Being lass-lorn'; thy pole-clipt vineyard; Bids thee leave these; and with her sovereign grace, 5 Cer. Hail, many-colour'd messenger, that ne'er On the bless'd lovers. Cer. Tell me, heavenly bow, If Venus, or her son, as thou do'st know, Do now attend the queen? Since they did plot Iris. Of her society Be not afraid: I met her deity I have from their confines call'd to enact My present fancies. Fr. Let me live here ever; So rare a wonder'd father, and a wife, Pro. Sweet now, silence: There's something else to do: husii, and be mute, Or else our spell is marr'd. [ment. 10[Juno and Ceres whisper, and send Iris on employIris. Younymphs, call'd Naiads, of the wand'ring brooks, 4 With your sedg'd crowns, and ever harmless looks,' Leave your crisp * channels, and on this green land' 15 Answer your summons; Juno does command: Come, temperate nymphs, and help to celebrate A contract of true love; be not too late. Enter certain nymphs. 20 You sun-burn'd sicklemen, of August weary,' Come hither from the turrow, and be merry; Make holy-day: your rye-straw hats put on, And these fresh nymphs encounter every one In country footing. 25 Cutting the clouds towards Paphos; and her son done Some wanton charm upon this man and maid, sparrows And be a boy right out. Cer. High queen of state, Great Juno comes; I know her by her gait. Jun. How does my bounteous sister? Gowithme, To bless this twain, that they may prosperous be, And honour'd in their issue. Jun. Honour, riches, marriage-blessing, Long continuance, and increasing Cer. Earth's increase, and foison plenty 3; Fer. This is a most majestic vision, and Pro. Spirits, which by mine art 'That is, forsaken of his mistress. 35 40 Enter certain reapers, properly habited: they join with the nymphs in a graceful dance; towards, the end whereof Prospero starts suddenly, and speaks; after which, to a strange, hollow, and confused noise, they vanish heavily. Pro. [Aside.] I had forgot that foul conspiracy Of the beast Caliban, and his confederates, Against my life; the minute of their plot Is almost come.-[To the spirits] Well done;avoid;-no more. [passion Fer. This is strange: your father's in some That works him strongly. Mira. Never till this day Saw I him touch'd with anger so distemper'd. 45 And, like the baseless fabrick of this vision, 5 55 If thou be pleas'd, retire into my cell, Fer. Mira. We wish you peace. [Exeunt Fer. and Mira. 60 Pro. Come with a thought :-I thank thee:Ariel, come. 2 Woody. foison signifying plenty. 4 That is, curling, winding. move That is, plenty to the utmost abundance; "The winds," (says lord Bacon) "which" the clouds above, which we call the ruck, and are not perceived below, pass without noise." C Prospero Advanc'd their eye-lids, lifted up their noses, Which enter'd their frail shins: at last I left them Tri. Ay, but to lose our bottles in the pool,Ste. There is not only disgrace and dishonour in that, monster, but an infinite loss. Trin. That's more to me than my wetting Yet this is your harmless fairy, monster. Ste. I will fetch off my bottle, though I be o'er ears for my labour. Cal. Prythee, my king, be quiet: See'st thou This is the mouth o' the cell; no noise, and enter: For aye thy foot-licker. Ste. Give me thy hand: I do begin to have 15 bloody thoughts. [Stephano! Trin. O king Stephano! O peer! O worthy Look what a wardrobe here is for thee! 20 25 Pro. This was well done, my bird: I Ari. I go, go. [Exit. Hear a foot fall: we now are near his cell. Cal. Let it alone, thou fool; it is but trash. Trin. Oh, ho, monster,; we know what belongs to a frippery:-O, king Stephano! Ste. Put off that gown, Trinculo! by this hand, I'll have that gown. Trin. Thy grace shall have it. Cal. The dropsy drown this fool! What do you mean, To doat thus on such luggage? Let's along, Ste. Be you quiet, monster.