1:<?xml version="1.0"?> 2:<PLAY> 3:<TITLE>The Tempest</TITLE> 4: 5:<FM> 6:<P>ASCII text placed in the public domain by Moby Lexical Tools, 1992.</P> 7:<P>SGML markup by Jon Bosak, 1992-1994.</P> 8:<P>XML version by Jon Bosak, 1996-1999.</P> 9:<P>The XML markup in this version is Copyright © 1999 Jon Bosak. 10:This work may freely be distributed on condition that it not be 11:modified or altered in any way.</P> 12:</FM> 13: 14:<PERSONAE> 15:<TITLE>Dramatis Personae</TITLE> 16: 17:<PERSONA>ALONSO, King of Naples.</PERSONA> 18:<PERSONA>SEBASTIAN, his brother.</PERSONA> 19:<PERSONA>PROSPERO, the right Duke of Milan.</PERSONA> 20:<PERSONA>ANTONIO, his brother, the usurping Duke of Milan.</PERSONA> 21:<PERSONA>FERDINAND, son to the King of Naples.</PERSONA> 22:<PERSONA>GONZALO, an honest old Counsellor.</PERSONA> 23: 24:<PGROUP> 25:<PERSONA>ADRIAN</PERSONA> 26:<PERSONA>FRANCISCO</PERSONA> 27:<GRPDESCR>Lords.</GRPDESCR> 28:</PGROUP> 29: 30:<PERSONA>CALIBAN, a savage and deformed Slave.</PERSONA> 31:<PERSONA>TRINCULO, a Jester.</PERSONA> 32:<PERSONA>STEPHANO, a drunken Butler.</PERSONA> 33:<PERSONA>Master of a Ship. </PERSONA> 34:<PERSONA>Boatswain. </PERSONA> 35:<PERSONA>Mariners. </PERSONA> 36:<PERSONA>MIRANDA, daughter to Prospero.</PERSONA> 37:<PERSONA>ARIEL, an airy Spirit.</PERSONA> 38: 39:<PGROUP> 40:<PERSONA>IRIS</PERSONA> 41:<PERSONA>CERES</PERSONA> 42:<PERSONA>JUNO</PERSONA> 43:<PERSONA>Nymphs</PERSONA> 44:<PERSONA>Reapers</PERSONA> 45:<GRPDESCR>presented by Spirits.</GRPDESCR> 46:</PGROUP> 47: 48:<PERSONA>Other Spirits attending on Prospero.</PERSONA> 49:</PERSONAE> 50: 51:<SCNDESCR>SCENE A ship at Sea: an island.</SCNDESCR> 52: 53:<PLAYSUBT>THE TEMPEST</PLAYSUBT> 54: 55:<ACT><TITLE>ACT I</TITLE> 56: 57:<SCENE><TITLE>SCENE I. On a ship at sea: a tempestuous noise of thunder and lightning heard.</TITLE> 58: 59:<STAGEDIR>Enter a Master and a Boatswain</STAGEDIR> 60: 61:<SPEECH> 62:<SPEAKER>Master</SPEAKER> 63:<LINE>Boatswain!</LINE> 64:</SPEECH> 65: 66:<SPEECH> 67:<SPEAKER>Boatswain</SPEAKER> 68:<LINE>Here, master: what cheer?</LINE> 69:</SPEECH> 70: 71:<SPEECH> 72:<SPEAKER>Master</SPEAKER> 73:<LINE>Good, speak to the mariners: fall to't, yarely,</LINE> 74:<LINE>or we run ourselves aground: bestir, bestir.</LINE> 75:</SPEECH> 76: 77:<STAGEDIR>Exit</STAGEDIR> 78:<STAGEDIR>Enter Mariners</STAGEDIR> 79: 80:<SPEECH> 81:<SPEAKER>Boatswain</SPEAKER> 82:<LINE>Heigh, my hearts! cheerly, cheerly, my hearts!</LINE> 83:<LINE>yare, yare! Take in the topsail. Tend to the</LINE> 84:<LINE>master's whistle. Blow, till thou burst thy wind,</LINE> 85:<LINE>if room enough!</LINE> 86:</SPEECH> 87: 88:<STAGEDIR>Enter ALONSO, SEBASTIAN, ANTONIO, FERDINAND, 89:GONZALO, and others</STAGEDIR> 90: 91:<SPEECH> 92:<SPEAKER>ALONSO</SPEAKER> 93:<LINE>Good boatswain, have care. Where's the master?</LINE> 94:<LINE>Play the men.</LINE> 95:</SPEECH> 96: 97:<SPEECH> 98:<SPEAKER>Boatswain</SPEAKER> 99:<LINE>I pray now, keep below.</LINE> 100:</SPEECH> 101: 102:<SPEECH> 103:<SPEAKER>ANTONIO</SPEAKER> 104:<LINE>Where is the master, boatswain?</LINE> 105:</SPEECH> 106: 107:<SPEECH> 108:<SPEAKER>Boatswain</SPEAKER> 109:<LINE>Do you not hear him? You mar our labour: keep your</LINE> 110:<LINE>cabins: you do assist the storm.</LINE> 111:</SPEECH> 112: 113:<SPEECH> 114:<SPEAKER>GONZALO</SPEAKER> 115:<LINE>Nay, good, be patient.</LINE> 116:</SPEECH> 117: 118:<SPEECH> 119:<SPEAKER>Boatswain</SPEAKER> 120:<LINE>When the sea is. Hence! What cares these roarers</LINE> 121:<LINE>for the name of king? To cabin: silence! trouble us not.</LINE> 122:</SPEECH> 123: 124:<SPEECH> 125:<SPEAKER>GONZALO</SPEAKER> 126:<LINE>Good, yet remember whom thou hast aboard.