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Before PROSPERO'S cell
[Enter PROSPERO, FERDINAND, and MIRANDA]
PROSPERO.
, , ,
, ,
If I | have too | austere|ly pun|ished you,
, ,
, ,
,
Your comp|ensa|tion makes | amends,| for I
x ,
, , ,
Have given | you here,| a third | of mine^/own
life,
,
, , ,
,
Or that | for which | I live:| who,^once | again
, ,
, , 2 ,
I tend|er to | thy hand:| all thy vex^|ations
,
, , ,
,
Were but | my tri|als of | thy love,| and thou
,
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Tx
Hast strange|ly stood | the test:| here, afore
Heaven
, 2 ,
, , ,
, ->
I rat|ify this | my rich | gift: O | Ferdi||nand,
, , 2
, ,
Do | not smile / at me,| that I boast | her off,
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2 T T
T
For thou | shalt find | she will out|strip all praise,
,
, ,
And make | it halt,| behind | her.
FERDINAND.
,
, , ->
I | do
be||lieve it
,
, , oo
Against | an or|acle.|
PROSPERO.
,
, , ,
, ->
Then, as | my guest,| and thine^/own ac|quisi||tion
, 2 ,
, ,
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worth|ily purch|ased, take | my daught|er: but
,
, , ,
,
If thou | dost break | her vir|gin knot,| before
, ,
2 , , ,
All sanc|timon|ious cer|emon|ies may
,
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, ,
With full | and ho|ly rite,| be min|istered,
,
, ,
x ,
No sweet | asper|sion shall | the heavens | let fall
, ,
, , ,
To make | this con|tract^grow;| but bar|ren hate,
T T .
T , ,
,
Sour-eyed disdain,| and dis|cord shall |
bestrew
, ,
, ,
, 2->
The un|ion of | your bed,| with weeds | so
loath||ly
, ,
, , ,
That you | shall hate | it both:| therefore |
take^heed,
,
, ,
As Hy|men's lamps | shall light | you.
FERDINAND.
,
,
As | I
hope
, ,
, ,
,
For qui|et days,| fair^is|sue, and / long life,
, ,
, , 2 ,
With such | love, as |'tis now | the murk|iest
den,
2 ,
, ,
, 2 ,
The most^op|portune | place, the | strongest
sug|gestion
, ,
, , ,
Our wors|er gen|ius can,| shall nev|er melt
, ,
, , ,
Mine^hon|or in|to lust,| to take | away
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T T ,
The edge | of that day's cel|ebra|tion,
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, ,
, ,
When || I shall | think, or |
Phoebus'| steeds are | foundered,
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Or Night | kept^chained | below.
PROSPERO.
,
___
Fairly | spoke;
,
, ,
, ,
Sit then,| and talk | with her,| she is |
thine^own;
,
, , 2 ,
, 3 3->
What Ar|iel, my | indus|trious serv|ant Ar||iel.
[Enter ARIEL]
ARIEL.
, ,
, , ,
What would | my pot|ent mast|er? Here | I am.
PROSPERO.
, 2 ,
, ,
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Thou, and thy | meaner | fellows,| your last |
service
, ,
, , 2 ,
Did worth|ily | perform:| and I must | use you
, ,
, ,
x
In such | anoth|er trick:| Go* bring | the rabble
,
, x
, ,
(Ore whom | I give | thee power)| here, to | this
place:
,
, , ,
,
Incite | them to / quick mot|ion, for | I must
, ,
, 2 , ,
Bestow | upon | the eyes | of this young | couple
, 2 ,
, , 2 ,
Some van|ity of | mine^art:| it is my | promise,
,
, ,
And they | expect | it from | me.
ARIEL.
,
,
Pres|ently?
PROSPERO.
,
,
Aye: with | a twink. \\
ARIEL.
,
, ,
,
Before | you can | say* come,| and go,
, ,
T T T
And breathe | twice; and | cry so, so:
,
, ,
___
Each one | tripping | on his | toe,
,
, ,
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Will be | here with | mop, and | mow.
, ,
, __
Do you | love me | master? | no?
PROSPERO.
,
, 2 , 2 , 2
,
Dearly,| my del|icate Ar|iel: Do | not approach
, ,
,
Till thou | dost hear | me call.
ARIEL.
,
,
Well: I |
conceive.
[Exit]
PROSPERO.
