Caliban following.
Ste.
Tell not me;—when the butt is out, we will drink
water; not a drop before: therefore bear up, and board
'em:7 note Servant-monster, drink to me.
Tri.
Servant-monster? the folly of this island! They
say, there's but five upon this isle: we are three of
them; if the other two be brain'd like us, the state
totters.
Ste.
Drink, servant-monster, when I bid thee; thy eyes
are almost set in thy head.
Tri.
Where should they be set else? he were a brave
monster indeed, if they were set in his tail.
Ste.
My man-monster hath drown'd his tongue in sack:
for my part, the sea cannot drown me: I swam, ere I could
recover the shore, five-and-thirty leagues, off and on, by
this light.—Thou shalt be my lieutenant, monster, or my
standard.
Tri.
Your lieutenant, if you list; he's no standard.8 note
Ste.
We'll not run, monsieur monster.
Tri.
Nor go neither: but you'll lie, like dogs; and yet
say nothing neither.
Ste.
Moon-calf, speak once in thy life, if thou beest a
good moon-calf.
Cal.
How does thy honour? Let me lick thy shoe: I'll
not serve him, he is not valiant.
Tri.
Thou liest, most ignorant monster; I am in case
to justle a constable: Why, thou debauch'd fish thou, was
there ever a man a coward, that hath drunk so much sack as
I to-day? Wilt thou tell a monstrous lie, being but half a
fish and half a monster?
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Cal.
Lo, how he mocks me! wilt thou let him, my
lord?
Tri.
Lord, quoth he! that a monster should be such a
natural!
Cal.
Lo, lo, again! bite him to death, I pr'ythee.
Ste.
Trinculo, keep a good tongue in your head; if you
prove a mutineer, the next tree—The poor monster's my
subject, and he shall not suffer indignity.
Cal.
I thank my noble lord. Wilt thou be pleas'd to
hearken once again the suit I made thee?
Ste.
Marry will I: kneel, and repeat it; I will stand, and
so shall Trinculo.
Ariel appears.
Cal.
As I told thee
Before, I am subject to a tyrant;
A sorcerer, that by his cunning hath
Cheated me of the island.
Ari.
Thou liest.
Cal.
Thou liest, thou jesting monkey, thou;
I would, my valiant master would destroy thee:
I do not lie.
Ste.
Trinculo, if you trouble him any more in his tale, by
this hand, I will supplant some of your teeth.
Tri.
Why, I said nothing.
Ste.
Mum then, and no more.—
Proceed.
[To Caliban.
Cal.
I say, by sorcery he got this isle:
From me he got it. If thy greatness will
Revenge it on him—for, I know, thou dar'st:
But this thing dare not.
Ste.
That's most certain.
Cal.
Thou shalt be lord of it, and I'll serve thee.
Ste.
How now shall this be compass'd? Canst thou
bring me to the party?
Cal.
Yea, yea, my lord; I'll yield him thee asleep,
Where thou may'st knock a nail into his head.
Ari.
Thou liest, thou canst not.
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Cal.
What a py'd ninny's this?9 note Thou scurvy patch!—
I do beseech thy greatness, give him blows,
And take his bottle from him: when that's gone,
He shall drink nought but brine; for I'll not shew him
Where the quick freshes are.
Ste.
Trinculo, run into no further danger: interrupt the
monster one word further, and, by this hand, I'll turn
my mercy out of doors, and make a stock-fish of thee.
Tri.
Why, what did I? I did nothing; I'll go further
off.
Ste.
Didst thou not say, he lied?
Ari.
Thou liest.
Ste.
Do I so? take thou that. [Strikes him.] As you
like this, give me the lie another time.
Tri.
I did not give the lie:—Out o'your wits, and hearing
too?—A plague o' your bottle! this can sack, and
drinking do.—A murrain on your monster, and the devil
take your fingers!
Cal.
Ha, Ha, Ha!
Ste.
Now, forward with your tale. Pr'ythee stand further
off.
Cal.
Beat him enough: after a little time,
I'll beat him too.
Ste.
Stand further—Come, proceed.
Cal.
Why, as I told thee, 'tis a custom with him,
I'the afternoon to sleep: there thou may'st brain him,
Having first seized his books; or with a log
Batter his skull, or paunch him with a stake,
Or cut his wezand10 note with thy knife: Remember,
First to possess his books;11 note for without them
He's but a sot, as I am, nor hath not
One spirit to command.
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Ste.
Monster, I will kill this man: his daughter and I
will be king and queen; (save our graces!) and Trinculo
and thyself shall be vice-roys:—Dost thou like the plot,
Trinculo?
Tri.
Excellent.
Ste.
Give me thy hand; I am sorry I beat thee: but,
while thou liv'st, keep a good tongue in thy head.
Cal.
Within this half-hour will he be asleep;
Wilt thou destroy him then?
Ste.
Ay, on mine honour.
Ari.
This will I tell my master.
Cal.
Thou mak'st me merry: I am full of pleasure;
Let us be jocund: Will you troll the catch12 note
You taught me but while-ere?
Ste.
At thy request, monster, I will do reason, any
reason: Come on, Trinculo, let us sing.
[Sings.
Flout'em, and skout'em; and skout'em, and flout' em;
Thought is free.
