ACT IV. SCENE 1  Before PROSPERO'S cell  Enter PROSPERO, FERDINAND, and MIRANDA    PROSPERO. If I have too austerely punish'd you,     Your compensation makes amends; for     Have given you here a third of mine own life,     Or that for which I live; who once again     I tender to thy hand. All thy vexations     Were but my trials of thy love, and thou     Hast strangely stood the test; here, afore heaven,     I ratify this my rich gift. O Ferdinand!     Do not smile at me that I boast her off,     For thou shalt find she will outstrip all praise,     And make it halt behind her.   FERDINAND. I do believe it     Against an oracle.   PROSPERO. Then, as my gift, and thine own acquisition     Wort'hily purchas'd, take my daughter. But     If thou dost break her virgin-knot before     All sanctimonious ceremonies may     With full and holy rite be minist'red,     No sweet aspersion shall the heavens let fall     To make this contract grow; but barren hate,     Sour-ey'd disdain, and discord, shall bestrew     The union of your bed with weeds so loathly     That you shall hate it both. Therefore take heed,     As Hymen's lamps shall light you.   FERDINAND. As I hope     For quiet days, fair issue, and long life,     With such love as 'tis now, the murkiest den,     The most opportune place, the strong'st suggestion     Our worser genius can, shall never melt     Mine honour into lust, to take away     The edge of that day's celebration,     When I shall think or Phoebus' steeds are founder'd     Or Night kept chain'd below.   PROSPERO. Fairly spoke.     Sit, then, and talk with her; she is thine own.     What, Ariel! my industrious servant, Ariel!                             Enter ARIEL    ARIEL. What would my potent master? Here I am.   PROSPERO. Thou and thy meaner fellows your last service     Did worthily perform; and I must use you     In such another trick. Go bring the rabble,     O'er whom I give thee pow'r, here to this place.     Incite them to quick motion; for I must     Bestow upon the eyes of this young couple     Some vanity of mine art; it is my promise,     And they expect it from me.   ARIEL. Presently?   PROSPERO. Ay, with a twink.   ARIEL. Before you can say 'come' and 'go,'     And breathe twice, and cry 'so, so,'     Each one, tripping on his toe,     Will be here with mop and mow.     Do you love me, master? No?   PROSPERO. Dearly, my delicate Ariel. Do not approach     Till thou dost hear me call.   ARIEL. Well! I conceive.                                  Exit   PROSPERO. Look thou be true; do not give dalliance     Too much the rein; the strongest oaths are straw     To th' fire i' th' blood. Be more abstemious,     Or else good night your vow!   FERDINAND. I warrant you, sir,     The white cold virgin snow upon my heart     Abates the ardour of my liver.   PROSPERO. Well!     Now come, my Ariel, bring a corollary,     Rather than want a spirit; appear, and pertly.     No tongue! All eyes! Be silent.                 [Soft music]                           Enter IRIS    IRIS. Ceres, most bounteous lady, thy rich leas     Of wheat, rye, barley, vetches, oats, and pease;     Thy turfy mountains, where live nibbling sheep,     And flat meads thatch'd with stover, them to keep;     Thy banks with pioned and twilled brims,     Which spongy April at thy hest betrims,     To make cold nymphs chaste crowns; and thy broom groves,     Whose shadow the dismissed bachelor loves,     Being lass-lorn; thy pole-clipt vineyard;     And thy sea-marge, sterile and rocky hard,     Where thou thyself dost air-the Queen o' th' sky,     Whose wat'ry arch and messenger am I,     Bids thee leave these; and with her sovereign grace,     Here on this grass-plot, in this very place,     To come and sport. Her peacocks fly amain.                                       [JUNO descends in her car]     Approach, rich Ceres, her to entertain.                          Enter CERES    CERES. Hail, many-coloured messenger, that ne'er     Dost disobey the wife of Jupiter;     Who, with thy saffron wings, upon my flow'rs     Diffusest honey drops, refreshing show'rs;     And with each end of thy blue bow dost crown     My bosky acres and my unshrubb'd down,     Rich scarf to my proud earth-why hath thy Queen     Summon'd me hither to this short-grass'd green?   