Hip. Well, since you say they are so dangerous, I'll so far shun them, as I may with safety Of the unblemished honour, which you taugt me. But let them not provoke me, for I'm sure I shall not then forbear them.
Prosp. Go in, and read the book I gave you last. To-morrow I may bring you better news.
Hip. I shall obey you, sir.
[Exit Hip.
Prosp. So, so; I hope this lesson has secured him, For I have been constrained to change his lodging From yonder rock, where first I bred him up, And here have brought him home to my own cell, Because the shipwreck happened near his mansion. I hope he will not stir beyond his limits, For hitherto he hath been all obedience: The planets seem to smile on my designs, And yet there is one sullen cloud behind: I would it were dispersed!
Enter Miranda and Dorinda.
How, my daughters! I thought I had instructed them enough: Children! retire; why do you walk this way?
Mir. It is within our bounds, sir.
Prosp. But both take heed, that path is very dangerous; remember what I told you.
Dor. Is the man that way, sir?
Prosp. All that you can imagine ill is there. The curled lion, and the rugged bear, Are not so dreadful as that man.