1 Ant. And how does your content Tender your own good fortune? Seb. I remember, You did fupplant your brother Profpero Ant. True: And, look, how well my garments fit upon me; I 5 Ant. Ay, fir; where lies that? If it were a kybe, 10 Seb. Thy cafe, dear friend, Shall be my precedent; as thou gott'ft Milan, I'll come by Naples. Draw thy A And I the king fhall love the Ant. Draw together: 20 25 Croke ft; Enter Ariel, with musick and fing. Ari. My mafter through his art forefees the That you, his friend, are in; and fends me forth His time doth take: If of life you keep a care, Shake off fumber, and beware: Awake! awake! Ant. Then let us both be fudden. Gon. Now, good angels, preferve the king! Wherefore this ghastly looking? By inch-meal a difeafe! His fpirits hear me, Enter Trinculo. Here comes a fpirit of his; and to torment me, 4c For bringing wood in flawly: I'll fall flat; Perchance he will not mind me. Trin. Here's neither bush nor fhrub, to bear off any weather at all, and another storm brewing; I hear it finging i' the wind: yond' fame black 45 cloud, yond' huge one, looks like a foul bumbard that would fhed his liquor. If it should thunder, as it did before, I know not where to hide my head: yond' fame cloud cannot chufe but fall by pailfuls. What have we here? a man or a fish? 50 Dead or alive? A fish: he smells like a fish; a very ancient and fish-like smell; a kind of, not of the neweft, Poor-John. A ftrange fish! Were I in England now, (as once I was) and had but this fifh painted, not a holiday-fool there but would give a piece of filver: there would this monster make a man'; any strange beaft there makes a man: when they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to fee a dead Indian. Legg'd like a man! and his fins like 60 arms! Warm, o' my troth! I do now let loose my opinion, hold it no longer; this is no fish, bui 5 Make mouths. 6 Bumbard means, in this place, a large vessel for holding drink. 7 i.e. make a man's fortune; milar to Wickham's motto, Learning makes a man. Seb. Whiles we stood here fecuring your repofe, Alon. I heard nothing. Ant. O, 'twas a din to fright a monster's ear; To make an earthquake! fure, it was the roar Of a whole herd of lions. i. e. that is, id eft. 2 For ever. 3 A hint of villany. 4 Having your fwords drawn. an islander, that has lately suffer'd by a thunderbolt. Alas! the ftorm is come again: my beft way is to creep under his gaberdine'; there is no other shelter hereabout: Mifery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows: I will here shroud, till 5 the dregs of the storm be past. Enter Stephano finging, a bottle in bis band. Ste. I fball no more to fea, to jea, Here fball I dye a-fbere This is a very fcurvy tune to fing at a man's funeral: 10 [Drinks. Ste. Doth thy other mouth call me? Mercy! mercy! This is a devil, and no monfter: I will leave him; I have no long spoon. Trin. Stephano!-if thou beest Stephano, touch me, and speak to me; for I am Trinculo;-be not afraid,-thy good friend Trinculo. Ste. If thou beeft Trinculo, come forth; I'll pull thee by the leffer legs: if any be Trinculo's 15 legs, thefe are they. Thou art very Trinculo, indeed: How cam'ft thou to be the fiege 7 of this moon-calf? can he vent Trinculos? Trin. I took him to be kill'd with a thunderftroke :-But art thou not drown'd, Stephano? I 20 hope now, thou art not drown'd. Is the ftorm Jover-blown? I hid me under the dead moon-calf's gaberdine, for fear of the ftorm: And art thou living, Stephano? O Stephano, two Neapolitans 'fcap'd! Ste. What's the matter? have we devils here? Do you put tricks upon us with favages, and men 25 of Inde? Ha! I have not 'scap'd drowning to be afraid now of your four legs; for it hath been faid, As proper a man as ever went upon four legs, cannot make him give ground: and it fhall be faid fo again, while Stephano breathes at noftrils. Cal. The fpirit torments me: Oh! 30 Ste. This is fome monster of the ifle, with four legs; who has got, as I take