,
, , ,
,
Look thou | be true:| do not | give dal|liance
,
, , ,
,
Too much | the rein:| the strong|est oaths,| are
straw
2 , 2
, ,
, ,
To the fire | in the blood:| be more |
abste|mious,
,
, ,
Or else | good night | your vow.
FERDINAND.
,
2 ,
I war|rant you, sir,
. T T T
, ,
,
The white-cold vir|gin snow,| upon | my heart
,
, ,
,
Abates | the ard|or of | my liv|er.
PROSPERO.
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Well.
,
, 2 ,
, , ->
Now come | my Ar|iel, bring | a cor|olla||ry,
, 2 ,
x , ,
->
Rath|er than want | a spirit;| appear,| and
pert||ly.
, T
T T T T T
No | tongue: all eyes:| be silent.
[Soft music]
[A Masque. Enter IRIS]
IRIS.
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Ceres,| most boun|teous la|dy, thy / rich leas
. T T
T , ,
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Of wheat, rye, bar|ley, vetch|es, oats | and
peas;
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,
Thy tur|fy mount|ains, where / live nib|bling
sheep,
. T T
T ,
, ,
And flat meads thatched | with stov|er, them | to keep;
,
, , , ,
Thy banks | with pe|onied,| and twil|led brims
, ,
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Which spon|gy Ap|ril, at | thy hest | betrims,
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T T ,
, , ->
To make | cold nymphs chaste | crowns; and | thy
broom || groves,
, 2
, , 2
,
Whose | shadow the | dismis|sed bach|elor loves,
2 , ,
T T T
o
Being lass-|lorn: thy | pole-clipt vine|yard,
, ,
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And thy / sea-marge | sterile,| and rock|y-hard,
,
, ,
, 2 ,
Where thou | thyself | dost air,| the Queen | of
the sky,
, 2 ,
, , ,
Whose wat|ery arch,| and mes|senger,| am I.
,
T T T
2 ,
,
Bids thee | leave these, and | with her
sove|reign grace,
, ,
, ,
,
Here on | this grass | plot, in | this ve|ry
place
,
, , ,
,
To come,| and sport:| her pea|cocks fly | amain:
. T T T ,
, ,
Approach, rich Cer|es, her | to ent|ertain.
CERES.
, ,
, ,
,
Hail, ma|ny-col|ored mess|enger,| that nere
, ,
, , ,
Dost^dis|obey | the wife | of Jup|iter:
, ,
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x
Who, with | thy saf|fron wings | upon | my flowers
, ,
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x
Diffus|est hon|ey drops,| refresh|ing showers,
,
, ,
, ,
And with | each^end | of thy / blue bow | dost
crown
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2 , ,
My bosk|y ac|res, and | my unshrub|bed down,
, ,
T T T 2 ,
Rich scarf / to my | proud earth: why | hath thy
queen
, ,
, , ,
Summoned | me hith|er, to this // short-grassed green?
IRIS.
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A con|tract of true love,| to cel|ebrate,
, ,
, , ,
And some | dona|tion free|ly to | estate
, ,
On the / blessed lov|ers.
CERES.
,
, 2 ,
Tell | me heav|enly bow,
, ,
, , ,
If Ven|us or | her son,| as thou | dost know,
, ,
, ,
,
Do now | attend | the queen?| Since^they | did
plot
, , , ,
,
The means,| that dusk|y Dis,| my daught|er got,
, 2
T T T
, ,
Her and her | blind boy's scand|aled comp|any
,
,
I have | forsworn.
IRIS.
,
, ,
Of her | soci|ety
, ,
, , ,
Be not | afraid:| I met | her de|ity
,
, ,
, ,
Cutting | the clouds | towards Paph|os: and | her
son
T T T
, , 2 ,
Dove-drawn with | her: Here | thought they | to
have done
,
, , ,
,
Some want|on charm,| upon | this man | and maid,
, ,
T T T
2 ,
Whose vows | are, that | no bed-rite | shall be
paid
,
, , ,
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Till Hy|men's torch | be light|ed: but | in vain,
T T T
, , ,
Mars' hot min|ion is | returned | again,
, ,
, ,
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Her wasp|ish-head|ed son,| has broke | his
ar|rows,
, 2
T T T ,
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Swears he will | shoot no more,| but play | with
spar|rows, (hex with prev)
, ,
,
And be | a boy | right^out.
CERES.
Tx
T . T
Highest Queen of
State, ??
, , ,
, ,
Great^Jun|o comes,| I know | her by | her gait.
JUNO.
