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THE TEMPEST Act 2 Scene 1 (Enter Alonso, Sebastian, Antonio, Gonzalo, Adrian, and Francisco) l1l Gonzalo (to Alonso) Beseech you, sir, be merry. You have cause, l2l So have we all, of joy; for our escape l3l Is much beyond our loss. Our hint of woe l4l Is common; every day some sailorÆs wife, l5l The masters of some merchant, and the merchant, l6l Have just our theme of woe. But for the miracle, l7l I mean our preservation, few in millions l8l Can speak like us. Then wisely, good sir, weigh l9l Our sorrow with our comfort. Alonso Prithee, peace. l10l Sebastian (to Antonio) He receives comfort like cold l11l porridge. l12l Antonio The visitor will not give him oÆer so. l13l Sebastian Look, heÆs winding up the watch of his wit. l14l By and by it will strike. l15l Gonzalo (to Alonso) Sirù l16l Sebastian (to Antonio) One: tell. l17l Gonzalo (to Alonso) When every grief is entertained thatÆs offered, l18l Comes to thÆ entertainerù l19l Sebastian A dollar. l20l Gonzalo Dolour comes to him indeed. You have spoken l21l truer than you purposed. l22l Sebastian You have taken it wiselier than I meant you l23l should. l24l Gonzalo (to Alonso) Therefore my lordù l25l Antonio (to Sebastian) Fie, what a spendthrift is he of his l26l tongue! l27l Alonso (to Gonzalo) I prithee, spare. l28l Gonzalo Well, I have done. But yetù l29l Sebastian (to Antonio) He will be talking. l30l Antonio Which of he or Adrian, for a good wager, first l31l begins to crow? l32l Sebastian The old cock. l33l Antonio The cockerel. l34l Sebastian Done. The wager? l35l Antonio A laughter. l36l Sebastian A match! l37l Adrian (to Gonzalo) Though this island seem to be desertù l38l [Antonio] (to Sebastian) Ha, ha, ha! l39l [Sebastian] So, youÆre paid. l40l Adrian Uninhabitable, and almost inaccessibleù l41l Sebastian (to Antonio) Yetù l42l Adrian Yetù l43l Antonio (to Sebastian) He could not miss Æt. l44l Adrian It must needs be of subtle, tender, and delicate l45l temperance. l46l Antonio (to Sebastian) Temperance was a delicate wench. l47l Sebastian Ay, and a subtle, as he most learnedly l48l delivered. l49l Adrian (to Gonzalo) The air breathes upon us here most l50l sweetly. l51l Sebastian (to Antonio) As if it had lungs, and rotten ones. l52l Antonio Or as Ætwere perfumed by a fen. l53l Gonzalo (to Adrian) Here is everything advantageous to l54l life. l55l Antonio (to Sebastian) True, save means to live. l56l Sebastian Of that thereÆs none, or little. l57l Gonzalo (to Adrian) How lush and lusty the grass looks! l58l How green! l59l Antonio The ground indeed is tawny. l60l Sebastian With an eye of green in Æt. l61l Antonio He misses not much. l62l Sebastian No, he doth but mistake the truth totally. l63l Gonzalo (to Adrian) But the rarity of it is, which is indeed l64l almost beyond creditù l65l Sebastian (to Antonio) As many vouched rarities are. l66l Gonzalo (to Adrian) That our garments being, as they l67l were, drenched in the sea, hold notwithstanding their l68l freshness and glosses, being rather new-dyed than l69l stained with salt water. l70l Antonio (to Sebastian) If but one of his pockets could l71l speak, would it not say he lies? l72l Sebastian Ay, or very falsely pocket up his report. l73l Gonzalo (to Adrian) Methinks our garments are now as l74l fresh as when we put them on first in Afric, at the l75l marriage of the KingÆs fair daughter Claribel to the l76l King of Tunis. l77l Sebastian ÆTwas a sweet marriage, and we prosper well l78l in our return. l79l Adrian Tunis was never graced before with such a l80l paragon to their queen. l81l Gonzalo Not since widow DidoÆs time. l82l Antonio (to Sebastian) Widow? A pox oÆ that! How came l83l that ôwidowö in? Widow Dido! l84l Sebastian What if he had said ôwidower Aeneasö too? l85l Good Lord, how you take it! l86l Adrian (to Gonzalo) ôWidow Didoö said you? You make l87l me study of that: she was of Carthage, not of Tunis. l88l Gonzalo This Tunis, sir, was Carthage. l89l Adrian Carthage? l90l Gonzalo I assure you, Carthage. l91l Antonio (to Sebastian) His word is more than the l92l miraculous harp. l93l Sebastian He hath raised the wall, and houses too. l94l Antonio What impossible matter will he make easy next? l95l Sebastian I think he