ACT I SCENE I. On a ship at sea: a tempestuous noise of thunder and lightning heard.

Enter a Master and a Boatswain Master Boatswain! Boatswain Here, master: what cheer? Master Good, speak to the mariners: fall to't, yarely, or we run ourselves aground: bestir, bestir Exit !nter "ariners Boatswain Heigh, my hearts! cheerly, cheerly, my hearts! yare, yare! #ake in the topsail #end to the master's whistle Blow, till thou burst thy wind, if room enough! Enter A ONSO! SEBASTIAN! ANTONIO! "E#$INAN$! %ON&A O! and others A ONSO Good boatswain, have care $here's the master? %lay the men Boatswain & pray now, keep below ANTONIO $here is the master, boatswain?

Boatswain 'o you not hear him? (ou mar our labour: keep your cabins: you do assist the storm %ON&A O )ay, good, be patient Boatswain $hen the sea is Hence! $hat cares these roarers for the name of king? #o cabin: silence! trouble us not %ON&A O Good, yet remember whom thou hast aboard Boatswain )one that & more love than myself (ou are a counsellor* if you can command these elements to silence, and work the peace of the present, we will not hand a rope more* use your authority: if you cannot, give thanks you have lived so long, and make yourself ready in your cabin for the mischance of the hour, if it so hap +heerly, good hearts! ,ut of our way, & say Exit %ON&A O & have great comfort from this fellow: methinks he hath no drowning mark upon him* his comple-ion is perfect gallows .tand fast, good /ate, to his hanging: make the rope of his destiny our cable, for our own doth little advantage &f he be not

born to be hanged, our case is miserable Exeunt #e'enter Boatswain Boatswain 'own with the topmast! yare! lower, lower! Bring her to try with main0course A (r) within 1 plague upon this howling! they are louder than the weather or our office #e'enter SEBASTIAN! ANTONIO! and %ON&A O (et again! what do you here? .hall we give o'er and drown? Have you a mind to sink? SEBASTIAN 1 po- o' your throat, you bawling, blasphemous, incharitable dog! Boatswain $ork you then ANTONIO Hang, cur! hang, you whoreson, insolent noisemaker! $e are less afraid to be drowned than thou art %ON&A O &'ll warrant him for drowning* though the ship were no stronger than a nutshell and as leaky as an unstanched wench Boatswain 2ay her a0hold, a0hold! set her two courses off to

sea again* lay her off Enter Mariners wet Mariners 1ll lost! to prayers, to prayers! all lost! Boatswain $hat, must our mouths be cold? %ON&A O #he king and prince at prayers! let's assist them, /or our case is as theirs SEBASTIAN &'m out of patience ANTONIO $e are merely cheated of our lives by drunkards: #his wide0chapp'd rascal00would thou mightst lie drowning #he washing of ten tides! %ON&A O He'll be hang'd yet, #hough every drop of water swear against it 1nd gape at widest to glut him 1 confused noise within: '"ercy on us!'00 '$e split, we split!'00'/arewell, my wife and children!'00 '/arewell, brother!'00'$e split, we split, we split!' ANTONIO 2et's all sink with the king SEBASTIAN 2et's take leave of him Exeunt ANTONIO and SEBASTIAN %ON&A O

)ow would & give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground, long heath, brown fur3e, any thing #he wills above be done! but & would fain die a dry death Exeunt SCENE II. The island. Before *#OS*E#O+S (ell. Enter *#OS*E#O and MI#AN$A MI#AN$A &f by your art, my dearest father, you have %ut the wild waters in this roar, allay them #he sky, it seems, would pour down stinking pitch, But that the sea, mounting to the welkin's cheek, 'ashes the fire out ,, & have suffered $ith those that & saw suffer: a brave vessel, $ho had, no doubt, some noble creature in her, 'ash'd all to pieces ,, the cry did knock 1gainst my very heart %oor souls, they perish'd Had & been any god of power, & would Have sunk the sea within the earth or ere &t should the good ship so have swallow'd and #he fraughting souls within her *#OS*E#O Be collected: )o more ama3ement: tell your piteous heart #here's no harm done MI#AN$A

,, woe the day! *#OS*E#O )o harm & have done nothing but in care of thee, ,f thee, my dear one, thee, my daughter, who 1rt ignorant of what thou art, nought knowing ,f whence & am, nor that & am more better #han %rospero, master of a full poor cell, 1nd thy no greater father MI#AN$A "ore to know 'id never meddle with my thoughts *#OS*E#O '#is time & should inform thee farther 2end thy hand, 1nd pluck my magic garment from me .o: a)s down his mantle 2ie there, my art $ipe thou thine eyes* have comfort #he direful spectacle of the wreck, which touch'd #he very virtue of compassion in thee, & have with such provision in mine art .o safely ordered that there is no soul00 )o, not so much perdition as an hair Betid to any creature in the vessel $hich thou heard'st cry, which thou saw'st sink .it down* /or thou must now know farther

MI#AN$A (ou have often Begun to tell me what & am, but stopp'd 1nd left me to a bootless in4uisition, +oncluding '.tay: not yet ' *#OS*E#O #he hour's now come* #he very minute bids thee ope thine ear* ,bey and be attentive +anst thou remember 1 time before we came unto this cell? & do not think thou canst, for then thou wast not ,ut three years old MI#AN$A +ertainly, sir, & can *#OS*E#O By what? by any other house or person? ,f any thing the image tell me that Hath kept with thy remembrance MI#AN$A '#is far off 1nd rather like a dream than an assurance #hat my remembrance warrants Had & not /our or five women once that tended me? *#OS*E#O #hou hadst, and more, "iranda But how is it #hat this lives in thy mind? $hat seest thou else

&n the dark backward and abysm of time? &f thou remember'st aught ere thou camest here, How thou camest here thou mayst MI#AN$A But that & do not *#OS*E#O #welve year since, "iranda, twelve year since, #hy father was the 'uke of "ilan and 1 prince of power MI#AN$A .ir, are not you my father? *#OS*E#O #hy mother was a piece of virtue, and .he said thou wast my daughter* and thy father $as 'uke of "ilan* and thou his only heir 1nd princess no worse issued MI#AN$A , the heavens! $hat foul play had we, that we came from thence? ,r blessed was't we did? *#OS*E#O Both, both, my girl: By foul play, as thou say'st, were we heaved thence, But blessedly holp hither MI#AN$A ,, my heart bleeds

