I priz'd above my dukedom. Mira. Would I might But ever fee that man! Pro. Now, I arife ; Sit ftill, and hear the laft of our fea-forrow. Have I thy fchool-mafter, made thee more profit (For ftill 'tis beating in my mind) your reason Pro. Know, thus far forth. By accident most strange, bountiful fortune, I A moft aufpicious ftar; whofe influence Come away, fervant, come: I am ready now; Enter ARIEL. Ariel. All hail, great master! grave fir, hail! I come To answer thy bleft pleasure; be't to fly, To fwim, to dive into the fire, to ride On the curl'd clouds; to thy ftrong bidding, tak Ariel, and all his quality. Pro Pro. Haft thou, fpirit, Perform'd to point the tempest that I bade thee? I boarded the king's fhip; now on the beak, Pro. My brave spirit! Who was fo firm, fo conftant, that this coil Ari. Not a foul But felt a fever of the mad, and play'd Some tricks of defperation: All, but mariners, Pro. Why, that's my spirit! On their fuftaining garments not a blemish, Whom Whom I left cooling of the air with fighs, Pro. Of the king's fhip, The mariners, fay how thou haft dispos'd, Ari. Safely in harbour Is the king's fhip; in the deep nook, where once Whom, with a charm join'd to the suffer'd labour, Suppofing that they faw the king's fhip wreck'd, Pro. Ariel, thy charge Exactly is perform'd; but there's more work: Ari. Paft the mid feafon. Pro. At least two glaffes: The time 'twixt fix and now, Muft by us both be fpent most preciously. Ari. Is there more toil? Since thou doft give me pains, Let me remember thee what thou haft promis'd, Which is not yet perform'd me. Pro. How now ? moody? What is't thou canst demand? Ari. My liberty. Pro. Before the time be out? no more. Ari. I pray thee: Remember Remember I have done thee worthy fervice;, Told thee no lies, made thee no mistaking, ferv'd Without or grudge, or grumblings: thou didst To bate me a full year. Pro. Doft thou forget From what a torment I did free thee? Ari. No. [promife; Pro. Thou doft; and think'ft it much, to tread Of the falt deep; [the ooze To run upon the fharp wind of the north; To do me business in the veins o' the earth, Ari. I do not, fir. Pro. Thou ly'ft, malignant thing! Haft thou forgot The foul witch Sycorax, who, with age and envy Was grown into a hoop? haft thou forgot her? Ari. No, fir. Pro. Thou haft: Where was the born? fpeak; Ari. Sir, in Argler. Pro. Oh, was the fo? I muft, [tell me. Once in a month, recount what thou hast been, Thou know'ft, was banifh'd; for one thing fhe did, Pro. This blue-ey'd hag was hither brought with child, And here was left by the failors: Thou, my flave, As thou report'ft thyfelf, waft then her fervant: And, for thou waft a spirit too delicate To act her earthy and abhorr'd commands, B 2 Refufing Refufing her grand hefts, fhe did confine thee, A dozen years; within which space she died, A freckled whelp, hag-born) not honour'd with Ari. Yes; Caliban her fon. Pro. Dull thing, I fay fo; he, that Caliban, To lay upon the damn'd, which Sycorax When I arriv'd, and heard thee, that made gape Ari. I thank thee, master. Pro. If thou more murmur'ft, I will rend an oak, I will be correfpondent to command, Pro. Do fo; and after two days I will discharge thee. Ari. That's my noble master! What fhall I do? fay what? what fhall I do? Pro. Go make thyfelf like to a nymph o'the sea: Be fubject to no fight but thine and mine; invifible Ta |