Pro. But the rocks, sir, are mainly constructed of stone, upon which if a wooden-constructed ship be driven, there’s no man that would not pay his fortune down to set one foot on the most quakeful or boggy ground ’twixt Ganges and Gades. And there be monsters, too, which, though I have never seen them, will swallow, they say, your whole ship at a gulp, as you do your wine.
(The house trembles, some jars fall: all run to centre.)
Seo. There ’tis again! Oh! oh!
(A great crash heard.)
Mar. Belay there!
Seo. Oh! oh! ye gods in heaven!
1st Off. Steady, my men, steady!
Mar. Ay, ay, sir.
1st Off. Order! To your seats!
Ep. Sit and drink, gentlemen. Wine shall be cheap to-day. The life in the earth will crack my jars. A few more rumbles like that will drain the cellars.