To take my life; two of these fellows you Must know and own; this thing of darkness I CAL. I fhall be pincht to death. ALON. Is not this Stephano, my drunken butler ? ALON. And Trinculo is reeling ripe; where should they Find this grand liquor that hath gilded 'em? How cam'ft thou in this pickle? TRIN. I have been in such a pickle, fince I faw you last, that, I fear me, will never out of my bones: I shall not fear fly-blowing. SEB. Why, how now, Stephano? STE. O, touch me not: I am not Stephano, but a cramp. PRO. You'd be king o'th' isle, Sirrah ? STE. I fhould have been a fore one then. ALON. 'Tis a strange thing, as I e're look'd on. PRO. He is as difproportion'd in his manners, As in his shape.-Go, firrah, to my cell, Take with you your companions; as you look CAL. Ay, that I will; and I'll be wife hereafter, Was I, to take this drunkard for a God? And worship this dull fool? PRO. Go to, away! ALON. Hence, and beftow your luggage where you found it. SEB. Or ftole it rather. PRO. Sir, I invite your highness and your train To my poor cell; where you shall take your rest For this one night, which (part of it) I'll wafte With fuch difcourfe, as I not doubt, fhall make it And the particular accidents gone by, I'll bring you to your ship, and so to Naples ; To hear the story of your life, which must PRO. I'll deliver all; And promise you calm feas, aufpicious gales, Be free, and fare thou well!-Please you draw near. VOL. I. G [Exeunt omnes. EPILOGUE. SPOKEN BY PROSPERO. W Now my charms are all o'er-thrown, And what ftrength I have's mine own; Mercy itself, and frees all faults. As from crimes would pardon'd be, you Let your indulgence fet me free! THESEUS, duke of Athens. EGEUS, an Athenian lord. LYSANDER, in love with Hermia. DEMETRIUS, in love with Hermia. PHILOSTRATE, master of the sports to the duke. QUINCE, the carpenter. SNUG, the joiner. BOTTOM, the weaver. FLUTE, the bellows-mender. SNOWT, the tinker. STARVELING, the tailor. HIPPOLITA, princefs of the Amazons, betroth'd to Thefeus. HERMIA, daughter to Egeus, in love with Lyfander, HELENA, in love with Demetrius. ATTENDANTS. OBERON, king of the fairies. TITANIA, queen of the fairies. PUCK, or ROBIN-GOODFELLOW, a fairy. SCENE, Athens; and a wood not far from it. |