4.1.11651Enter Prospero, Ferdinand, and Miranda. If I have too austerely punished you,
4.1.31653Your compensation makes amends, for I
4.1.41654Have given you here a third of mine own life,
4.1.51655Or that for which I live, who once again
4.1.61656I tender to thy hand. All thy vexations
4.1.71657Were but my trials of thy love, and thou
4.1.81658Hast strangely stood the test. Here, afore heaven,
4.1.91659I ratify this my rich gift. O Ferdinand,
4.1.111661For thou shalt find she will outstrip all praise
And make it halt behind her. I do believe it
Then as my gift, and thine own acquisition
4.1.151666Worthily purchased, take my daughter. But
4.1.161667If thou dost break her virgin knot before
4.1.191670No sweet aspersion shall the heavens let fall
4.1.201671To make this contract grow; but barren hate,
4.1.211672Sour-eyed disdain, and discord shall bestrew
4.1.221673The union of your bed with weeds so loathly
4.1.231674That you shall hate it both. Therefore take heed
As Hymen's lamp shall light you. As I hope
4.1.251677For quiet days, fair issue, and long life
4.1.261678With such love as 'tis now, the murkiest den,
4.1.271679The most opportune place, the strong'st suggestion
4.1.311683When I shall think or Phoebus' steeds are foundered,
Or night kept chained below. Fairly spoke.
4.1.331686Sit then and talk with her; she is thine own.
4.1.341687What, Ariel! My industrious servant Ariel!
What would my potent master? Here I am.
Thou and thy meaner fellows, your last service
4.1.381690Did worthily perform, and I must use you
4.1.391691In such another trick: go bring the rabble
4.1.401692(O'er whom I give thee power) here to this place.
4.1.421694Bestow upon the eyes of this young couple
4.1.431695Some vanity of mine art; it is my promise,
And they expect it from me. Presently?
Ay, with a twink.
Before you can say "come" and "go",
Dearly, my delicate Ariel. Do not approach
Till thou dost hear me call. Well I conceive.
[To Ferdinand] Look thou be true: do not give dalliance
4.1.551708Too much the rein. The strongest oaths are straw
4.1.561709To th'fire i'th'blood. Be more abstemious,
Or else good night your vow. I warrant you, sir,
4.1.581712The white-cold virgin snow upon my heart
Abates the ardor of my liver. Well.
4.1.611716Rather than want a spirit: appear, and pertly!
Soft music
Ceres, most bounteous lady, thy rich leas
4.1.651719Of wheat, rye, barley, vetches, oats, and peas;
4.1.661720Thy turfy mountains where live nibbling sheep,
4.1.671721And flat meads thatched with stover, them to keep;
4.1.681722Thy banks with pionèd and twillèd brims,
4.1.701724To make cold nymphs chaste crowns; and thy broomgroves,
4.1.711725Whose shadow the dismissèd bachelor loves,
4.1.721726Being lass-lorn; thy pole-clipped vineyard
4.1.731727And thy sea-marge, sterile and rocky-hard,
4.1.741728Where thou thyself dost air: the Queen o'th'sky,
4.1.761730Bids thee leave these, and with her sovereign grace
Juno descends [slowly in her chariot].
4.1.771731Here on this grass-plot, in this very place,
4.1.781732To come and sport. Here peacocks fly amain.
Hail, many-colored messenger, that ne'er
4.1.831736Who, with thy saffron wings, upon my flowers
4.1.841737Diffusest honey-drops, refreshing showers,
4.1.851738And with each end of thy blue bow dost crown
4.1.871740Rich scarf to my proud earth: why hath thy queen
4.1.881741Summoned me hither to this short-grassed green?
A contract of true love to celebrate,
On the blessed lovers. Tell me, heavenly bow,
4.1.931747Do now attend the queen? Since they did plot
4.1.941748The means that dusky Dis my daughter got,
4.1.951749Her and her blind boy's scandaled company
I have forsworn. Of her society
4.1.981753Cutting the clouds towards Paphos, and her son
4.1.991754Dove-drawn with her. Here thought they to have done
4.1.1011756Whose vows are that no bed-right shall be paid
4.1.1041759Her waspish-headed son has broke his arrows,
4.1.1051760Swears he will shoot no more but play with sparrows
[Juno alights.]
And be a boy right out. Highest Queen of state,
How does my bounteous sister? Go with me
4.1.1091765To bless this twain, that they may prosperous be
Honor, riches, marriage-blessing,
This is a most majestic vision, and
To think these spirits? Spirits, which by mine art
My present fancies. Let me live here ever --
Makes this place paradise. Sweet, now silence;
4.1.1321790There's something else to do: hush and be mute
4.1.1341792Juno and Ceres whisper and send Iris on employment. You nymphs called naiads of the windering brooks,
4.1.1361794With your sedged crowns and ever-harmless looks:
4.1.1371795Leave your crisp channels, and on this green land
4.1.1391797Come, temperate nymphs, and help to celebrate
1799Enter certain nymphs. 4.1.1461805Enter certain reapers, properly habited; they join with 1806the nymphs in a graceful dance, towards the end 1807whereof Prospero starts suddenly and speaks, after which, to a 1808strange, hollow, and confused noise, they heavily vanish. [Aside] I had forgot that foul conspiracy
4.1.1501812Is almost come.
