Enter certain reapers, properly habited: they join with the
nymphs in a graceful dance; towards the end whereof
Profpero ftarts fuddenly, and speaks; after which, to a
Strange, bollow, and confufed noife, they vanish heavily.
Pro. [Afide.] I had forgot that foul confpiracy
Of the beaft Caliban, and his confederates,
Against my life; the minute of their plot

Is almost come.-[To the fpirits.] Well done;- avoid ;

no more.

Fer. This is ftrange: your father's in fome paffion That works him strongly.

Mira. Never till this day,

Saw I him touch'd with anger, fo diftemper❜d.
Pro. You do look, my fon, in a mov'd sort,
As if you were dismay'd: be cheerful, fir:
Our revels now are ended: these our actors,
As I foretold you, were all spirits, and
Are melted into air, into thin air :
And, like the baseless fabrick of this vision,
The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces,
The folemn temples, the great globe itself,
Yea, all, which it inherit, fhall diffolve;
And, like this infubftantial pageant faded,

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Leave not a rack behind: We are fuch ftuff
As dreams are made on, and our little life
Is rounded with a fleep. Sir, I am vex'd;
Bear with
my weakness; my old brain is troubled:

% avoid-depart.

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rack]-a drift of clouds, broken by the wind-the figure in a fleeting cloud-track-veftige.

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Leaving no tract behind.”

TIMON OF ATHENS, A&t. I, S. 1. Poet.

i I am vex'd;]—at the recent instance of Caliban's ingratitude, which might remind him of Antonio's.

Be

Be not disturb'd with my infirmity:

If thou be pleas'd, retire into my cell,

And there repose; a turn or two I'll walk,
To still my beating mind.

Fer. Mira. We wish your peace.

[Exeunt Fer. and Mira. Pro. Come with a thought ::-I thank thee:Ariel,

come.

Profpero comes forward from the cell; enter Ariel to him. Ari. Thy thoughts I cleave to: What's thy pleafure? Pro. Spirit,

k

We must prepare to meet with Caliban.

Ari. Ay, my commander: when I prefented Ceres,
I thought to have told thee of it; but I fear'd,
Left I might anger thee.

Pro. Say again, where didft thou leave thefe varlets? Ari. I told you, fir, they were red hot with drinking; So full of valour, that they fmote the air

For breathing in their faces; beat the ground
For kifling of their feet; yet always bending
Towards their project: Then I beat my tabor,

At which, 'like unback'd colts, they prick'd their ears,
Advanc'd their eye-lids, lifted up their noses,

As they fmelt mufick; fo I charm'd their ears,
That, calf-like, they my lowing follow'd, through
Tooth'd briers, fharp furzės, pricking gofs, and thorns,
Which enter'd their frail fhins: at laft I left them

I' the filthy mantled pool beyond your cell,

to meet with]-counteract.

like unback'd colts,]—

"a wild and wanton herd,

"Or race of youthful and unhandled colts" &c.

MERCHANT OF VENICE, A& V, S. 1. Lor.

VOL. I.

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There

There dancing up to the chins, that the foul lake
O'er-ftunk their feet.

Pro. This was well done, my bird:

Thy shape invisible retain thou ftill:

The trumpery in my house, go, bring it hither,
For ftale to catch thefe thieves.

Ari. I go, I go.

[Exit.

Pro. A devil, a born devil, on whose nature Nurture can never stick; on whom my pains, Humanely taken, all, all loft, quite loft; And as, with age, his body uglier grows, So his mind cankers: I will plague them all, Even to roaring:-Come, hang them on this line. [Profpero remains invifible.

Enter Ariel loaden with glistering apparel, &c. Enter Caliban, Stephano, and Trinculo, all wet.

Cal. Pray you, tread foftly, that the blind mole may

not

Hear a foot fall: we now are near his cell.

Ste. Monster, your fairy, which, you fay, is a harmlefs fairy, has done little better than play'd the "Jack with us.

Trin. Manfter, I do fmell all horfe-pifs; at which my nofe is in great indignation.

Ste. So is mine. Do you hear, monster? If I should' take a displeasure against you; look you

Trin. Thou wert but a loft monster.

Cal. Good, my lord, give me thy favour still:

Be patient, for the prize I'll bring thee to

Shall hood-wink this mifchance: therefore, speak softly; All's hufh'd as midnight yet.

For ftalean allurement, bait, decoy.

Jack]-Jack o' lanthorn, which leads travellers aftray.

Trin. Ay, but to lofe our bottles in the pool,Ste. There is not only difgrace and difhonour in that, monster, but an infinite lofs.

Trin. That's more to me than my wetting: Yet this is your harmless fairy, monfter.

Ste. I will fetch off my bottle, though I be o'er ears for my labour.

Cal. Pr'ythee, my king, be quiet: See'ft thou here,
This is the mouth o' the cell; no noife, and enter:
Do that good mifchief, which may make this ifland
Thine own for ever, and I, thy Caliban,

For aye thy foot-licker.

Ste. Give me thy hand: I do begin to have bloody thoughts.

Trin. O king Stephano! O peer! O worthy Stephano! Look, what a wardrobe here is for thee!

Cal. Let it alone, thou fool; it is but trash.

Trin. Oh, ho, monfter; we know what belongs to a frippery :-O, king Stephano!

Ste. Put off that gown, Trinculo; by this hand, I'll have that gown.

Trin. Thy grace shall have it.

Cal. The dropfy drown this fool! what do you mean, To doat thus on fuch luggage? Let 't alone,

And do the murder firft: if he awake,

From toe to crown he'll fill our skin with pinches ;
Make us strange stuff.

Ste. Be you quiet, monster.-Mistress line, is not this my jerkin? Now is the jerkin under the line: Now,

O king Stephano! &c.]-alluding to an old ballad, two ftanzas whereof are fung by lago. "King Stephen was a worthy peer," &c. OTHELLO, A&t. II, S. 3. frippery :]-an old cloaths fhop. a Let's along. Now is the jerkin under the line: Now, &c.]-fevers, contracted in hot climates, frequently deprive men of their hair-pun between line and girdle.

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jerkin,

jerkin, you are like to lofe your hair, and prove a bald jerkin.

Trin. Do, do; we fteal by line and level, and't like your grace.

Ste. I thank thee for that jeft; here's a garment for't: wit fhall not go unrewarded, while I am king of this country: Steal by line and level, is an excellent pafs of pate; there's another garment for't.

Trin. Monster, come, put fome 'lime upon your fingers, and away with the rest.

Cal. I will have none on't: we shall lose our time, And all be turn'd to 'barnacles, or to apes

With foreheads villainous low.

Ste. Monster, lay to your fingers; help to bear this away, where my hogfhead of wine is, or I'll turn you out of my kingdom: go to, carry this.

Trin. And this.

Ste. Ay, and this.

A noife of bunters beard. Enter divers Spirits in shape of bounds, hunting them about; Profpero and Ariel fetting them on.

Pro. Fury, Fury! there, Tyrant, there! hark, hark![To Ariel.] Go, charge my goblins that they grind their

joints

With dry convulfions; fhorten up their finews

With aged cramps: and more pinch-spotted make them, Than pard, or cat o' mountain.

Ari. Hark, they roar.

slime]-birdlime.

"She's lim'd, I warrant you, we have caught her."

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, A& III, S. 1. Urf. barnacles,]-Solan geefe, faid to be produced from trees or fhell-fish,

Pro.