Shew thee a jay's nest, and instruct thee how Cal. I'll shew thee every fertile inch o'the isle; And I will kiss thy foot: I prythee, be my god. Trin. By this light,amost perfidious and drunken monster: when his god sasleep, he'il rob his hottie. Cal. I'll kiss thy foot: I swear myself thy sub- 5 Ste. Come on then: down, and swear. [ject. Trin. Ishall laugh myselfto death at this puppy-moretalking.—Trinculo, the king and all our comheaded monster: A most scurvy monster! I could find in my heart to beat him,→→ Ste. Come, kiss. Trin. But that the poor monster's in drink: An abominable monster! Cal. I'll shew thee the best springs; I'll pluck I'll fish for thee, and get thee wood enough. Trin. A mast ridiculous monster; to make a wonder of a poor drunkard. Ste. I pr'ythe now, lead the way, without any pany being drown'd we will inherit here.Here; bear my bottle! Fellow Trinculo, we'll 10all him by and by again. 15 Cal. [Sings drunkenly.] Farewell master; Trin. A howling monster; a drunken monster. At requiring, Nor scrape trencher, nor wash dish. Has a new master-Get a new man. [grow: 20 Freedom, hey-day! hey-day, freedom! freedom, hey-day, freedom! Cal. I pr'ythee, let me bring thee where crabs And I with my long nails will dig thee pig-nuts; Ste. O brave monster! lead the way. [Exeunt. АСТ SCENE I. their labour III. Fer. No, precious creature; 36'd had rather crack my sinews, break my back, Than you should such dishonour undergo, While I sit lazy by. 35 Delight in them sets off: some kinds of baseness Enter Miranda, and Prospero at a distance. Fer. O most dear mistress, Mira. If you'll sit down, Mira. It would become me As well as it does you: and I should do it Pro. Poor worm! thou art infected; Mira. You look wearily. Fer. No, noble mistress; 'tis fresh morning with me, When you are by at night. I do beseech you, Mira. Miranda: O my father, Indeed, the top of admiration; worth Mira. I do not know I'll bear your logs the while: Pray, give me that :50 One of my sex; no woman's face remember, I'll carry it to the pile. save, from my glass, mine own; nor have I seen 1 Mr. Steevens supposes, that, by an error of the press, scamel has been here substituted for scamell, a species of bird mentioned by Willughby. 2 For behest, or command. More More that I may call men, than you, good friend, Fer. I am, in my condition, A prince, Miranda; I do think, a king; (I would, not so!) and would no more endure My heart fly to your service; there resides, Mira. Do you love me? [sound, bear up, and board 'em: Servant-monster, drink to me. Trin. Servant-monster? the folly of this island! They say there's but five upon this isle: we are 5 three of them; if the other two be brain'd like us, the state totters. Ste. Drink, servant-monster, when I bid thee: thy eyes are almost set in thy head. Trin. Where should they be set else? he were a 10 brave monster indeed, if they were set in his tail. Ste. My man-monster hath drown'd his tongue in sack: for my part, the sea cannot drown me: I swam, ere I could recover the shore, five-andthirty leagues, off and on, by this light.-Thou 15 shalt be my lieutenant, monster, or my standard. Trin. Your lieutenant, if you fist; he's no standard 2. Fer. O heaven, O earth, bear witness to this 20 What best is boded me, to mischief! I, Beyond all limit of what else i' the world, Mira. I am a fool, To weep at what I am glad of. Pro. Fair encounter Of two most rare affections! Heavens rain grace Fer. Wherefore weep you? 25 Ste. We'll not run, monsieur monster. Trin. Nor go neither: but you'll lie, like dogs; and yet say nothing neither. Ste. Moon-calf, speak once in thy life, if thou beest a good moon-calf. Cal. How does thy honour? Let me lick thy shoe. I'll not serve him, he is not valiant. Trin. Thou ly'st, most ignorant monster; I am in case to justle a constable: Why, thou debosh'd fish thou, was there ever a man a coward, that hath drunk so much sack as I to-day? Wilt thou tell a monstrous lie, being but half a 30 fish, and half a monster? [offer Fer. My mistress, dearest, And I thus humble ever. Fer. Ay, with a heart as willing As bondage e'er of treedom: here's my hand. [farewell, Fer. A thousand, thousand! SCENE II. Another part of the island. Cal. Lo, how he mocks me; wilt thou let him, my lord? Trin. Lord, quoth he!