Pros. Sir, my liege,
Do not infest your mind with beating on[463-50]
The strangeness of this business; at pick’d leisure,[464-51]
Which shall be shortly, single I’ll resolve[464-52] you—
Which to you shall seem probable—of every
These happen’d accidents:[464-53] till when, be cheerful,
And think of each thing well.—[Aside to Ariel.] Come hither, spirit:
Set Caliban and his companions free;
Untie the spell. [Exit Ari.]—How fares my gracious sir?
There are yet missing of your company
Some few odd lads that you remember not.
Re-enter Ariel, driving in Caliban, Stephano, and Trinculo, in their stolen apparel.
Steph. Every man shift for all the rest,[464-54] and let no man take care for himself; for all is but fortune.—Coragio,[464-55] bully-monster, coragio!
Trin. If these be true spies which I wear in my head,[464-56] here’s a goodly sight.
Cal. O Setebos, these be brave spirits indeed!
How fine my master is! I am afraid
He will chastise me.
Sebas. Ha, ha!
What things are these, my Lord Antonio?
Will money buy ’em?
Anto. Very like; one of them
Is a plain fish, and, no doubt, marketable.
Pros. Mark but the badges of these men, my lords,
Then say if they be true. This mis-shaped knave,—
His mother was a witch; and one so strong
That could control the Moon, make flows and ebbs,
And deal in her command without[465-57] her power.
These three have robb’d me; and this demi-devil—
For he’s but half a one—had plotted with them
To take my life: two of these fellows you
Must know and own; this thing of darkness I
Acknowledge mine.
Cal. I shall be pinch’d to death.
Alon. Is not this Stephano, my drunken butler?