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THE TEMPEST Act 5 Scene 1 (Enter Prospero, in his magic robes, and Ariel) l1l Prospero Now does my project gather to a head. l2l My charms crack not, my spirits obey, and time l3l Goes upright with his carriage. HowÆs the day? l4l Ariel On the sixth hour; at which time, my lord, l5l You said our work should cease. Prospero I did say so l6l When first I raised the tempest. Say, my spirit, l7l How fares the King and Æs followers? Ariel Confined together l8l In the same fashion as you gave in charge, l9l Just as you left them; all prisoners, sir, l10l In the lime-grove which weather-fends your cell. l11l They cannot budge till your release. The King, l12l His brother, and yours, abide all three distracted, l13l And the remainder mourning over them, l14l Brimful of sorrow and dismay; but chiefly l15l Him that you termed, sir, the good old lord Gonzalo: l16l His tears run down his beard like winterÆs drops l17l From eaves of reeds. Your charm so strongly works Æem l18l That if you now beheld them your affections l19l Would become tender. Prospero Dost thou think so, spirit? l20l Ariel Mine would, sir, were I human. Prospero And mine shall. l21l Hast thou, which art but air, a touch, a feeling l22l Of their afflictions, and shall not myself, l23l One of their kind, that relish all as sharply l24l Passion as they, be kindlier moved than thou art? l25l Though with their high wrongs I am struck to thÆ quick, l26l Yet with my nobler reason Ægainst my fury l27l Do I take part. The rarer action is l28l In virtue than in vengeance. They being penitent, l29l The sole drift of my purpose doth extend l30l Not a frown further. Go release them, Ariel. l31l My charms IÆll break, their senses IÆll restore, l32l And they shall be themselves. Ariel IÆll fetch them, sir. (Exit) (Prospero draws a circle with his staff) l33l Prospero Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes and groves, l34l And ye that on the sands with printless foot l35l Do chase the ebbing Neptune, and do fly him l36l When he comes back; you demi-puppets that l37l By moonshine do the green sour ringlets make l38l Whereof the ewe not bites; and you whose pastime l39l Is to make midnight mushrooms, that rejoice l40l To hear the solemn curfew; by whose aid, l41l Weak masters though ye be, I have bedimmed l42l The noontide sun, called forth the mutinous winds, l43l And Ætwixt the green sea and the azured vault l44l Set roaring warùto the dread rattling thunder l45l Have I given fire, and rifted JoveÆs stout oak l46l With his own bolt; the strong-based promontory l47l Have I made shake, and by the spurs plucked up l48l The pine and cedar; graves at my command l49l Have waked their sleepers, oped, and let Æem forth l50l By my so potent art. But this rough magic l51l I here abjure. And when I have required l52l Some heavenly musicùwhich even now I doù l53l To work mine end upon their senses that l54l This airy charm is for, IÆll break my staff, l55l Bury it certain fathoms in the earth, l56l And deeper than did ever plummet sound l57l IÆll drown my book. (Solemn music. Here enters first Ariel, invisible; then Alonso, with a frantic gesture, attended by Gonzalo; Sebastien and Antonio, in like manner, attended by Adrian and Francisco. They all enter the circle which Prospero had made, and there stand charmed; which Prospero observing, speaks) l58l (To Alonso) A solemn air, and the best comforter l59l To an unsettled fancy, cure thy brains, l60l Now useless, boiled within thy skull. (To Sebastian and Antonio) There stand, l61l For you are spell-stopped.ù l62l Holy Gonzalo, honourable man, l63l Mine eyes, evÆn sociable to the show of thine, l64l Fall fellowly drops. (Aside) The charm dissolves apace, l65l And as the morning steals upon the night, l66l Melting the darkness, so their rising senses l67l Begin to chase the ignorant fumes that mantle l68l Their clearer reason.ùO good Gonzalo, l69l My true preserver, and a loyal sir l70l To him thou followÆst, I will pay thy graces l71l Home both in word and deed.ùMost cruelly l72l Didst thou, Alonso, use me and my daughter. l73l Thy brother was a furtherer in the act.