-that a monster should be such a natural! Cal. Lo, lo, again: bite him to death, I pr'ythee. Ste. Trinculo, keep a good tongue in your head; if you prove a mutineer, the next treeThe poor monster's my subject, and he shall 40 not suffer indignity. Cal. I thank my noble lord. Wilt thou be pleas'd to hearken once again to the suit I made to thee? Ste. Marry will I: kneel, and repeat it; I 45 will stand, and so shall Trinculo. 1501 [Exit. 55 Enter Caliban, Stephano, and Trinculo, with a botle. Ste. Tell not me;-when the butt is out, we will drink water; not a drop before: therefore 60 2 Enter Ariel invisible. Cal. As I told thee before, I am subject to a tyrant; a sorcerer, that by his cunning hath cheated me of the island. Ari. Thou ly'st. 1 Companion. Meaning he is so much intoxicated, as not to be able to stand. The quibble between standard an ensign, and standard a fruit-tree that grows without support, is evident. 3. Debauched. From me he got it. If thy greatness will Revenge it on him (for I know, thou darʼst, But this thing dare not Ste. That's most certain. [thee. Cal. Thou shalt be lord of it, and I'll serve 5 Ste. How now shall this be compass'd? Canst thou bring me to the party? Cal. Yea, yea, my lord; I'll yield himtheeasleep, [him/15 Ste. Trinculo, run into no further danger: interrupt the monster one word further, and by this hand, I'll turn my mercy out of doors, and inake a stock-fish of thee. Trin. Why, what did I? I did nothing; I'll go 20 further off. Ste. Did'st thou not say, he ly'd? Ste. Do I so? take thou that, [Beats him. As you like this, give me the lie another time. 25 Trin. I did not give thee the lie:---Out o' your wits, and hearing too?--A pox of your bottle! this can sack and drinking do.-Amurrain on your monster, and the devil take your fingers! Cal. Ha, ha, ha! Ste. Now, forward with your tale. Pr'ythee stand further off. Cal. Beat him enough: after a little time, I'll beat him too. Ste. Give me thy hand; I am sorry I beat thee: but whilethou liv'st,keep a good tongue in thy head. Cal. Within this half hour will he be asleep; Wilt thou destroy him then? Ste. Ay, on mine honour. Ari. This will I tell my master. [sure; Cal. Thou mak'st me merry: I am full of pleaLet us be jocund: Will you troul' the catch, You taught me but while-ere? Ste. At thy request, monster, I will do reason, any reason: Come on, Trinculo, let us sing.[Sings. Flout'em,andskout’em; and skout'em and flout 'em; Thought is free. Cal. That's not the tune. [Ariel plays the tune Ste. What is the same? [onatabor and pipe. Trin. This is the tune of our catch, play'd by the picture of no-body. Ste. If thou bee'st a man, shew thyself in thy likeness: if thou bee'st a devil, take 't as thou list. Trin. O, forgive me my sins! Ste. He that dies, pays all debts: I defy thee:Mercy upon us! Cal. Art thou affeard '? Ste. No, monster, not I. Cat. Be not affeard; the isle is full of noises, 30 Will make me sleep again: and then, in dreaming, [him 35 Ste. Stand further.--Come, proceed. Cal. Why, as I told thee, 'tis a custom with I' the afternoon to sleep: there thou may'st brain Having first seized his books; or with a log [him, Batter his skull, or paunch him with a stake, Or cut his wezand with thy knife: Remember, First to possess his books: for without them Ile's but a sot, as I am; nor hath not One spirit to command: They all do hate him, As rootedly as I: Burn but his books; He has brave utensils (for so he calls them) Which, when he has an house, he'll deck withal. And that most deeply to consider, is The beauty of his daughter; he himself Calls her, a non-parei: I never saw a woman, But only Sycorax my dam, and she; But she as far surpasses Sycorax, As greatest does least. Ste. Is it so brave a lass? Cal. Ay, lord, she will become thy bed, I warAnd bring thee forth brave brood. [rant. Ste. Monster, I will kill this man : his daughter and I will be king and queen; (save our graces! and Triculo and thyself shall be vice-1oys:Dost thou like the plot, Trinculo? Trin. Excellent. 40 45 I Ste. This will prove a brave kingdom to me, where I shall have my musick for nothing. Cal. When Prospero is destroy'd. [story. Ste. That shall be by and by: I remember the Trin. The sound is going away: let's follow it, And after do our work. Ste. Lead, monster; we'll follow.