The Tempest. ACT FIRST. Scene I. On a ship at sea: a tempestuous noise of thunder and lightning heard. Enter a Ship-Master and a Boatswain. Mast. Boatswair! Boats. Here, master: what cheer? Mast. Good, speak to the mariners: fall to 't, yarely, or we run ourselves aground: bestir, bestir. [Exit. Enter Mariners. Boats. Heigh, my hearts! cheerly, cheerly, my hearts! yare, yare! Take in the topsail. Tend to the master's whistle. Blow, till thou burst thy wind, if room enough! Enter Alonso, Sebastian, Antonio, Ferdinand, Ganzalo, and others. Alon. Good boatswain, have care. Where's the master? Play the men. Boats. I pray now, keep below. Ant. Where is the master, boatswain? Boats. Do you not hear him? You mar our labour: keep your cabins: you do assist the storm. Gon. Nay, good, be patient. Boats. When the sea is. Hence! What care these ΙΟ To cabin: si roarers for the name of king, a counsellor; if you can command these ele- 20 [Exit. Gon. I have great comfort from this fellow: methinks he hath no drowning mark upon him; his complexion is perfect gallows. Stand fast, 30 good Fate, to his hanging: make the rope of his destiny our cable, for our own doth little advantage. If he be not born to be hanged, our case is miserable. [Exeunt. Re-enter Boatswain. Boats. Down with the topmast! yare! lower, lower! Bring her to try with main-course. [A cry within.] A plague upon this howling! they are louder than the weather or our office. Re-enter Sebastian, Antonio, and Gonzalo. Yet again! what do you here? Shall we give Seb. A pox o' your throat, you bawling, blasphe- 40 mous, incharitable dog! Boats. Work you, then. Ant. Hang, cur! hang, you whoreson, insolent noisemaker. We are less afraid to be drowned Gon. I'll warrant him for drowning; though the Boats. Lay her a-hold, a-hold! set her two courses; off to sea again; lay her off. Enter Mariners, wet. Mariners. All lost! to prayers, to prayers! all lost! Gon. The king and prince at prayers! let's assist Seb. them, For our case is as theirs. I'm out of patience. Ant. We are merely cheated of our lives by drunk Though every drop of water swear against it, [A confused noise within: 'Mercy on us!'— 50 60 'Farewell, brother!'-'We split, we split, we split!'] Ant. Let's all sink with the king. Seb. Let's take leave of him. [Exeunt Ant. and Seb. Gon. Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground, long heath, brown furze, any thing. The wills above be done! but I would fain die a dry death. [Exeunt. 70 Scene II. The island. Before Prospero's cell. Enter Prospero and Miranda. Mir. If by your art, my dearest father, you have Pros. Mir. Pros. Mir. With those that I saw suffer! a brave vessel, Be collected: No more amazement: tell your piteous heart O, woe the day! No harm. I have done nothing but in care of thee, More to know ΙΟ 20 Pros. Mir. Pros. Mir. 'Tis time I should inform thee farther. Lend thy hand, Lie there, my art. Wipe thou thine eyes; have The direful spectacle of the wreck, which touch'd Which thou heard'st cry, which thou saw'st sink. For thou must now know farther. You have often Begun to tell me what I am; but stopp'd, The very minute bids thee 30 The hour's now come; ope thine ear; Obey, and be attentive. Canst thou remember A time before we came unto this cell? I do not think thou canst, for then thou wast not 40 Out three years old. Certainly, sir, I can. Pros. By what? by any other house or person? Mir. 'Tis far off, |