Cal. Do not torment me, pr'ythee; I'll bring That's a brave god, and bears celestial liquor : my wood home faster. I will kneel to him. Ste. He's in his fit now; and does not talk after the wisest. He shall taste of my bottle: if he have never drunk wine afore, it will go near to remove his fit. If I can recover him, and keep him tame, I will not take too much for him: he shall pay for him that hath him, and that soundly. Cal. Thou dost me yet but little hurt; thou wilt, anon, I know it by thy trembling; now Prosper works upon thee. Ste. Come on your ways; open your mouth; here is that which will give language to you, cat; open your mouth: this will shake your shaking, I can tell you, and that soundly: you cannot tell who's your friend: open your chaps again. Trin. I should know that voice: It should be but he is drowned; and these are devils: Oh! defend me! Ste. How didst thou 'scape? how cam'st thou hither? swear by this bottle, how thou cam'st hither. I escaped upon a butt of sack, which the sailors heaved overboard, by this bottle! which I made of the bark of a tree, with mine own hands, since I was cast ashore. Cal. I'll swear, upon that bottle, to be thy true subject; for the liquor is not earthly. Ste. Here; swear then how thou escapedst. Trin. Swam ashore, man, like a duck; I can swim like a duck, I'll be sworn. Ste. Here, kiss the book: Though thou canst swim like a duck, thou art made like a goose. Trin. O Stephano, hast any more of this? Ste. The whole butt, man: my cellar is in a rock by the sea-side, where my wine is hid. How now, mooncalf? how does thine ague? Cal. Hast thou not dropped from heaven? Ste. Out o' the moon, I do assure thee: I was the man in the moon, when time was. Ste. Four legs, and two voices; a most delicate monster! His forward voice now is to speak well of his friend; his backward voice is to utter foul speeches, and to detract. If all the wine in my bottle will recover him, I will help his ague. Come-Amen! I will pour some in thy other My mistress shewed me thee, and thy dog, and thy Ste. If thou beest Trinculo, come forth; I'll pull thee by the lesser legs: if any be Trinculo's legs, these are they. Thou art very Trinculo, indeed: How camest thou to be the siege of this mooncalf? Can he vent Trinculos? Trin. I took him to be killed with a thunderstroke: :- But art thou not drowned, Stephano? I hope now, thou art not drowned. Is the storm overblown? I hid me under the dead mooncalf's gaberdine, for fear of the storm. And art thou living, Stephano? O Stephano, two Neapolitans 'scaped! Ste. Pr'ythee, do not turn me about; my stomach is not constant. Cal. I have seen thee in her, and I do adore thee; And I will kiss thy foot: I pr'ythee, be my god. Trin. By this light, a most perfidious and drunken monster; when his god's asleep, he'll rob his bottle. Cal. I'll kiss thy foot: I'll swear myself thy subject. Ste. Come on then; down and swear. Trin. I shall laugh myself to death at this Trin. — but that the poor monster's in drink; Cal. These be fine things, an if they be not An abominable monster! sprites. Cal. I'll shew thee the best springs; I'll pluck company else being drowned, we will inherit here. SCENE I.Before PROSPERO's Cell. Enter FERDINAND, bearing a log. Work not so hard: I would the lightning had Burnt up those logs, that you are enjoined to pile! Fer. There be some sports are painful; but their Pray, set it down, and rest you: when this burns, labor Delight in them sets off; some kinds of baseness The mistress, which I serve, quickens what's dead, Had ne'er like éxecutor. I forget: But these sweet thoughts do even refresh my la- As well as it does you: and I should do it Fer. No, noble mistress; 't is fresh morning Beyond all limit of what else i' the world, Admired Miranda! Fer. Did quarrel with the noblest grace she owed, One of my sex; no woman's face remember, And my dear father: how features are abroad, Of two most rare affections! Heavens, rain grace Mira. At mine unworthiness, that dare not offer Fer. My mistress, dearest, And I thus humble ever. A thousand! thousand! [Exeunt FERDINAND and MIRANDA. Pro. So glad of this as they, I cannot be, Who are surprised with all; but my rejoicing. At nothing can be more. I'll to my book; For yet, ere supper time, must I perform Much business appertaining. [Exit. Another part of the Island. Enter STEPHANO and TRINCULO; CALIBAN following with a bottle. Ste. Tell not me;- when the butt is out, we