—I wou'd, I could see this taborer: he lays it on. Trin. Wilt come? I'll follow, Stephano. SCENE III. [Exeunt. Changes to another part of the island. Enter Alonso, Sebastian, Anthonio, Gonzalo, Adrian, Francisco, &c. Gon. By'r lakin 4, I can go no further, sir; My old bones ache: here's a maze trod, indeed, 50 Through forth-rights, and meanders! By your [patience, I needs must rest me. Alon. Old lord, I cannot blame thee, Who am my-elf attach'd with weariness, To the dulling of my spirits: sit down and rest. Even here I will put off my hope, and keep it No longer for my flatterer: he is drown'd, Whom thus we stray to find; and the sea mocks Our frustrate search on land: Well, let him go. Ant. [Aside to Sebastian.] I am right glad that he's so out of nope. Alluding to the striped or fool's coat worn by Trinculo, who in the ancient dramatis persona is called a jester, and not a sailor. 2 Means probably to dismiss it trippingly from the tongue. The provincial mode in Staffordshire and the adjoning counties of pronouncing the word * i. e. The diminutive only of our lady, i. e. ladykin. ruid. De Do not, for one repulse, forego the purpose Ant. Let it be to-night; For, now they are oppress'd with travel, they Seb. I say, to night; no more. Alon. I will stand to, and feed, 5 Thunder and lightning. Enter Ariel like a har- Solemn and strange music; and Prospero on the 10 Alon. What harmony is this? my good friends, Seb. A living drollery': Now I will believe, That there are unicorns; that in Arabia 15 20 Of whom your swords are temper'd, may as well 40 They have left their viands behind; for we have 45 [were boys, He vanishes in thunder: then to soft music, enter [thou Gon. Faith, sir, you need not fear: When we Each putter out on five for one', will bring us This pas Shows called drolleries, were in Shakspeare's time performed by puppets only. 2 Certainly. 'Admire. Our Author might have had this intelligence from the translation of Pliny, B. V.ch. 8. "The Blemmyi, by report, have no heads, but mouth and eies both in their breast." sage alludes to an ancient forgotten custom, now very obscure, when it was customary for those who engaged in long expeditions, to place out a sum of money on condition of receiving great interest for it at their return home. Bailey, in his dictionary, says, that dowle is a feather, or rather the single particles of the down. 'Blameless, innocent. Το mop and to mowe seem to have the same meaning, fi. e. to make mouths or wry faces. Mocks and mowes in Johnson's last edition. *With honest alacrity, or chearfulness. Alon. I Enter Prospero, Ferdinand, and Miranda. Enter Ariel. Ari. What would my potent master? here I am. 25 Ari. Presently? Pro. Ay, with a twink. Ari. Before you can say, Come, and go, 30 Each one tripping on his toe, 35 40] Will be here with mop and moe: [proach, Pro. Dearly, my delicate Ariel: Do not apTill thou dost hear me call. Pro. Look thou be true; do not give dalliance Fer. I warrant you, sir; The white, cold, virgin-snow upon my heart Pro. Well. Now come, my Ariel; bring a corollary, 45 Rather than want a spirit; appear, and pertly.No tongue; all eyes; be silent. [Soft music. [der'd, 50 When I shall think, or Phœbus' steeds are foun- Pro. Fairly spoke: Sit then, and talk with her, she is thine own What, Ariel; my industrious servant Ariel! 2 A masque. Enter Iris. Which spungy April at thy hest betrims, [groves, Tomakecoldaymphschastecrowns: andthy broom [55]Whose shadow the dismissed batchelor loves, 5 Asper 1 That is, told it me in a rough bass sound. Ecstacy here signifies alienation of mind. sion is here used in its primitive sense of sprinkling. That is, bring more than are sufficient, rather than fail for want of numbers. Corollary means surplus. Stover from Estovers, a law word, signifies an allowance in food or other necessaries of life. It is here used for provision in general for animals. Disappointed lovers are still said to wear the willow, and in these lines broom groves are assigned to that unfortunate tribe for retreat. This may allude to some old custom. We still say that a hu band hangs out the broom when his wife goes from home for a short time; and on such occasions a broom besom has been exhibited as a signal that the house was freed from uxorial restraint, and where the master might be considered as a temporary bachelor. Broom groces may siguity broom bushes. |