it, an ague: Where the devil should he learn our language? I will give him some relief, if it be but for that: If I can re-35 eover him, and keep him tame, and get to Naples with him, he's a prefent for any emperor that ever trod on neats-leather. Cal. Do not torment me, pr'ythee; I'll bring my wood home faster. Ste. He'si n his fit now; and does not talk after the wifeft: He shall taste of my bottle: if he never drunk wine afore, it will go near to remove his fit: if I can recover him, and keep him tame, 2 Ste. Pr'ythee, do not turn me about; my stomach is not constant. thou, was fine things, an if they be not sprights. ath drunk so mut, and bears celestial liquor : I will monstrous lie. Ste. How did't thou 'fcape? How cam'ft thou hither? fwear, by this bottle, how thou cam'st hither. I efcap'd upon a butt of fack, which the failors heav'd over-board, by this bottle! which I made of the bark of a tree, with mine own hands, fince I was caft a-shore. Cal. I'll fwear, upon that bottle, to be thy true fubject; for the liquor is not earthly. Ste. Here; fwear then, how efcap'dft thou? Trin. Swom a-shore, man, like a duck; I can 40fwim like a duck, I'll be fworn. Ste. Here, kifs the book: Though thou can'st fwim like a duck, thou art made like a goofe. Trin. O Stephano, haft any more of this? Jewill not take too much for him; he fhall pay 45 rock by the fea-fide, where my wine is hid. How for him that hath him, and that soundly. Cal. Thou doft me yet but little hurt; thou wilt anon, I know it by thy trembling 3: Now Profper works upon thee. Ste. Come on your ways; open your mouth; 50 here is that which will give language to you, 4 cat;| open your mouth: this will shake your shaking, I can tell you, and that soundly you cannot tell who's your friend; open your chaps again. Trin. I should know that voice: It should be,-55 But he's drown'd; and these are devils: O! defend me! Ste. Four legs, and two voices; a moft delicate monster! His forward voice now is to speak well now, moon-calf? how does thine ague? Cal. I have seen thee in her, and I do adore thee: my miftrefs fhew'd me thee, and thy dog and thy bush. Ste. Come, fwear to that; kifs the book: I will furnish it anon with new contents: fwear. Trin. By this good light, this is a very shallow monster :-I afraid of him?-a very weak monfter:-The man i' the moon?-a moft poor credulous monster :-Well drawn, monster, in good footh. 1 A gaberdine is properly the coarse frock or outward garment of a peasant, and is still worn by the peasants in Suffex. 2 i. e. any fum, or ever so much. 3 Tremor is always represented as the effect of being poffefs'd by the devil. 7 Siege 4 Alluding to an old proverb, that good liquor will make a cat speak. 5 Means, stop your draught. ⚫ Alluding to the proverb, A long spoon to eat with the devil. agnifies tool in every fenfe of the word, and is here used in the dirtieft, Cal. 12 TEMPEST. Cal. I'll fhew thee every fertile inch o' the isle; Ste. Come, kifs. Trin. But that the poor monster's in drink: Cal. I'll fhew thee the best springs; I'll pluck I'll fish for thee, and get thee wood enough. Trin. A moft ridiculous monfter; to make a [A& 3. Scene 1. Shew thee a jay's neft, and instruct thee how Ste. I pr'ythee now, lead the way, without any more talking.-Trinculo, the king and all our company being drown'd, we will inherit here.Here; bear my bottle! Fellow Trinculo, we'll 10 fill him by and by again. 