Seb. A living drollery. Now I will believe, That there are unicorns; that, in Arabia There is one tree, the phoenix' throne; one phoenix At this hour reigning there. Ant. I'll believe both : And what does elfe want credit, come to me, Gon. If in Naples I fhould report this now, would they believe me? (For, certes, thefe are people of the land) Who though they are of monftrous fhape, yet, note, Their manners are more gentle-kind, than of Our human generation you fhall find Many; nay, almost any. Pro. Honeft lord, Thou haft faid well; for fome of you there prefent Are worfe than devils. Alon. I cannot too much mufe, Such fhapes, fuch gefture, and fuch found, expreffing (Although they want the ufe of tongue) a kind Of excellent dumb difcourfe. Pro. Praife, in departing. Fran. They vanish'd ftrangely. Seb. No matter, fince They've left their viands behind; for we have ftomachs. Will't please you taste of what is here? Alon. Not I. [boys, Gon. Faith, Sir, you need not fear. When we were Who would believe, that there were mountaineers, Dew-lapt like bulls, whofe throats had hanging at 'em Wallets of flesh, or that there were fuch men, Whole heads flood in their breafts? which now we find, Each putter out on five for one will bring us * This paffage alluding to a forgotten cuftom is very obfcure; 2 Good warrant of. Alon. I will ftand to and feed, Although my last; no matter, fince I feel SCENE IV. Thunder and lightning. Enter Ariel like a harpy, claps bis wings upon the table, feems to feize upon the dishes, and with a quaint device the banquet vanishes. Ari. You are three men of fin, whom deftiny, That hath to inftrument this lower world, And what is in't, the never-furfeited fea Hath caufed to belch up; and on this Island Where man doth not inhabit, you 'mongst men Being most unfit to live. I have made you mad; And ev'n with fuch like valour men hang and drown Their proper felves. [Alonfo, Sebaftian, and the reft Ye fools! I and my fellows [draw their words. Are minifters of fate; the elements, Of whom your fwords a: e temper'd, may as well One down that's in my plume: my fellow-minifters count? the five for one is money to be received by him at his return. Mr. Theobald has well il luftrated this paffage by a quotation from Jobnfon. Against Against your peace. Thee of thy fon, Alonfo, You and your ways; whose wrath to guard you from, He vanishes in thunder: then to foft mufick. Enter the fhapes again, and dance with mops and mowes, and carrying out the table. Prof. Bravely the figure of this harpy haft thou Perform'd, my Ariel; a grace it had, devouring: Of my inftruction haft thou nothing 'bated, In what thou hadst to say; fo with good life, 4 And obfervation ftrange, my meaner minifters Their feveral kinds have done. My high charms work, And thefe, mine enemies, are all knit up In their distractions: they are in my power; And in these fits I leave them, whilst I vifit Young Ferdinand, whom they fuppofe is drown'd, And his and my lov'd darling. [Exit Profpero from above. Gon. I'th' name of fomething holy, Sir, why ftand In this ftrange ftare? Alon. O, it is monftrous! monstrous: Methought the billows fpoke, and told me of it; and the thunder, with good lift, [you with good will, with fincere zeal for my fervice. I should have proposed, with good lief, in the fame fenfe, but that I can not find lief to be a Subftantive, That That deep and dreadful organ-pipe, pronounc'd Seb. But one fiend at a time, I'll fight their legions o'er. Ant. I'll be thy fecond. [Exit. [Exeunt. Gon. All three of them are defperate; their great guilt, Like poifon giv'n to work a great time after, I Adri. Follow, I pray you. [Exeunt. ACT IV. SCENE I. Profpero's Cell. Enter Profpero, Ferdinand, and Miranda. PROSPERO. F I have too aufterely punish'd you, Your compenfation makes amends; for I Have giv'n you here a third of mine own life: " 6 Or Or that for which I live; whom once again. Do not smile at me, that I boast her off; Fer. I believe it, Against an oracle. Pro. Then as my gift, and thine own acquifition Worthily purchas'd, take my Daughter. But If thou dost break her virgin-knot, before All fanctimonious ceremonies may With full and holy Rite be minister'd, No fweet afperfions fhall the heav'ns let fall Fer. As I hope For quiet days, fair iffue, and long life, With fuch love as 'tis now; the murkiest den, The most opportune place, and strong'st fuggeftion The edge of that day's celebration, When I fhali think or Phabus' steeds are founder'd, And Dimidium animæ me was the current Language with the Latines on fuch Occafions. THEOBALD. In confequence of this ratiocination Mr. Theobald printed the text a thread of my own life. I have reftored the ancient reading. Profpero, in his reason fib. joined why he calls her the third of his life, feems to allude to fome logical diftinction of causes, making her the final cause. 7 Atrangely flood the test.] Strangely is used by way of commendation, merveilleujment, to a avonder; the fenie is the fame in the foregoing scene, with abfervation frange. *My Guest, firft Fol. |