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- THE TEMPEST
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- Act 3 Scene 2
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- (Enter Caliban, Stefano, and Trinculo)
- l1l Stefano (to Caliban) Tell not me. When the butt is out
- l2l we will drink water, not a drop before. Therefore bear
- l3l up and board Æem. Servant monster, drink to me.
- l4l Trinculo Servant monster? The folly of this island! They
- l5l say thereÆs but five upon this isle. We are three of
- l6l them; if thÆ other two be brained like us, the state
- l7l totters.
- l8l Stefano Drink, servant monster, when I bid thee. Thy
- l9l eyes are almost set in thy head.
- l10l Trinculo Where should they be set else? He were a brave
- l11l monster indeed if they were set in his tail.
- l12l Stefano My man-monster hath drowned his tongue in
- l13l sack. For my part, the sea cannot drown me. I swam,
- l14l ere I could recover the shore, five and thirty leagues,
- l15l off and on. By this light, thou shalt be my lieutenant,
- l16l monster, or my standard.
- l17l Trinculo Your lieutenant if you list; heÆs no standard.
- l18l Stefano WeÆll not run, Monsieur Monster.
- l19l Trinculo Nor go neither; but youÆll lie like dogs, and yet
- l20l say nothing neither.
- l21l Stefano Moon-calf, speak once in thy life, if thou beest
- l22l a good moon-calf.
- l23l Caliban How does thy honour? Let me lick thy shoe.
- l24l IÆll not serve him; he is not valiant.
- l25l Trinculo Thou liest, most ignorant monster! I am in case
- l26l to jostle a constable. Why, thou debauched fish, thou,
- l27l was there ever man a coward that hath drunk so much
- l28l sack as I today? Wilt thou tell a monstrous lie, being
- l29l but half a fish and half a monster?
- l30l Caliban (to Stefano) Lo, how he mocks me! Wilt thou let
- l31l him, my lord?
- l32l Trinculo ôLordö quoth he? That a monster should be
- l33l such a natural!
- l34l Caliban (to Stefano) Lo, lo, again! Bite him to death, I prithee.
- l35l Stefano Trinculo, keep a good tongue in your head. If
- l36l you prove a mutineer, the next tree. The poor monsterÆs
- l37l my subject, and he shall not suffer indignity.
- l38l Caliban I thank my noble lord. Wilt thou be pleased
- l39l To hearken once again to the suit I made to thee?
- l40l Stefano Marry, will I. Kneel and repeat it. I will stand,
- l41l and so shall Trinculo.
- (Caliban kneels.)
- (Enter Ariel, invisible)
- l42l Caliban As I told thee before, I am subject to a tyrant,
- l43l a sorcerer, that by his cunning hath cheated me of the
- l44l island.
- l45l Ariel Thou liest.
- l46l Caliban (to Trinculo) Thou liest, thou jesting monkey, thou.
- l47l I would my valiant master would destroy thee.
- l48l I do not lie.
- l49l Stefano Trinculo, if you trouble him any more in Æs tale,
- l50l by this hand, I will supplant some of your teeth.
- l51l Trinculo Why, I said nothing.
- l52l Stefano Mum, then, and no more. (To Caliban) Proceed.
- l53l Caliban I say by sorcery he got this isle;
- l54l From me he got it. If thy greatness will
- l55l Revenge it on himùfor I know thou darÆst,
- l56l But this thing dare notù
- l57l Stefano ThatÆs most certain.
- l58l Caliban Thou shalt be lord of it, and IÆll serve thee.
- l59l Stefano How now shall this be compassed? Canst thou
- l60l bring me to the party?
- l61l Caliban Yea, yea, my lord. IÆll yield him thee asleep
- l62l Where thou mayst knock a nail into his head.
- l63l Ariel Thou liest, thou canst not.
- l64l Caliban What a pied ninnyÆs this! (To Trinculo) Thou scurvy
- patch!
- l65l (To Stefano) I do beseech thy greatness give him blows,
- l66l And take his bottle from him. When thatÆs gone
- l67l He shall drink naught but brine, for IÆll not show him
- l68l Where the quick freshes are.
- l69l Stefano Trinculo, run into no further danger. Interrupt
- l70l the monster one word further, and, by this hand, IÆll
- l71l turn my mercy out oÆ doors and make a stockfish of
- l72l thee.
- l73l Trinculo Why, what did I? I did nothing. IÆll go farther
- l74l off.
