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My lord, it shall be done. [Exit. Pro. Thou poisonous slave, got by the devil himself

Upon thy wicked dam, come forth!

Enter CALIBAN.

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vile race,

Though thou didst learn, had that in't which good natures

Cal. As wicked dew as e'er my mother Could not abide to be with; therefore wast thou brush'd

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Deservedly confin'd into this rock,
Who hadst deserv'd more than a prison.

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Fetch us in fuel; and be quick, thou'rt best,
To answer other business. Shrug'st thou, malice?
If thou neglect'st, or dost unwillingly
What I command, I'll rack thee with old cramps,
Fill all thy bones with aches; make thee roar,
That beasts shall tremble at thy din.
Cal.

No, pray thee! -
[Aside.] I must obey: his art is of such power,
It would control my dam's god, Setebos,
332 And make a vassal of him.

I must eat my dinner. This island's mine, by Sycorax my mother, Which thou tak'st from me. When thou camest first,

Pro.

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So, slave; hence!
[Exit CALIBAN.

Re-enter ARIEL invisible, playing and singing;
FERDINAND following.
ARIEL'S SONG.

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The strain of strutting Chanticleer

Fer. Where should this music be? i' th' air,
or th' earth?

It sounds no more; and sure, it waits upon
Some god o' th' island. Sitting on a bank,
Weeping again the king my father's wrack, 388
This music crept by me upon the waters,
348 Allaying both their fury, and my passion,

In mine own cell, till thou didst seek to violate
The honour of my child.

The wild waves whist, --
Foot it featly here and there;

And, sweet sprites, the burden bear.

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Hark, hark!

[Burden: Bow, wow, dispersedly.

The watch-dogs bark:

[Burden: Bow, wow, dispersedly.

Hark, hark! I hear

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[Cry, Cock-a-diddle-dow.

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I must uneasy make, lest too light winning 448 Make the prize light. [To FER.] One word more: I charge thee

And strays about to find 'em.

Mira.

I might call him That thou attend me. Thou dost here usurp

A thing divine; for nothing natural I ever saw so noble.

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The name thou ow'st not; and hast put thyself
Upon this island as a spy, to win it
From me, the lord on't.
Fer.

No, as I am a man.

Mira. There's nothing ill can dwell in such a
temple:

If the ill spirit have so fair a house,
Good things will strive to dwell with't.
Pro.

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[To FER.] Follow me.- 456 [To MIRA.] Speak not you for him; he's a traitor.-[To FER.] Come; I'll manacle thy neck and feet together: Sea-water shalt thou drink; thy food shall be The fresh-brook muscles, wither'd roots and

If you be maid or no? Mira.

husks

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But certainly a maid.

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Fer.

My language! heavens! I am the best of them that speak this speech, Were I but where 'tis spoken. Pro.

How! the best? What wert thou, if the King of Naples heard 428

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Fer. A single thing, as I am now, that wonders

I will resist such entertainment till
Mine enemy has more power.

[He draws, and is charmed from moving.
Mira.
O dear father!
Make not too rash a trial of him, for
He's gentle, and not fearful.
Pro.

What! I say,

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My foot my tutor?-Put thy sword up, traitor;

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Yet he would be king on 't. Ant. The latter end of his commonwealth forgets the beginning.

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Gon. All things in common nature should produce

Without sweat or endeavour: treason, felony, Sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of any engine, Would I not have; but nature should bring forth, 169

Of its own kind, all foison, all abundance,
To feed my innocent people.

Seb. No marrying 'mong his subjects? 172
Ant. None, man; all idle; whores and knaves.
Gon. I would with such perfection govern, sir,
To excel the golden age.
Seb.

Save his majesty!

Ant. Long live Gonzalo!

Gon. And, do you mark me, sir? 176 Alon. Prithee, no more: thou dost talk nothing to me.

Gon. I do well believe your highness; and did it to minister occasion to these gentlemen, who are of such sensible and nimble lungs that they always use to laugh at nothing.

Ant. 'Twas you we laugh'd at.

183 Gon. Who in this kind of merry fooling am nothing to you; so you may continue and laugh at nothing still.

Ant. What a blow was there given!

Seb. An it had not fallen flat-long. 188 Gon. You are gentlemen of brave mettle: you would lift the moon out of her sphere, if she would continue in it five weeks without changing.

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Will guard your person while you take your rest,
And watch your safety.
Alon.

Thank you. Wondrous heavy.
[ALONSO sleeps. Exit ARIEL.

Seb. What a strange drowsiness possesses them!

Ant. It is the quality o' the climate.

Seb.

Why 208 Doth it not then our eyelids sink? I find not Myself dispos'd to sleep. Ant.

Nor 1: my spirits are nimble.

They fell together all, as by consent; They dropp'd, as by a thunder-stroke. What might,

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Worthy Sebastian? O! what might? -No more: -
And yet methinks I see it in thy face,
What thou should'st be. The occasion speaks

thee; and

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Well; I am standing water.

Ant. I'll teach you how to flow.

Seb.

Hereditary sloth instructs me.

Ant.

Ο!

Do so: to ebb,

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If you but knew how you the purpose cherish
Whiles thus you mock it! how, in stripping it,
You more invest it! Ebbing men, indeed,
Most often do so near the bottom run
By their own fear or sloth.

Seh.

Prithee, say on: 236 The setting of thine eye and cheek proclaim A matter from thee, and a birth indeed Which throes thee much to yield. Ant.

Thus, sir: Although this lord of weak remembrance, this

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