,
, 2 ,
, ,
How does | my bount|eous sis|ter? Go | with me
, ,
, , 2 ,
To bless | this twain,| that they | may
pros|perous be,
, ,
,
And hon|ored in | their is|sue. \\
SONG
JUNO.
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, ,
Honor,| riches,| marriage,| blessing,
, ,
2 , ,
Long con|tinuance, | and in|creasing,
, ,
, ,
Hourly | joys, be | still u|pon you,
, ,
, ,
Juno | sings her | blessings | on you.
CERES.
,
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Earth's in|crease,| foison | plenty,
,
, , ,
Barns, and | garners,| never | empty.
,
, 2 ,
,
Vines, with | clustering | bunches | growing:
,
, ,
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Plants, with | goodly | burden | bowing:
, ,
, ,
Spring come | to you | at the | farthest,
, ,
, ,
In the | very | end of | harvest.
, , ,
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Scarci|ty and | want shall | shun you,
,
, , ,
Ceres' | blessing | so is | on you.
FERDINAND.
, , , ,
,
This is | a most | majest|ic vis|ion, and
, 2 , , ,
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Harmon|ious charm|ingly:| may I | be bold
, T Tx
To think | these spirits?
PROSPERO.
Tx , ,
Spirits,| which by |
mine^art
,
, , ,
,
I have | from their / confines | called to | enact
, ,
My pres|ent fan|cies.
FERDINAND.
, ,
x
Let | me live | here ever,
, ,
, , ,
So rare | a wond|ered fath|er, and | a wise
T T
T , , oo
Makes this place | Para|dise.|
[JUNO and CERES whisper, and send IRIS on employment.]
PROSPERO.
T
T T
Sweet now,
sil|ence: \\
,
, , , 2 ,
Juno | and Cer|es whis|per ser|iously,
, ,
, , ,
There's^some|thing else | to do:| hush, and | be
mute
,
, ,
Or else | our spell | is marred. \\
IRIS.
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,
You nymphs | called^Nai|ads of | the wind|ring
brooks,
, ,
, ,
,
With your / sedged crowns,| and ev|er-harm|less
looks,
,
, ,
2 T T T
Leave your | crisp chan/nels, and on | this green
land
, ,
, ,
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Answer | your sum|mons, Ju|no does | command.
,
2 , ,
, ,
Come* temp|erate nymphs,| and help | to
cel|ebrate
, T . T
T ,
,
A con|tract of true love:| be not | too late.
[Enter certain NYMPHS]
, , ,
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You sun-|burned sick/lemen | of Aug|ust wear|y,
, ,
, ,
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Come hith/er from | the fur|row, and | be mer|ry,
(hex with prev)
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T T ,
Make^hol|iday: | your^rye-straw hats | put^on,
. T T T
, , ,
And these fresh nymphs | encount|er eve|ry one
,
,
In count|ry foot|ing. \\
[Enter certain Reapers, properly habited: they join with the Nymphs in a
graceful dance; towards the end whereof PROSPERO starts suddenly, and
speaks; after which, to a strange, hollow, and confused noise, they heavily
vanish.]
PROSPERO.
, ,
, , ,
I had | forgot | that foul | conspir|acy
2 , ,
, 2 ,
,
Of the beast | Cali|ban, and his | confed|erates
, ,
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Against | my life:| the min|ute of | their plot
, ,
T T . T
,
Is al|most come:| Well done,
avoid;| no more.
FERDINAND.
,
, ,
, ,
This is | strange: your | father's | in some |
passion
, ,
That works | him strong|ly.
MIRANDA.
,
, ,
Nev|er till | this day
,
, , ,
, ->
Saw^I | him touched | with ang|er so |
distem||pered.
PROSPERO.
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2 , ,
You | do look |(my son)| in a mo|ved sort,
,
, ,
, ,
As if | you were | dismayed:| be cheer|ful sir,
x ,
, ,
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Our revels | now are | ended:| These our | actors,
, ,
, , ,
(As I | foretold | you) were / all spir|its, and
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Are mel|ted in|to air,| into / thin air,
,
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And like | the base|less fab|ric of this | vision
. T
T Tx ,
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The cloud-capped towers,| the gor|geous pal|aces,
,
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The sol|emn temp|les, the / great globe | itself,
, ,
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Yea, all / which it | inher|it, shall | dissolve,
,
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, , ->
And like | this in|substan|tial pag|eant fad||ed
, 2
, , , ,
Leave | not a rack | behind:| We are / such stuff
,
, , ,
,
As dreams | are made | on; and | our lit|tle life
,
, ,
, ,
Is round|ed with | a sleep:| Sir, I | am vexed,
, 2
, , ,
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Bear with my | weakness,| my old | brain is |
troubled:
,
, , , ,
Be not | disturbed | with my | infirm|ity,
,
, ,
, ,
If you | be pleased,| retire | into | my cell,
,
, ,
, ,
And there | repose,| a turn | or two,| I'll walk
,
, ,
To still | my beat|ing mind.