IRIS. A contract of true love to celebrate,     And some donation freely to estate     On the blest lovers.   CERES. Tell me, heavenly bow,     If Venus or her son, as thou dost know,     Do now attend the Queen? Since they did plot     The means that dusky Dis my daughter got,     Her and her blind boy's scandal'd company     I have forsworn.   IRIS. Of her society     Be not afraid. I met her Deity     Cutting the clouds towards Paphos, and her son     Dove-drawn with her. Here thought they to have done     Some wanton charm upon this man and maid,     Whose vows are that no bed-rite shall be paid     Till Hymen's torch be lighted; but in vain.     Mars's hot minion is return'd again;     Her waspish-headed son has broke his arrows,     Swears he will shoot no more, but play with sparrows,     And be a boy right out.                       [JUNO alights]   CERES. Highest Queen of State,     Great Juno, comes; I know her by her gait.   JUNO. How does my bounteous sister? Go with me     To bless this twain, that they may prosperous be,     And honour'd in their issue.                     [They sing]   JUNO. Honour, riches, marriage-blessing,     Long continuance, and increasing,     Hourly joys be still upon you!     Juno sings her blessings on you.   CERES. Earth's increase, foison plenty,     Barns and gamers never empty;     Vines with clust'ring bunches growing,     Plants with goodly burden bowing;     Spring come to you at the farthest,     In the very end of harvest!     Scarcity and want shall shun you,     Ceres' blessing so is on you.   FERDINAND. This is a most majestic vision, and     Harmonious charmingly. May I be bold     To think these spirits?   PROSPERO. Spirits, which by mine art     I have from their confines call'd to enact     My present fancies.   FERDINAND. Let me live here ever;     So rare a wond'red father and a wise     Makes this place Paradise.            [JUNO and CERES whisper, and send IRIS on employment]   PROSPERO. Sweet now, silence;     Juno and Ceres whisper seriously.     There's something else to do; hush, and be mute,     Or else our spell is marr'd.   IRIS. You nymphs, call'd Naiads, of the wind'ring brooks,     With your sedg'd crowns and ever harmless looks,     Leave your crisp channels, and on this green land     Answer your summons; Juno does command.     Come, temperate nymphs, and help to celebrate     A contract of true love; be not too late.                        Enter certain NYMPHS      You sun-burnt sicklemen, of August weary,     Come hither from the furrow, and be merry;     Make holiday; your rye-straw hats put on,     And these fresh nymphs encounter every one     In country footing.          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.  [Aside]  I had forgot that foul conspiracy     Of the beast Caliban and his confederates     Against my life; the minute of their plot     Is almost come.  [To the SPIRITS]  Well done; avoid; no     more!   FERDINAND. This is strange; your father's in some passion     That works him strongly.   MIRANDA. Never till this day     Saw I him touch'd with anger so distemper'd.   PROSPERO. You do look, my son, in a mov'd sort,     As if you were dismay'd; be cheerful, sir.     Our revels now are ended. These our actors,     As I foretold you, were all spirits, and     Are melted into air, into thin air;     And, like the baseless fabric of this vision,     The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces,     The solemn temples, the great globe itself,     Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve,     And, like this insubstantial pageant faded,     Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff     As dreams are made on; and our little life     Is rounded with a sleep. Sir, I am vex'd;     Bear with my weakness; my old brain is troubled;     Be not disturb'd with my infirmity.     If you be pleas'd, retire into my cell     And there repose; a turn or two I'll walk     To still my beating mind.   FERDINAND, MIRANDA. We wish your peace.                 Exeunt   PROSPERO. Come, with a thought. I thank thee, Ariel; come.                         Enter ARIEL    ARIEL. Thy thoughts I cleave to. What's thy pleasure?   PROSPERO. Spirit,     We must prepare to meet with Caliban.   ARIEL. Ay, my commander. When I presented 'Ceres.'     