#o think o' the teen that & have turn'd you to, $hich is from my remembrance! %lease you, farther *#OS*E#O "y brother and thy uncle, call'd 1ntonio00 & pray thee, mark me00that a brother should Be so perfidious!00he whom ne-t thyself ,f all the world & loved and to him put #he manage of my state* as at that time #hrough all the signories it was the first 1nd %rospero the prime duke, being so reputed &n dignity, and for the liberal arts $ithout a parallel* those being all my study, #he government & cast upon my brother 1nd to my state grew stranger, being transported 1nd rapt in secret studies #hy false uncle00 'ost thou attend me? MI#AN$A .ir, most heedfully *#OS*E#O Being once perfected how to grant suits, How to deny them, who to advance and who #o trash for over0topping, new created #he creatures that were mine, & say, or changed 'em, ,r else new form'd 'em* having both the key ,f officer and office, set all hearts i' the state #o what tune pleased his ear* that now he was

#he ivy which had hid my princely trunk, 1nd suck'd my verdure out on't #hou attend'st not MI#AN$A ,, good sir, & do *#OS*E#O & pray thee, mark me &, thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicated #o closeness and the bettering of my mind $ith that which, but by being so retired, ,'er0pri3ed all popular rate, in my false brother 1waked an evil nature* and my trust, 2ike a good parent, did beget of him 1 falsehood in its contrary as great 1s my trust was* which had indeed no limit, 1 confidence sans bound He being thus lorded, )ot only with what my revenue yielded, But what my power might else e-act, like one $ho having into truth, by telling of it, "ade such a sinner of his memory, #o credit his own lie, he did believe He was indeed the duke* out o' the substitution 1nd e-ecuting the outward face of royalty, $ith all prerogative: hence his ambition growing00 'ost thou hear? MI#AN$A (our tale, sir, would cure deafness

*#OS*E#O #o have no screen between this part he play'd 1nd him he play'd it for, he needs will be 1bsolute "ilan "e, poor man, my library $as dukedom large enough: of temporal royalties He thinks me now incapable* confederates00 .o dry he was for sway00wi' the 5ing of )aples #o give him annual tribute, do him homage, .ub6ect his coronet to his crown and bend #he dukedom yet unbow'd00alas, poor "ilan!00 #o most ignoble stooping MI#AN$A , the heavens! *#OS*E#O "ark his condition and the event* then tell me &f this might be a brother MI#AN$A & should sin #o think but nobly of my grandmother: Good wombs have borne bad sons *#OS*E#O )ow the condition #he 5ing of )aples, being an enemy #o me inveterate, hearkens my brother's suit* $hich was, that he, in lieu o' the premises ,f homage and & know not how much tribute,

.hould presently e-tirpate me and mine ,ut of the dukedom and confer fair "ilan $ith all the honours on my brother: whereon, 1 treacherous army levied, one midnight /ated to the purpose did 1ntonio open #he gates of "ilan, and, i' the dead of darkness, #he ministers for the purpose hurried thence "e and thy crying self MI#AN$A 1lack, for pity! &, not remembering how & cried out then, $ill cry it o'er again: it is a hint #hat wrings mine eyes to't *#OS*E#O Hear a little further 1nd then &'ll bring thee to the present business $hich now's upon's* without the which this story $ere most impertinent MI#AN$A $herefore did they not #hat hour destroy us? *#OS*E#O $ell demanded, wench: "y tale provokes that 4uestion 'ear, they durst not, .o dear the love my people bore me, nor set 1 mark so bloody on the business, but

$ith colours fairer painted their foul ends &n few, they hurried us aboard a bark, Bore us some leagues to sea* where they prepared 1 rotten carcass of a boat, not rigg'd, )or tackle, sail, nor mast* the very rats &nstinctively had 4uit it: there they hoist us, #o cry to the sea that roar'd to us, to sigh #o the winds whose pity, sighing back again, 'id us but loving wrong MI#AN$A 1lack, what trouble $as & then to you! *#OS*E#O ,, a cherubim #hou wast that did preserve me #hou didst smile &nfused with a fortitude from heaven, $hen & have deck'd the sea with drops full salt, 7nder my burthen groan'd* which raised in me 1n undergoing stomach, to bear up 1gainst what should ensue MI#AN$A How came we ashore? *#OS*E#O By %rovidence divine .ome food we had and some fresh water that 1 noble )eapolitan, Gon3alo,

,ut of his charity, being then appointed "aster of this design, did give us, with 8ich garments, linens, stuffs and necessaries, $hich since have steaded much* so, of his gentleness, 5nowing & loved my books, he furnish'd me /rom mine own library with volumes that & pri3e above my dukedom "&81)'1 $ould & might But ever see that man! %8,.%!8, )ow & arise: #esumes his mantle .it still, and hear the last of our sea0sorrow Here in this island we arrived* and here Have &, thy schoolmaster, made thee more profit #han other princesses can that have more time /or vainer hours and tutors not so careful MI#AN$A Heavens thank you for't! 1nd now, & pray you, sir, /or still 'tis beating in my mind, your reason /or raising this sea0storm? *#OS*E#O 5now thus far forth By accident most strange, bountiful /ortune, )ow my dear lady, hath mine enemies

Brought to this shore* and by my prescience & find my 3enith doth depend upon 1 most auspicious star, whose influence &f now & court not but omit, my fortunes $ill ever after droop Here cease more 4uestions: #hou art inclined to sleep* 'tis a good dulness, 1nd give it way: & know thou canst not choose MI#AN$A sleeps

+ome away, servant, come & am ready now 1pproach, my 1riel, come Enter A#IE A#IE 1ll hail, great master! grave sir, hail! & come #o answer thy best pleasure* be't to fly, #o swim, to dive into the fire, to ride ,n the curl'd clouds, to thy strong bidding task 1riel and all his 4uality *#OS*E#O Hast thou, spirit, %erform'd to point the tempest that & bade thee? A#IE #o every article & boarded the king's ship* now on the beak, )ow in the waist, the deck, in every cabin, & flamed ama3ement: sometime &'ld divide,

