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1THE TEMPEST
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4ACT ONE, SCENE ONE ON BOARD THE KING OF NAPLES' SHIP, IN A
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7 Master
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9 Bosun!
10 Bosun
11 Here, Master.
12 Master
13 Bestir the mariners, and look lively, or we run ourselves aground.
14 Bosun
15 Jump to, me hearties! Take in the top sail.
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35 Gonzalo
36 Good man, yet remember whom thou hast aboard.
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41You're a counsellor. If you can make peace with this storm, I'll not
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43do a thing more. If you cannot, then give thanks you have lived so long. Now, out of our way, I say!
44Down with the topmast! Lower away!
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46A plague upon this howling: they are louder than the
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48Yet again? What do you want now? Shall we stop our
49labours and drown? Have you a mind to sink?
50Sebastian
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59Bosun
60Lay her a-hold, a-hold! Set her two courses of to sea again. Sailors
61All's lost! Say your prayers!
62 Gonzalo
63The King and Prince are saying theirs. Let' s join with them. Antonio
64We are cheated of our lives by these drunkards and this bawling rascal
65May you drown ten times o'er!
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66 Sailors
67 Mercy on us!
68 We split, we split! Farewell, my wife and children.
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98 Prospero
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111'Tis time I should inform thee further. Lend thy hand
112And pluck my magic garment from me.
113So. Wipe thou thine eyes.
114The wreck which touched thy heart,
115Was by enchantment done, in such a way
116That not a single soul was lost, or harmed.
117Obey, and be attentive.
118Can'st thou remember
119A time before we came unto this place?
120Miranda
121Certainly sir, I can, though 'tis far off
122And rather like a dream, but had I not
123Four or five women once, that tended me?
124Prospero
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130Prospero
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161Out of his charity did give us, with
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176By accident most strange hath kind fortune Brought to this shore
177mine enemies. But now
178These questions cease. Thou art inclined to sleep.
179Give in to it. I know thou canst not choose.
180Come away, servant, come, I am ready now.
181Approach, my Ariel, come!
182Ariel
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184All hail, great master, grave sir, hail: I come To answer thy
185best pleasure; be it to fly,
186To swim, to dive into the fire, to ride
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197With lightning bolts and dreadful thunderclaps,
198I stirred the storm, and mighty Neptune did
199Make bold his waves about the royal ship.
200And every soul aboard the trembling bark
201Did feel a fever of the mad. All but
202The sailors plunged into the foaming brine.
203The King's son, Ferdinand, with hair on end,
204Was the first man that leaped, crying Hell
205Is empty and all the devils are here."
206Prospero
207But are they safe?
208Ariel
209Not a hair perished. And as thou beds me
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231Heaviness in me.
232Prospero
233Shake it off; come on.
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261Then I did love thee.
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333 Sea-water shalt thou drink, thy food shall be
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I will resist.
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409Antonio
410Nor I. They dropped as by a thunderbolt. What if, my worthy
411friend? I say, what if ? My strong imagination sees a crown
412Dropping upon thy head.
413Sebastian
414What dost thou mean?
415Antonio
416You grant your nephew Ferdinand is dead?
417Sebastian
418I do.
419Antonio
420Then tell me, who's the next heir of Naples?
421Sebastian
422That would be me.
423Antonio
424Say this were death that now hath seized them,
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481Caliban
482 All the infections that are under the sun
483 On Prospero fall and slowly eat him up.
484 I know his spirits he will set on me,
485 To pinch me, fright me, pitch me in the mire
486 Or lead me in the dark out of my way.
487 Here comes a spirit of his, and to torment me
488 For bringing wood in slowly: I 'll fall flat;
489 Perchance he will not notice me.
490 Trinculo
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492 Here's neither bush, nor shrub to bear of any weather at all; and
493 another storm brewing. If it
494 should thunder, as it did before, I know not where to hide my head.
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496 What have we here, a man or a fish? Dead or alive? A fish, he smells like a fish. But he's legged like
497 a man and his fins are like arms. This is no fish, but an islander that hath lately suffered from a
498 thunderbolt.
499 Alas, the storm is come again. My best way is to creep under his cloak; there is no other shelter
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501Caliban
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507afeard now of your four legs. Not While Stephano still breathes.
508Caliban
509The spirit torments me. O!
