms %'ll "reak, their senses %'ll restore,

/nd the shall "e themseles.A"IEL

%'ll fetch them, sir.

Exit

!"OS!E"O

e eles of hills, "rooks, standing lakes and groes,/nd e that on the sands with printless foot

&o chase the e""ing (eptune and do fl himWhen he comes "ack) ou demipuppets that

B moonshine do the green sour ringlets make,Whereof the ewe not "ites, and ou whose pastime

%s to make midnight mushrooms, that re5oice#o hear the solemn curfew) " whose aid,



Weak masters though e "e, % hae "edimm'd

#he noontide sun, call'd forth the mutinous winds,/nd 'twit the green sea and the a1ured ault

Set roaring war: to the dread rattling thunder Hae % gien fire and rifted 8oe's stout oak

With his own "olt) the strong"ased promontorHae % made shake and " the spurs pluck'd up

#he pine and cedar: graes at m commandHae waked their sleepers, oped, and let 'em forth

B m so potent art. But this rough magic% here a"5ure, and, when % hae re3uired

Some heaenl music, which een now % do,#o work mine end upon their senses that

#his air charm is for, %'ll "reak m staff,

Bur it certain fathoms in the earth,/nd deeper than did eer plummet sound%'ll drown m "ook.

So*emn m!si#

Re"enter ARIEL +e%ore& then ALONSO, with a %ranti# 0est!re, attended +$

GONALO1 SEBASTIAN and ANTONIO in *i-e manner, attended +$ ADRIAN and FRANISO the$ a** enter the #ir#*e whi#h ROSERO had made, and

there stand #harmed1 whi#h ROSERO o+ser/in0, spea-s&

/ solemn air and the "est comforter

#o an unsettled fanc cure th "rains, (ow useless, "oil'd within th skull! #here stand,

-or ou are spellstopp'd.Hol Gon1alo, honoura"le man,

2ine ees, een socia"le to the show of thine,-all fellowl drops. #he charm dissoles apace,

/nd as the morning steals upon the night,2elting the darkness, so their rising senses

Begin to chase the ignorant fumes that mantle#heir clearer reason. + good Gon1alo,

2 true preserer, and a loal sir #o him ou follow'st! % will pa th graces

Home "oth in word and deed. 2ost cruell&idst thou, /lonso, use me and m daughter:

#h "rother was a furtherer in the act.#hou art pinch'd fort now, Se"astian. -lesh and "lood,

ou, "rother mine, that entertain'd am"ition,

9pell'd remorse and nature) who, with Se"astian,Whose inward pinches therefore are most strong,



Would here hae kill'd our king) % do forgie thee,

6nnatural though thou art. #heir understandingBegins to swell, and the approaching tide

Will shortl fill the reasona"le shore#hat now lies foul and mudd. (ot one of them

#hat et looks on me, or would know me /riel,-etch me the hat and rapier in m cell:

% will discase me, and mself present/s % was sometime 2ilan: 3uickl, spirit)

#hou shalt ere long "e free.

ARIEL sin0s and he*ps to attire him

Where the "ee sucks. there suck %:

%n a cowslip's "ell % lie)#here % couch when owls do cr.+n the "at's "ack % do fl

/fter summer merril.2erril, merril shall % lie now

6nder the "lossom that hangs on the "ough.!"OS!E"O

Wh, that's m daint /riel! % shall miss thee:But et thou shalt hae freedom: so, so, so.

#o the king's ship, inisi"le as thou art:

#here shalt thou find the mariners asleep6nder the hatches) the master and the "oatswainBeing awake, enforce them to this place,

/nd presentl, % prithee.A"IEL

% drink the air "efore me, and return+r ere our pulse twice "eat.

Exit

GONZALO

/ll torment, trou"le, wonder and ama1ement%nha"its here: some heaenl power guide us

+ut of this fearful countr!!"OS!E"O

Behold, sir king,#he wronged &uke of 2ilan, $rospero:

-or more assurance that a liing prince&oes now speak to thee, % em"race th "od)

/nd to thee and th compan % "id/ heart welcome.