1nd burn in many places* on the topmast, #he yards and bowsprit, would & flame distinctly, #hen meet and 6oin 9ove's lightnings, the precursors ,' the dreadful thunder0claps, more momentary 1nd sight0outrunning were not* the fire and cracks ,f sulphurous roaring the most mighty )eptune .eem to besiege and make his bold waves tremble, (ea, his dread trident shake *#OS*E#O "y brave spirit! $ho was so firm, so constant, that this coil $ould not infect his reason? A#IE )ot a soul But felt a fever of the mad and play'd .ome tricks of desperation 1ll but mariners %lunged in the foaming brine and 4uit the vessel, #hen all afire with me: the king's son, /erdinand, $ith hair up0staring,00then like reeds, not hair,00 $as the first man that leap'd* cried, 'Hell is empty 1nd all the devils are here ' *#OS*E#O $hy that's my spirit! But was not this nigh shore? A#IE +lose by, my master

*#OS*E#O But are they, 1riel, safe? A#IE )ot a hair perish'd* ,n their sustaining garments not a blemish, But fresher than before: and, as thou badest me, &n troops & have dispersed them 'bout the isle #he king's son have & landed by himself* $hom & left cooling of the air with sighs &n an odd angle of the isle and sitting, His arms in this sad knot *#OS*E#O ,f the king's ship #he mariners say how thou hast disposed 1nd all the rest o' the fleet A#IE .afely in harbour &s the king's ship* in the deep nook, where once #hou call'dst me up at midnight to fetch dew /rom the still0ve-'d Bermoothes, there she's hid: #he mariners all under hatches stow'd* $ho, with a charm 6oin'd to their suffer'd labour, & have left asleep* and for the rest o' the fleet $hich & dispersed, they all have met again 1nd are upon the "editerranean flote, Bound sadly home for )aples,

.upposing that they saw the king's ship wreck'd 1nd his great person perish *#OS*E#O 1riel, thy charge !-actly is perform'd: but there's more work $hat is the time o' the day? A#IE %ast the mid season *#OS*E#O 1t least two glasses #he time 'twi-t si- and now "ust by us both be spent most preciously A#IE &s there more toil? .ince thou dost give me pains, 2et me remember thee what thou hast promised, $hich is not yet perform'd me *#OS*E#O How now? moody? $hat is't thou canst demand? A#IE "y liberty *#OS*E#O Before the time be out? no more! A#IE & prithee, 8emember & have done thee worthy service* #old thee no lies, made thee no mistakings, served

$ithout or grudge or grumblings: thou didst promise #o bate me a full year *#OS*E#O 'ost thou forget /rom what a torment & did free thee? A#IE )o *#OS*E#O #hou dost, and think'st it much to tread the oo3e ,f the salt deep, #o run upon the sharp wind of the north, #o do me business in the veins o' the earth $hen it is baked with frost A#IE & do not, sir *#OS*E#O #hou liest, malignant thing! Hast thou forgot #he foul witch .ycora-, who with age and envy $as grown into a hoop? hast thou forgot her? A#IE )o, sir *#OS*E#O #hou hast $here was she born? speak* tell me A#IE .ir, in 1rgier *#OS*E#O

,, was she so? & must ,nce in a month recount what thou hast been, $hich thou forget'st #his damn'd witch .ycora-, /or mischiefs manifold and sorceries terrible #o enter human hearing, from 1rgier, #hou know'st, was banish'd: for one thing she did #hey would not take her life &s not this true? A#IE 1y, sir *#OS*E#O #his blue0eyed hag was hither brought with child 1nd here was left by the sailors #hou, my slave, 1s thou report'st thyself, wast then her servant* 1nd, for thou wast a spirit too delicate #o act her earthy and abhorr'd commands, 8efusing her grand hests, she did confine thee, By help of her more potent ministers 1nd in her most unmitigable rage, &nto a cloven pine* within which rift &mprison'd thou didst painfully remain 1 do3en years* within which space she died 1nd left thee there* where thou didst vent thy groans 1s fast as mill0wheels strike #hen was this island00 .ave for the son that she did litter here, 1 freckled whelp hag0born00not honour'd with 1 human shape

A#IE (es, +aliban her son *#OS*E#O 'ull thing, & say so* he, that +aliban $hom now & keep in service #hou best know'st $hat torment & did find thee in* thy groans 'id make wolves howl and penetrate the breasts ,f ever angry bears: it was a torment #o lay upon the damn'd, which .ycora+ould not again undo: it was mine art, $hen & arrived and heard thee, that made gape #he pine and let thee out A#IE & thank thee, master *#OS*E#O &f thou more murmur'st, & will rend an oak 1nd peg thee in his knotty entrails till #hou hast howl'd away twelve winters A#IE %ardon, master* & will be correspondent to command 1nd do my spiriting gently *#OS*E#O 'o so, and after two days & will discharge thee A#IE

#hat's my noble master! $hat shall & do? say what* what shall & do? *#OS*E#O Go make thyself like a nymph o' the sea: be sub6ect #o no sight but thine and mine, invisible #o every eyeball else Go take this shape 1nd hither come in't: go, hence with diligence! Exit A#IE 1wake, dear heart, awake! thou hast slept well* 1wake! MI#AN$A #he strangeness of your story put Heaviness in me *#OS*E#O .hake it off +ome on* $e'll visit +aliban my slave, who never (ields us kind answer MI#AN$A '#is a villain, sir, & do not love to look on *#OS*E#O But, as 'tis, $e cannot miss him: he does make our fire, /etch in our wood and serves in offices #hat profit us $hat, ho! slave! +aliban! #hou earth, thou! speak CA IBAN

:$ithin; #here's wood enough within *#OS*E#O +ome forth, & say! there's other business for thee: +ome, thou tortoise! when? #e'enter A#IE li,e a water'n)mph /ine apparition! "y 4uaint 1riel, Hark in thine ear A#IE "y lord it shall be done Exit *#OS*E#O #hou poisonous slave, got by the devil himself 7pon thy wicked dam, come forth! Enter CA IBAN CA IBAN 1s wicked dew as e'er my mother brush'd $ith raven's feather from unwholesome fen 'rop on you both! a south0west blow on ye 1nd blister you all o'er! *#OS*E#O /or this, be sure, to0night thou shalt have cramps, .ide0stitches that shall pen thy breath up* urchins .hall, for that vast of night that they may work, 1ll e-ercise on thee* thou shalt be pinch'd 1s thick as honeycomb, each pinch more stinging #han bees that made 'em

