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THE TEMPEST Act 4 Scene 1 (Enter Prospero, Ferdinand, and Miranda) l1l Prospero (to Ferdinand) If I have too austerely punished you, l2l Your compensation makes amends, for I l3l Have given you here a third of mine own lifeù l4l Or that for which I liveùwho once again l5l I tender to thy hand. All thy vexations l6l Were but my trials of thy love, and thou l7l Hast strangely stood the test. Here, afore heaven, l8l I ratify this my rich gift. O Ferdinand, l9l Do not smile at me that I boast of her, l10l For thou shalt find she will outstrip all praise, l11l And make it halt behind her. Ferdinand I do believe it l12l Against an oracle. l13l Prospero Then, as my gift and thine own acquisition l14l Worthily purchased, take my daughter. But l15l If thou dost break her virgin-knot before l16l All sanctimonious ceremonies may l17l With full and holy rite be ministered, l18l No sweet aspersion shall the heavens let fall l19l To make this contract grow; but barren hate, l20l Sour-eyed disdain, and discord, shall bestrew l21l The union of your bed with weeds so loathly l22l That you shall hate it both. Therefore take heed, l23l As HymenÆs lamps shall light you. Ferdinand As I hope l24l For quiet days, fair issue, and long life l25l With such love as Ætis now, the murkiest den, l26l The most opportune place, the strongÆst suggestion l27l Our worser genius can, shall never melt l28l Mine honour into lust to take away l29l The edge of that dayÆs celebration; l30l When I shall think or PhoebusÆ steeds are foundered l31l Or night kept chained below. Prospero Fairly spoke. l32l Sit, then, and talk with her. She is thine own. (Ferdinand and Miranda sit and talk together) l33l What, Ariel, my industrious servant Ariel! (Enter Ariel) l34l Ariel What would my potent master? Here I am. l35l Prospero Thou and thy meaner fellows your last service l36l Did worthily perform, and I must use you l37l In such another trick. Go bring the rabble, l38l OÆer whom I give thee power, here to this place. l39l Incite them to quick motion, for I must l40l Bestow upon the eyes of this young couple l41l Some vanity of mine art. It is my promise, l42l And they expect it from me. Ariel Presently? l43l Prospero Ay, with a twink. l44l Ariel Before you can say ôComeö and ôGoö, l45l And breathe twice, and cry ôSo, soö, l46l Each one tripping on his toe l47l Will be here with mop and mow. l48l Do you love me, master? No? l49l Prospero Dearly, my delicate Ariel. Do not approach l50l Till thou dost hear me call. Ariel Well; I conceive. (Exit) l51l Prospero (to Ferdinand) Look thou be true. Do not give dalliance l52l Too much the rein. The strongest oaths are straw l53l To thÆ fire iÆ thÆ blood. Be more abstemious, l54l Or else, good night your vow. Ferdinand I warrant you, sir, l55l The white cold virgin snow upon my heart l56l Abates the ardour of my liver. Prospero Well.ù l57l Now come, my Ariel! Bring a corollary l58l Rather than want a spirit. Appear, and pertly. (Soft music) (To Ferdinand and Miranda) l59l No tongue, all eyes! Be silent. (Enter Iris) l60l Iris Ceres, most bounteous lady, thy rich leas l61l Of wheat, rye, barley, vetches, oats, and peas; l62l Thy turfy mountains where live nibbling sheep, l63l And flat meads thatched with stover, them to keep; l64l Thy banks with peonied and twillΦd brims l65l Which spongy April at thy hest betrims l66l To make cold nymphs chaste crowns; and thy broom- groves, l67l Whose shadow the dismissΦd bachelor loves, l68l Being lass-lorn; thy pole-clipped vineyard, l69l And thy sea-marge, sterile and rocky-hard, l70l Where thou thyself dost air: the Queen oÆ thÆ Sky, l71l Whose watÆry arch and messenger am I, l72l Bids thee leave these, and with her sovereign grace (Juno appears in the air) l73l Here on this grass-plot, in this very place, l74l To come and sport.ùHer peacocks fly amain. l75l Approach, rich Ceres, her to entertain. (Enter Ariel as Ceres) l76l Ceres Hail, many-coloured messenger, that neÆer l77l Dost disobey the wife of Jupiter; l78l Who with thy saffron wings upon my flowers l79l Diffusest honey-drops, refreshing showers, l80l And with each end of thy blue bow dost crown l81l My bosky acres and my unshrubbed down, l82l Rich scarf to my proud earth. Why hath thy queen l83l Summoned me hither to this short-grassed green? l84l Iris A contract of true love to celebrate, l85l And some donation freely to estate l86l On the blest lovers. Ceres Tell me, heavenly bow, l87l If Venus or her son, as thou dost know, l88l Do now attend the Queen. Since they did plot l89l The means that dusky Dis my daughter got, l90l Her and her blind boyÆs scandalled company l91l I have forsworn. Iris Of her society l92l Be not afraid. I met her deity l93l Cutting the clouds towards