FERDINAND, MIRANDA.
,
,
We wish | your
peace.
[Exeunt.]
PROSPERO.
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2 ,
Come with | a thought;| I thank | thee Ar|iel:
come.
[Enter ARIEL.]
ARIEL.
,
, ,
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Thy thoughts | I cleave | to, What's | thy pleas|ure?
PROSPERO.
x
Spirit:
,
, , ,
,
We must | prepare | to meet | with Cal|iban.
ARIEL.
,
, , 2
, , 2->
Aye my | command|er, when | I presen|ted Cer||es
,
2 ,
, ,
,
I thought | to have told | thee of | it, but | I
feared
,
, ,
Lest^I | might ang|er thee.
PROSPERO.
, ,
, ,
,
Say a|gain, where | didst thou | leave these |
varlets?
ARIEL.
,
, 2 ,
, ,
I told | you sir,| they were red-|hot with
| drinking,
,
, ,
, ,
So full | of val|or, that | they smote | the air
,
, , ,
,
For breath|ing in | their fac|es: beat | the
ground
, ,
, , , ->
For kiss|ing of | their feet;| yet al|ways bend||ing
, , , 2
, ,
Towards | their pro|ject: Then I | beat my
| tabor,
, . T T
T , ,
At which | like^unbacked colts | they pricked |
their ears, ??
, ,
, ,
, ->
Advanced | their eye|lids,^lift|ed up | their
nos||es
2 , ,
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As they / smelt mus|ic, so | I charmed | their
ears
. T T
T ,
, ,
That calflike, they | my low|ing fol|lowed,
through
, ,
, ,
, , ,
Toothed briers, sharp furzes, pricking
goss, and thorns, ????
, 2 ,
, ,
,
Which ent|ered their frail | shins: at | last I |
left them
2 ,
, , ,
,
In the filth|y-mant|led pool | beyond | your cell,
, , 2
, , ,
There danc|ing up | to the chins,| that the /
foul lake
,
,
Orestunk | their feet.
PROSPERO.
, ,
,
This was / well done | (my
bird)
,
, , ,
,
Thy shape | invis|ible | retain | thou still:
, 2 ,
, , , 2->
The trump|ery in | my house,| go bring | it
hith||er
,
, ,
For stale | to catch | these thieves.
ARIEL.
,
,
I go, I go.
[Exit]
PROSPERO.
x
, Tx T
T ,
A devil,| a born | devil, on whose | nature
,
, , ,
,
Nurture | can nev|er stick:| on whom | my pains,
,
x , T T T
Humane|ly taken,| all, all^|lost, quite lost,
,
, ,
, 2 ,
And, as | with age,| his bo|dy ug|lier grows,
, ,
, , ,
So his / mind cank|ers: I | will plague | them all,
, 2 , , ,
,
Even to | roaring:| Come, hang / them on | this
line.
[Enter ARIEL, loaden with glistering apparel, etc. PROSPERO and
ARIEL remain invisible. Enter CALIBAN, STEPHANO, and TRINCULO, all wet]
CALIBAN.
Pray you tread softly, that the blind mole may not hear a foot fall: we now
are near his cell.
STEPHANO.
, ,
, 2
, 2 , ,
Monster,| your fair/y, which^you | say is a | harmless | fairy, ??
, , , , ,
,
Has done
| little | better | than played | the Jack | with us. (hex with prev)
TRINCULO.
, 2 ,
T T T
,
Monster,| I do smell | all horse-piss,| at which
,
, , ,
,
My nose | is in / great ind|igna|tion.
STEPHANO.
, , , ,
2 ,
So is | mine. Do | you hear | monster:| If I should
,
, , ,
,
Take a | displeas|ure a/gainst
you:| look you.
TRINCULO.
,
, ,
Thou wert | but a / lost monst|er. \\
CALIBAN.
,
, , ,
___
Good my | lord, give / me thy | favor | still,
,
, ,
, ,
Be pa|tient, for | the prize | I'll bring | thee
to
, ,
, T T T , ->
Shall hood|wink this | mischance:| therefore
speak || softly,
, ,
, ,
All's | hushed as | midnight | yet.