CA IBAN & must eat my dinner #his island's mine, by .ycora- my mother, $hich thou takest from me $hen thou camest first, #hou strokedst me and madest much of me, wouldst give me $ater with berries in't, and teach me how #o name the bigger light, and how the less, #hat burn by day and night: and then & loved thee 1nd show'd thee all the 4ualities o' the isle, #he fresh springs, brine0pits, barren place and fertile: +ursed be & that did so! 1ll the charms ,f .ycora-, toads, beetles, bats, light on you! /or & am all the sub6ects that you have, $hich first was mine own king: and here you sty me &n this hard rock, whiles you do keep from me #he rest o' the island *#OS*E#O #hou most lying slave, $hom stripes may move, not kindness! & have used thee, /ilth as thou art, with human care, and lodged thee &n mine own cell, till thou didst seek to violate #he honour of my child CA IBAN , ho, , ho! would't had been done! #hou didst prevent me* & had peopled else #his isle with +alibans

*#OS*E#O 1bhorred slave, $hich any print of goodness wilt not take, Being capable of all ill! & pitied thee, #ook pains to make thee speak, taught thee each hour ,ne thing or other: when thou didst not, savage, 5now thine own meaning, but wouldst gabble like 1 thing most brutish, & endow'd thy purposes $ith words that made them known But thy vile race, #hough thou didst learn, had that in't which good natures +ould not abide to be with* therefore wast thou 'eservedly confined into this rock, $ho hadst deserved more than a prison CA IBAN (ou taught me language* and my profit on't &s, & know how to curse #he red plague rid you /or learning me your language! *#OS*E#O Hag0seed, hence! /etch us in fuel* and be 4uick, thou'rt best, #o answer other business .hrug'st thou, malice? &f thou neglect'st or dost unwillingly $hat & command, &'ll rack thee with old cramps, /ill all thy bones with aches, make thee roar #hat beasts shall tremble at thy din

CA IBAN )o, pray thee 1side & must obey: his art is of such power, &t would control my dam's god, .etebos, and make a vassal of him *#OS*E#O .o, slave* hence! Exit CA IBAN #e'enter A#IE ! in-isi.le! pla)ing and singing/ "E#$INAN$ following A#IE +S song. +ome unto these yellow sands, 1nd then take hands: +ourtsied when you have and kiss'd #he wild waves whist, /oot it featly here and there* 1nd, sweet sprites, the burthen bear Hark, hark! Burthen :dispersedly, within #he watch0dogs bark! Burthen Bow0wow Hark, hark! & hear #he strain of strutting chanticleer +ry, +ock0a0diddle0dow "E#$INAN$ $here should this music be? i' the air or the earth?

&t sounds no more: and sure, it waits upon .ome god o' the island .itting on a bank, $eeping again the king my father's wreck, #his music crept by me upon the waters, 1llaying both their fury and my passion $ith its sweet air: thence & have follow'd it, ,r it hath drawn me rather But 'tis gone )o, it begins again A#IE sings /ull fathom five thy father lies* ,f his bones are coral made* #hose are pearls that were his eyes: )othing of him that doth fade But doth suffer a sea0change &nto something rich and strange .ea0nymphs hourly ring his knell Burthen 'ing0dong Hark! now & hear them,00'ing0dong, bell "E#$INAN$ #he ditty does remember my drown'd father #his is no mortal business, nor no sound #hat the earth owes & hear it now above me *#OS*E#O #he fringed curtains of thine eye advance 1nd say what thou seest yond MI#AN$A

$hat is't? a spirit? 2ord, how it looks about! Believe me, sir, &t carries a brave form But 'tis a spirit *#OS*E#O )o, wench* it eats and sleeps and hath such senses 1s we have, such #his gallant which thou seest $as in the wreck* and, but he's something stain'd $ith grief that's beauty's canker, thou mightst call him 1 goodly person: he hath lost his fellows 1nd strays about to find 'em MI#AN$A & might call him 1 thing divine, for nothing natural & ever saw so noble *#OS*E#O :1side; &t goes on, & see, 1s my soul prompts it .pirit, fine spirit! &'ll free thee $ithin two days for this "E#$INAN$ "ost sure, the goddess ,n whom these airs attend! <ouchsafe my prayer "ay know if you remain upon this island* 1nd that you will some good instruction give How & may bear me here: my prime re4uest, $hich & do last pronounce, is, , you wonder! &f you be maid or no?

MI#AN$A )o wonder, sir* But certainly a maid "E#$INAN$ "y language! heavens! & am the best of them that speak this speech, $ere & but where 'tis spoken *#OS*E#O How? the best? $hat wert thou, if the 5ing of )aples heard thee? "E#$INAN$ 1 single thing, as & am now, that wonders #o hear thee speak of )aples He does hear me* 1nd that he does & weep: myself am )aples, $ho with mine eyes, never since at ebb, beheld #he king my father wreck'd MI#AN$A 1lack, for mercy! "E#$INAN$ (es, faith, and all his lords* the 'uke of "ilan 1nd his brave son being twain *#OS*E#O :1side; #he 'uke of "ilan

1nd his more braver daughter could control thee, &f now 'twere fit to do't 1t the first sight #hey have changed eyes 'elicate 1riel,

&'ll set thee free for this To "E#$INAN$ 1 word, good sir* & fear you have done yourself some wrong: a word MI#AN$A $hy speaks my father so ungently? #his &s the third man that e'er & saw, the first #hat e'er & sigh'd for: pity move my father #o be inclined my way! "E#$INAN$ ,, if a virgin, 1nd your affection not gone forth, &'ll make you #he 4ueen of )aples *#OS*E#O .oft, sir! one word more Aside #hey are both in either's powers* but this swift business & must uneasy make, lest too light winning "ake the pri3e light To "E#$INAN$ ,ne word more* & charge thee #hat thou attend me: thou dost here usurp #he name thou owest not* and hast put thyself 7pon this island as a spy, to win it /rom me, the lord on't "E#$INAN$

)o, as & am a man MI#AN$A #here's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple: &f the ill spirit have so fair a house, Good things will strive to dwell with't *#OS*E#O /ollow me .peak not you for him* he's a traitor +ome* &'ll manacle thy neck and feet together: .ea0water shalt thou drink* thy food shall be #he fresh0brook muscles, wither'd roots and husks $herein the acorn cradled /ollow "E#$INAN$ )o* & will resist such entertainment till "ine enemy has more power 'raws, and is charmed from moving MI#AN$A , dear father, "ake not too rash a trial of him, for He's gentle and not fearful *#OS*E#O $hat? & say, "y foot my tutor? %ut thy sword up, traitor* $ho makest a show but darest not strike, thy conscience &s so possess'd with guilt: come from thy ward,

