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[Aside] I must obey. His art is of such pow'r, `
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It would control my dam's god, Setebos, `
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And make a vassal of him. `
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PROSPERO. So, slave; hence! Exit CALIBAN `
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Re-enter ARIEL invisible, playing ad singing; `
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FERDINAND following `
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ARIEL'S SONG. `
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Come unto these yellow sands, `
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And then take hands; `
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Curtsied when you have and kiss'd, `
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The wild waves whist, `
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Foot it featly here and there, `
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And, sweet sprites, the burden bear. `
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Hark, hark! `
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[Burden dispersedly: Bow-wow.] `
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The watch dogs bark. `
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[Burden dispersedly: Bow-wow.] `
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Hark, hark! I hear `
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The strain of strutting chanticleer `
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Cry, Cock-a-diddle-dow. `
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FERDINAND. Where should this music be? I' th' air or th' `
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earth? `
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It sounds no more; and sure it waits upon `
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Some god o' th' island. Sitting on a bank, `
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Weeping again the King my father's wreck, `
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This music crept by me upon the waters, `
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Allaying both their fury and my passion `
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With its sweet air; thence I have follow'd it, `
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Or it hath drawn me rather. But 'tis gone. `
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No, it begins again. `
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ARIEL'S SONG `
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Full fathom five thy father lies; `
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Of his bones are coral made; `
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Those are pearls that were his eyes; `
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Nothing of him that doth fade `
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But doth suffer a sea-change `
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Into something rich and strange. `
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Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell: `
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[Burden: Ding-dong.] `
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Hark! now I hear them-Ding-dong bell. `
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FERDINAND. The ditty does remember my drown'd father. `
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This is no mortal business, nor no sound `
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That the earth owes. I hear it now above me. `
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PROSPERO. The fringed curtains of thine eye advance, `
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And say what thou seest yond. `
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MIRANDA. What is't? a spirit? `
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Lord, how it looks about! Believe me, sir, `
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It carries a brave form. But 'tis a spirit. `
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PROSPERO. No, wench; it eats and sleeps and hath such senses `
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As we have, such. This gallant which thou seest `
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Was in the wreck; and but he's something stain'd `
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With grief, that's beauty's canker, thou mightst call him `
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A goodly person. He hath lost his fellows, `
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And strays about to find 'em. `
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MIRANDA. I might call him `
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A thing divine; for nothing natural `
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I ever saw so noble. `
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PROSPERO. [Aside] It goes on, I see, `
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As my soul prompts it. Spirit, fine spirit! I'll free thee `
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Within two days for this. `
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FERDINAND. Most sure, the goddess `
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On whom these airs attend! Vouchsafe my pray'r `
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May know if you remain upon this island; `
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And that you will some good instruction give `
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How I may bear me here. My prime request, `
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Which I do last pronounce, is, O you wonder! `
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If you be maid or no? `
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MIRANDA. No wonder, sir; `
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But certainly a maid. `
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FERDINAND. My language? Heavens! `
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I am the best of them that speak this speech, `
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Were I but where 'tis spoken. `
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PROSPERO. How? the best? `
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What wert thou, if the King of Naples heard thee? `
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FERDINAND. A single thing, as I am now, that wonders `
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To hear thee speak of Naples. He does hear me; `
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And that he does I weep. Myself am Naples, `
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Who with mine eyes, never since at ebb, beheld `
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The King my father wreck'd. `
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MIRANDA. Alack, for mercy! `
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FERDINAND. Yes, faith, and all his lords, the Duke of Milan `
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And his brave son being twain. `
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PROSPERO. [Aside] The Duke of Milan `
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And his more braver daughter could control thee, `
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If now 'twere fit to do't. At the first sight `
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They have chang'd eyes. Delicate Ariel, `
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I'll set thee free for this. [To FERDINAND] A word, good `
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sir; `
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I fear you have done yourself some wrong; a word. `
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MIRANDA. Why speaks my father so ungently? This `