will carry this island home in his l96l pocket, and give it his son for an apple. l97l Antonio And sowing the kernels of it in the sea, bring l98l forth more islands. l99l Gonzalo (to Adrian) Ay. l100l Antonio (to Sebastian) Why, in good time. l101l Gonzalo (to Alonso) Sir, we were talking that our garments l102l seem now as fresh as when we were at Tunis, at the l103l marriage of your daughter, who is now queen. l104l Antonio And the rarest that eÆer came there. l105l Sebastian Bate, I beseech you, widow Dido. l106l Antonio O, widow Dido? Ay, widow Dido. l107l Gonzalo (to Alonso) Is not, sir, my doublet as fresh as the l108l first day I wore it? I mean in a sort. l109l Antonio (to Sebastian) That ôsortö was well fished for. l110l Gonzalo (to Alonso) When I wore it at your daughterÆs l111l marriage. l112l Alonso You cram these words into mine ears against l113l The stomach of my sense. Would I had never l114l Married my daughter there! For, coming thence, l115l My son is lost; and, in my rate, she too, l116l Who is so far from Italy removed l117l I neÆer again shall see her. O thou mine heir l118l Of Naples and of Milan, what strange fish l119l Hath made his meal on thee? Francisco Sir, he may live. l120l I saw him beat the surges under him l121l And ride upon their backs. He trod the water, l122l Whose enmity he flung aside, and breasted l123l The surge, most swollÆn, that met him. His bold head l124l ÆBove the contentious waves he kept, and oared l125l Himself with his good arms in lusty stroke l126l To thÆ shore, that oÆer his wave-worn basis bowed, l127l As stooping to relieve him. I not doubt l128l He came alive to land. Alonso No, no; heÆs gone. l129l Sebastian (to Alonso) Sir, you may thank yourself for this great loss, l130l That would not bless our Europe with your daughter, l131l But rather loose her to an African, l132l Where she, at least, is banished from your eye, l133l Who hath cause to wet the grief on Æt. Alonso Prithee, peace. l134l Sebastian You were kneeled to and importuned otherwise l135l By all of us, and the fair soul herself l136l Weighed between loathness and obedience at l137l Which end oÆ thÆ beam should bow. We have lost your son, l138l I fear, for ever. Milan and Naples have l139l More widows in them of this businessÆ making l140l Than we bring men to comfort them. The faultÆs your own. l141l Alonso So is the dearÆst oÆ thÆ loss. Gonzalo My lord Sebastian, l142l The truth you speak doth lack some gentleness l143l And time to speak it in. You rub the sore l144l When you should bring the plaster. l145l Sebastian (to Antonio) Very well. l146l Antonio And most chirurgeonly. l147l Gonzalo (to Alonso) It is foul weather in us all, good sir, l148l When you are cloudy. Sebastian (to Antonio) Fowl weather? Antonio Very foul. l149l Gonzalo (to Alonso) Had I plantation of this isle, my lordù l150l Antonio (to Sebastian) HeÆd sow Æt with nettle-seed. Sebastian Or docks, or mallows. l151l Gonzalo And were the king on Æt, what would I do? l152l Sebastian (to Antonio) Scape being drunk, for want of wine. l153l Gonzalo IÆ thÆ commonwealth I would by contraries l154l Execute all things. For no kind of traffic l155l Would I admit, no name of magistrate; l156l Letters should not be known; riches, poverty, l157l And use of service, none; contract, succession, l158l Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none; l159l No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil; l160l No occupation, all men idle, all; l161l And women tooùbut innocent and pure; l162l No sovereigntyù Sebastian (to Antonio) Yet he would be king on Æt. l163l Antonio The latter end of his commonwealth forgets the l164l beginning. l165l Gonzalo (to Alonso) All things in common nature should produce l166l Without sweat or endeavour. Treason, felony, l167l Sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of any engine, l168l Would I not have; but nature should bring forth l169l Of it own kind all foison, all abundance, l170l To feed my innocent people. l171l Sebastian (to Antonio) No marrying Æmong his subjects? l172l Antonio None, man, all idle: whores and knaves. l173l Gonzalo (to Alonso) I would with such perfection govern, sir, l174l TÆ excel the Golden Age. Sebastian Save his majesty! l175l Antonio Long