/or & can here disarm thee with this stick 1nd make thy weapon drop MI#AN$A Beseech you, father *#OS*E#O Hence! hang not on my garments MI#AN$A .ir, have pity* &'ll be his surety *#OS*E#O .ilence! one word more .hall make me chide thee, if not hate thee $hat! 1n advocate for an imposter! hush! #hou think'st there is no more such shapes as he, Having seen but him and +aliban: foolish wench! #o the most of men this is a +aliban 1nd they to him are angels MI#AN$A "y affections 1re then most humble* & have no ambition #o see a goodlier man *#OS*E#O +ome on* obey: #hy nerves are in their infancy again 1nd have no vigour in them "E#$INAN$

.o they are* "y spirits, as in a dream, are all bound up "y father's loss, the weakness which & feel, #he wreck of all my friends, nor this man's threats, #o whom & am subdued, are but light to me, "ight & but through my prison once a day Behold this maid: all corners else o' the earth 2et liberty make use of* space enough Have & in such a prison *#OS*E#O :1side; &t works To "E#$INAN$ +ome on #hou hast done well, fine 1riel! To "E#$INAN$ /ollow me To A#IE Hark what thou else shalt do me MI#AN$A Be of comfort* "y father's of a better nature, sir, #han he appears by speech: this is unwonted $hich now came from him *#OS*E#O #hou shalt be free 1s mountain winds: but then e-actly do

1ll points of my command A#IE #o the syllable *#OS*E#O +ome, follow .peak not for him Exeunt SCENE II. Another part of the island. Enter CA IBAN with a .urden of wood. A noise of thunder heard. CA IBAN 1ll the infections that the sun sucks up /rom bogs, fens, flats, on %rosper fall and make him By inch0meal a disease! His spirits hear me 1nd yet & needs must curse But they'll nor pinch, /right me with urchin00shows, pitch me i' the mire, )or lead me, like a firebrand, in the dark ,ut of my way, unless he bid 'em* but /or every trifle are they set upon me* .ometime like apes that mow and chatter at me 1nd after bite me, then like hedgehogs which 2ie tumbling in my barefoot way and mount #heir pricks at my footfall* sometime am & 1ll wound with adders who with cloven tongues 'o hiss me into madness Enter T#INC0 O 2o, now, lo! Here comes a spirit of his, and to torment me

/or bringing wood in slowly &'ll fall flat* %erchance he will not mind me T#INC0 O Here's neither bush nor shrub, to bear off any weather at all, and another storm brewing* & hear it sing i' the wind: yond same black cloud, yond huge one, looks like a foul bombard that would shed his li4uor &f it should thunder as it did before, & know not where to hide my head: yond same cloud cannot choose but fall by pailfuls $hat have we here? a man or a fish? dead or alive? 1 fish: he smells like a fish* a very ancient and fish0 like smell* a kind of not of the newest %oor0 9ohn 1 strange fish! $ere & in !ngland now, as once & was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver: there would this monster make a man* any strange beast there makes a man: when they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will la3y out ten to see a dead &ndian 2egged like a man and his fins like arms! $arm o' my troth! & do now let loose my opinion* hold it no longer: this is no fish, but an islander, that hath lately suffered by a thunderbolt

Thunder 1las, the storm is come again! my best way is to creep under his gaberdine* there is no other shelter hereabouts: misery ac4uaints a man with strange bed0fellows & will here shroud till the dregs of the storm be past Enter STE*1ANO! singing: a .ottle in his hand STE*1ANO & shall no more to sea, to sea, Here shall & die ashore00 #his is a very scurvy tune to sing at a man's funeral: well, here's my comfort $rin,s! Sings #he master, the swabber, the boatswain and &, #he gunner and his mate 2oved "all, "eg and "arian and "argery, But none of us cared for 5ate* /or she had a tongue with a tang, $ould cry to a sailor, Go hang! .he loved not the savour of tar nor of pitch, (et a tailor might scratch her where'er she did itch: #hen to sea, boys, and let her go hang! #his is a scurvy tune too: but here's my comfort $rin,s CA IBAN 'o not torment me, prithee* &'ll bring my wood home faster

STE*1ANO How didst thou 'scape? How camest thou hither? swear by this bottle how thou camest hither & escaped upon a butt of sack which the sailors heaved o'erboard, by this bottle* which & made of the bark of a tree with mine own hands since & was cast ashore CA IBAN &'ll swear upon that bottle to be thy true sub6ect* for the li4uor is not earthly STE*1ANO +ome, drink thee CA IBAN &'ll show thee the best springs* &'ll pluck thee berries* &'ll fish for thee and get thee wood enough 1 plague upon the tyrant that & serve! &'ll bear him no more sticks, but follow thee, #hou wondrous man STE*1ANO , brave monster! 2ead the way Exeunt ACT III SCENE I. Before *#OS*E#O+S Cell. Enter "E#$INAN$! .earing a log "E#$INAN$ #here be some sports are painful, and their labour

'elight in them sets off: some kinds of baseness 1re nobly undergone and most poor matters %oint to rich ends #his my mean task $ould be as heavy to me as odious, but #he mistress which & serve 4uickens what's dead 1nd makes my labours pleasures: ,, she is #en times more gentle than her father's crabbed, 1nd he's composed of harshness & must remove .ome thousands of these logs and pile them up, 7pon a sore in6unction: my sweet mistress $eeps when she sees me work, and says, such baseness Had never like e-ecutor & forget: But these sweet thoughts do even refresh my labours, "ost busy lest, when & do it Enter MI#AN$A/ and *#OS*E#O at a distan(e! unseen MI#AN$A 1las, now, pray you, $ork not so hard: & would the lightning had Burnt up those logs that you are en6oin'd to pile! %ray, set it down and rest you: when this burns, '#will weep for having wearied you "y father &s hard at study* pray now, rest yourself* He's safe for these three hours "E#$INAN$ , most dear mistress, #he sun will set before & shall discharge

$hat & must strive to do MI#AN$A &f you'll sit down, &'ll bear your logs the while: pray, give me that* &'ll carry it to the pile "E#$INAN$ )o, precious creature* & had rather crack my sinews, break my back, #han you should such dishonour undergo, $hile & sit la3y by MI#AN$A &t would become me 1s well as it does you: and & should do it $ith much more ease* for my good will is to it, 1nd yours it is against *#OS*E#O %oor worm, thou art infected! #his visitation shows it MI#AN$A (ou look wearily "E#$INAN$ )o, noble mistress*'tis fresh morning with me $hen you are by at night & do beseech you00 +hiefly that & might set it in my prayers00 $hat is your name? MI#AN$A