15 Cal. [Sings drunkenly.] Farewell mafter; farewell, Trin. A howling monster; a drunken monster. At requiring, Nor fcrape trencher, nor wash dish; Ban' Ban', Ca-Caliban Has a new mafter-Get a new man. [grow; 20 Freedom, hey-day! hey-day, freedom! freedom, Cal. I pr'ythee, let me bring thee where crabs hey-day, freedom! Ste. O brave monfter! lead the way. [Exeunt. HERE be fome sports are painful; but Delight in them fets off: fome kinds of basenefs 30 III. Fer. No, precious creature; had rather crack my finews, break my back, Than you fhould such dishonour undergo, While I fit lazy by. Mira. It would become me As well as it does you: and I should do it 35 With much more eafe for my good will is to it, And yours it is against. Ten times more gentle, than her father's crabbed ; 40 [bafenefs 45 Enter Miranda, and Profpero at a distance. Work not fo hard; I would, the lightning had Fer. O moft dear mistress, The fun will set before I fhall discharge What I muft ftrive to do. Mira. If you'll fit down, Pro. Poor worm! thou art infected; Mira. You look wearily. Fer. No, noble mistress; 'tis fresh morning When you are by at night. I do beseech you, Mira. Miranda :-O my father, Fer, Admir'd Miranda! Indeed, the top of admiration; worth What's deareft to the world! Full many a lady Mira. I do not know I'll bear your logs the while: Pray, give me that; 60 One of my fex; no woman's face remember, I'll carry it to the pile. 1 Mr. Steevens fuppofes, that, by an error species of bird mentioned by Willoughby. More that I may call men, than you, good friend,| Fer. I am, in my condition, A prince, Miranda; I do think, a king; (I would, not fo!) and would no more endure My heart fly to your service; there refides, To make me flave to it; and, for your fake, Mira. Do you love me? |bear up, and board 'em: Servant-monster, drink to me. Trin. Servant-monfter? the folly of this island! They fay there's but five upon this ifle: we are 5three of them; if the other two be brain'd like us, the ftate totters. Ste. Drink, fervant-monster, when I bid thee : thy eyes are almost fet in thy head. Trin. Where fhould they be fet else? he were a ro brave monfter indeed, if they were fet in his tail. Ste. My man-monster hath drown'd his tongue in fack for my part, the fea cannot drown me: I fwam, ere I could recover the fhore, five-andthirty leagues, off and on, by this light.Thou halt be my lieutenant, monster, or my standard. Trin. Your lieutenant, if you lift; he's no ftandard 2. 15 Ste. We'll not run, monfieur monster. Trin. Nor go neither: but you'll lie, like dogs; Fer. O heaven, o earth, bear witness to this found, 20 and yet say nothing neither. And crown what I profess with kind event, If I fpeak true; if hollowly, invert What beft is boded me, to mischief! I, Beyond all limit of what else i' the world, Mira. I am a fool, To weep at what I am glad of. Pro. Fair encounter Of two moft rare affections! Heavens rain grace Fer. Wherefore weep you? Mira. At mine unworthiness, that dare not offer The bigger bulk it shews. Hence, bashful cunning! I am your wife, if you will marry me ; If not, I'll die your maid: to be your fellow' Fer. My mistress, dearest, And I thus humble ever. Mira. My husband then? Fer. Ay, with a heart as willing As bondage e'er of freedom: here's my hand. Fer. A thoufand, thousand! [farewell, 25 Ste. Moon-calf, fpeak once in thy life, if thou beeft a good moon-calf. Cal. How does thy honour? Let me lick thy fhoe: I'll not serve him, he is not valiant. Trin. Thou ly'ft, most ignorant monster; I am in cafe to justle a conftable: Why, thou debofh'd3 fish thou, was there ever a man a coward, that hath drunk fo much fack as I to-day? Wilt thou tell a monstrous lie, being but half a fish, and half 30 a monster? 35 Cal. Lo, how he mocks me; wilt thou let him, my lord? Trin. Lord, quoth he!-that a monster should be fuch a natural! Cal. Lo, lo, again: bite him to death, I pr'ythee. Ste. Trinculo, keep a good tongue in your head; if you prove a mutineer, the next treeThe poor monster's my subject, and he shall not 40 fuffer indignity. Cal. I thank my noble lord. Wilt thou be pleas'd to hearken once again to the fuit I made to thee? Ste. Marry will I kneel, and repeat it; I will 45 ftand, and fo shall Trinculo. 50 Enter Ariel invifible. Cal. As I told thee before, I am fubject to a tyrant; a forcerer, that by his cunning hath cheated me of the ifland. Ari. Thou ly'ft. Cal. Thou ly'ft, thou jefting monkey, thou; Ste. Trinculo, if you trouble him any more in 55 his tale, by this hand, I will fupplant fome of your teeth. will drink water; not a drop before: therefore 60 Trin. Why, I faid nothing. -[To Caliban.] Ste. Mum then, and no more- Cal. I fay, by forcery he got this isle; ■ Companion. 