1 Ste. He that dies pays all Debts: I defie thee. Cal. Art thou afraid? Ste. No, Monster, not I. Cal. Be not afraid; the Ifle is full of Noifes, Sounds, and fweet Airs, that give Delight, and hurt not. Will hum about mine Ears; and fometimes Voices, I cry'd to dream again. Ste. This will prove a brave Kingdom to me, Ste. That fhall be by and by: I remember the Story. Trin. The Sound is going away; Let's follow it, and after do our Work. Ste. Lead, Monster; We'll follow. I would I could fee this Taborer: He lays it on. Trin. Wilt come? I'll follow Stephano. SCENE III. [Exeunt. Enter Alonfo, Sebastian, Anthonio, Gonzalo, Adrian, Francifco, &c. Gon. By'r lakin, I can go no further, Sir, Through Forth-rights and Meanders: By your Patience, Alon. Old Lord, I cannot blame thee, Who am my self attach'd with Weariness To th' dulling of my Spirits; fit down and rest: Ant, 1 % Ant. I am right glad that he's fo out of Hope. Seb. The next Advantage will we take throughly. For, now they are opprefs'd with Travel, they Solemn and ftrange Mufick, and Profpero on the Top invisible. Enter feveral ftrange Shapes, bringing in a Banquet; and dance about it with gentle Actions of Salutations, and inviting the King, &c. to eat, they depart. Seb. I fay to Night: No more. Alon. What Harmony is this? My good Friends, hark! Alon. Give us kind Keepers, Heav'ns; what are thefse? That there are Unicorns; that in Arabia There is one Tree, the Phoenix Throne, one Phoenix Ant. I'll believe both: And what does elfe want Credit, come to me, Gon. If in Naples I should report this now, would they believe me? (For certes these are People of the Island) Who tho' they are of monftrous Shape, yet note Many, nay, almost any. Pro. Honeft Lord, Thou haft faid well; for fome of you there prefent Are worse than Devils. Alon. I cannot too much mufe, Such Shapes, fuch Gefture, and fuch Sound, expreffing, Of excellent dumb Difcourfe. Pro. Praise in departing. Fra. Fra. They vanish'd ftrangely. Seb. No matter, fince They have left their Viands behind; for we have Stomachs. Wilt please you taste of what is here? Alon. Not I. Gon. Faith Sir, you need not fear. When we were Boys, Whofe Heads ftood in their Breafts? which now we find Alon. I will ftand to, and feed, The beft is paft. Brother, my Lord, the Duke, Thunder and Lightning. Enter Ariel like a Harpy, claps his Wings upon the Table, and with a queint Device the Banquet vanishes. Ari, You are three Men of Sin, whom Destiny, Of whom your Swords are temper'd, may as well One Dowle that's in my Plume: My Fellow-minifters Your Swords are now too maffie for your Strength, Incens'd Incens'd the Seas and Shores, yea, all the Creatures, You and your Ways, whofe Wraths to guard you from, And a clear Life enfuing. He vanishes in Thunder: Then, to foft Mufick, Enter the Shapes again, and dance with Mocks and Mowes, and car rying out the Table. Pro. Bravely the Figure of this Harpy hast thou In their Distractions: They now are in my Power; Young Ferdinand, whom they fuppofe is drown'd, Gon. I'th' Name of fomething holy, Sir, why stand in this ftrange Stare? Alon. O, it is monftrous! monftrous! Seb. But one Fiend at a time, I'll fight their Legions o'er, Ant. I'll be thy Second. you [Exit. [Exeunt. Gon. All three of them are defperate; their great Guilt, Like Poison giv'n to work a great time after, Now 'gins to bite the Spirits. I do befeech you, That are of fuppler Joints, follow them swiftly, And And hinder them from what this Extafie May now provoke them to. Pro. Adri. Follow, I pray you. A C T IV. [Exeunt omnes. SCENE I. Enter Profpero, Ferdinand, and Miranda. Your Compenfation makes Amends; for I For thou shalt find fhe will out-ftrip all Praife, Fer. I do believe it Against an Oracle. Pro. Then, as my Gift, and thine own Acquifition If thou doft break her Virgin-knot before Fer. As I hope For quiet Days, fair Iffue, and long Life, The moft opportune Place, the ftrong'ft Suggestion, Our worfer Genius can, fhall never melt Mine Honour into Luft, to take away The Edge of that Day's Celebration, When I fall think or Phabus Steeds are founder'd, |