ù l74l Thou art pinched for Æt now, Sebastian. (To Antonio) Flesh and blood, l75l You, brother mine, that entertained ambition, l76l Expelled remorse and nature, whom, with Sebastianù l77l Whose inward pinches therefore are most strong,ù l78l Would here have killed your king, I do forgive thee, l79l Unnatural though thou art. (Aside) Their understanding l80l Begins to swell, and the approaching tide l81l Will shortly fill the reasonable shores l82l That now lie foul and muddy. Not one of them l83l That yet looks on me, or would know me.ùAriel, l84l Fetch me the hat and rapier in my cell. l85l I will discase me, and myself present l86l As I was sometime Milan. Quickly, spirit! l87l Thou shalt ere long be free. (Ariel sings and helps to attire him as Duke of Milan) l88l Ariel Where the bee sucks, there suck I: l89l In a cowslipÆs bell I lie; l90l There I couch when owls do cry. l91l On the batÆs back I do fly l92l After summer merrily. l93l Merrily, merrily shall I live now l94l Under the blossom that hangs on the bough. l95l Merrily, merrily shall I live now l96l Under the blossom that hangs on the bough. l97l Prospero Why, thatÆs my dainty Ariel! I shall miss thee, l98l But yet thou shalt have freedom.ùSo, so, so.ù l99l To the KingÆs ship, invisible as thou art! l100l There shalt thou find the mariners asleep l101l Under the hatches. The Master and the Boatswain l102l Being awake, enforce them to this place, l103l And presently, I prithee. l104l Ariel I drink the air before me, and return l105l Or ere your pulse twice beat. (Exit) l106l Gonzalo All torment, trouble, wonder, and amazement l107l Inhabits here. Some heavenly power guide us l108l Out of this fearful country! Prospero Behold, sir King, l109l The wrongΦd Duke of Milan, Prospero. l110l For more assurance that a living prince l111l Does now speak to thee, I embrace thy body; l112l And to thee and thy company I bid l113l A hearty welcome. (He embraces Alonso) Alonso WheÆer thou beest he or no, l114l Or some enchanted trifle to abuse me, l115l As late I have been, I not know. Thy pulse l116l Beats as of flesh and blood; and since I saw thee l117l ThÆ affliction of my mind amends, with which l118l I fear a madness held me. This must craveù l119l An if this be at allùa most strange story. l120l Thy dukedom I resign, and do entreat l121l Thou pardon me my wrongs. But how should Prospero l122l Be living and be here? Prospero (to Gonzalo) First, noble friend, l123l Let me embrace thine age, whose honour cannot l124l Be measured or confined. (He embraces Gonzalo) Gonzalo Whether this be l125l Or be not, IÆll not swear. Prospero You do yet taste l126l Some subtleties oÆ thÆ isle that will not let you l127l Believe things certain.ùWelcome, my friends all. (Aside to Sebastian and Antonio) l128l But you, my brace of lords, were I so minded, l129l I here could pluck his highnessÆ frown upon you l130l And justify you traitors. At this time l131l I will tell no tales. Sebastian (to Antonio) The devil speaks in him. Prospero No. (To Antonio) l132l For you, most wicked sir, whom to call brother l133l Would even infect my mouth, I do forgive l134l Thy rankest fault, all of them, and require l135l My dukedom of thee, which perforce I know l136l Thou must restore. Alonso If thou beest Prospero, l137l Give us particulars of thy preservation, l138l How thou hast met us here, whom three hours since l139l Were wrecked upon this shore, where I have lostù l140l How sharp the point of this remembrance is!ù l141l My dear son Ferdinand. Prospero I am woe for Æt, sir. l142l Alonso Irreparable is the loss, and patience l143l Says it is past her cure. Prospero I rather think l144l You have not sought her help, of whose soft grace l145l For the like loss I have her sovereign aid, l146l And rest myself content. Alonso You the like loss? l147l Prospero As great to me as late; and supportable l148l To make the dear loss have I means much weaker l149l Than you may call to comfort you, for I l150l Have lost my daughter. Alonso A daughter? l151l O heavens, that they were living both in Naples, l152l The king and queen there! That they were, I wish l153l Myself were mudded in that oozy bed l154l Where my son lies. When did you lose your daughter? l155l Prospero In this last tempest. I perceive these lords l156l At this encounter do so much admire l157l That they devour their reason, and scarce think l158l Their eyes do offices of truth, these words l159l Are natural breath. But howsoeÆer you have l160l Been jostled from your senses, know for certain l161l That I am Prospero, and that very Duke l162l Which was thrust forth of Milan, who