Paphos, and her son l94l Dove-drawn with her. Here thought they to have done l95l Some wanton charm upon this man and maid, l96l Whose vows are that no bed-right shall be paid l97l Till HymenÆs torch be lightedùbut in vain. l98l MarsÆs hot minion is returned again. l99l Her waspish-headed son has broke his arrows, l100l Swears he will shoot no more, but play with sparrows, l101l And be a boy right out. (Music. Juno descends to the stage) Ceres Highest queen of state, l102l Great Juno, comes; I know her by her gait. l103l Juno How does my bounteous sister? Go with me l104l To bless this twain, that they may prosperous be, l105l And honoured in their issue. (Ceres joins Juno, and they sing) l106l Juno Honour, riches, marriage-blessing, l107l Long continuance and increasing, l108l Hourly joys be still upon you! l109l Juno sings her blessings on you. l110l [Ceres] EarthÆs increase, and foison plenty, l111l Barns and garners never empty, l112l Vines with clustÆring bunches growing, l113l Plants with goodly burden bowing; l114l Spring come to you at the farthest, l115l In the very end of harvest. l116l Scarcity and want shall shun you, l117l CeresÆ blessing so is on you. l118l Ferdinand This is a most majestic vision, and l119l Harmonious charmingly. May I be bold l120l To think these spirits? Prospero Spirits, which by mine art l121l I have from their confines called to enact l122l My present fancies. Ferdinand Let me live here ever! l123l So rare a wondered father and a wise l124l Makes this place paradise. (Juno and Ceres whisper, and send Iris on employment) Prospero Sweet now, silence. l125l Juno and Ceres whisper seriously. l126l ThereÆs something else to do. Hush, and be mute, l127l Or else our spell is marred. l128l Iris You nymphs called naiads of the windÆring brooks, l129l With your sedged crowns and ever-harmless looks, l130l Leave your crisp channels, and on this green land l131l Answer your summons; Juno does command. l132l Come, temperate nymphs, and help to celebrate l133l A contract of true love. Be not too late. (Enter certain nymphs) l134l You sunburned sicklemen, of August weary, l135l Come hither from the furrow and be merry; l136l Make holiday, your rye-straw hats put on, l137l And these fresh nymphs encounter every one l138l In country footing. (Enter certain reapers, properly habited. They join with the nymphs in a graceful dance; towards the end whereof Prospero starts suddenly, and speaks) l139l Prospero (aside) I had forgot that foul conspiracy l140l Of the beast Caliban and his confederates l141l Against my life. The minute of their plot l142l Is almost come. (To the spirits) Well done! Avoid; no more! (To a strange, hollow, and confused noise, the spirits in the pageant heavily vanish.) ([Ferdinand and Miranda rise]) l143l Ferdinand (to Miranda) This is strange. Your fatherÆs in some passion l144l That works him strongly. Miranda Never till this day l145l Saw I him touched with anger so distempered. l146l Prospero You do look, my son, in a moved sort, l147l As if you were dismayed. Be cheerful, sir. l148l Our revels now are ended. These our actors, l149l As I foretold you, were all spirits, and l150l Are melted into air, into thin air; l151l And like the baseless fabric of this vision, l152l The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces, l153l The solemn temples, the great globe itself, l154l Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve; l155l And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, l156l Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff l157l As dreams are made on, and our little life l158l Is rounded with a sleep. Sir, I am vexed. l159l Bear with my weakness. My old brain is troubled. l160l Be not disturbed with my infirmity. l161l If you be pleased, retire into my cell, l162l And there repose. A turn or two IÆll walk l163l To still my beating mind. Ferdinand and Miranda We wish your peace. (Exeunt Ferdinand and Miranda) l164l Prospero Come with a thought! I thank thee, Ariel. Come! (Enter Ariel) l165l Ariel Thy thoughts I cleave to. WhatÆs thy pleasure? Prospero Spirit, l166l We must prepare to meet with Caliban. l167l Ariel Ay, my commander. When I presented Ceres l168l I thought to have told thee of it, but I feared l169l Lest I might anger thee. l170l Prospero Say again: where didst thou leave these varlets? l171l Ariel I told you, sir, they were red-hot with drinking; l172l So full of valour that they smote the air l173l For breathing in their faces, beat the ground l174l For kissing of their feet; yet always bending l175l Towards their project. Then I beat my tabor, l176l At which like unbacked colts they pricked their ears, l177l Advanced their eyelids, lifted up their noses l178l As they smelt music. So I charmed their ears l179l That calf-like they