[To the spirits] Well done: avoid. No more.
This is strange -- your father's in some passion
That works him strongly. Never till this day
4.1.1531816Saw I him touched with anger so distempered.
You do look, my son, in a moved sort,
4.1.1591822And, like the baseless fabric of this vision,
4.1.1601823The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces,
4.1.1671830Bear with my weakness; my old brain is troubled.
1835Ferdinand and Miranda To still my beating mind. We wish your peace.
[To Ariel] Come with a thought. [To Ferdinand and Miranda] I thank thee.
Exit [Ferdinand and Miranda].
[To Ariel] Come with a thought. [To Ferdinand and Miranda] I thank thee. Ariel: come.
Thy thoughts I cleave to; what's thy pleasure?
Spirit, we must prepare to meet with Caliban.
Ay, my commander. When I presented Ceres
4.1.1771841I thought to have told thee of it, but I feared
Say again, where didst thou leave these varlets?
I told you, sir; they were red-hot with drinking,
4.1.1821846For breathing in their faces, beat the ground
4.1.1831847For kissing of their feet, yet always bending
4.1.1841848Towards their project. Then I beat my tabor,
4.1.1851849At which like unbacked colts they pricked their ears,
4.1.1861850Advanced their eyelids, lifted up their noses
4.1.1871851As they smelt music -- so I charmed their ears
4.1.1881852That calf-like they my lowing followed through
4.1.1891853Toothèd briars, sharp furze, pricking gorse and thorns,
4.1.1901854Which entered their frail shins. At last I left them
4.1.1921856There dancing up to th'chins that the foul lake
O'erstunk their feet. This was well done, my bird.
4.1.1951860The trumpery in my house, go bring it hither
Ariel
For stale to catch these thieves. I go, I go.
A devil -- a born devil, on whose nature
4.1.2031867Even to roaring. Come: hang them on this line.
4.1.2041868Enter Ariel, loaden with glistering apparel, etc. Enter 1869Caliban, Stephano, and Trinculo, all wet. Pray you, tread softly, that the blind mole may
1871not hear a footfall; we now are near his cell.
Monster, your fairy, which you say is a harmless fairy,
1873has done little better than played the jack with us.
Monster, I do smell all horse-piss, at which
1875my nose is in great indignation.
So is mine. Do you hear, monster? If I should
1877take a displeasure against you, look you --
Thou wert but a lost monster.
Good my Lord, give me thy favor still.
4.1.2111880Be patient, for the prize I'll bring thee to
4.1.2121881Shall hoodwink this mischance; therefore speak softly --
Ay, but to lose our bottles in the pool!
There is not only disgrace and dishonor in that,
1885monster, but an infinite loss.
That's more to me than my wetting,
1887yet this is your harmless fairy, monster.
I will fetch off my bottle,
1889though I be o'er ears for my labor.
Prithee, my King, be quiet. Seest thou here;
4.1.2191891This is the mouth o'th'cell -- no noise, and enter.
4.1.2201892Do that good mischief which may make this island
For aye thy foot-licker. Give me thy hand --
O King Stephano! O peer! O worthy Stephano,
1898look what a wardrobe here is for thee!
Let it alone, thou fool; it is but trash.
Oh ho, monster! We know what belongs to a
1901frippery. O King Stephano!
Put off that gown, Trinculo! By this hand, I'll
1903have that gown.
Thy grace shall have it.
The dropsy drown this fool. What do you mean
4.1.2321908From toe to crown he'll fill our skins with pinches,
Be you quiet, monster. Mistress Line, is not this
1911my jerkin? Now is the jerkin under the line. Now,
1912jerkin, you are like to lose your hair and prove a bald jerkin.
Do, do! We steal by line and level, an't
1914like your grace.
I thank thee for that jest; here's a garment for't.
1916Wit shall not go unrewarded while I am king of this
1917country. "Steal by line and level" is an excellent pass
1918of pate -- there's another garment for't.
Monster, come put some lime upon your
1920fingers, and away with the rest.
I will have none on't -- we shall lose our time
Monster, lay to your fingers: help to bear this
1925away where my hogshead of wine is, or I'll turn you
1926out of my kingdom. Go to; carry this.
And this.
Ay, and this.
4.1.2441929A noise of hunters heard. Enter divers spirits in shape 1930of dogs and hounds hunting them about, Prospero 1931and Ariel setting them on. Hey, Mountain, hey!
Hey, Mountain, hey! Silver -- there it goes -- Silver!
Fury, Fury! There, Tyrant, there! Hark, hark!
4.1.2471935Go charge my goblins that they grind their joints
4.1.2481936With dry convulsions, shorten up their sinews
4.1.2491937With aged cramps, and more pinch-spotted make them
Than pard or cat o'mountain. Hark, they roar!
Let them be hunted soundly. At this hour
4.1.2541943Shalt have the air at freedom: for a little,