Mira. Be of comfort;
My father’s of a better nature, sir,
Than he appears by speech: this is unwonted
Which now came from him.
Pros. [To Ariel.] Thou shalt be as free
As mountain winds: but then exactly do
All points of my command.
Ari. To th’ syllable.
Pros. Come, follow.—Speak not for him.
[Exeunt.
ACT II
Scene I.—Another part of the Island.
Enter Alonso, Sebastian, Antonio, Gonzalo, Adrian, Francisco, and Others.
Gonzalo speaks.
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 master of some merchant,[394-1] and the merchant,
Have just our theme of woe: but for the miracle—
I mean our preservation—few in millions
Can speak like us: then wisely, good sir, weigh
Our sorrow with our comfort.