"iranda 00, my father, & have broke your hest to say so! "E#$INAN$ 1dmired "iranda! &ndeed the top of admiration! worth $hat's dearest to the world! /ull many a lady & have eyed with best regard and many a time #he harmony of their tongues hath into bondage Brought my too diligent ear: for several virtues Have & liked several women* never any $ith so fun soul, but some defect in her 'id 4uarrel with the noblest grace she owed 1nd put it to the foil: but you, , you, .o perfect and so peerless, are created ,f every creature's best! MI#AN$A & do not know ,ne of my se-* no woman's face remember, .ave, from my glass, mine own* nor have & seen "ore that & may call men than you, good friend, 1nd my dear father: how features are abroad, & am skilless of* but, by my modesty, #he 6ewel in my dower, & would not wish 1ny companion in the world but you, )or can imagination form a shape, Besides yourself, to like of But & prattle

.omething too wildly and my father's precepts & therein do forget "E#$INAN$ & am in my condition 1 prince, "iranda* & do think, a king* & would, not so!00and would no more endure #his wooden slavery than to suffer #he flesh0fly blow my mouth Hear my soul speak: #he very instant that & saw you, did "y heart fly to your service* there resides, #o make me slave to it* and for your sake 1m & this patient log00man MI#AN$A 'o you love me? "E#$INAN$ , heaven, , earth, bear witness to this sound 1nd crown what & profess with kind event &f & speak true! if hollowly, invert $hat best is boded me to mischief! & Beyond all limit of what else i' the world 'o love, pri3e, honour you MI#AN$A & am a fool #o weep at what & am glad of *#OS*E#O /air encounter

,f two most rare affections! Heavens rain grace ,n that which breeds between 'em! "E#$INAN$ $herefore weep you? MI#AN$A 1t mine unworthiness that dare not offer $hat & desire to give, and much less take $hat & shall die to want But this is trifling* 1nd all the more it seeks to hide itself, #he bigger bulk it shows Hence, bashful cunning! 1nd prompt me, plain and holy innocence! & am your wife, if you will marry me* &f not, &'ll die your maid: to be your fellow (ou may deny me* but &'ll be your servant, $hether you will or no "E#$INAN$ "y mistress, dearest* 1nd & thus humble ever MI#AN$A "y husband, then? "E#$INAN$ 1y, with a heart as willing 1s bondage e'er of freedom: here's my hand MI#AN$A 1nd mine, with my heart in't* and now farewell #ill half an hour hence

"E#$INAN$ 1 thousand thousand! Exeunt "E#$INAN$ and MI#AN$A se-erall) *#OS*E#O .o glad of this as they & cannot be, $ho are surprised withal* but my re6oicing 1t nothing can be more &'ll to my book, /or yet ere supper0time must & perform "uch business appertaining Exit ACT 2 SCENE I. Before *#OS*E#O+S (ell. Enter *#OS*E#O in his magi( ro.es! and A#IE *#OS*E#O )ow does my pro6ect gather to a head: "y charms crack not* my spirits obey* and time Goes upright with his carriage How's the day? A#IE ,n the si-th hour* at which time, my lord, (ou said our work should cease *#OS*E#O & did say so, $hen first & raised the tempest .ay, my spirit, How fares the king and's followers? A#IE +onfined together

&n the same fashion as you gave in charge, 9ust as you left them* all prisoners, sir, &n the line0grove which weather0fends your cell* #hey cannot budge till your release #he king, His brother and yours, abide all three distracted 1nd the remainder mourning over them, Brimful of sorrow and dismay* but chiefly Him that you term'd, sir, '#he good old lord Gon3alo*' His tears run down his beard, like winter's drops /rom eaves of reeds (our charm so strongly works 'em #hat if you now beheld them, your affections $ould become tender *#OS*E#O 'ost thou think so, spirit? A#IE "ine would, sir, were & human *#OS*E#O 1nd mine shall Hast thou, which art but air, a touch, a feeling ,f their afflictions, and shall not myself, ,ne of their kind, that relish all as sharply, %assion as they, be kindlier moved than thou art? #hough with their high wrongs & am struck to the 4uick, (et with my nobler reason 'gaitist my fury 'o & take part: the rarer action is &n virtue than in vengeance: they being penitent,

#he sole drift of my purpose doth e-tend )ot a frown further Go release them, 1riel: "y charms &'ll break, their senses &'ll restore, 1nd they shall be themselves A#IE &'ll fetch them, sir Exit *#OS*E#O (e elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes and groves, 1nd ye that on the sands with printless foot 'o chase the ebbing )eptune and do fly him $hen he comes back* you demi0puppets that By moonshine do the green sour ringlets make, $hereof the ewe not bites, and you whose pastime &s to make midnight mushrooms, that re6oice #o hear the solemn curfew* by whose aid, $eak masters though ye be, & have bedimm'd #he noontide sun, call'd forth the mutinous winds, 1nd 'twi-t the green sea and the a3ured vault .et roaring war: to the dread rattling thunder Have & given fire and rifted 9ove's stout oak $ith his own bolt* the strong0based promontory Have & made shake and by the spurs pluck'd up #he pine and cedar: graves at my command Have waked their sleepers, oped, and let 'em forth By my so potent art But this rough magic

& here ab6ure, and, when & have re4uired .ome heavenly music, which even now & do, #o work mine end upon their senses that #his airy charm is for, &'ll break my staff, Bury it certain fathoms in the earth, 1nd deeper than did ever plummet sound &'ll drown my book Solemn musi( #e'enter A#IE .efore: then A ONSO! with a franti( gesture! attended .) %ON&A O/ SEBASTIAN and ANTONIO in li,e manner! attended .) A$#IAN and "#ANCISCO the) all enter the (ir(le whi(h *#OS*E#O had made! and there stand (harmed/ whi(h *#OS*E#O o.ser-ing! spea,s: *#OS*E#O 1 solemn air and the best comforter #o an unsettled fancy cure thy brains, )ow useless, boil'd within thy skull! #here stand, /or you are spell0stopp'd Holy Gon3alo, honourable man, "ine eyes, even sociable to the show of thine, /all fellowly drops #he charm dissolves apace, 1nd as the morning steals upon the night, "elting the darkness, so their rising senses Begin to chase the ignorant fumes that mantle #heir clearer reason , good Gon3alo, "y true preserver, and a loyal sir #o him you follow'st! & will pay thy graces Home both in word and deed "ost cruelly