most strangely, l163l Upon this shore where you were wrecked, was landed l164l To be the lord on Æt. No more yet of this, l165l For Ætis a chronicle of day by day, l166l Not a relation for a breakfast, nor l167l Befitting this first meeting. Welcome, sir. l168l This cellÆs my court. Here have I few attendants, l169l And subjects none abroad. Pray you, look in. l170l My dukedom since you have given me again, l171l I will requite you with as good a thing; l172l At least bring forth a wonder to content ye l173l As much as me my dukedom. (Here Prospero discovers Ferdinand and Miranda, playing at chess) l174l Miranda Sweet lord, you play me false. l175l Ferdinand No, my dearest love, l176l I would not for the world. l177l Miranda Yes, for a score of kingdoms you should wrangle, l178l An I would call it fair play. Alonso If this prove l179l A vision of the island, one dear son l180l Shall I twice lose. Sebastian A most high miracle. Ferdinand (coming forward) l181l Though the seas threaten, they are merciful. l182l I have cursed them without cause. (He kneels) Alonso Now all the blessings l183l Of a glad father compass thee about. l184l Arise and say how thou camÆst here. (Ferdinand rises) Miranda (coming forward) O wonder! l185l How many goodly creatures are there here! l186l How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world l187l That has such people in Æt! Prospero ÆTis new to thee. Alonso (to Ferdinand) l188l What is this maid with whom thou wast at play? l189l Your eldÆst acquaintance cannot be three hours. l190l Is she the goddess that hath severed us, l191l And brought us thus together? Ferdinand Sir, she is mortal; l192l But by immortal providence sheÆs mine. l193l I chose her when I could not ask my father l194l For his advice, nor thought I had one. She l195l Is daughter to this famous Duke of Milan, l196l Of whom so often I have heard renown, l197l But never saw before; of whom I have l198l Received a second life; and second father l199l This lady makes him to me. Alonso I am hers. l200l But O, how oddly will it sound, that I l201l Must ask my child forgiveness! Prospero There, sir, stop. l202l Let us not burden our remembrance with l203l A heaviness thatÆs gone. Gonzalo I have inly wept, l204l Or should have spoke ere this. Look down, you gods, l205l And on this couple drop a blessΦd crown, l206l For it is you that have chalked forth the way l207l Which brought us hither. Alonso I say amen, Gonzalo. l208l Gonzalo Was Milan thrust from Milan, that his issue l209l Should become kings of Naples? O rejoice l210l Beyond a common joy! And set it down l211l With gold on lasting pillars: in one voyage l212l Did Claribel her husband find at Tunis, l213l And Ferdinand her brother found a wife l214l Where he himself was lost; Prospero his dukedom l215l In a poor isle; and all of us ourselves, l216l When no man was his own. Alonso (to Ferdinand and Miranda) Give me your hands. l217l Let grief and sorrow still embrace his heart l218l That doth not wish you joy. Gonzalo Be it so! Amen! (Enter Ariel, with the Master and Boatswain amazedly following) l219l O look, sir, look, sir, here is more of us! l220l I prophesied if a gallows were on land l221l This fellow could not drown. (To the Boatswain) Now, blasphemy, l222l That swearÆst grace oÆerboard: not an oath on shore? l223l Hast thou no mouth by land? What is the news? l224l Boatswain The best news is that we have safely found l225l Our King and company. The next, our ship, l226l Which but three glasses since we gave out split, l227l Is tight and yare and bravely rigged, as when l228l We first put out to sea. Ariel (aside to Prospero) Sir, all this service l229l Have I done since I went. Prospero (aside to Ariel) My tricksy spirit! l230l Alonso These are not natural events; they strengthen l231l From strange to stranger. Say, how came you hither? l232l Boatswain If I did think, sir, I were well awake l233l IÆd strive to tell you. We were dead of sleep, l234l Andùhow we know notùall clapped under hatches, l235l Where but even now, with strange and several noises l236l Of roaring, shrieking, howling, jingling chains, l237l And more diversity of sounds, all horrible, l238l We were awaked; straightway at liberty; l239l Where we in all her trim freshly beheld l240l Our royal, good, and gallant ship, our Master l241l CapÆring to eye her. On a trice, so please you, l242l Even in a dream, were