And left thee there; where thou didst vent thy groans A freckled whelp, hag-born,) not honour'd with Ari. Yes Caliban her son. Pro. Dull thing, I say so; he, that Caliban, Ari. I thank thee master. Pro. If thou more murmur'st, I will rend an oak, And peg thee in his knotty entrails, till Thou hast howl'd away twelve winters more. Ari. Pardon, master : I will be correspondent to command, And do my spiriting gently. Pro. Do so; and after two days I will discharge thee. Ari. That's my noble master! What shall I do? say, what? what shall I do? Ari. Master, I shall. SONG BY ARIEL. O, bid thy faithful Ariel fly Or, to do thy great command, I'll climb the mountains, plunge the deep,- I'll do thy task, whate'er it be, Not with ill will, but merrily. [Exit. Pro. Awake; dear heart, awake! thou hast slept Awake! well: Mir. The strangeness of your story put Heaviness in me. Pro. Shake it off; come on; [MIRANDA rises. We'll visit Caliban, my slave, who never Yields us kind answer. Mir. "Tis a villain, sir, I do not love to look on. We cannot miss him; he does make our fire, That profit us.- -What ho !-Slave! Caliban !- [CALIBAN without. Cal. There's wood enough within.. Pro. Come forth, I say; there's other business for thee; Come forth, thou tortoise! when? Thou poisonous slave, got by the devil himself, Enter CALIBAN, from his Den. [Exit MIRANDA. Cal. As wicked dew, as e'er my mother brush'd Pro. For this, be sure, to-night thou shalt have cramps, Side stitches that shall pen thy breath up; urchins Shall, for that vast of night that they may work, All exercise on thee; thou shalt be pinch'd As thick as honey-combs; each pinch more stinging Than bees that made them. Cal. I must eat my dinner. This island's mine, by Sycorax my mother, Which thou tak'st from me. When thou camest first, Thou strok'dst me and mad'st much of me; would'st give me Water with berries in't; and teach me how To name the bigger light, and how the less, That burn by day and night; and then I lov'd thee, And show'd thee all the qualities o' the isle, The fresh springs, brine-pits, barren place, and fer-] tile; Cursed be I that did so !-All the charms Which first was mine own king; and here you sty me Pro. Most abhorred slave, Which any print of goodness wilt not take, Filth as thou art, with human care :-I pitied thee, With words that made them known: but thy vile race, Though thou didst learn, had that in't which good natures Could not abide to be with; therefore wast thou Who hadst deserv'd more than a prison. Cal. You taught me language; and my profit on't Is, I know how to curse; The red plague rid you, For learning me your language! Pro. Hag-seed, hence! Fetch us in fuel; and be quick, thou wert best, What I command, I'll rack thee with old cramps; Cal. No, 'pray thee ! I must obey his art is of such power, Pro. So, slave; hence! [Exeunt. SCENE II: The Foot of a Promontory. Enter MIRANDA, meeting DORINDA. Dor. O, sister, sister,-what have I beheld! Dor. From yonder rock, As I mine eyes cast down upon the sea, The whistling winds blew rudely in my face, Mir. O, you mean the ship. Dor. Is't not a creature then? It seem'd alive. Dor. This floating ram did bear his horns aloft In this great creature there are other creatures, Dor. Made for him? What, that he should eat us, sister? Mir. No, sure; you see my father is a man, And yet he does us good. Dor. Methinks, it would Be finer, sister, if we had two young fathers. Mir. No, sister, no; because, if they were young, My father said that we must call them-brothers. Dor. How comes it, then, that we two are not brothers? And how came he to be our father too? Mir. I believe, he found us, when we both were little, And grew within the ground. Dor. Why did'nt he find more of us? 'Pray, dear sister Let you and me look up and down one day, To find some little ones for us to play with. Mir. Agreed.-But now we must go in ; this is The hour wherein my father's charm will work, Which seizes all that are in open air. The effect of his great art I long to see, Which will perform as much as magic can. Dor. And I, methinks more long to see a man. [Exeunt. |