- l75l Stefano Didst thou not say he lied?
- l76l Ariel Thou liest.
- l77l Stefano Do I so? (Striking Trinculo) Take thou that. As
- l78l you like this, give me the lie another time.
- l79l Trinculo I did not give the lie. Out oÆ your wits and
- l80l hearing too? A pox oÆ your bottle! This can sack and
- l81l drinking do. A murrain on your monster, and the devil
- l82l take your fingers.
- l83l Caliban Ha, ha, ha!
- l84l Stefano Now forward with your tale.
- l85l (To Trinculo) Prithee, stand further off.
- l86l Caliban Beat him enough; after a little time
- l87l IÆll beat him too.
- Stefano (to Trinculo) Stand farther.
- (To Caliban) Come, proceed.
- l88l Caliban Why, as I told thee, Ætis a custom with him
- l89l IÆ thÆ afternoon to sleep. There thou mayst brain him,
- l90l Having first seized his books; or with a log
- l91l Batter his skull, or paunch him with a stake,
- l92l Or cut his weasand with thy knife. Remember
- l93l First to possess his books, for without them
- l94l HeÆs but a sot as I am, nor hath not
- l95l One spirit to commandùthey all do hate him
- l96l As rootedly as I. Burn but his books.
- l97l He has brave utensils, for so he calls them,
- l98l Which when he has a house heÆll deck withal.
- l99l And that most deeply to consider is
- l100l The beauty of his daughter. He himself
- l101l Calls her a nonpareil. I never saw a woman
- l102l But only Sycorax my dam and she,
- l103l But she as far surpasseth Sycorax
- l104l As greatÆst does least.
- Stefano Is it so brave a lass?
- l105l Caliban Ay, lord. She will become thy bed, I warrant,
- l106l And bring thee forth brave brood.
- l107l Stefano Monster, I will kill this man. His daughter and
- l108l I will be king and queenùsave our graces!ùand
- l109l Trinculo and thyself shall be viceroys. Dost thou like
- l110l the plot, Trinculo?
- l111l Trinculo Excellent.
- l112l Stefano Give me thy hand. I am sorry I beat thee. But
- l113l while thou livÆst, keep a good tongue in thy head.
- l114l Caliban Within this half hour will he be asleep.
- l115l Wilt thou destroy him then?
- l116l Stefano Ay, on mine honour.
- l117l Ariel (aside) This will I tell my master.
- l118l Caliban Thou makÆst me merry; I am full of pleasure.
- l119l Let us be jocund. Will you troll the catch
- l120l You taught me but while-ere?
- l121l Stefano At thy request, monster, I will do reason, any
- l122l reason.ùCome on, Trinculo, let us sing.
- l123l (Sings) Flout Æem and cout Æem,
- l124l And scout Æem and flout Æem.
- l125l Thought is free.
- l126l Caliban ThatÆs not the tune.
- (Ariel plays the tune on a tabor and pipe)
- l127l Stefano What is this same?
- l128l Trinculo This is the tune of our catch, played by the
- l129l picture of Nobody.
- l130l Stefano (calls towards Ariel) If thou beest a man, show
- l131l thyself in thy likeness. If thou beest a devil, take Æt as
- l132l thou list.
- l133l Trinculo O, forgive me my sins!
- l134l Stefano He that dies pays all debts. (Calls) I defy thee.ù
- l135l Mercy upon us!
- l136l Caliban Art thou afeard?
- l137l Stefano No, monster, not I.
- l138l Caliban Be not afeard. The isle is full of noises,
- l139l Sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
- l140l Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
- l141l Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices
- l142l That if I then had waked after long sleep
- l143l Will make me sleep again; and then in dreaming
- l144l The clouds methought would open and show riches
- l145l Ready to drop upon me, that when I waked
- l146l I cried to dream again.
- l147l Stefano This will prove a brave kingdom to me, where
- l148l I shall have my music for nothing.
- l149l Caliban When Prospero is destroyed.
- l150l Stefano That shall be by and by. I remember the story.
- (Exit Ariel, playing music)
- l151l Trinculo The sound is going away. LetÆs follow it, and
- l152l after do our work.
- l153l Stefano Lead, monster; weÆll follow.ùI would I could
- l154l see this taborer. He lays it on.
- l155l Trinculo (to Caliban) Wilt come? IÆll follow Stefano.
- (Exeunt)
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