Cal.
That's not the tune.
[The tune is played on a tabor and pipe, by Ariel invisible.
Ste.
What is this same?
Tri.
This is the tune of our catch, played by the picture
of No-body.
Ste.
If thou beest a man, shew thyself in thy likeness: if
thou beest a devil, take 't as thou list.
Tri.
O, forgive me my sins!
Ste.
He that dies pays all debts: I defy thee:—Mercy
upon us!
Cal.
Art thou afeard?13 note
Ste.
No, monster, not I.
Cal.
Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises,
Sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears; and sometime voices,
That, if I then had wak'd after long sleep,
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Will make me sleep again: and then, in dreaming,
The clouds, methought, would open, and shew riches
Ready to drop upon me; that, when I wak'd,
I cry'd to dream again.
Ste.
This will prove a brave kingdom to me, where I
shall have my music for nothing.
Cal.
When Prospero is destroy'd.
Ste.
That shall be by and by: I remember the story.
Tri.
The sound is going away; let's follow it, and after,
do our work.
Ste.
Lead, monster; we'll follow.—I would, I could see
this taborer: he lays it on. Wilt come?
Tri.
I follow, Stephano.
[Exeunt.
Enter Alonso, Sebastian, Antonio, Gonzalo, Adrian, Francisco, and others.
Gon.
By'r lakin,14 note I can go no further, Sir;
My old bones ache: here by your patience,
I needs must rest me.
Alo.
Old lord, I cannot blame thee,
Who am myself attach'd with weariness,
To the dulling of my spirits: sit down, and rest.
Even here I will put off my hope, and keep it
No longer for my flatterer: he is drown'd,
Whom thus we stray to find: and the sea mocks
Our frustrate15 note search on land; Well let him go.
Ant.
I am right glad that he's so out of hope.
[Aside to Sebastian.
Do not, for one repulse, forego the purpose
That you resolv'd to effect.
Seb.
The next advantage
Will we take thoroughly.
Ant.
Let it be to-night;
For, now they are oppress'd with travel, they
Will not, nor cannot, use such vigilance,
As when they are fresh.
Seb.
I say to-night: no more.
[Solemn Music.
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Alo.
What harmony is this? my good friends, hark!
Gon.
Marvellous sweet music!
THE SCENE IS GRADUALLY TRANSFORMED FROM BARRENNESS
TO LUXURIANT VEGETATION. AFTER WHICH ENTER MANY STRANGE SHAPES,
BEARING FRUIT AND FLOWERS, WITH WHICH THEY FORM A BANQUET, AND DISAPPEAR.
Alo.
Give us kind keepers, heavens!
What were these!
Fra.
They vanish'd strangely.
Seb.
No matter, since
They have left their viands behind; for we have stomachs.—
Wil't please you taste of what is here?
Gon.
If in Naples
I should report this now, would they believe me?
Alo.
I will stand to and feed,
Although my last: no matter, since I feel
The best is past:—Brother, my lord the duke,
Stand to, and do as we.
THUNDER AND LIGHTNING.
Ariel rises like a Harpy.(A)8Q0209
Ari.
You are three men of sin, whom destiny
(That hath to instrument this lower world,16 note
And what is in't) the never-surfeited sea
Hath caused to belch up; and on this island
Where man doth not inhabit: you 'mongst men
Being most unfit to live.
[Seeing Alonso, Sebastion, &c., draw their swords.—(Thunder.)
You fools! I and my fellows
Are ministers of fate; but, remember,
(For that's my business to you,) that you three
From Milan did supplant good Prospero;
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Expos'd unto the sea, which hath requit it,
Him, and his innocent child: for which foul deed
Ling'ring perdition (worse than any death
Can be at once,) shall step by step attend
You, and your ways; whose wraths to guard you from
(Which here, in this most desolate isle, else falls
Upon your heads,) is nothing, but heart's sorrow,
And a clear life ensuing.17 note
[He vanishes in thunder.
Alo.
O, it is monstrous! monstrous!
Methought, the billows spoke, and told me of it;
The winds did sing it to me; and the thunder,
That deep and dreadful organ pipe, pronounc'd
The name of Prosper; it did bass my trespass.18 note
Therefore my son i'the ooze is bedded; and
I'll seek him deeper than e'er plummet sounded,
And with him there lie mudded.
[Exit.
Seb.
But one fiend at a time,
I'll fight their legions o'er.
Ant.
I'll be thy second.
[Exeunt Sebastian and Antonio.
Gon.
All three of them are desperate; their great guilt,
Like poison given to work a great time after,(B)8Q0210
Now 'gins to bite the spirits:—I do beseech you
That are of suppler joints, follow them swiftly,
And hinder them from what this ecstacy19 note
May now provoke them to.
Adr.
Follow, I pray you.
[Exeunt.
MUSIC. THE SHAPES, &c., RE-APPEAR.20 note
DANCE.
END OF ACT THIRD.
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Charles Kean [1857], Shakespeare's play of The Tempest, arranged for representation at the Princess's Theatre, with historical and explanatory notes, by Charles Kean, F.S.A., as first performed on Wednesday, July 1, 1857 (Printed by John K. Chapman and Co. [etc.], London) [word count] [S36100].