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Is the third man that e'er I saw; the first `
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That e'er I sigh'd for. Pity move my father `
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To be inclin'd my way! `
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FERDINAND. O, if a virgin, `
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And your affection not gone forth, I'll make you `
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The Queen of Naples. `
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PROSPERO. Soft, Sir! one word more. `
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[Aside] They are both in either's pow'rs; but this swift `
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busines `
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I must uneasy make, lest too light winning `
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Make the prize light. [To FERDINAND] One word more; I `
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charge thee `
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That thou attend me; thou dost here usurp `
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The name thou ow'st not; and hast put thyself `
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Upon this island as a spy, to win it `
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From me, the lord on't. `
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FERDINAND. No, as I am a man. `
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MIRANDA. There's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple. `
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If the ill spirit have so fair a house, `
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Good things will strive to dwell with't. `
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PROSPERO. Follow me. `
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Speak not you for him; he's a traitor. Come; `
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I'll manacle thy neck and feet together. `
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Sea-water shalt thou drink; thy food shall be `
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The fresh-brook mussels, wither'd roots, and husks `
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Wherein the acorn cradled. Follow. `
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FERDINAND. No; `
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I will resist such entertainment till `
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Mine enemy has more power. `
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[He draws, and is charmed from moving] `
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MIRANDA. O dear father, `
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Make not too rash a trial of him, for `
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He's gentle, and not fearful. `
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PROSPERO. What, I say, `
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My foot my tutor? Put thy sword up, traitor; `
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Who mak'st a show but dar'st not strike, thy conscience `
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Is so possess'd with guilt. Come from thy ward; `
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For I can here disarm thee with this stick `
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And make thy weapon drop. `
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MIRANDA. Beseech you, father! `
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PROSPERO. Hence! Hang not on my garments. `
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MIRANDA. Sir, have pity; `
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I'll be his surety. `
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PROSPERO. Silence! One word more `
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Shall make me chide thee, if not hate thee. What! `
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An advocate for an impostor! hush! `
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Thou think'st there is no more such shapes as he, `
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Having seen but him and Caliban. Foolish wench! `
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To th' most of men this is a Caliban, `
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And they to him are angels. `
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MIRANDA. My affections `
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Are then most humble; I have no ambition `
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To see a goodlier man. `
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PROSPERO. Come on; obey. `
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Thy nerves are in their infancy again, `
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And have no vigour in them. `
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FERDINAND. So they are; `
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My spirits, as in a dream, are all bound up. `
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My father's loss, the weakness which I feel, `
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The wreck of all my friends, nor this man's threats `
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To whom I am subdu'd, are but light to me, `
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Might I but through my prison once a day `
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Behold this maid. All corners else o' th' earth `
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Let liberty make use of; space enough `
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Have I in such a prison. `
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PROSPERO. [Aside] It works. [To FERDINAND] Come on.- `
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Thou hast done well, fine Ariel! [To FERDINAND] Follow `
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me. `
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[To ARIEL] Hark what thou else shalt do me. `
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MIRANDA. Be of comfort; `
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My father's of a better nature, sir, `
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Than he appears by speech; this is unwonted `
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Which now came from him. `
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PROSPERO. [To ARIEL] Thou shalt be as free `
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As mountain winds; but then exactly do `
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All points of my command. `
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ARIEL. To th' syllable. `
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PROSPERO. [To FERDINAND] Come, follow. [To MIRANDA] `
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Speak not for him. Exeunt `
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ACT II. SCENE 1 `
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Another part of the island `
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Enter ALONSO, SEBASTIAN, ANTONIO, GONZALO, ADRIAN, FRANCISCO, and `
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OTHERS `
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GONZALO. Beseech you, sir, be merry; you have cause, `
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So have we all, of joy; for our escape `
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Is much beyond our loss. Our hint of woe `
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Is common; every day, some sailor's wife, `
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The masters of some merchant, and the merchant, `
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Have just our theme of woe; but for the miracle, `
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