-Mistress line, is not this my jerkin? Now is the jerkin' under the line: Now, jerkin, you are like to lose your hair, and prove a bald jerkin. Trin. Do, do: We steal by line and level, an't 35 like your grace. Ste. I thank thee for that jest; here's a garment for't: wit shall not go unrewarded, while I am king of this country: Steal by line and level, is an excellent pass of pate; there's another gar40ment for't. Ste. Monster, your fairy, which, you say, is a4 harmless fairy, has done little better than play'd the Jack with us". Trin. Mouster, I do smell all horse-piss; at which my nose is in great indignation. Ste. So is mine. Do you hea", monster? If 150 should take a displeasure against you; look youTrin. Thou wert but a lost monster. Cal. Good my lord, give me thy favour still: 1 7 Trin. Monster, come, put some lime upon your fingers, and away with the rest. Cal. I will have none on't: we shall lose our And all be turn'd to barnacles, or to apes Ste. Monster, lay to your fingers; help to bear this away, where my hogshead of wine is, or I'll urn you out of my kingdom: go to, carry this. Trin. And this. A 'To cleace to is to unite with closely. To meet with is to counteract; to play stratagem against stratagem. 3) Stale is a word in fowling, and is used to mean a bait or decoy to catch birds. 4 Education. That is, has led us about like an ignis futuus, by which travellers are decoyed into the mire. Frippery was a shop where old cloaths were sold. Shakspeare seems to design an equivoque between the equinoxial and the girdle of a woman. Skinner says barnacle is anser Scoticus. The barnacle is a kind of shell-fish growing on the bottoms of ships, and which was anciently supposed, when broken off, to become one of these geese; a vulgar error, which requires no serious confutation. Pro. SCENE I. ACT V. Enter Prospero in his magick robes, and Ariel. and Time Goes upright with his carriage. How's the day? Pro. I did say so, 15 Whereof the ewe not bites; and you, whose pastime Is to make midnight mushrooms; that rejoice When first I rais'd the tempest. Say, my spirit, 25 Have I made shake; and by the spurs pluck'd up How fares the king and his followers? Ari. Confin'd together In the same fashion as you gave in charge; In the lime-grove which weather-fends your cell: 30 That if you now beheld them, your affections Pro. Do'st 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 2 One of their kind, that relish all as sharply, Yet, with my nobler reason, 'gainst my fury Not a frown further: Go, release them, Ariel; Ari. I'll fetch them, sir. [Exit. Pro. Ye Elves, of hills, brooks, standing lakes, and groves; And ye, that on the sands with printless foot A touch is a sensation. 40 The pine and cedar: graves, at my command, To an unsettled fancy, cure thy brains, Holy Gonzalo, honourable man, Mine eyes, even sociable to the shew of thine, To him thou follow'st; I will pay thy graces 60 You brother mine, that entertain'd ambition, Expell'd remorse, and nature; who, with Sebastian, (Whose inward pinches therefore are most strong) Passion is frequently used as a verb in Shakspeare. Would As I was sometime Milan:- [Exit Ariel. -quickly, spirit; [Ariel enters singing, and helps to attire him. Where the bee sucks, there suck I; In a cowslip's beli I lie: There I couch when owls do cry. On the but's back I do'fly After summer, merrily: Merrily, merrily, shatt I live now, Under the blossom that hangs on the bough. Pro. Why, that's my dainty Ariel: I shall miss But yet thou shalt have freedom: So, so, so.- Ari. I drink the air before me, and return [Exit. Gon. All torment, trouble, wonder, and amaze ment Inhabits here: Some heavenly power guide us Pro. Behold, sir King, The wronged duke of Milan, Prospero: Does now speak to thee, I embrace thy body; A hearty welcome. Alon. Whe'r thou best he, or no, Or some inchanted trifle to abuse me, Alon. A daughter? 