Enter certain Nymphs.

You sunburnt sicklemen, of August weary,

135 Come hither from the furrow, and be merry:

Make [holiday]; your rye-straw hats put on,

And these fresh nymphs encounter every one

In country footing.

[Enter certain Reapers], properly habited: they join with the Nymphs in a graceful dance; towards the end whereof Prospero starts suddenly, and speaks; after which, to a strange, hollow, and confused noise, they heavily vanish.

Pros. [Aside] I had forgot that foul conspiracy

140 Of the beast Caliban and his confederates

Against my life: the minute of their plot