So full of valour, that they smote the air Advanc'd their eye-lids, lifted up their noses, Which entered their frail shins: at last I left them Pro. This was well done, my bird: Ari. Cal. Pray, you, tread softly, that the blind mole Hear a foot fall: we now are near his cell. Ste. Monster, your fairy, which, you say, is harmless fairy, has done little better than played the Jack with us. Trin. Monster, I do smell all horse-piss, at which my nose is in great indignation. 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 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 garment for't. 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 time, Ste. Monster, lay to your fingers; help to bear this away, where my hogshead of wine is, or I'll turn you out of my kingdom; go to, carry this. Trin. And this. Ste. Aye, and this. A noise of hunters 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, hark! [Cal. Ste. and Trin. are driven out. a Go, charge my goblins that they grind their joints With dry convulsions; shorten up their sinews With aged cramps; and more pinch-spotted make them, Ste. So is mine. Do you hear, monster? If I should take a displeasure against you; look you,— Trin. Thou wert but a lost monster. Cal. Good my lord, give me thy favour still: All's hush'd as midnight yet. Trin. 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. Pr'ythee, my king, be quiet: Seest thou here, Ste. Give me thy hand: I do begin to have bloody thoughts. Trin. O king Stephano! O peer! O worthy to Ste. Put off that gown, Trinculo; by this hand, I'll have that gown. Trin. Thy grace shall have it. Than pard, or cat o' mountain. ACT V. [Exeunt SCENE I.-Before the cell of Prospero. Enter Pro. Pro. Now does my project gather to a head: Cal. The dropsy drown this fool! what do you Him you term'd, sir, The good old word Gonzalo; mean, His tears run down his beard, like winter's drops From eaves of reeds:1 your charm so strongly works Didst thou, Alonso, use me and my daughter them, That if you now beheld them, your affections Pro. Dost thou think so, spirit? Yet with my nobler reason, 'gainst my fury In virtue than in vengeance: they being penitent, I'll fetch them, sir. and groves; And ye, that on the sands with printless foot Is to make midnight-mushrooms; that rejoice By my so potent art: But this rough magic Thy brother was a furtherer in the act;- You brother mine, that entertain'd ambition, [Exit Ariel. Ariel re-enters, singing, and helps to attire Ari. Where the bee sucks, there suck I; There I couch when owls do cry. Merrily, merrily, shall 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 Ariel. Gon. All torment, trouble, wonder, and amazement Inhabits here: Some heavenly power guide us Pro. Behold, sir king, The wrong'd duke of Milan, Prospero; Alon. Whe'r3 thou beest he, or no, Or some enchanted trifle to abuse me, Re-enter Ariel after him, Alonso, with a frantic As late I have been, I not know: thy pulse gesture, attended by Gonzalo; Sebastian and Beats, as of flesh and blood; and, since I saw thee, Antonio in like manner, attended by Adrian and The affliction of my mind amends, with which, Francisco: They all enter the circle which Pros- I fear, a madness held me: this must crave pero had made, and there stand charmed; which (An if this be at all) a most strange story. Prospero observing, speaks. A solemn air, and the best comforter Now useless, boil'd within thy skull! There stand, Holy Gonzalo, honourable man, To him thou follow'st; I will pay thy graces (1) Thatch. (2) Pity, or tenderness of heart. Thy dukedom I resign; and do entreat Thou pardon me my wrongs:-But how should Be living, and be here ? Pro. First, noble friend, whose honour cannot Whether this be, You do yet taste Some subtleties o' the isle, that will not let you But you, my brace of lords, were I so minded, I here could pluck his highness' frown upon you, You the like loss? Pro. As great to me, as late; and, portable2 To make the dear loss, have I means much weaker Than you may call to comfort you; for I Have lost my daughter. Alon. A daughter? O heavens! that they were living both in Naples, Pro. In this last tempest. I perceive, these lords most Upon this shore, where you were wreck'd, was landed, To be the lord on't. No more yet of this; The entrance of the cell opens, and discovers Ferdinand and Miranda playing at chess. Mira. Sweet lord, you play me false. I would not for the world. No, my dearest love, Pro. Alon. What is this maid, with whom thou wast at play? Your eld'st acquaintance cannot be three hours: I Fer. Sir, she's mortal; But, by immortal Providence, she's mine; chose her, when I could not ask my father For his advice; nor thought I had one: she Is daughter to this famous duke of Milan,. Of whom so often I have heard renown, But never saw before; of whom I have Receiv'd a second life, and second father This lady makes him to me. Alon. I am her's: But O, how oddly will it sound, that I Must ask my child forgiveness!" Pro. There, sir, stop: Let us not burden our remembrances With a heaviness that's gone. Gon. 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 [Aside. Ari. Sir, all this service Have I done since I went. Pro. My tricksy' spirit! 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 clapp'd under hatches, Where, but even now, with strange and several noises (3) In his senses. (4) Ready. (5, Clever adroit. Sir, my liege, Do not infest your mind with beating on 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; Aside. Set Caliban and his companions free: To take my life: two of these fellows you 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? Ste. I should have been a sore one then. Alon. This is as strange a thing as e'er I look'd on. [Pointing to Caliban. Pro. He is as disproportion'd in his manners, As in his shape :-Go, sirrah, to my cell; Take with you your companions; as you look To have my pardon, trim it handsomely. Cal. Ay, that I will; and I'll be wise hereafter, Untie the spell. [Exit Ariel.] How fares my gra- And seek for grace: What a thrice-double ass cious sir? There are yet missing of your company Re-enter Ariel, driving in Caliban, Stephano, and Ste. Every man shift for all the rest, and let no man take care for himself; for all is but fortune: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 He will chastise me. Seb. Ha, ha; What things are these, my lord Antonio? Very like; one of them Then say, if they be true: 2-This mis-shapen knave, His mother was a witch; and one so strong That could control the moon, make flows and ebbs, And deal in her command, without her power: These three have robb'd me; and this demi-devil (For he's a bastard one,) had plotted with them (2) Hunest. (1) Conductor. Was I, to take this drunkard for a god, Go to; away! [Exeunt Cal. Ste. and 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 Go quick away: the story of my life, And the particular accidents, gone by, Since I came to this isle: And in the morn, I'll bring you to your ship, and so to Naples, Where I have hope to see the nuptial Of these our dear-beloved solemniz'd; And thence retire me to my Milan, where Every third thought shall be my grave. Alon. To hear the story of your life, which must I long Take the ear strangely. Pro. I'll deliver all; And promise you calm seas, auspicious gales, And sail so expeditious, that shall catch Your royal fleet far off.-My Ariel;--chick,— That is thy charge; then to the elements Be free, and fare thou well!-[aside] Please you draw near. [Exeunt. D EPILOGUE. Spoken by Prospero. NOW my charms are all o'erthrown, Which pierces so, that it assaults As you from crimes would pardon d be, It is observed of The Tempest, that its plan is regular; this the author of The Revisal thinks, what I think too, an accidental effect of the story, not intended or regarded by our author. But, whatever might be Shakspeare's intention in forming or adopting the plot, he has made it instrumental to the production of many characters, diversified with boundless invention, and preserved with profound skill in nature, extensive knowledge of opinions, and accurate observation of life. In a sinIgle drama are here exhibited princes, courtiers, ana sailors, all speaking in their real characters. There is the agency of airy spirits, and of an earthly gob. lin; the operations of magic, the tumults of a storm, the adventures of a desert island, the native effusion of untaught affection, the punishment of (1) Applause: noise was supposed to dissolve a guilt, and the final happiness of the pair for whom spell. our passions and reasons are equally interested. JOHNSON. |