TRINCULO.
, , , ,
,
Aye, but | to lose | our bot|tles in | the pool.
STEPHANO.
, ,
2 , 2 , 2 ,
There is / not on|ly disgrace | and dishon|or in that
, , , ,
oo
Monster,| but an | infin|ite
loss.|
TRINCULO.
, ,
, , oo
That's more | to me | than my | wetting:|
, , , ,
,
Yet this / is your | harmless | fairy,| monster.
STEPHANO.
,
T T T ,
I will | fetch off my | bottle,
,
, , 2 ,
Though I | be ore | ears for my | labor. (tetra with prev)
CALIBAN.
, ,
, ,
,
Prithee |(my king)| be qui|et. Seest | thou
here
, ,
2 , ,
,
This is | the mouth | of the cell:| no noise,|
and enter:
, ,
, ,
, 2->
Do that | good mis/chief, which^|may* make | this
is||land
,
x , , ,
Thine^own | for ever,| and I | thy Cal|iban,
, ,
,
For aye | thy foot-|licker.
STEPHANO.
,
,
Give me | thy hand,
,
, , ,
___
I do | begin | to have | bloody | thoughts.
TRINCULO.
,
, 2 , , ,
2 ->
O King | Stephano*,| O* peer:| O^worth|y Steph||ano*,
, , , , ,
Look | what a / wardrobe | here is | for thee.
CALIBAN.
,
, , ,
,
Let it | alone | thou fool, it is | but trash.
TRINCULO.
O, ho, monster: we know what belongs to a frippery, O King Stephano.
STEPHANO.
Put off that gown (Trinculo) by this hand I'll have that gown.
TRINCULO.
Thy Grace shall have it.
CALIBAN.
, ,
, ,
,
The drop|sy drown | this fool, | what do | you mean
, ,
,
x ,
To dote | thus on | such^lug|gage? Let it | alone
, , , ,
,
And do | the murd|er first:| If he | awake,
,
, , ,
, ->
From toe | to crown | he'll fill | our skins |
with pinch||es,
,
, ___
Make | us strange | stuff. \\
STEPHANO.
Be you quiet (monster) Mistress line, is not this my jerkin? Now is the
jerkin under the line: now jerkin you are like to lose your hair, and
prove a bald jerkin.
TRINCULO.
Do, do; we steal by line and level, and it like your Grace.
STEPHANO.
I thank thee for that jest; here's a garment for it: wit shall not go
unrewarded while I am king of this country: Steal by line and level, is an
excellent pass of pate: there's another garmet for it.
TRINCULO.
Monster, come put some lime upon your fingers, and away with the rest.
CALIBAN.
, , ,
2 ,
,
I will | have none / on it. We | shall lose | our time,
, , , , 2 ,
And all | be turned | to barn|acles,| or to apes
, , ,
___
With fore|heads vil/lainous | low. \\
STEPHANO.
Monster, lay to your fingers: help to bear this away, where my hogshead of
wine is, or I'll turn you out of my kingdom: go to, carry this.
TRINCULO.
And this.
STEPHANO.
Aye, and this.
[A noise of hunters beard. Enter divers Spirits, in shape of hounds, and
hunt them about; PROSPERO and ARIEL setting them on]
PROSPERO.
,
,
Hey mount|ain, hey.
ARIEL.
,
2 , ,
Silver:| there it goes,| Silver.
PROSPERO.
Tx Tx T
, T T
T
Fury, Fury: There | tyrant,| there: hark, hark.
[CALIBAN, STEPHANO, and TRINCULO are driven out.]
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, 2 ,
,
Go,| charge my | goblins | that they grind | their joints
, , x ,
,
With dry | convuls|ions, shorten | up their
| sinews
,
, 2 , ,
,
With ag|ed cramps,| and more pinch-|spotted |
make them,
,
, ,
Than pard,| or cat | o' mount|ain.
ARIEL.
,
,
Hark,| they
roar.
PROSPERO.
,
, , ,
,
Let them | be hunt|ed sound|ly: At | this^hour
, ,
, , ,
Lies^at | my mer|cy all | mine^en|emies:
, ,
, ,
,
Shortly | shall all | my lab|ors end,| and thou
,
, ,
, x
Shalt have | the air | at free|dom: for | a little
, ,
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Follow,| and do | me serv|ice. \\
[Exeunt]