hid;

The mariners all under hatches stow'd, Who, with a charm join'd to their suff'redir bour,

I have left asleep; and for the rest o' the fleet, Which I dispers'd, they all have met again, And are upon the Mediterranean float Bound sadly home for Naples,

Supposing that they saw the King's ship wreck'd

And his great person perish.

Pros.
Ariel, thy charge
Exactly is perform'd; but there's more work.
What is the time o' the day?

Ari.
Past the mid season
Pros. At least two glasses. The time twat
six and now

Must by us both be spent most preciously. Ari. Is there more toil? Since thou də give me pains,

Let me remember thee what thou hast pro

And his brave son being twain.

Pros.

[Aside.] The Duke of Milan And his more braver daughter could control thee,

If now 't were fit to do 't. At the first sight 440 They have chang'd eyes. Delicate Ariel,

I'll set thee free for this. [To Fer.] A word, good sir;

I fear you have done yourself some wrong; a word.

Mir. Why speaks my father so ungently? This

1s the third man that e'er I saw, the first That e'er I sigh'd for. Pity move my father To be inclin'd my way!

Fer.

O, if a virgin,

445

And your affection not gone forth, I'll make

I'll be his surety.
Pros.
Silence! one word more 475
Shall make me chide thee, if not hate thee.

What!

An advocate for an impostor! hush!
Thou think'st there is no more such shapes as

he,

me,

490

Might I but through my prison once a day
Behold this maid. All corners else o' the earth
Let liberty make use of; space enough
Have I in such a prison.

Pros. [Aside.] It works. [To Fer.] Come on. -Thou hast done well, fine Ariel! [To Fer.] Follow me.

[To Ari.] Hark what thou else shalt do me. Mir. Be of comfort;

496

My father's of a better nature, sir,
Than he appears by speech. This is unwonted
Which now came from him.

Pros.

[To Ari.] Thou shalt be as free As mountain winds; but then exactly do All points of my command. Ari.

To the syllable. 500

[Exeunt.

Pros. [To Mir. and Fer.] Come, follow. Speak not for him.

ACT II

SCENE I. [Another part of the island.]

Enter ALONSO, SEBASTIAN, ANTONIO, GONZALO, ADRIAN, FRANCISCO, and others.

Gon. Beseech you, sir, be merry; you have

cause,

So have we all, of joy; for our escape
Is much beyond our loss. Our hint of woe
Is common; every day some sailor's wife,
The masters of some merchant, and the mer-
chant