live Gonzalo! Gonzalo (to Alonso) Andùdo you mark me, sir? l176l Alonso Prithee, no more. Thou dost talk nothing to me. l177l Gonzalo I do well believe your highness, and did it to l178l minister occasion to these gentlemen, who are of such l179l sensible and nimble lungs that they always use to laugh l180l at nothing. l181l Antonio ÆTwas you we laughed at. l182l Gonzalo Who, in this kind of merry fooling, am nothing l183l to you. So you may continue, and laugh at nothing l184l still. l185l Antonio What a blow was there given! l186l Sebastian An it had not fallen flat-long. l187l Gonzalo You are gentlemen of brave mettle. You would l188l lift the moon out of her sphere, if she would continue l189l in it five weeks without changing. (Enter Ariel, invisible, playing solemn music) l190l Sebastian We would so, and then go a-bat-fowling. l191l Antonio (to Gonzalo) Nay, good my lord, be not angry. l192l Gonzalo No, I warrant you, I will not adventure my l193l discretion so weakly. Will you laugh me asleep? For I l194l am very heavy. l195l Antonio Go sleep, and hear us. (Gonzalo, Adrian, and Francisco sleep) l196l Alonso What, all so soon asleep? I wish mine eyes l197l Would, with themselves, shut up my thoughts.ùI find l198l They are inclined to do so. Sebastian Please you, sir, l199l Do not omit the heavy offer of it. l200l It seldom visits sorrow; when it doth, l201l It is a comforter. Antonio We two, my lord, l202l Will guard your person while you take your rest, l203l And watch your safety. Alonso Thank you. Wondrous heavy. (He sleeps. Exit Ariel) l204l Sebastian What a strange drowsiness possesses them! l205l Antonio It is the quality oÆ thÆ climate. Sebastian Why l206l Doth it not then our eyelids sink? I find l207l Not myself disposed to sleep. Antonio Nor I; my spirits are nimble. l208l They fell together all, as by consent; l209l They dropped as by a thunderstroke. What might, l210l Worthy Sebastian, O, what mightù? No more!ù l211l And yet methinks I see it in thy face. l212l What thou shouldst be thÆ occasion speaks thee, and l213l My strong imagination sees a crown l214l Dropping upon thy head. Sebastian What, art thou waking? l215l Antonio Do you not hear me speak? Sebastian I do, and surely l216l It is a sleepy language, and thou speakÆst l217l Out of thy sleep. What is it thou didst say? l218l This is a strange repose, to be asleep l219l With eyes wide open; standing, speaking, moving, l220l And yet so fast asleep. Antonio Noble Sebastian, l221l Thou letst thy fortune sleep, die rather; winkÆst l222l Whiles thou art waking. Sebastian Thou dost snore distinctly; l223l ThereÆs meaning in thy snores. l224l Antonio I am more serious than my custom. You l225l Must be so too if heed me, which to do l226l Trebles thee oÆer. Sebastian Well, I am standing water. l227l Antonio IÆll teach you how to flow. Sebastian Do so; to ebb l228l Hereditary sloth instructs me. Antonio O, l229l If you but knew how you the purpose cherish l230l Whiles thus you mock it; how in stripping it l231l You more invest it! Ebbing men, indeed, l232l Most often do so near the bottom run l233l By their own fear or sloth. Sebastian Prithee, say on. l234l The setting of thine eye and cheek proclaim l235l A matter from thee, and a birth, indeed, l236l Which throes thee much to yield. Antonio Thus, sir. l237l Although this lord of weak remembrance, this, l238l Who shall be of as little memory l239l When he is earthed, hath here almost persuadedù l240l For heÆs a spirit of persuasion, only l241l Professes to persuadeùthe King his sonÆs alive, l242l ÆTis as impossible that heÆs undrowned l243l As he that sleeps here swims. Sebastian I have no hope l244l That heÆs undrowned. Antonio O, out of that ôno hopeö l245l What great hope have you! No hope that way is l246l Another way so high a hope that even l247l Ambition cannot pierce a wink beyond, l248l But doubt discovery there. Will you grant with me l249l That Ferdinand is drowned? Sebastian HeÆs gone. Antonio Then tell me, l250l WhoÆs the next heir of Naples? Sebastian Claribel. l251l Antonio She that is Queen of Tunis; she that dwells l252l Ten leagues beyond manÆs life; she that from Naples l253l Can have no noteùunless the sun were postù l254l The man iÆ thÆ moonÆs too slowùtill new-born chins l255l Be rough and razorable; she that from whom l256l We all were sea-swallowed, though some cast againù l257l And by that destiny, to perform an act l258l Whereof whatÆs past is prologue, what to come l259l In yours and my discharge. Sebastian What stuff is this? How say you? l260l ÆTis true my brotherÆs daughterÆs Queen of Tunis; l261l So is she heir of Naples; Ætwixt which regions l262l There is some space. Antonio A space whose every cubit l263l Seems to cry out ôHow shall that Claribel l264l Measure us back to Naples? Keep in Tunis, l265l And let Sebastian wake.