ALONSO

Whether thou "est he or no,+r some enchanted trifle to a"use me,

/s late % hae "een, % not know: th pulseBeats as of flesh and "lood) and, since % saw thee,

#he affliction of m mind amends, with which,% fear, a madness held me: this must crae,

/n if this "e at all, a most strange stor.#h dukedom % resign and do entreat

#hou pardon me m wrongs. But how should $rosperoBe liing and "e here?!"OS!E"O

-irst, no"le friend,

0et me em"race thine age, whose honour cannot

Be measured or confined.GONZALO

Whether this "e

+r "e not, %'ll not swear.!"OS!E"O

ou do et tasteSome su"tilties o' the isle, that will not let ou

Beliee things certain. Welcome, m friends all!

Aside to SEBASTIAN and ANTONIO

But ou, m "race of lords, were % so minded,% here could pluck his highness' frown upon ou

/nd 5ustif ou traitors: at this time% will tell no tales.SEBASTIAN

/side; #he deil speaks in him.!"OS!E"O

(o.

-or ou, most wicked sir, whom to call "rother Would een infect m mouth, % do forgie

#h rankest fault) all of them) and re3uire2 dukedom of thee, which perforce, % know,

#hou must restore.ALONSO

%f thou "e'st $rospero,Gie us particulars of th preseration)

How thou hast met us here, who three hours sinceWere wreck'd upon this shore) where % hae lost

How sharp the point of this remem"rance is!2 dear son -erdinand.



!"OS!E"O

% am woe for't, sir.ALONSO

%rrepara"le is the loss, and patienceSas it is past her cure.

!"OS!E"O

% rather think

ou hae not sought her help, of whose soft grace-or the like loss % hae her soereign aid

/nd rest mself content.ALONSO

ou the like loss!!"OS!E"O

/s great to me as late) and, supporta"le

#o make the dear loss, hae % means much weaker #han ou ma call to comfort ou, for %Hae lost m daughter.ALONSO

/ daughter?

+ heaens, that the were liing "oth in (aples,#he king and 3ueen there! that the were, % wish

2self were mudded in that oo1 "edWhere m son lies. When did ou lose our daughter?!"OS!E"O

%n this last tempest. % perceie these lords

/t this encounter do so much admire#hat the deour their reason and scarce think #heir ees do offices of truth, their words

/re natural "reath: "ut, howsoe'er ou haeBeen 5ustled from our senses, know for certain

#hat % am $rospero and that er dukeWhich was thrust forth of 2ilan, who most strangel

6pon this shore, where ou were wreck'd, was landed,

#o "e the lord on't. (o more et of this)-or 'tis a chronicle of da " da,

(ot a relation for a "reakfast nor

Befitting this first meeting. Welcome, sir)#his cell's m court: here hae % few attendants

/nd su"5ects none a"road: pra ou, look in.2 dukedom since ou hae gien me again,

% will re3uite ou with as good a thing)/t least "ring forth a wonder, to content e

/s much as me m dukedom.

4ere ROSERO dis#o/ers FERDINAND and MIRANDA p*a$in0 at #hess



MI"AN%A

Sweet lord, ou pla me false.&E"%INAN%

(o, m dear'st loe,% would not for the world.

MI"AN%A

es, for a score of kingdoms ou should wrangle,

/nd % would call it, fair pla.ALONSO

%f this proe/ ision of the %sland, one dear son

Shall % twice lose.SEBASTIAN

/ most high miracle!

&E"%INAN%#hough the seas threaten, the are merciful)% hae cursed them without cause.

6nee*s

ALONSO

(ow all the "lessings+f a glad father compass thee a"out!

/rise, and sa how thou camest here.

MI"AN%A+, wonder!How man goodl creatures are there here!

