18 away, where my hogshead of wine is, or I'll turn you And ye, that on the sands with printless foot out of my kingdom: go to, earry this. Trin. And this. Ste. Ay, and this. A noise of huwers heard. Enter divers Spirits, in shape of hounds, and hunt them about; Prospero and Ariel setting them on. Pro. Hey, Mountain, hey! Ari. Silver! there it goes, Silver! Pro. Fury, Fury! there, Tyrant, there! hark, bark! Go, charge my goblins that they grind their joints Ari. Hark, they roar. Pro. Let them be hunted soundly: At this hour, w ACT V. Do chase the ebbing Neptune, and do fly him, To work mine end upon their senses, that Ari. I did say so, Confin'd together In the same fashion as you gave in charge; In the lime-grove which weather-fends your cell; That if you now beheld them, your affections Would become tender. Pro. Dost thou think so, spirit? Ari. Mine would, sir, were I human. Pro. And mine shall Hast thou, which art but air, a touch, a feeling One of their kind, that relish all as sharply, Passion as they, be kindlier mov'd than thou art? Though with their high wrongs I am struck to the quick, Yet, with my nobler reason, 'gainst my fury Do I take part: the rarer action is In virtue than in vengeance: they being penitent, The sole drift of my purpose doth extend Not a frown further: Go, release them, Ariel; And they shall be themselves. I'll fetch them, sir. [Fait. Ari. groves [Solemn music. Re-enter Ariel: after him, Alonso, with a frantic gesture, attended by Gonzalo; Sebastian and Antonio in like manner, attended by Adrian and Francisco: they all enter the circle which Prospero had made, and there stand charmed; which Prospero observing, speaks. A solemn air, and the best comforter Now useless, boil'd within thy skull! There stand, Holy Gonzalo, honourable man, Mine eyes, even sociable to the shew of thine, Fall fellowly drops. The charm dissolves apace; To him thou follow'st; I will pay thy graces That now lie foul and muddy. Not one of them I will dis-case me, and myself present, Thou shalt ere long be free. [Ex. Ari. Quickly, spirit; Ariel re-enters, singing, and helps to attire Prospero Ari. Where the bec sucks, there suck I; In a cowslip's bell I lie: There I couch when owls do cry. Merrily, merrily, shall I live now, Pre. Why, that's my dainty Ariel: I shall miss thee; | The king and queen there! that they were, I wish But yet thou shalt have freedom: So, so, 50. Myself were mudded in that oozy bed Where my son lies. When did you lose your daughter? Pro. In this last tempest. I perceive, these lords At this encounter do so much admire, That they devour their reason; and scarce think For 'tis a chronicle of day by day, Not a relation for a breakfast, nor At least, bring forth a wonder, to content ye, The entrance of the Cell opens and discovers Ferdinand and Miranda playing at chess. Mir. Sweet lord, you play me false. Of a glad father compass thee about! Arise, and say how thou cam'st here. How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in't! Alon. What is this maid, with whom thou wast at play? Your eld'st acquaintance cannot be three hours: Is she the goddess that hath sever'd us, And brought us thus together? But, by immortal Providence, she's mine; This lady makes him to me. But O, how oddly will it sound, that I Must ask my child forgiveness! Pro. Let us not burden our remembrance With a heaviness that's gone. Gon. There, sir, stop; I have inly wept, Or should have spoke ere this. Look down, you gods, And on this couple drop a blessed crown; Re-enter Ariel, with the Master and Boatswain amazedly following. O look, sir, look, sir; here are more of us! Boats. The best news is, that we have safely found Sir, all this service Have I done since I went. Pro. [Aside. My trieksy spirit! [Aside. Alon. These are not natural events; they strengthen, From strange to stranger:-Say, how came you hither? Boats. If I did think, sir, I were well awake, I'd strive to tell you. We were dead of sleep, And (how, we know not.) all elapp'd under hatches, Where, but even now, with strange and several noises Of roaring, shrieking, howling, gingling chains, And more diversity of sounds, all horrible, We were awak'd; straitway, at liberty: Where we. in all her trim, freshly beheld Our royal, good, and gallant ship; our master Cap'ring to eye her: On a trice, so please you, Even in a dream, were we divided from them, And were brought moping hither. Ari. Was't well done? [Aside. Pro. Bravely, my diligence. Thou shalt be free. [Aside. Alon. This is as strange a maze as e'er men trod; And there is in this business more than nature Was ever conduct of: some oracle Must rectify our knowledge. Very like; one of them Is a plain fish, and, no doubt, marketable. That could control the moon; make flows and ebbs, Cal. I shall be pinch'd to death. Alon. Is not this Stephano, my drunken butler? Seb. He is drunk now: where had he wine? Alon. And Trinculo is reeling ripe; where should they Find this grand liquor that hath gilded them?- Trin. I have been in such a pickle, since I saw 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 of the isle, sirrah! Pro. He is as disproportion'd in his manners, Cal. Ay, that I will; and I'll be wise hereafter, And worship this dull fool? Pro. Go to; away! Alon. Hence, and bestow your luggage where you found it. Seb. Or stole it, rather. [Exe. Cal. Ste. & Trin 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 waste With such discourse, as, I not doubt, shall make it Pre. Sir, my liege, Go quick away: the story of my life, Do not infest your mind with beating on And the particular accidents, gone by, The strangeness of this business; at pick'd leisure, Since I came to this isle: And in the morn, Which shall be shortly, single I'll resolve you (Which to you shall seem probable,) of every These happen'd accidents: till when, be cheerful, And think of each thing well.-Come hither, spirit; Set Caliban and his companions free: [Aside. I'll bring you to your ship, and so to Naples, Untie the spell. [Ex. Ariel]-How fares my gracious Alon. I long To hear the story of your life, which must Take the ear strangely. I'll deliver all; Some fow odd lads, that you remember not. Ro-enter Ariel, driving in Caliban, Stephano, and Trinculo, in their stolen apparel. Ste. Every inan shift for all the rest, and let no man Pro. And promise you calm seas, auspicious gales, And sail so expeditious, that shall catch Your royal fleet far off-My Ariel ;-chick, And pardon'd the deceiver, dwell |