Do chase the ebbing Neptune, and do fly him, Re-enter ARIEL: after him, ALONSO, with a frantic gesture, attended by GONZALO, SEBASTIAN and ANTONIO in like manner, attended by ADRIAN and FRANCISCO: They all enter the circle which PROSPERO had made, and there stand charmed; which PROSPERO observing, speaks. A solemn air, and the best comforter Now useless, boil'd within thy skull! There stand, Holy Gonzalo, honourable man, Mine eyes, even sociable to the shew of thine, To him thou follow'st: I will pay thy graces Thou'rt pinch'd for't now, Sebastian.-Flesh and blood You brother mine, that entertain'd ambition, H Expell'd remorse, and nature; who, with Sebastian, That now lie foul and muddy. Not one of them, As I was sometime Milan-quickly, spirit; ARIEL re-enters, singing and helps to attire Ari. Where the bee sucks, there suck I; In a cowslip's bell I lie: There I couch when owls do cry, On the bat's back I do fly, After summer, merrily: Merrily, merrily, shall I live now, Under the blossom that hangs on the bough. Pro. Why, that's my dainty Ariel: I shall miss But yet thou shalt have freedom: so, so, so.- [thee; To the king's ship, invisible as thou art: There shalt thou find the mariners asleep Under the hatches; the master, and the boatswain, Being awake, enforce them to this place; And presently, I pr'ythee. Ari. I drink the air before me, and return Or e'er your pulse twice beat. [Exit Ariel. Gon. All torment, trouble, wonder, and amazement Inhabits here; Some heavenly power guide us Out of this fearful country! Pro. Behold, sir king, The wronged duke of Milan, Prospero: For more assurance that a living prince Does now speak to thee, I embrace thy, body; A hearty welcome. Alon. Whe'rt thou beest he, or no, Or some enchanted trifle to abuse me, As late I have been, I not know: thy pulse Beats, as of flesh and blood; and, since I saw thee, The affliction of my mind amends, with which, I fear, a madness held me; this must craye * Pity, or tenderness of heart. + Whether. 2 (And if this be at all,) a most strange story. Thy dukedom I resign; and do intreat Thou pardon me my wrongs:-But how should Be living, and be here? whose honour cannot Some subtilties o' the isle, that will not let you Believe things certain-Welcome, my friends all :But you, my brace of lords, were I so minded, [Aside to Seb, and Ant. I here could pluck his highness' frown upon you, And justify you traitors; at this time I'll tell no tales. Seb. The devil speaks in him. Pro. No: [Aside. For you, most wicked Sir, whom to call brother Alon. If thou beest Prospero, Give us particulars of thy preservation: How thou hast met us here, who three hours since Were wreck'd upon this shore; where I have lost, How sharp the point of this remembrance is! My dear son Ferdinand. Pro. I am woe for't, Sir. Alon. Irreparable is the loss; and patience Says, it is past her cure. Pro. I rather think, You have not sought her help; of whose soft grace, For the like loss, I have her sovereign aid, And rest myself content. Alon. You the like loss? Pro. As great to me, as late; and, portable t To make the dear loss, have I means much weaker Than you may call to comfort you; for I Have lost my daughter. Alon. A daughter, O heavens! that they were living both in Naples, The king and queen there! that they were, I wish Myself were mudded in that oozy bed When did you lose your Where my son lies. When did daughter? Pro. In this last tempest. I perceive, these lords At this encounter do so much admire, That they devour their reason; and scarce think Which was thrust forth of Milan; who most strangely Upon this shore, where you were wreck'd, was landed, To be the lord on't. No more yet of this; Not a relation for a breakfast, nor Befitting this first meeting. Welcome, Sir; The Entrance of the Cell opens, and discovers FER- Mira. Sweet lord, you play me false. Fer. No, my dearest love, I would not for the world. Mira. Yes, for a score of kingdoms you should And I would call it fair play. Alon. If this prove A vision of the island, one dear son Shall I twice lose. Seb. A most high miracle! [wrangle, Fer. Though the seas threaten, they are merciful: I have curs'd them without cause. [Fer. kneels to Al. Alon. Now all the blessings Of a glad father compass thee about! Arise, and say how thou cam'st here. Mira. O! wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in't! Pro. Tis new to thee. [play? Alon. What is this maid, with whom thou wast at Your eld'st acquaintance cannot be three hours: And brought us thus together? Fer. Sir, she's mortal; But, by immortal Providence, she's mine; Alon. I am her's: But O, how oddly will it sound, that I Pro. There, Sir, stop; Let us not burden our remembrances With a heaviness that's gone. Gon. I have inly wept, Or should have spoke ere this. Look down, you gods, And on this couple drop a blessed crown; For it is you, that have chalk'd forth the way Which brought us hither! Alon. I say, amen, Gonzalo ! Gon. Was Milan thrust from Milan, that his issue Should become kings of Naples? O, rejoice Beyond a common joy; and set it down With gold on lasting pillars: in one voyage Did Claribel her husband find at Tunis; And Ferdinand, her brother, found a wife, Where he himself was lost; Prospero his dukedom, In a poor isle; and all of us, ourselves, When no man was his own. Alon. Give me your hands, [To Fer. and Mir. Let grief and sorrow still embrace his heart, That doth not wish you joy! Gon. Be't so! Amen! Re-enter ARIEL, with the Master and Boatswain amazedly following. O look, Sir, look, Sir; here are more of us! |