How "eauteous mankind is! + "rae new world,#hat has such people in't!!"OS!E"O

'#is new to thee.ALONSO

What is this maid with whom thou wast at pla?

our eld'st ac3uaintance cannot "e three hours:%s she the goddess that hath seer'd us,

/nd "rought us thus together?&E"%INAN%

Sir, she is mortal)But " immortal $roidence she's mine:

% chose her when % could not ask m father -or his adice, nor thought % had one. She

%s daughter to this famous &uke of 2ilan,+f whom so often % hae heard renown,

But neer saw "efore) of whom % hae



7eceied a second life) and second father

#his lad makes him to me.ALONSO

% am hers:But, +, how oddl will it sound that %

2ust ask m child forgieness!!"OS!E"O

#here, sir, stop:0et us not "urthen our remem"rance with

/ heainess that's gone.GONZALO

% hae inl wept,+r should hae spoke ere this. 0ook down, ou god,

/nd on this couple drop a "lessed crown!

-or it is ou that hae chalk'd forth the waWhich "rought us hither.ALONSO

% sa, /men, Gon1alo!GONZALO

Was 2ilan thrust from 2ilan, that his issueShould "ecome kings of (aples? +, re5oice

Beond a common 5o, and set it downWith gold on lasting pillars: %n one oage

&id *lari"el her hus"and find at #unis,/nd -erdinand, her "rother, found a wife

Where he himself was lost, $rospero his dukedom%n a poor isle and all of us ourselesWhen no man was his own.

ALONSO

#o -97&%(/(& and 2%7/(&/; Gie me our hands:

0et grief and sorrow still em"race his heart#hat doth not wish ou 5o!

GONZALO

Be it so! /men!

Re"enter ARIEL, with the Master and Boatswain ama:ed*$ %o**owin0

+, look, sir, look, sir! here is more of us:% prophesied, if a gallows were on land,

#his fellow could not drown. (ow, "lasphem,#hat swear'st grace o'er"oard, not an oath on shore?

Hast thou no mouth " land? What is the news?Boatswain

#he "est news is, that we hae safel found+ur king and compan) the net, our ship



Which, "ut three glasses since, we gae out split

%s tight and are and "rael rigg'd as whenWe first put out to sea.

A"IEL

/side to $7+S$97+; Sir, all this serice

Hae % done since % went.!"OS!E"O

/side to /7%90; 2 tricks spirit!ALONSO

#hese are not natural eents) the strengthen-rom strange to stranger. Sa, how came ou hither?Boatswain

%f % did think, sir, % were well awake,

%'ld strie to tell ou. We were dead of sleep,

/ndhow we know notall clapp'd under hatches)Where "ut een now with strange and seeral noises+f roaring, shrieking, howling, 5ingling chains,

/nd more diersit of sounds, all horri"le,We were awaked) straightwa, at li"ert)

Where we, in all her trim, freshl "eheld+ur roal, good and gallant ship, our master

*apering to ee her: on a trice, so please ou,9en in a dream, were we diided from them

/nd were "rought moping hither.A"IEL

/side to $7+S$97+; Was't well done?!"OS!E"O

/side to /7%90; Brael, m diligence. #hou shalt "e free.

ALONSO

#his is as strange a ma1e as e'er men trod

/nd there is in this "usiness more than natureWas eer conduct of: some oracle

2ust rectif our knowledge.

!"OS!E"OSir, m liege,&o not infest our mind with "eating on

#he strangeness of this "usiness) at pick'd leisureWhich shall "e shortl, single %'ll resole ou,

Which to ou shall seem pro"a"le, of eer#hese happen'd accidents) till when, "e cheerful

/nd think of each thing well.

Aside to ARIEL



*ome hither, spirit:

Set *ali"an and his companions free)6ntie the spell.

Exit ARIEL

How fares m gracious sir?#here are et missing of our companSome few odd lads that ou remem"er not.