we divided from them, l243l And were brought moping hither. Ariel (aside to Prospero) Was Æt well done? l244l Prospero (aside to Ariel) Bravely, my diligence. Thou shalt be free. l245l Alonso This is as strange a maze as eÆer men trod, l246l And there is in this business more than nature l247l Was ever conduct of. Some oracle l248l Must rectify our knowledge. Prospero Sir, my liege, l249l Do not infest your mind with beating on l250l The strangeness of this business. At picked leisure, l251l Which shall be shortly, single IÆll resolve you, l252l Which to you shall seem probable, of every l253l These happened accidents; till when be cheerful, l254l And think of each thing well. (Aside to Ariel) Come hither, spirit. l255l Set Caliban and his companions free. l256l Untie the spell. (Exit Ariel) (To Alonso) How fares my gracious sir? l257l There are yet missing of your company l258l Some few odd lads that you remember not. (Enter Ariel, driving in Caliban, Stefano, and Trinculo, in their stolen apparel) l259l Stefano Every man shift for all the rest, and let no man l260l take care for himself, for all is but fortune. Coragio, l261l bully-monster, coragio! l262l Trinculo If these be true spies which I wear in my head, l263l hereÆs a goodly sight. l264l Caliban O Setebos, these be brave spirits indeed! l265l How fine my master is! I am afraid l266l He will chastise me. l267l Sebastian Ha, ha! What things are these, my lord Antonio? l268l Will money buy Æem? Antonio Very like; one of them l269l Is a plain fish, and no doubt marketable. l270l Prospero Mark but the badges of these men, my lords, l271l Then say if they be true. This misshapen knave, l272l His mother was a witch, and one so strong l273l That could control the moon, make flows and ebbs, l274l And deal in her command without her power. l275l These three have robbed me, and this demi-devil, l276l For heÆs a bastard one, had plotted with them l277l To take my life. Two of these fellows you l278l Must know and own. This thing of darkness I l279l Acknowledge mine. Caliban I shall be pinched to death. l280l Alonso Is not this Stefano, my drunken butler? l281l Sebastian He is drunk now. Where had he wine? l282l Alonso And Trinculo is reeling ripe. Where should they l283l Find this grand liquor that hath gilded Æem? l284l (To Trinculo) How camÆst thou in this pickle? l285l Trinculo I have been in such a pickle since I saw you l286l last that, I fear me, will never out of my bones. I shall l287l not fear fly-blowing. l288l Sebastian Why, how now, Stefano? l289l Stefano O, touch me not! I am not Stefano, but a cramp. l290l Prospero YouÆd be king oÆ the isle, sirrah? l291l Stefano I should have been a sore one, then. l292l Alonso (pointing to Caliban) This is a strange thing as eÆer l293l I looked on. l294l Prospero He is as disproportioned in his manners l295l As in his shape. (To Caliban) Go, sirrah, to my cell. l296l Take with you your companions. As you look l297l To have my pardon, trim it handsomely. l298l Caliban Ay, that I will; and IÆll be wise hereafter, l299l And seek for grace. What a thrice-double ass l300l Was I to take this drunkard for a god, l301l And worship this dull fool! Prospero Go to, away! (Exit Caliban) Alonso (to Stefano and Trinculo) l302l Hence, and bestow your luggage where you found it. l303l Sebastian Or stole it, rather. (Exeunt Stefano and Trinculo) l304l Prospero (to Alonso) Sir, I invite your highness and your train l305l To my poor cell, where you shall take your rest l306l For this one night; which part of it IÆll waste l307l With such discourse as I not doubt shall make it l308l Go quick away: the story of my life, l309l And the particular accidents gone by l310l Since I came to this isle. And in the morn l311l IÆll bring you to your ship, and so to Naples, l312l Where I have hope to see the nuptial l313l Of these our dear-belovΦd solemnized; l314l And thence retire me to my Milan, where l315l Every third thought shall be my grave. Alonso I long l316l To hear the story of your life, which must l317l Take the ear strangely. Prospero IÆll deliver all, l318l And promise you calm seas, auspicious gales, l319l And sail so expeditious that shall catch l320l Your royal fleet far off. (Aside to Ariel) My Ariel, chick, l321l That is thy charge. Then to the elements l322l Be free, and fare thou well. (Exit Ariel) Please you, draw near. (Exeunt all but Prospero)