Hip. 'Tis Prospero's voice.
Prosp. Hippolito, I know you now expect I should severely chide you: You have seen A woman, in contempt of my commands.
Hip. But, sir, you see I am come off unharmed; I told you, that you need not doubt my courage.
Prosp. You think you have received no hurt?
Hip. No, none, sir. Try me again; whene'er you please I'm ready: I think I cannot fear an army of them.
Prosp. How much in vain it is to bridle nature! [Aside. Well, what was the success of your encounter?
Hip. Sir, we had none, we yielded both at first; For I took her to mercy, and she me.
Prosp. But are you not much changed from what you were?
Hip. Methinks, I wish, and wish!—for what I know not,— But still I wish:—Yet if I had that woman, She, I believe, could tell me what I wish for.
Prosp. What would you do to make that woman yours?