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Show 2 2 2 The Tempeft : Or, AUr Sir moll illy- , r t • i i Profp Havnv ! the craft of granting Suits, and of denying them; w h om to S e e , or over-toping, foon was grown the Ivy which d:d hide m y Princely'trunk, and fuckt m y verdure out: thou attend'ft not. Mir. O good Sir, I do. . , , p ™ # Ittius neglecting Worldly ends, and bent to clofenefs, and the bettering of my Mind, wak'd in m y falfe Brother an evil Nature : He did believe c . He was indeed the Duke, becaufe he then did execute the outward face of Sovereignty. Do'ft thou ftill mark m e ? Mir. Your ftory would Cure Deafnefs. Pro/*. T O have no fcreen between the part he plaid, and w h o m he plaid it for; he needs would be Abfolute Millan, and Confederates (fo dry he was for Sway J with Savoy's Duke, to give him Tribute, and to do him homage. Mir. Falfe M a n ! Profp. This Duke of Savoy being an Enemy, T o m e inveterate, ftrait grants m y Brother's Suit, And on a night Mated to his defign, Antonio opened the Gates of Millan, and i'th' dead of darknefs, hurri'd m e thence with thy young Sifter, and thy crying felf. Mir. But wherefore did they not that hour deftroy us? Profp. They durft not, Girl, in Millan, for the love m y People bore m e ; in fhort, they hurri'd us away to Savoy, and thence aboard a Bark at Niffa's Port: bore us fome Leagues to Sea, where they prepar'd a rotten Carkafsofa Boat, not rigg'd, no Tackle, Sail, nor Maft; the very Rats inftinctive'y had quit it : they hoifted us, to cry to Seas which roar'd to us ; to figh to Winds, whofe pity figh-ing back again, did feem to do us loving wrong. Mir. Alack ! what trouble was I then to you ? Profp. Thou and thy Sifter were two Cherubins, which did preferve m e : you both did fmile, infus'd with Fortitude from Heaven. Mir. H o w came w e afhore ? Profp. By Providence Divine, Some food w e had, and fome frefh Water, which a Nobleman of Savoy, called Gonzalo, appointed Mafter of that black defign, gave us ; with rich Garments, and all neceffaries, which fince have ftcaded much : and of his gentlenefs flcnow-ing I lov'd m y Books) he turniflit me from mine own Library, with Volumes which I prize above m y Dukedom. Mir. Would I might fee that Man. Profp. Here in this Ifland w e arriv'd, and here have I your Tutor been. But by m y skill I fiud that m y Mid-Heaven doth depend on a moft happy Star,whole influence if I now court not, but omit, m y Fortunes will ever after droop: here ceafe more queftion, thou art inclin'd to fleep: 'tis a good dullnefs, and give it way; I know thou canft not chufe. [She falls aOeep. Come away m y Spirit: I a m ready now, approach ' M y Ariel, Come. Enter Ariel. Ariel. All hail great Mafter, grave Sir, hail, I come to anfwer thy beft pleafure, be it to fly, tofwim, to (hoot into the fire, to ride on the curl'd Clouds; to thy ftrong bidding, task Ariel and all his qualities. Irolp Haft thou, Spirit, perform'd to point the Tempeft that I bad thee? Ariel, lo every Article. cvm!rnhinhC n X S * S h i p i n o w o n t h c I ^ k , "owin the Wafte, the Deck, in k i n I/T ? i amazement, and fometimes I feem'd to burn in many ^wSZS&ttYards and Bore-fpdt'l did flame ***# W h o was fo firm, fo conftant, that this coil did w-x; tun c ii 7 M-"""'*»a, witnnair upitainng (more like Reeds - - th e n i f t M a a t h a t l c a p , d . ^ ^ ^ ^gwm ^kc Reeds Profp. Why that's my Spirit ; iJnt was not this nigh Shore > ' *tel. dole by, m y Matter. Profp. The Enchanted ljland. 233 Prof. But, Ariel, are they fafe ? Ariel. Not a hair perifht. In Troops I have difper'd them round this Ifle. The Duke's Son I have landed by himfelf, w h o m I have left warming the air with fighs, in an odd angle of the Ifle, and fitting, his Arms he folded in this fad knot. Proff. Say h o w thou haft difpos'd the Mariners of the Duke's Ship, and all the reft of the Fleet. Ariel. Safely in Harbour Is the Duke's Ship, in the deep Nook, where once thou call'dft M e up at Midnight to fetch D e w from the Still vext Bermoothes, there fhe's hid, The Mariners all under Hatches ftow'd, W h o m , with a charm, join'd to their fuffer'd labour, I have left atleep, and for the reft o' th' Fleet (Which I difperftj they all have met again, And are upon the Mediterranean Float, Bound fadly home for Italy; Suppofing that they faw the Duke's Ship wrackt, And his great Perfon perifli. Profp. Ariel, thy charge Exactly is perform'd, but there's more work : What is the time o' th' day ? Ariel. Paft the Mid-feafon. Profp. At leaft two Glaffes: the time 'tween fix and now muft by us both be fpent moft precioufly. Ariel. Is there more toyl ? fince thou doft give m e pains , let m e remember thee what thou haft promis'd, which is not yet perform'd me. Profp. H o w now, Moodie ? W h a t is't thou canft demand ? Ariel. M y liberty. Profp. Before the time be out ? no more. Ariel. I prethee! Remember I have done thee faithful fervice, Told thee no lyes, made thee no miftakings, Serv'd without or grudge, or grumblings: Thou didft promife to bate m e a full year. Profp. Doft thou forget From what a torment I did free thee ? Ariel. No. Profp. Thou doft, and think'ft it much to tread the Ooze Of the Salt deep : T o run againft the fiharp wind of the North, T o do m y bufinefs in the Veins of the Earth, W h e n it is bak'd with Froft. Ariel. I do not, Sir. Profp. Thou ly'ft, malignant thing ! haft thou forgot the foul Witch Sycorax, wh o with Age and Envy was grown into a Hoop ? haft thou forgot her ? Ariel. N o , Sir ! Profp. Thou haft; where was fhe born? fpeak, tell me. Ariel. Sir, in Argier. Profp. Oh, was fhe fo ! I muft Once every Month recount what thou haft been , wliich thou forgetteff. This damn'd Witch Sycorax for mifchiefs manifold, and Sorceries too terrible to enter humane hearing, from Argier thou knowft was banifht: but for one thing fhe did, they would not take her life : is not this true ? Ariel. I, Sir. Profp. This blew-ey'd Hag was hither brought with Child, And here was left by th' Saylors, thou, m y Slave, As thou report'ft thy felf, waft then her Servant, And 'caufe thou waft a Spirit too delicate T o act her Earthy and abhorr'd Commands ; Refuting her grand Hefts, fhe did confine thee, By help of her more potent Minifters, ._ Gg 2 (In |