300 heavens! that they were living both in Naples, Pro. In this last tempest. I perceive, these lords 35 At this encounter do so much admire, That they devour their reason; and scarce think, 40 That I am Prospero, and that very duke Beats, as of flesh and blood; and, since I saw thee, 45 Not a relation for a breakfast, nor The affliction of my mind amends, with which, Pro. First, noble friend, [To Gon. Let me embrace thine age; whose honour cannot Gon. Whether this be, Or be not, I'll not swear. Pro. You do yet taste Some subtilties of the isle, that will not let you [ed Befitting this first meeting. Welcome, sir; 55 The entrance of the cell opens, and discovers Fer- Fer. No, my dearest love, I would not for the world. [wrangle, Mir. Yes, for a score of kingdoms, you should And I would call it fair play. Alon. If this prove 60 [Aside to Seb. and Ant. A vision of the island, one dear son To drink the air, is an expression of swiftness of the same kind as to decour the way, in Henry VI. 2 That is, I am sorry for it. To be woe, is often used by old writers to siguify, to be sorry. ing, My loss is as great as yours, and has as lately happened to me. $ Mean Shall Shall I twice lose. Seb. A most high miracle! Fer. Tho' the seas threaten, they are merciful; I have curs'd them without cause. 4.on. Now all the blessings [Ferdinand kneels. 5 Of a glad father compass thee about! Arise, and say how thou cam'st here. Mira. O! wonder! Or should have spoke ere this. Look down, you Alon. I say, Amen, Gonzalo ! Fissue Gon. Was Milan thrust from Milan, that his Should become kings of Naples? O, rejoice Beyond a common joy; and set it down With gold on lasting pillars: In one voyage Did Claribel her husband find at Tunis; And Ferdinand, her brother, found a wife, Where he himself was lost; Prospero his dukedom, In a poor isle; and all of us, ourselves, When' no man was his own. Alon. Give me your hands: Let grief and sorrow still embrace his heart, Gon. Be't so, Amen! Re-enter Ariel, with the Master and Boatswain amazedly following. 10 Which but three glasses since, we gave out split,is tight and yare, and bravely rigg'd, as when We first put out to sea. Ari. Sir, all this service Have I done since I went. Pro. My tricksy 2 spirit! [Aside. Alon. These arenotnaturalevents; theystrengthen From strange to stranger:-Say, how came you hiBoats. It I did think, sir, I were well awake, [ther? i'd strive to tell you. We were dead asleep, And (how, we know not) all clapp'd under hatches, Where, but even now, withstrangeandseveralnoises Of roaring, shrieking, how ling, gingling chains, And more diversity of sounds, all horrible, 15 We were awak'd; straightway, 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, 20 And were brought moping hither. Ari. Was 't well done? Pro. Bravely, my diligence. Thou[Aside. shalt be free. Alon. This is as strange a maze as e'erinen trod; 25 And there is in this business more than nature Was ever conduct of; some oracle Must rectify our knowledge. Pro. Sir, my liege, Do not infest your mind with beating on 30 The strangeness of this business; at pick'd leisure, 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: [To Ariel. Untie the spell. How fares my gracious sir? There are yet missing of your company 35 [Aside. 40 Some few odd lads that you remember not. Re-enter Ariel, driving in Caliban, Stephano, and Trinculo, in their stolen apparel. Ste. Every man shift for all the rest, and let no man take care for himself; for all is but fortune:45 Coragio, bully-monster, Coragio! Trin. If these be true spies which I wear in my head, here's a goodly sight. Cal. O Setebos, these be brave spirits, indeed! How fine my master is! I am afraid 50 He will chastise me. O look, sir, look, sir, here are more of us! Bouts. The best news is, that we have safely found Conduct, for For when perhaps should be read where. 2 That is, my clever, adroit spirit. conductor. Beating may mean hammering, working in the mind, dwelling long upon. Coragio is an exclamation of encouragement. "That is, honest. A true man is, in the language of that time, opposed to a thief. The sense is, Mark what these men wear, and say if they are honest. And |