That profit us. What, ho! slave! Caliban! Cal. [within] There 's wood enough within. Pro. Come forth, I say; there's other business for thee; Come, thou tortoise! when? Re-enter ARIEL, like a water-nymph. Fine apparition! My quaint Ariel, Hark in thine ear. Ari. My lord, it shall be done. [Exit. Pro. Thou poisonous slave, got by the devil himself Upon thy wicked dam, come forth! Enter CALIBAN. Cal. As wicked dew as e'er my mother brush'd With raven's feather from unwholesome fen, Drop on you both! a south-west blow on ye, And blister you all o'er! Pro. For this, be sure, to-night thou shalt have cramps, Side-stitches that shall pen thy breath up; urchins 1 As thick as honey-combs, each pinch more stinging Cal. I must eat my dinner. 1 Hedge-hogs, which were reckoned among the animals used by witches as their familiar spirits. This island's mine, by Sycorax my mother, first, Thou strokedst me, and madest much of me; wouldst give me Water with berries in 't; and teach me how To name the bigger light, and how the less, That burn by day and night: and then I loved thee, And show'd thee all the qualities o' the isle, The fresh springs, brine pits, barren place, and fertile ; Cursed be I that did so!-All the charms Of Sycorax, toads, beetles, bats, light on you! Which first was mine own king: and here you sty me In this hard rock, whiles you do keep from me Pro. Thou most lying slave, Whom stripes may move, not kindness: I have used thee, Filth as thou art, with human care; and lodged thee In mine own cell, till thou didst seek to violate The honor of my child. Cal. O ho, O ho!-'would it had been done! Thou didst prevent me; I had peopled else This isle with Calibans. Pro. Abhorred slave; Which any print of goodness will not take, Being capable of all ill! I pitied thee, Took pains to make thee speak, taught thee each hour One thing or other: when thou didst not, savage, Know thine own meaning, but wouldst gabble like A thing most brutish, I endow'd thy purposes With words that made them known. race, But thy vile Though thou didst learn, had that in 't which good natures Could not abide to be with; therefore wast thou Who hadst deserved more than a prison. Cal. You taught me language; and my profit on 't Is, I know how to curse: The red plague rid1 you, For learning me your language! Pro. Hag-seed, hence! Fetch us in fuel; and be quick, thou wert best, What I command, I'll rack thee with old cramps; Cal. : [aside. No, 'pray thee!— I must obey his art is of such power, It would control my dam's god, Setebos,2 And make a vassal of him. Pro. So, slave; hence! [Exit Caliban. 1 Destroy. 2 Setebos was supreme god of the Patagonians. Re-enter ARIEL invisible, playing and singing; FERDINAND following him. or Hark, hark! I hear The strain of strutting chanticlere Cry, Cock-a-doodle-doo. Fer. Where should this music be? i' the air, the earth? it waits upon It sounds no more :-and sure, ARIEL sings. Full fathom five thy father lies; Those are pearls that were his eyes: 1 The wild waves being silent. But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell : [BUR. ding-dong. Hark! now I hear them,-ding-dong, bell. Fer. The ditty does remember my drown'd father: This is no mortal business, nor no sound That the earth owes : 1-I hear it now above me. Pro. The fringed curtains of thine eye advance, And say, what thou seest yond'. Mir. Lord, how it looks about! What is 't? a spirit? Believe me, sir, It carries a brave form :-But 'tis a spirit. Pro. No, wench; it eats and sleeps, and hath such senses As we have, such: This gallant, which thou seest, A goodly person: he hath lost his fellows, Mir. A thing divine; for nothing natural I might call him It goes on, I see, [aside. I ever saw so noble. Pro. As my soul prompts it:-Spirit, fine spirit! I'll free thee Within two days for this. Fer. Most sure, the goddess 1 Owns. |