'idst thou, 1lonso, use me and my daughter: #hy brother was a furtherer in the act #hou art pinch'd fort now, .ebastian /lesh and blood, (ou, brother mine, that entertain'd ambition, !-pell'd remorse and nature* who, with .ebastian, $hose inward pinches therefore are most strong, $ould here have kill'd your king* & do forgive thee, 7nnatural though thou art #heir understanding Begins to swell, and the approaching tide $ill shortly fill the reasonable shore #hat now lies foul and muddy )ot one of them #hat yet looks on me, or would know me 1riel, /etch me the hat and rapier in my cell: & will discase me, and myself present 1s & was sometime "ilan: 4uickly, spirit* #hou shalt ere long be free A#IE sings and helps to attire him $here the bee sucks there suck &: &n a cowslip's bell & lie* #here & couch when owls do cry ,n the bat's back & do fly 1fter summer merrily "errily, merrily shall & live now 7nder the blossom that hangs on the bough *#OS*E#O $hy, that's my dainty 1riel! & shall miss thee:

But yet thou shalt have freedom: so, so, so #o the king's ship, invisible as thou art: #here shalt thou find the mariners asleep 7nder the hatches* the master and the boatswain Being awake, enforce them to this place, 1nd presently, & prithee A#IE & drink the air before me, and return ,r ere your pulse twice beat Exit %ON&A O 1ll torment, trouble, wonder and ama3ement &nhabits here: some heavenly power guide us ,ut of this fearful country! *#OS*E#O Behold, sir king, #he wronged 'uke of "ilan, %rospero: /or more assurance that a living prince 'oes now speak to thee, & embrace thy body* 1nd to thee and thy company & bid 1 hearty welcome A ONSO $hether thou best he or no, ,r some enchanted trifle to abuse me, 1s late & have been, & not know: thy pulse Beats as of flesh and blood* and, since & saw thee,

#he affliction of my mind amends, with which, & fear, a madness held me: this must crave, 1n if this be at all, a most strange story #hy dukedom & resign and do entreat #hou pardon me my wrongs But how should %rospero Be living and be here? *#OS*E#O /irst, noble friend, 2et me embrace thine age, whose honour cannot Be measured or confined %ON&A O $hether this be ,r be not, &'ll not swear *#OS*E#O (ou do yet taste .ome subtilties o' the isle, that will not let you Believe things certain $elcome, my friends all! Aside to SEBASTIAN and ANTONIO But you, my brace of lords, were & so minded, & here could pluck his highness' frown upon you 1nd 6ustify you traitors: at this time & will tell no tales SEBASTIAN :1side; #he devil speaks in him *#OS*E#O )o

/or you, most wicked sir, whom to call brother $ould even infect my mouth, & do forgive #hy rankest fault* all of them* and re4uire "y dukedom of thee, which perforce, & know, #hou must restore A ONSO &f thou be'st %rospero, Give us particulars of thy preservation* How thou hast met us here, who three hours since $ere wreck'd upon this shore* where & have lost00 How sharp the point of this remembrance is!00 "y dear son /erdinand *#OS*E#O & am woe for't, sir 12,)., Irrepara.le is the loss! and patien(e .ays it is past her cure *#OS*E#O & rather think (ou have not sought her help, of whose soft grace /or the like loss & have her sovereign aid 1nd rest myself content A ONSO (ou the like loss! *#OS*E#O 1s great to me as late* and, supportable

#o make the dear loss, have & means much weaker #han you may call to comfort you, for & Have lost my daughter A ONSO 1 daughter? , heavens, that they were living both in )aples, #he king and 4ueen there! that they were, & wish "yself were mudded in that oo3y bed $here my son lies $hen did you lose your daughter? *#OS*E#O &n this last tempest & perceive these lords 1t this encounter do so much admire #hat they devour their reason and scarce think #heir eyes do offices of truth, their words 1re natural breath: but, howsoe'er you have Been 6ustled from your senses, know for certain #hat & am %rospero and that very duke $hich was thrust forth of "ilan, who most strangely 7pon this shore, where you were wreck'd, was landed, #o be the lord on't )o more yet of this* /or 'tis a chronicle of day by day, )ot a relation for a breakfast nor Befitting this first meeting $elcome, sir* #his cell's my court: here have & few attendants 1nd sub6ects none abroad: pray you, look in "y dukedom since you have given me again,

& will re4uite you with as good a thing* 1t least bring forth a wonder, to content ye 1s much as me my dukedom 1ere *#OS*E#O dis(o-ers "E#$INAN$ and MI#AN$A pla)ing at (hess MI#AN$A .weet lord, you play me false "E#$INAN$ )o, my dear'st love, & would not for the world MI#AN$A (es, for a score of kingdoms you should wrangle, 1nd & would call it, fair play A ONSO &f this prove 1 vision of the &sland, one dear son .hall & twice lose SEBASTIAN 1 most high miracle! "E#$INAN$ #hough the seas threaten, they are merciful* & have cursed them without cause 3neels A ONSO )ow all the blessings ,f a glad father compass thee about! 1rise, and say how thou camest here

MI#AN$A ,, wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! , brave new world, #hat has such people in't! *#OS*E#O '#is new to thee A ONSO $hat is this maid with whom thou wast at play? (our eld'st ac4uaintance cannot be three hours: &s she the goddess that hath sever'd us, 1nd brought us thus together? "E#$INAN$ .ir, she is mortal* But by immortal %rovidence she's mine: & chose her when & could not ask my father /or his advice, nor thought & had one .he &s daughter to this famous 'uke of "ilan, ,f whom so often & have heard renown, But never saw before* of whom & have 8eceived a second life* and second father #his lady makes him to me A ONSO & am hers: But, ,, how oddly will it sound that & "ust ask my child forgiveness!

