And the particular accidents gone by

Since I came to this isle: and in the morn
I'll bring you to your ship and so to Naples,
Where I have hope to see the nuptial
Of these our dear-beloved solémnized;
And thence retire me to my Milan, where
Every third thought shall be my grave.

Alon.

I long
To hear the story of your life, which must
Take the ear strangely.

Pros.

I'll deliver all;

And promise you calm seas, auspicious gales

And sail so expeditious that shall catch

Your royal fleet far off. [Aside to Ari.] My Ariel,

chick,

That is thy charge: then to the elements

Be free, and fare thou well!

near.

Please you, draw

[Exeunt.

310

Now

EPILOGUE.

SPOKEN BY PROSPERO.

my charms are all o'erthrown,
And what strength I have 's mine own,
Which is most faint: now, 'tis true,
I must be here confined by you,
Or sent to Naples. Let me not,
Since I have my dukedom got
And pardon'd the deceiver, dwell
In this bare island by your spell;

309. dear-beloved solemnized. This scansion is indicated by the Ff spelling belov'd. The word solemnized is scanned thus in

Love's Labour's Lost, ii. I. 42; sólemnized in the other three verse passages in which Shakespeare uses it.

But release me from my bands
With the help of your good hands:
Gentle breath of yours my sails
Must fill, or else my project fails,
Which was to please. Now I want
Spirits to enforce, art to enchant,
And my ending is despair,
Unless I be relieved by prayer,
Which pierces so that it assaults
Mercy itself and frees all faults.
As you from crimes would pardon'd be,
Let your indulgence set me free.

9, 10. An invitation to the audience to applaud.

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