2 Meaning he is so much intoxicated, as not to be able to stand. The quibble between standard an enfign, and standard a fruit-tree, that grows without support, is evident. 3 Debauched. From Ste. Now, forward with your tale. Pr'ythee ftand further off. Cal. Beat him enough: after a little time, I'll beat him too. Ste. Stand further.-Come, proceed. Cal. Why, as I told thee, 'tis a custom with him I' the afternoon to fleep: there thou may'ft brain Having first seized his books; or with a log [him, Batter his skull, or paunch him with a stake, Or cut his wezand with thy knife: Remember, First to poffefs his books: for without them He's but a fot, as I am; nor hath not One spirit to command: They all do hate him, As rootedly as I: Burn but his books; He has brave utenfils (for fo he calls them) Which, when he has an house, he'll deck withal. And that moft deeply to confider, is The beauty of his daughter; he himself Calls her, a non-pareil: I never faw a woman, But only Sycorax my dam, and she; But the as far furpaffes Sycorax, As greatest does least. Ste. Is it fo brave a lafs ? Cal. Ay, lord, the will become thy bed, I warAnd bring thee forth brave brood. 25 Ste. Give me thy hand; I am forry I beat thee : but while thou liv'ft, keep a good tongue in thy head. Cal. Within this half hour will he be asleep; Wilt thou destroy him then? Ste. Ay, on mine honour. Ari. This will I tell my master. [fure; Cal. Thou mak'ft me merry: I am full of pleaLet us be jocund: Will you troul the catch, You taught me but while-ere? Ste. At thy request, monster, I will do reason, any reafon : Come on, Trinculo, let us fing. [Sings. Flout 'em, and fkout 'em ; and fkout 'em and flout 'em z Thought is free. Cal. That's not the tune. Ste. What is this fame? Trin. This is the tune of the picture of no-body. [Ariel plays the tune on [a tabor and pipe. our catch, play'd by Ste. If thou bee'ft a man, fhew thyself in thy likeness: if thou bee'st a devil, take 't as thou lift. Trin. O, forgive me my fins! Ste. He that dies, pays all debts: I defy thee:Mercy upon us! Cal. Art thou affeard 3 ? Ste. No, monster, not I. Cal. Be not affeard; the ifle is full of noises, Sounds, and fweet airs, that give delight, and hurt Sometimes a thousand twangling inftruments [not. Will hum about mine ears; and fometimes voices, That, if I then had wak'd after long sleep, 30 Will make me fleep again: and then, in dreaming, [ftory. Ste. This will prove a brave kingdom to me, 35 where I fhall have my mufick for nothing. Cal. When Profpero is destroy'd. Ste. That fhall be by and by: I remember the Trin. The found is going away: let's follow it, And after, do our work. 40 1451 Gon. By'r lakin 4, I can go no further, fir; My old bones ache: here's a maze trod, indeed, 50 Through forth-rights, and meanders! By your paI needs must rest me. [tience, [rant, 55 Ste. Monster, I will kill this man: his daughter and I will be king and queen; (fave our graces!) and Trinculo and thyself shall be vice-roys :-Doft thou like the plot, Trinculo? Trin. Excellent. 1601 Alon. Old lord, I cannot blame thee, Who am myself attach'd with weariness, To the dulling of my spirits: fit down and rest. Even here I will put off my hope, and keep it No longer for my flatterer: he is drown'd, Whom thus we ftray to find; and the fea mocks Our fruftrate search on land: Well, let him go. Ant. [Afide to Sebaftian.] I am right glad that he's fo out of hope. * Alluding to the striped, or fool's coat worn by Trinculo, who in the ancient dramatis perfonæ is called a jefter, and not a failer. 2 Means probably to difmifs it trippingly from the tongue. provincial mode in Staffordshire and the adjoining counties of pronouncing the word afraid. The diminutive only of our lady, i. e. ladykin, 3 The 4 i.e. Do |