510Stephano
511This is some monster of the isle, with four legs. Where the devil should he learn our language? If
512I can keep him tame and get to Naples with him,
513he's a present for any emperor.
514Caliban
515I'll bring my wood home faster.
516Stephano
517He shall taste of my bottle. Open your mouth.
518Trinculo
519I should know that voice; it should be - but he is drowned, and these are devils. O, defend me!
520Stephano
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522Four legs and two voices, a most interesting monster. I will pour some in
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544 A plague upon the tyrant that I serve.
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556 Trinculo, the King and all our company being drowned, we will inherit
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558 here.
559 Caliban
560 Farewell master, farewell, farewell.
561 Stephano
562 O, brave monster! Lead the way.
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569I must remove some thousands of these logs,
570And pile them up on pain of punishment.
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571But I am glad to labour so because
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607Miranda Miranda.
608O, my father,
609I have broken my promise by saying so.
610Ferdinand
611Admired Miranda,
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SCENE
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660 Wilt thou listen to my plan?
661 Stephano
662 Indeed, I will.
663 Caliban
664 As I told thee before, I am subject to a tyrant,
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683I say by sorcery he got this isle from me, but if thou dar'st do what I ask,
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727First to take his books, for he is powerless
728Without them.
729Stephano
730Monster, I will kill this man; his daughter and I will be king and queen; and Trinculo and thyself
731shall be viceroys. Dost thou like the plot, Trinculo?
732Trinculo
733Excellent.
734Stephano
735Give me thy hand. I am sorry I beat thee.
736Caliban
737Within this half hour will he be asleep. Wilt thou
738destroy him then?
739Stephano
740Ay, on my honour.
741Ariel
742This will I tell my master.
743Caliban
744Be not afeard, the isle is full of noises,
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746Sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
747Sometimes, a thousand twangling instruments
748Will hum about mine ears; and sometimes voices,
749 That if I then had waked after long sleep,
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766ACT FOUR,
767OUTSIDE
768Prospero
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769 If I have too severely punished you,
770 Your compensation makes amends, for I
771 Have given you here a third of mine own life.
772 I give her hand to thee.
773 All thy vexations
774 Were but my trials of thy love, and thou
775 Hast bravely stood the test.
776 A masque is performed by Prospero's spirits to entertain the young
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810I charmed their ears that they would follow me. Through pricking briers and
811jagged thorns they came, Until I left them in some stinking bog.
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816We'll hang them out as bait to catch these thieves.
817Caliban
818Pray you tread softly, we now are near his cave.
819Stephano
820Monster, that music did lead us a merry dance.
821Trinculo
822And I do smell somewhat foul.
823Caliban
824Prithee, my king, be quiet. See'st thou here,
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845 From toe to crown he'll fill our skins with pinches.
846Stephano
847 Be you quiet, monster. And I shall have this one, and this, and this.
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883Would become tender.
884Prospero
885Dost thou think so, spirit?
886Ariel
887Mine would, sir, were I human.
888Prospero
889And mine shall. Go, release them, Ariel.
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922Thou pardon me my wrongs; but how should Prospero be living, and be here, upon this shore
923Where I have lost my dear son Ferdinand?
924Prospero
925I grieve with you, for I have lost a daughter;
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927In this same tempest was she lost to me.
928Alonso
929Alas, if only they were living now,
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971I long
972To hear the story of your life, which must
973Take the ear strangely.
974Prospero
975I'll deliver all;
976And promise you calm seas, auspicious gales
977And sail so expeditious that shall catch
978Your royal fleet far off.
979My Ariel, chick,
980That is thy charge: then to the elements
981Be free, and fare thou well! Please you, draw near.
982Exeunt
983Epilogue, spoken by Prospero
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985Now my charms are all o'erthrown,
986And what strength I have's mine own,
987Which is most faint: now, 'tis true,
988I must be here confined by you,
989Or sent to Naples. Let me not,
990Since I have my dukedom got
991And pardon'd the deceiver, dwell
992In this bare island by your spell;
993But release me from my bands
994With the help of your good hands:
995Gentle breath of yours my sails
996Must fill, or else my project fails,
997Which was to please. Now I want
998Spirits to enforce, art to enchant,
999And my ending is despair,
1000Unless I be relieved by prayer,
1001Which pierces so that it assaults
1002Mercy itself and frees all faults.
1003As you from crimes would pardon'd be,
1004Let your indulgence set me free.
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