I thought to have told thee of it; but I fear'd     Lest I might anger thee.   PROSPERO. Say again, where didst thou leave these varlets?   ARIEL. I told you, sir, they were red-hot with drinking;     So full of valour that they smote the air     For breathing in their faces; beat the ground     For kissing of their feet; yet always bending     Towards their project. Then I beat my tabor,     At which like unback'd colts they prick'd their ears,     Advanc'd their eyelids, lifted up their noses     As they smelt music; so I charm'd their cars,     That calf-like they my lowing follow'd through     Tooth'd briers, sharp furzes, pricking goss, and thorns,     Which ent'red their frail shins. At last I left them     I' th' filthy mantled pool beyond your cell,     There dancing up to th' chins, that the foul lake     O'erstunk their feet.   PROSPERO. This was well done, my bird.     Thy shape invisible retain thou still.     The trumpery in my house, go bring it hither     For stale to catch these thieves.   ARIEL. I go, I go.                                        Exit   PROSPERO. A devil, a born devil, on whose nature     Nurture can never stick; on whom my pains,     Humanely taken, all, all lost, quite lost;     And as with age his body uglier grows,     So his mind cankers. I will plague them all,     Even to roaring.         Re-enter ARIEL, loaden with glistering apparel, &c.      Come, hang them on this line.                           [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. Monster, your fairy, which you say is a harmless     fairy, has done little better than play'd the Jack with us.   TRINCULO. Monster, I do smell all horse-piss at which my     nose is in great indignation.   STEPHANO. So is mine. Do you hear, monster? If I should     take a displeasure against you, look you-   TRINCULO. Thou wert but a lost monster.   CALIBAN. Good my lord, give me thy favour still.     Be patient, for the prize I'll bring thee to     Shall hoodwink this mischance; therefore speak softly.     All's hush'd as midnight yet.   TRINCULO. Ay, but to lose our bottles in the pool!   STEPHANO. There is not only disgrace and dishonour in     that, monster, but an infinite loss.   TRINCULO. That's more to me than my wetting; yet this is     your harmless fairy, monster.   STEPHANO. I will fetch off my bottle, though I be o'er     ears for my labour.   CALIBAN. Prithee, my king, be quiet. Seest thou here,     This is the mouth o' th' cell; no noise, and enter.     Do that good mischief which may make this island     Thine own for ever, and I, thy Caliban,     For aye thy foot-licker.   STEPHANO. Give me thy hand. I do begin to have bloody     thoughts.   TRINCULO. O King Stephano! O peer! O worthy Stephano!     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 dropsy drown this fool! What do you mean     To dote thus on such luggage? Let 't alone,     And do the murder first. If he awake,     From toe to crown he'll fill our skins with pinches;     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, an't like     your Grace.   STEPHANO. I thank thee for that jest; here's a garment     for't. 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't.   TRINCULO. Monster, come, put some lime upon your fingers,     and away with the rest.   CALIBAN. I will have none on't. We shall lose our time,     And all be turn'd to barnacles, or to apes     With foreheads villainous 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. Ay, and this.            A noise of hunters beard. Enter divers SPIRITS, in              shape of dogs and hounds, bunting them about;                    PROSPERO and ARIEL setting them on    PROSPERO. Hey, Mountain, hey!   ARIEL. Silver! there it goes, Silver!   PROSPERO. Fury, Fury! There, Tyrant, there! Hark, hark!                 [CALIBAN, STEPHANO, and TRINCULO are driven out]     Go charge my goblins that they grind their joints     With dry convulsions, shorten up their sinews     With aged cramps, and more pinch-spotted make them     Than pard or cat o' mountain.   ARIEL. Hark, they roar.   PROSPERO. Let them be hunted soundly. At this hour     Lies at my mercy all mine enemies.     Shortly shall all my labours end, and thou     Shalt have the air at freedom; for a little     Follow, and do me service.                            Exeunt