At nothing can be more. I'll to my Book ; T SCENE II. Another Part of the Island. ACT III [exit. Enter STEPHANO and TRINCULO; CALIBAN following with a Bottle. STE. Tell not me: when the butt is out, we will drink TRIN. Servant-monster? The folly of this Island! They TRIN. Where should they be set else? He were a brave TRIN. Your lieutenant, if you list; he's no standard. TRIN. Nor go neither: but you'll lie, like dogs, and yet STE. Moon-calf, speak once in thy life, if thou be'st a CAL. How does thy Honour? Let me lick thy shoe. 21 TRIN. Thou liest, most ignorant monster: I am in case to justle a constable. Why, thou deboshed fish, thou, was there ever 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? CAL. Lo, how he mocks me! Wilt thou let him, my Lord ? TRIN. Lord, quoth he!-That a monster should be such a natural! CAL. Lo, lo, again! Bite him to death, I pr'ythee. 31 1 up helm. 2 ensign. Sc. II ACT III 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.nl don. CAL. I thank my noble Lord. Wilt thou be pleas'd To hearken once again to the suit I made to thee? STE. Marry will I: kneel, and repeat it; I will stand, and so shall Trinculo. 39 Enter ARIEL, invisible. lon tot ma CAL. As I told thee before, I am subject to a Tyrant; a ARI. Thou liest. CAL. [to TRIN.] Thou liest, thou jesting monkey, thou : STE. Trinculo, if you trouble him any more in's tale, by CAL. Thou shalt be Lord of it, and I'll serve thee. STE. How now shall this be compassed? 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. 160 ARI. Thou liest : thou canst not. Thou scurvy patch !2 CAL. What a pied1 ninny 's this? I do beseech thy Greatness, give him blows, And take his bottle from him. When that 's gone, STE. Trinculo, run into no further danger: interrupt thee. 1 particoloured. 2 jester. 3 springs. 4 a thing well beaten. 70 . TRIN. Why, what did I ? I did nothing. I'll go ACT III further off. STE. Didst thou not say, he lied ? ARI. Thou liest. STE. Do I so? take thou that. [strikes him.] As you TRIN. I did not give thee the lie. Out o' your wits, CAL. Ha, ha, ha! 80 STE. Now, forward with your tale. Pr'ythee stand 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, Sc. II Batter his skull, or paunch him with a stake, 90 First to possess his books; for without them He has brave utensils (for so he calls them) And that most deeply to consider, is The beauty of his daughter: he himself Calls her a non-pareil. I never saw a woman, But only Sycorax, my dam, and she ; But she as far surpasseth Sycorax As great'st does least. STE. Is it so brave a lass? CAL. Ay, Lord; she will become thy bed, I warrant, And bring thee forth brave brood. 100 STE. Monster, I will kill this man: his daughter and I 1 fool. ACT III 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. CAL. Within this half hour will he be asleep : III 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 catch and fas STE. At thy request, monster, I will do reason any reason. Come on, Trinculo, let us sing. [sings. Flout 'em, and scout 'em; and scout 'em, and flout 'em, CAL. That's not the tune. 121 [ARIEL plays the tune on a tabor and pipe. STE. What is this same? TRIN. This is the tune of our catch, played by the picture of No-body. STE. If thou be'st a man, shew thyself in thy likeness: if thou be'st a devil, take 't as thou list. TRIN. O, forgive me my sins! STE. He that dies, pays all debts: I defy thee. Mercy upon us! CAL. Art thou afeard? STE. No, monster, not I. CAL. Be not afeard; the Isle is full of noises, 130 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, Will make me sleep again: and then, in dreaming, I cry'd to dream again. 140 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. CAL. The sound is going away: let's follow it, and after, ACT III do our work. STE. Lead, monster: we'll follow. I would I could see this taborer: he lays it on!1 TRIN. [to CALIBAN.] Wilt come? I'll follow Stephano. 149 Sc. II [exeunt. SCENE III. Another Part of the Island. Enter ALONSO, SEBASTIAN, ANTONIO, GONZALO, GON. By 'r lakin, I can go no further, Sir; My old bones ache: here's a maze trod indeed I needs must rest me. ALON. Old Lord, I cannot blame thee, Who am myself attach'd with weariness, ANT. I am right glad that he's so out of hope. 10 For, now they are oppress'd with travel, they As when they are fresh. SEB. [aside.] I say, to-night: no more. Solemn and strange music; and PROSPERO on the top (invisible). Enter several strange Shapes, bringing in a Banquet, and dance about it with gentle actions of salutations, and inviting the King, etc., to eat, they depart. ALON. What harmony is this? my good friends, hark ! 1 is good at his game. 2 by our Ladykin. 3 straight paths. |