Re"enter ARIEL, dri/in0 in ALIBAN, STE4ANO and TRIN3LO, in their

sto*en appare*

STE!(ANO

9er man shift for all the rest, andlet no man take care for himself) for all is

"ut fortune. *oragio, "ullmonster, coragio!T"INC'LO

%f these "e true spies which % wear in m head,here's a goodl sight.CALIBAN

+ Sete"os, these "e "rae spirits indeed!

How fine m master is! % am afraidHe will chastise me.

SEBASTIANHa, ha!

What things are these, m lord /ntonio?Will mone "u 'em?ANTONIO

<er like) one of them%s a plain fish, and, no dou"t, marketa"le.

!"OS!E"O

2ark "ut the "adges of these men, m lords,

#hen sa if the "e true. #his misshapen knae,His mother was a witch, and one so strong

#hat could control the moon, make flows and e""s,/nd deal in her command without her power.

#hese three hae ro""'d me) and this demideil-or he's a "astard onehad plotted with them

#o take m life. #wo of these fellows ou2ust know and own) this thing of darkness!

/cknowledge mine.CALIBAN

% shall "e pinch'd to death.ALONSO



%s not this Stephano, m drunken "utler?

SEBASTIAN

He is drunk now: where had he wine?

ALONSO

/nd #rinculo is reeling ripe: where should the

-ind this grand li3uor that hath gilded 'em?How camest thou in this pickle?T"INC'LO

% hae "een in such a pickle since %

saw ou last that, % fear me, will neer out of m "ones: % shall not fear fl"lowing.SEBASTIAN

Wh, how now, Stephano!STE!(ANO

+, touch me not) % am not Stephano, "ut a cramp.!"OS!E"O

ou'ld "e king o' the isle, sirrah?STE!(ANO

% should hae "een a sore one then.ALONSO

#his is a strange thing as e'er % look'd on.

ointin0 to a*i+an

!"OS!E"OHe is as disproportion'd in his manners/s in his shape. Go, sirrah, to m cell)

#ake with ou our companions) as ou look #o hae m pardon, trim it handsomel.CALIBAN

/, that % will) and %'ll "e wise hereafter

/nd seek for grace. What a thricedou"le assWas %, to take this drunkard for a god

/nd worship this dull fool!!"OS!E"O

Go to) awa!ALONSO

Hence, and "estow our luggage where ou found it.SEBASTIAN

+r stole it, rather.

Exe!nt ALIBAN, STE4ANO, and TRIN3LO

!"OS!E"O



Sir, % inite our highness and our train

#o m poor cell, where ou shall take our rest-or this one night) which, part of it, %'ll waste

With such discourse as, % not dou"t, shall make itGo 3uick awa) the stor of m life

/nd the particular accidents gone "Since % came to this isle: and in the morn

%'ll "ring ou to our ship and so to (aples,Where % hae hope to see the nuptial

+f these our dear"eloed solemni1ed)/nd thence retire me to m 2ilan, where

9er third thought shall "e m grae.ALONSO

% long

#o hear the stor of our life, which must#ake the ear strangel.!"OS!E"O

%'ll delier all)/nd promise ou calm seas, auspicious gales

/nd sail so epeditious that shall catchour roal fleet far off.

Aside to ARIEL

2 /riel, chick,#hat is th charge: then to the elementsBe free, and fare thou well! $lease ou, draw near.

Exe!nt

9$%0+G69

S$+49( B $7+S$97+ (ow m charms are all o'erthrown,

/nd what strength % hae's mine own,Which is most faint: now, 'tis true,

% must "e here confined " ou,+r sent to (aples. 0et me not,

Since % hae m dukedom got/nd pardon'd the deceier, dwell

%n this "are island " our spell)But release me from m "ands

With the help of our good hands:Gentle "reath of ours m sails

2ust fill, or else m pro5ect fails,Which was to please. (ow % want



Spirits to enforce, art to enchant,

/nd m ending is despair,6nless % "e relieed " praer,

Which pierces so that it assaults2erc itself and frees all faults.

/s ou from crimes would pardon'd "e,0et our indulgence set me free.

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