will drink water; not a drop before: therefore bear up, and board 'em: Servant-monster, drink Fer. O heaven, O earth, bear witness to this to me. sound, And crown what I profess with kind event, Trin. Servant-monster? the folly of this island! They say, there's but five upon this isle we are three of them; if the other two be brained 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 brave monster indeed, if they were set in his tail. Ste. My man-monster hath drowned his tongue in sack for my part, the sea cannot drown me: I swam, ere I could recover the shore, five-and-thirty leagues, off and on, by this light. Thou shalt be my lieutenant, monster, or my standard. Ste. Trinculo, if you trouble him any more in his tale, by this hand, I will supplant some of your teeth. Trin. Why, I said nothing. Ste. Mum, then, and no more.-[To CALIBAN. Proceed. Cal. I say, by sorcery he got this isle; From me he got it. If thy greatness will Revenge it on him-for, I know, thou dar'st; Trin. Your lieutenant if you list; he's no But this thing dare not. standard. Ste. Ste. We'll not run, monsieur monster. Trin. Nor go neither: but you'll lie, like dogs; and yet say nothing neither. Ste. Mooncalf, speak once in thy life, if thou beest a good mooncalf. That's most certain. Cal. Thou shalt be lord of it, and I'll serve thee. thou bring me to the party? Cal. Yea, yea, my lord; I'll yield him thee asleep, Cal. How does thy honor? Let me lick thy Where thou mayst knock a nail into his head. shoe: I'll not serve him, he is not valiant. Trin. Thou liest, most ignorant monster! I am in case to justle a constable: why, thou deboshed 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 fish and half a monster? Cal. Lo, how he mocks me! wilt thou let him, my lord? Trin. Lord, quoth he! be such a natural! Ste. Trinculo, run into no further danger interrupt the monster one word further, and, by this that a monster should hand, I'll turn my mercy out of doors, and make a stockfish of thee. Ste. Marry will I kneel and repeat it; I will this can sack and drinking do.- A murrain on stand, and so shall Trinculo. 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 this island. Ari. Thou liest. Cal. Thou liest, thou jesting monkey, thou; I would, my valiant master would destroy thee: 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. Stand further. - Come, proceed. Cal. Why, as I told thee, 't is a custom with him I' the afternoon to sleep: there thou mayst brain him, Having first seized his books; or with a log As greatest does least. Ste. Is it so brave a lass? Ste. He that dies, pays all debts: I defy thee:- Mercy upon us! Cal. Art thou afeard? Ste. No, monster, not I. Cal. Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises, Sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments Ready to drop upon me: that, when I waked, Ste. This will prove a brave kingdom to me, Cal. Ay, lord, she will become thy bed, I war- where I shall have my music for nothing. rant, And bring thee forth brave brood. Ste. Monster, I will kill this man: his daughter and I will be king and queen; (save our graces!) and Trinculo and thyself shall be viceroys:-Dost thou like the plot, Trinculo? Trin. Excellent. Ste. Give me thy hand; I am sorry I beat thee: but, while thou livest 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 honor. Ari. This will I tell my master. Cal. Thou mak'st me merry; I am full of Let us be jocund: Will you troll the catch Ste. At thy request, monster, I will do reason, any reason: Come on, Trinculo, let us sing. [Sings. Flout 'em, and scout 'em; and scout 'em, and flout 'em ; Cal. That's not the tune. Cal. When Prospero is destroyed. Ste. That shall be by and by: I remember the story. Trin. The sound is going away: let's follow it, and after, do our work. Ste. Lead, monster; we'll follow. -I would I could see this taborer; he lays it on. Trin. Wilt come? I'll follow, Stephano. Alon. Old lord, I cannot blame thee, [ARIEL plays the tune on a tabor and pipe. No longer for my flatterer: he is drowned, Ste. What is this same? Whom thus we stray to find: and the sea mocks Trin. This is the tune of our catch, played by Our frustrate search on land: Well, let him go. the picture of Nobody. Ste. If thou beest a man, shew thyself in thy likeness: if thou beest a devil, take 't as thou list. Trin. O, forgive me my sins! Ant. I am right glad that he's so out of hope. Do not, for one repulse, forego the purpose |