*#OS*E#O #here, sir, stop: 2et us not burthen our remembrance with 1 heaviness that's gone %ON&A O & have inly wept, ,r should have spoke ere this 2ook down, you god, 1nd on this couple drop a blessed crown! /or it is you that have chalk'd forth the way $hich brought us hither A ONSO & say, 1men, Gon3alo! %ON&A O $as "ilan thrust from "ilan, that his issue .hould become kings of )aples? ,, re6oice Beyond a common 6oy, and set it down $ith gold on lasting pillars: &n one voyage 'id +laribel her husband find at #unis, 1nd /erdinand, her brother, found a wife $here he himself was lost, %rospero his dukedom &n a poor isle and all of us ourselves $hen no man was his own A ONSO 4To "E#$INAN$ and MI#AN$A5 Give me your hands: 2et grief and sorrow still embrace his heart #hat doth not wish you 6oy!

%ON&A O Be it so! 1men! #e'enter A#IE ! with the Master and Boatswain ama6edl) following ,, look, sir, look, sir! here is more of us: & prophesied, if a gallows were on land, #his fellow could not drown )ow, blasphemy, #hat swear'st grace o'erboard, not an oath on shore? Hast thou no mouth by land? $hat is the news? Boatswain #he best news is, that we have safely found ,ur king and company* the ne-t, our ship00 $hich, but three glasses since, we gave out split00 &s tight and yare and bravely rigg'd as when $e first put out to sea A#IE :1side to %8,.%!8,; .ir, all this service Have & done since & went *#OS*E#O :1side to 18&!2; "y tricksy spirit! A ONSO #hese are not natural events* they strengthen /rom strange to stranger .ay, how came you hither? Boatswain &f & did think, sir, & were well awake, &'ld strive to tell you $e were dead of sleep, 1nd00how we know not00all clapp'd under hatches*

$here but even now with strange and several noises ,f roaring, shrieking, howling, 6ingling chains, 1nd more diversity of sounds, all horrible, $e were awaked* straightway, at liberty* $here we, in all her trim, freshly beheld ,ur royal, good and gallant ship, our master +apering to eye her: on a trice, so please you, !ven in a dream, were we divided from them 1nd were brought moping hither A#IE :1side to %8,.%!8,; $as't well done? *#OS*E#O :1side to 18&!2; Bravely, my diligence #hou shalt be free A ONSO #his is as strange a ma3e as e'er men trod 1nd there is in this business more than nature $as ever conduct of: some oracle "ust rectify our knowledge *#OS*E#O .ir, my liege, 'o not infest your mind with beating on #he strangeness of this business* at pick'd leisure $hich shall be shortly, single &'ll resolve you, $hich to you shall seem probable, of every #hese happen'd accidents* till when, be cheerful 1nd think of each thing well

Aside to A#IE +ome hither, spirit: .et +aliban and his companions free* 7ntie the spell Exit A#IE How fares my gracious sir? #here are yet missing of your company .ome few odd lads that you remember not #e'enter A#IE ! dri-ing in CA IBAN! STE*1ANO and T#INC0 O! in their stolen apparel STE*1ANO !very man shift for all the rest, and let no man take care for himself* for all is but fortune +oragio, bully0monster, coragio! T#INC0 O &f these be true spies which & wear in my head, here's a goodly sight CA IBAN , .etebos, these be brave spirits indeed! How fine my master is! & am afraid He will chastise me SEBASTIAN Ha, ha! $hat things are these, my lord 1ntonio? $ill money buy 'em? ANTONIO <ery like* one of them

&s a plain fish, and, no doubt, marketable *#OS*E#O "ark but the badges of these men, my lords, #hen say if they be true #his mis0shapen knave, His mother was a witch, and one so strong #hat could control the moon, make flows and ebbs, 1nd deal in her command without her power #hese three have robb'd me* and this demi0devil00 /or he's a bastard one00had plotted with them #o take my life #wo of these fellows you "ust know and own* this thing of darkness! 1cknowledge mine CA IBAN & shall be pinch'd to death A ONSO &s not this .tephano, my drunken butler? SEBASTIAN He is drunk now: where had he wine? A ONSO 1nd #rinculo is reeling ripe: where should they /ind this grand li4uor that hath gilded 'em? How camest thou in this pickle? T#INC0 O & have been in such a pickle since & saw you last that, & fear me, will never out of my bones: & shall not fear fly0blowing

SEBASTIAN $hy, how now, .tephano! STE*1ANO ,, touch me not* & am not .tephano, but a cramp *#OS*E#O (ou'ld be king o' the isle, sirrah? STE*1ANO & should have been a sore one then A ONSO #his is a strange thing as e'er & look'd on %ointing to +aliban *#OS*E#O He is as disproportion'd in his manners 1s in his shape Go, sirrah, to my cell* #ake with you your companions* as you look #o have my pardon, trim it handsomely CA IBAN 1y, that & will* and &'ll be wise hereafter 1nd seek for grace $hat a thrice0double ass $as &, to take this drunkard for a god 1nd worship this dull fool! *#OS*E#O Go to* away! A ONSO Hence, and bestow your luggage where you found it SEBASTIAN

,r stole it, rather Exeunt CA IBAN! STE*1ANO! and T#INC0 O *#OS*E#O .ir, & invite your highness and your train #o my poor cell, where you shall take your rest /or this one night* which, part of it, &'ll waste $ith such discourse as, & not doubt, shall make it Go 4uick away* the story of my life 1nd the particular accidents gone by .ince & came to this isle: and in the morn &'ll bring you to your ship and so to )aples, $here & have hope to see the nuptial ,f these our dear0beloved solemni3ed* 1nd thence retire me to my "ilan, where !very third thought shall be my grave A ONSO & long #o hear the story of your life, which must #ake the ear strangely *#OS*E#O &'ll deliver all* 1nd promise you calm seas, auspicious gales 1nd sail so e-peditious that shall catch (our royal fleet far off Aside to A#IE "y 1riel, chick,

#hat is thy charge: then to the elements Be free, and fare thou well! %lease you, draw near Exeunt E*I O%0E S*O3EN B7 *#OS*E#O )ow my charms are all o'erthrown, 1nd what strength & have's mine own, $hich is most faint: now, 'tis true, & must be here confined by you, ,r sent to )aples 2et me not, .ince & have my dukedom got 1nd pardon'd the deceiver, dwell &n this bare island by your spell* But release me from my bands $ith the help of your good hands: Gentle breath of yours my sails "ust fill, or else my pro6ect fails, $hich was to please )ow & want .pirits to enforce, art to enchant, 1nd my ending is despair, 7nless & be relieved by prayer, $hich pierces so that it assaults "ercy itself and frees all faults 1s you from crimes would pardon'd be, 2et your indulgence set me free