ö Say this were death l266l That now hath seized them; why, they were no worse l267l Than now they are. There be that can rule Naples l268l As well as he that sleeps, lords that can prate l269l As amply and unnecessarily l270l As this Gonzalo; I myself could make l271l A chough of as deep chat. O, that you bore l272l The mind that I do, what a sleep were this l273l For your advancement! Do you understand me? l274l Sebastian Methinks I do. Antonio And how does your content l275l Tender your own good fortune? Sebastian I remember l276l You did supplant your brother Prospero. Antonio True; l277l And look how well my garments sit upon me, l278l Much feater than before. My brotherÆs servants l279l Were then my fellows; now they are my men. l280l Sebastian But for your conscience. l281l Antonio Ay, sir, where lies that? If Ætwere a kibe l282l ÆTwould put me to my slipper; but I feel not l283l This deity in my bosom. Twenty consciences l284l That stand Ætwixt me and Milan, candied be they, l285l And melt ere they molest. Here lies your brother, l286l No better than the earth he lies upon l287l If he were that which now heÆs likeùthatÆs dead; l288l Whom I with this obedient steel, three inches of it, l289l Can lay to bed for ever; whiles you, doing thus, l290l To the perpetual wink for aye might put l291l This ancient morsel, this Sir Prudence, who l292l Should not upbraid our course. For all the rest, l293l TheyÆll take suggestion as a cat laps milk; l294l TheyÆll tell the clock to any business that l295l We say befits the hour. Sebastian Thy case, dear friend, l296l Shall be my precedent. As thou gotÆst Milan, l297l IÆll come by Naples. Draw thy sword. One stroke l298l Shall free thee from the tribute which thou payest, l299l And I the King shall love thee. Antonio Draw together, l300l And when I rear my hand, do you the like l301l To fall it on Gonzalo. (They draw) Sebastian O, but one word. (Enter Ariel, invisible, with music) l302l Ariel (to Gonzalo) My master through his art foresees the danger l303l That you his friend are inùand sends me forth, l304l For else his project dies, to keep them living. (He sings in Gonzalo's ear) l305l While you here do snoring lie, l306l Open-eyed conspiracy l307l His time doth take. l308l If of life you keep a care, l309l Shake off slumber, and beware. l310l Awake, awake! l311l Antonio (to Sebastian) Then let us both be sudden. Gonzalo (awaking) Now good angels l312l Preserve the King! l313l Alonso (awaking) Why, how now? Ho, awake! (The others awake) (To Antonio and Sebastian) Why are you drawn? l314l (To Gonzalo) Wherefore this ghastly looking? Gonzalo WhatÆs the matter? l315l Sebastian Whiles we stood here securing your repose, l316l Even now we heard a hollow burst of bellowing, l317l Like bulls, or rather lions. Did Æt not wake you? l318l It struck mine ear most terribly. Alonso I heard nothing. l319l Antonio O, Ætwas a din to fright a monsterÆs ear, l320l To make an earthquake! Sure it was the roar l321l Of a whole herd of lions. Alonso Heard you this, Gonzalo? l322l Gonzalo Upon mine honour, sir, I heard a humming, l323l And that a strange one too, which did awake me. l324l I shaked you, sir, and cried. As mine eyes opened l325l I saw their weapons drawn. There was a noise, l326l ThatÆs verily. ÆTis best we stand upon our guard, l327l Or that we quit this place. LetÆs draw our weapons. l328l Alonso Lead off this ground, and letÆs make further search l329l For my poor son. Gonzalo Heavens keep him from these beasts! l330l For he is sure iÆ thÆ island. Alonso Lead away. (Exeunt all but Ariel) l331l Ariel Prospero my lord shall know what I have done. l332l So, King, go safely on to seek thy son. (Exit)