It would controul my dam's god Setebos,

And make a vassal of him.

Pro. So, flave, hence!

Exit Caliban.

Enter Ferdinand; and Ariel invisible, playing and finging.

ARIEL's SONG.

Come unto thefe yellow fands,

And then take hands:

Curt'fied when you have, and kift

The wild waves whift;

Foot it featly here and there,

And, fweet Sprites, the burthen bear.

Burthen, difperfedly.

Hark, bark, bougb-wawgh; the watch-dogs bark,

Bougb-wawgh.

Ari. Hark, bark, I hear

The ftrain of ftrutting chanticlere

Cry, Cock-a-doodle-do.

Fer. Where should this mufick be, in air, or earth?It founds no more: and, fure, it waits upon Some God o' th' Island. Sitting on a bank, Weeping against the King my father's wreck, This mufick crept by me upon the waters; Allaying both their fury and my paffion, With its sweet air; thence I have follow'd it, Or it hath drawn me rather but 'tis gone., No, it begins again.

ARIEL's SONG.

Full fathom five thy father lies,
Of his bones are coral made:
Thofe are pearls, that were his eyes;
Nothing of him, that doth fade,
But doth fuffer a fea-change,
Into fomething rich and ftrange.
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell.

Hark, now I hear them, ding-dong, bell.

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[Burthen: ding-dong.

Fer.

Fer. The ditty does remember my drown'd father; This is no mortal business, nor no found

That the earth owns: I hear it now above me.
Pro. The fringed curtains of thine eyes advance,
And fay, what thou feeft yond.

Mira. What is't, a fpirit?

Lord, how it looks about! believe me, Sir,
It carries a brave form. But 'tis a spirit.

Pro. No, wench, it eats, and fleeps, and hath such senses As we have, fuch. This gallant, which thou feeft, Was in the wreck: and, but he's fomething ftain'd With grief, (that's beauty's canker) thou might'ft call

him

A goodly perfon. He hath loft his fellows,
And ftrays about to find 'em.

Mira. I might call him

A thing divine, for nothing natural
I ever faw fo noble.

Pro. It goes on, I fee,

[Afide.

As my foul prompts it. Spirit, fine fpirit, I'll free thee Within two days for this.

Fer. Moft fure, the Goddess

On whom these ayres attend! vouchfafe, my pray'r
May know, if you remain upon this Ifland;
And that you will fome good instruction give,
How I may bear me here: my prime request
(Which I do laft pronounce) is, O you wonder!
you be made or no?,

If

Mira. No wonder, Sir,

But certainly a maid.

Fer. My language! heav'ns!

I am the best of them that fpeak this speech,
Were I but where 'tis fpoken

Pro. How? the best?

What wert thou, if the King of Naples heard thee?
Fer. A fingle thing, as I am now, that wonders
To hear thee speak of Naples. He does hear me,
And, that he does, I weep: my felf am Naples,
Who, with mine eyes (ne'er fince at ebb) beheld
The King my father wrackt.

Mira. Alack, for mercy!

Fer. Yes, faith, and all his lords: the Duke of Milan, And his brave son, being twain. (11),

Pro. The Duke of Milan,

And his more braver daughter, could controul thee,

If now 'twere fit to do't:

At the firft fight,
They have chang'd eyes: (delicate Ariel,

I'll fet thee free for this.) A word, good Sir,
I fear, you've done your felf fome wrong: a word.
Mira. Why fpeaks my father fo ungently? this
Is the third man, that I e'er faw; the first,
That e'er I figh'd for. Pity move my father
To be inclin'd my way!

Fer. O, if a Virgin,

And your Affection not gone forth, I'll make you
The Queen of Naples.

Pro. Soft, Sir; one word more.

They're both in either's power: but this swift business I must uneafie make, left too light winning

Make the prize light. Sir, one word more; I charge thee, That thou attend me: thou dost here ufurp

The name thou ow'ft not, and haft put thy felf
Upon this Ifland, as a spy, to win it

From me, the lord on't.

Fer. No, as I'm a man.

Mira. There's nothing ill can dwell in fuch a temple. If the ill fpirit have fo fair an house,

Good things will strive to dwell with't.

Pro. Follow me.

Speak not you for him: he's a traitor. Come,
I'll manacle thy neck and feet together;
Sea-water fhalt thou drink; thy food shall be
The fresh-brook muffels, wither'd roots, and husks
Wherein the acorn cradled. Follow.

(11)

the Duke of Milan,

And his brave Son, being twain.] Here feems a flight Forgetfulness in our Poet: No Body was loft in this Wreck, as is manifeft from feveral Paffages: and yet we have no fuch Character introduc'd in the Fable, as the Duke of Milan's Son.

Fer. No,

I will refift fuch entertainment, 'till
Mine enemy has more power.

[He draws, aud is charmed from moving.

Mira, O dear father,

Make not too rafh a tryal of him; for

He's gentle, and not fearful.

Pro. What, I fay,

My foot my tutor? put thy fword up, traitor,
Who mak't a fhew, but dar'ft not ftrike; thy con-
science

Is fo poffeft with guilt: come from thy ward,
For I can here difarm thee with this stick,

And make thy weapon drop.

Mira. Befeech you, father.

Pro. Hence: hang not on my garment,
Mira. Sir, have pity;

I'll be his furety.

Pro. Silence: one word more

Shall make me chide thee, if not hate thee. What,
An advocate for an impoftor? hush!

Thou think'ft there are no more fuch fhapes as he,
Having feen but him and Caliban; foolish wench!
To th' most of men this is a Caliban,

And they to him are angels.

Mira. My affections

Are then moft humble: I have no ambition

To fee a goodlier man.

Pro. Come on, obey:

Thy nerves are in their infancy again,

And have no vigour in them.

Fer. So they are:

My fpirits, as in a dream, are all bound

up.

My father's lofs, the weakness which I feel,

The wrack of all my friends, and this man's threats,
To whom I am fubdu'd, are but light to me;
Might I but through my prifon once a day
Behold this maid: all corners elfe o'th' earth
Let liberty make use of; space enough
Have I, in such a prison,

Pro.

Pro. It works: come on.

[To Ariel.

(Thou haft done well, fine Ariel:) follow me.

Hark, what thou elfe fhalt do me.

Mira. Be of comfort,

My father's of a better nature, Sir,

Than he appears by fpeech: this is unwonted,

Which now came from him.

Pro. Thou shalt be as free

As mountain winds; but then exactly do

All points of my command.

Ari. To th' fyllable.

Pro. Come, follow: fpeak not for him.

[Exeunt.

SCENE, Another Part of the Ifland.

Enter Alonso, Sebaftian, Anthonio, Gonzalo, Adrian, Francifco, and others.

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GONZALO.

ESEECH you, Sir, be merry: you have cause
(So have we all) of joy! for our escape

Is much beyond our lofs; our hint of woe
Is common; every day, fome failor's wife,
The mafters of fome merchant, and the merchant,
Have juft our theam of woe: but for the miracle,
(I mean our preservation) few in millions

Can fpeak like us: then wifely, good Sir, weigh
Our forrow with our comfort.

Alon. Pr'ythee, peace. (12)

Seb.

(12) Alon. Prythee peace.] All that follows from hence to this Speech of the King's.

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