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He hath brave utensils (for so he calls them)

Which, when he has an house, he'll deck withal.
And that most deeply to consider, is

The beauty of his daughter; he himself

Calls her, a non-pareils I never saw a woman,
But only Sycorax my dam, and she;

But she as far surpasses Sycorax,

As greastest does least.

: Ste. Is it so brave a lass?

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Cal. Ay, lord; she will become thy bed, I warrant, And bring thee forth brave, brood.

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?

Trin. Excellent.

Ste. Give me thy hand; I am sorry I beat thee; but, while thou liv'st, keep a good tongue in thy head.

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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 troul the catch,

You taught me but while-ere ?.

Ste. At thy request, monster, I will do reason, any reason: Come on, Trinculo, let us sing. [Sings. 240 Flout 'em, and shout em; and skout 'em, and flout 'em ; Thought is free.

Cal.

Cal. That's not the tune. [ARIEL plays the tune on Ste. What is this same ? [a tabor and pipel

Trin. This is the tune of our catch, play'd by the picture of no-body.

Ste. If thou be'st a man, shew thyself in thy like

ness if thou be'st a devil, take't as thou list.

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Trin. O, forgive me my sins b

Ste. He that dies, pays all debts: I defy thee: Mercy upon us!

Cal. Art thou affeard

Ste. No, monster, not I.

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Cal. Be not affeard; 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 sometimes voices,.. That, if I then had wak'd after long sleep, 1

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.

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Ste. This will prove a brave kingdom to me, where I shall have my music for nothing,clot

Cal. When Prospero is destroy'd.I hiw

Ste. That shall be by and by: I remember the story. Trin. The sound is going away let's follow it, I And after do our work. re-offer and only tuck Ste.Leady Honster; we'll follow

wou'd, I

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could see this taborer: he lays it on.zoneto Trin. Wilt come? I'll follow, Stephano. [Exeunt.

SCENE

SCENE HI.

Changes to another Part of the Island. Enter ALONSO, SEBASTIAN, ANTHONIO, GONZALO, ADRIAN, FRANCISCO, &c.

Gon. By'r lakin, I can go no further, Sir; My old bones ache: here's a maze trod, indeed, Through forth-rights, and meanders! by your patience,

I needs must rest me.

Alon. Old lord, I cannot blame thee,

Who am myself attach'd with weariness,

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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 frustrate search on land: Well, let him go.
Ant. [Aside to Sebastian.] I am right glad that he's
so out of hope.

Do not, for one repulse, forego the purpose

That you 'resolv'd to effect.

Seb. The next advantage

Will we take throughly.

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.

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Solemn

Solemn and strange Musick; and Prospero on the Top, invisible. Enter several strange Shapes, bringing in a Banquet; they dance about it with gentle Actions of Salutation; and, inviting the King, &c. to eat, they depart.

Alon. What harmony is this?' my good friends, hark!

Gon. Marvellous sweet musick!

Alon. Give us kind keepers, heavens! What were these?

Seb. A living drollery: Now I will believe,

That there are unicorns; that, in Arabia

There is one tree, the phoenix' throne; one phoenix

At this hour reigning there.

Ant. I'll believe both;

And what does else want credit, come to me,

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And I'll be sworn 'tis true: Travellers ne'er did lie, Though fools at home condemn 'em.

Gon. If in Naples

I should report this now, would they believe me?
If I should say, I saw such islanders,

(For, certes, these are people of the island)

Who though they are of monstrous shape, yet, note, Their manners are more gentle, kind, than of

Our human generation you shall find

Many, nay, almost any.

"Pro. Honest lord,

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"Thou hast said well; for some of you there present

"Are worse than devils.

Alon. I cannot too much muse,

[Aside."

Such

Such shapes, such gesture, and such sound, expressing (Although they want the use of tongue) a kind

Of excellent dumb discourse.

"Pro. Praise in departing.

Fran. They vanish'd strangely.

Seb. No matter, since

[Aside."

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They have left their viands behind ; for we have stomachs.

Will't please you taste of what is here?

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Gon. Faith, sir, you need not fear: "When we were boys,

"Who would believe that there were mountaineers, "Dew-lapp'd like bulls, whose throats had hanging at 'em

"Wallets of flesh; or that there were such men, "Whose heads stood in their breasts? which now,

we find,

"Each putter out on five for one, will bring us

"Good warrant of."

Alon. 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.

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Thunder and Lightning. Enter ARIEL "like a Harpy;

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claps his Wings upon the Table, and, with a quaint Device, the Banquet vanishes.".

Ari. You are three men of sin, whom destiny, "(That hath to instrument this lower world,

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