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O heaven, O earth, bear witness to this sound,

And crown what I profess with kind event,

If I speak true! If hollowly, invert

What best is boded me to mischief! I,

Beyond all limit of what else i' th' world,

Do love, prize, honour you.

MIRANDA.

I am a fool

To weep at what I am glad of.

PROSPERO.

[Aside] Fair encounter

Of two most rare affections! Heavens rain grace

On that which breeds between 'em!

FERDINAND.

Wherefore weep you?

MIRANDA.

At mine unworthiness, that dare not offer

What I desire to give, and much less take

What I shall die to want. But this is trifling;

And all the more it seeks to hide itself,

The bigger bulk it shows. Hence, bashful cunning!

And prompt me, plain and holy innocence!

I am your wife, if you will marry me;

If not, I'll die your maid. To be your fellow

You may deny me; but I'll be your servant,

Whether you will or no.

FERDINAND.

My mistress, dearest;

And I thus humble ever.

MIRANDA.

My husband, then?

FERDINAND.

Ay, with a heart as willing

As bondage e'er of freedom. Here's my hand.

MIRANDA.

And mine, with my heart in't. And now farewell

Till half an hour hence.

FERDINAND.

A thousand thousand!

Exeunt FERDINAND and MIRANDA severally

PROSPERO.

So glad of this as they I cannot be,

Who are surpris'd withal; but my rejoicing

At nothing can be more. I'll to my book;

For yet ere supper time must I perform

Much business appertaining. Exit

SCENE 2

Another part of the island

Enter CALIBAN, STEPHANO, and TRINCULO

STEPHANO.

Tell not me-when the butt is out we will drink

water, not a drop before; therefore bear up, and board

'em. Servant-monster, drink to me.

TRINCULO.

Servant-monster! The folly of this island! They

say there's but five upon this isle: we are three of

them; if th' other two be brain'd like us, the state totters.

STEPHANO.

Drink, servant-monster, when I bid thee; thy

eyes are almost set in thy head.

TRINCULO.

Where should they be set else? He were a brave

monster indeed, if they were set in his tail.

STEPHANO.

My man-monster hath drown'd his tongue in

sack. For my part, the sea cannot drown me; I swam, ere

I could recover the shore, five and thirty leagues, off

and on. By this light, thou shalt be my lieutenant,

monster, or my standard.

TRINCULO.

Your lieutenant, if you list; he's no standard.

STEPHANO.

We'll not run, Monsieur Monster.

TRINCULO.

Nor go neither; but you'll lie like dogs, and

yet say nothing neither.

STEPHANO.

Moon-calf, speak once in thy life, if thou beest

a good moon-calf.

CALIBAN.

How does thy honour? Let me lick thy shoe.

I'll not serve him; he is not valiant.

TRINCULO.

Thou liest, most ignorant monster: I am in case

to justle a constable. Why, thou debosh'd 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 fish and half a monster?

CALIBAN.

Lo, how he mocks me! Wilt thou let him, my lord?

TRINCULO.

'Lord' quoth he! That a monster should be such a natural!

CALIBAN.

Lo, lo again! Bite him to death, I prithee.

STEPHANO.

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.

CALIBAN.

I thank my noble lord. Wilt thou be pleas'd to

hearken once again to the suit I made to thee?

STEPHANO.

Marry will I; kneel and repeat it; I will stand,

and so shall Trinculo.

Enter ARIEL, invisible

CALIBAN.

As I told thee before, I am subject to a tyrant,

sorcerer, that by his cunning hath cheated me of the island.

ARIEL.

Thou liest.

CALIBAN.

Thou liest, thou jesting monkey, thou;

I would my valiant master would destroy thee.

I do not lie.

STEPHANO.

Trinculo, if you trouble him any more in's tale,

by this hand, I will supplant some of your teeth.

TRINCULO.

Why, I said nothing.

STEPHANO.

Mum, then, and no more. Proceed.

CALIBAN.

I say, by sorcery he got this isle;

From me he got it. If thy greatness will

Revenge it on him-for I know