my lowing followed, through l180l Toothed briars, sharp furzes, pricking gorse, and thorns, l181l Which entered their frail shins. At last I left them l182l IÆ thÆ filthy-mantled pool beyond your cell, l183l There dancing up to thÆ chins, that the foul lake l184l OÆer-stunk their feet. Prospero This was well done, my bird. l185l Thy shape invisible retain thou still. l186l The trumpery in my house, go bring it hither l187l For stale to catch these thieves. Ariel I go, I go. (Exit) l188l Prospero A devil, a born devil, on whose nature l189l Nurture can never stick; on whom my pains, l190l Humanely taken, all, all lost, quite lost, l191l And, as with age his body uglier grows, l192l So his mind cankers. I will plague them all, l193l Even to roaring. (Enter Ariel, laden with glistening apparel, etc.) Come, hang them on this lime. (Ariel hangs up the apparel. Exeunt Prospero and Ariel.) (Enter Caliban, Stefano, and Trinculo, all wet) l194l Caliban Pray you, tread softly, that the blind mole may l195l Not hear a foot fall. We now are near his cell. l196l Stefano Monster, your fairy, which you say is a harmless l197l fairy, has done little better than played the Jack with l198l us. l199l Trinculo Monster, I do smell all horse-piss, at which my l200l nose is in great indignation. l201l Stefano So is mine. Do you hear, monster? If I should l202l take a displeasure against you, look youù l203l Trinculo Thou wert but a lost monster. l204l Caliban Good my lord, give me thy favour still. l205l Be patient, for the prize IÆll bring thee to l206l Shall hoodwink this mischance. Therefore speak softly. l207l AllÆs hushed as midnight yet. l208l Trinculo Ay, but to lose our bottles in the pool! l209l Stefano There is not only disgrace and dishonour in that, l210l monster, but an infinite loss. l211l Trinculo ThatÆs more to me than my wetting. Yet this is l212l your harmless fairy, monster. l213l Stefano I will fetch off my bottle, though I be oÆer ears l214l for my labour. l215l Caliban Prithee, my king, be quiet. Seest thou here; l216l This is the mouth oÆ thÆ cell. No noise, and enter. l217l Do that good mischief which may make this island l218l Thine own for ever, and I thy Caliban l219l For aye thy foot-licker. Stefano Give me thy hand. l220l I do begin to have bloody thoughts. l221l Trinculo (seeing the apparel) O King Stefano, O peer! O l222l worthy Stefano, look what a wardrobe here is for thee! l223l Caliban Let it alone, thou fool, it is but trash. l224l Trinculo (putting on a gown) O ho, monster, we know l225l what belongs to a frippery! O King Stefano! l226l Stefano Put off that gown, Trinculo. By this hand, IÆll l227l have that gown. l228l Trinculo Thy grace shall have it. l229l Caliban The dropsy drown this fool! What do you mean l230l To dote thus on such luggage? Let Æt alone, l231l And do the murder first. If he awake, l232l From toe to crown heÆll fill our skins with pinches, l233l Make us strange stuff. l234l Stefano Be you quiet, monster.ùMistress lime, is not l235l this my jerkin? Now is the jerkin under the line. Now, l236l jerkin, you are like to lose your hair and prove a bald l237l jerkin. (Stefano and Trinculo take garments) l238l Trinculo Do, do! We steal by line and level, an Æt like l239l your grace. l240l Stefano I thank thee for that jest. HereÆs a garment for Æt. l241l Wit shall not go unrewarded while I am king of this l242l country. ôSteal by line and levelö is an excellent pass l243l of pate. ThereÆs another garment for Æt. l244l Trinculo Monster, come, put some lime upon your l245l fingers, and away with the rest. l246l Caliban I will have none on Æt. We shall lose our time, l247l And all be turned to barnacles, or to apes l248l With foreheads villainous low. l249l Stefano Monster, lay to your fingers. Help to bear this l250l away where my hogshead of wine is, or IÆll turn you l251l out of my kingdom. Go to, carry this. l252l Trinculo And this. l253l Stefano Ay, and this. (They load Caliban with apparel.) (A noise of hunters heard. Enter divers spirits in shape of dogs and hounds, hunting them about; Prospero and Ariel setting them on) l254l Prospero Hey, Mountain, hey! Ariel Silver! There it goes, Silver! l255l Prospero Fury, Fury! There, Tyrant, there! Hark, hark! (Exeunt Stefano, Trinculo, and Caliban, pursued by spirits) l256l (To Ariel) Go, charge my goblins that they grind their joints l257l With dry convulsions, shorten up their sinews l258l With agΦd cramps, and more pinch-spotted make them l259l Than pard or cat oÆ mountain. (Cries within) Ariel Hark, they roar! l260l Prospero Let them be hunted soundly. At this hour l261l Lies at my mercy all mine enemies. l262l Shortly shall all my labours end, and thou l263l Shalt have the air at freedom. For a little, l264l Follow, and do me service. (Exeunt)