</LINE> 127:</SPEECH> 128: 129:<SPEECH> 130:<SPEAKER>Boatswain</SPEAKER> 131:<LINE>None that I more love than myself. You are a</LINE> 132:<LINE>counsellor; if you can command these elements to</LINE> 133:<LINE>silence, and work the peace of the present, we will</LINE> 134:<LINE>not hand a rope more; use your authority: if you</LINE> 135:<LINE>cannot, give thanks you have lived so long, and make</LINE> 136:<LINE>yourself ready in your cabin for the mischance of</LINE> 137:<LINE>the hour, if it so hap. Cheerly, good hearts! Out</LINE> 138:<LINE>of our way, I say.</LINE> 139:</SPEECH> 140: 141:<STAGEDIR>Exit</STAGEDIR> 142: 143:<SPEECH> 144:<SPEAKER>GONZALO</SPEAKER> 145:<LINE>I have great comfort from this fellow: methinks he</LINE> 146:<LINE>hath no drowning mark upon him; his complexion is</LINE> 147:<LINE>perfect gallows. Stand fast, good Fate, to his</LINE> 148:<LINE>hanging: make the rope of his destiny our cable,</LINE> 149:<LINE>for our own doth little advantage. If he be not</LINE> 150:<LINE>born to be hanged, our case is miserable.</LINE> 151:</SPEECH> 152: 153:<STAGEDIR>Exeunt</STAGEDIR> 154:<STAGEDIR>Re-enter Boatswain</STAGEDIR> 155: 156:<SPEECH> 157:<SPEAKER>Boatswain</SPEAKER> 158:<LINE>Down with the topmast! yare! lower, lower! Bring</LINE> 159:<LINE>her to try with main-course.</LINE> 160:<STAGEDIR>A cry within</STAGEDIR> 161:<LINE>A plague upon this howling! they are louder than</LINE> 162:<LINE>the weather or our office.</LINE> 163:<STAGEDIR>Re-enter SEBASTIAN, ANTONIO, and GONZALO</STAGEDIR> 164:<LINE>Yet again! what do you here? Shall we give o'er</LINE> 165:<LINE>and drown? Have you a mind to sink?</LINE> 166:</SPEECH> 167: 168:<SPEECH> 169:<SPEAKER>SEBASTIAN</SPEAKER> 170:<LINE>A pox o' your throat, you bawling, blasphemous,</LINE> 171:<LINE>incharitable dog!</LINE> 172:</SPEECH> 173: 174:<SPEECH> 175:<SPEAKER>Boatswain</SPEAKER> 176:<LINE>Work you then.</LINE> 177:</SPEECH> 178: 179:<SPEECH> 180:<SPEAKER>ANTONIO</SPEAKER> 181:<LINE>Hang, cur! hang, you whoreson, insolent noisemaker!</LINE> 182:<LINE>We are less afraid to be drowned than thou art.</LINE> 183:</SPEECH> 184: 185:<SPEECH> 186:<SPEAKER>GONZALO</SPEAKER> 187:<LINE>I'll warrant him for drowning; though the ship were</LINE> 188:<LINE>no stronger than a nutshell and as leaky as an</LINE> 189:<LINE>unstanched wench.</LINE> 190:</SPEECH> 191: 192:<SPEECH> 193:<SPEAKER>Boatswain</SPEAKER> 194:<LINE>Lay her a-hold, a-hold! set her two courses off to</LINE> 195:<LINE>sea again; lay her off.</LINE> 196:</SPEECH> 197: 198:<STAGEDIR>Enter Mariners wet</STAGEDIR> 199: 200:<SPEECH> 201:<SPEAKER>Mariners</SPEAKER> 202:<LINE>All lost! to prayers, to prayers! all lost!</LINE> 203:</SPEECH> 204: 205:<SPEECH> 206:<SPEAKER>Boatswain</SPEAKER> 207:<LINE>What, must our mouths be cold?</LINE> 208:</SPEECH> 209: 210:<SPEECH> 211:<SPEAKER>GONZALO</SPEAKER> 212:<LINE>The king and prince at prayers! let's assist them,</LINE> 213:<LINE>For our case is as theirs.</LINE> 214:</SPEECH> 215: 216:<SPEECH> 217:<SPEAKER>SEBASTIAN</SPEAKER> 218:<LINE>I'm out of patience.</LINE> 219:</SPEECH> 220: 221:<SPEECH> 222:<SPEAKER>ANTONIO</SPEAKER> 223:<LINE>We are merely cheated of our lives by drunkards:</LINE> 224:<LINE>This wide-chapp'd rascal--would thou mightst lie drowning</LINE> 225:<LINE>The washing of ten tides!</LINE> 226:</SPEECH> 227: 228:<SPEECH> 229:<SPEAKER>GONZALO</SPEAKER> 230:<LINE>He'll be hang'd yet,</LINE> 231:<LINE>Though every drop of water swear against it</LINE> 232:<LINE>And gape at widest to glut him.</LINE> 233:</SPEECH> 234: 235:<STAGEDIR>A confused noise within: 'Mercy on us!'-- 236:'We split, we split!'--'Farewell, my wife and 237:children!'-- 238:'Farewell, brother!'--'We split, we split, we split!'</STAGEDIR> 239: 240:<SPEECH> 241:<SPEAKER>ANTONIO</SPEAKER> 242:<LINE>Let's all sink with the king.</LINE> 243:</SPEECH> 244: 245:<SPEECH> 246:<SPEAKER>SEBASTIAN</SPEAKER> 247:<LINE>Let's take leave of him.</LINE> 248:</SPEECH> 249: 250:<STAGEDIR>Exeunt ANTONIO and SEBASTIAN</STAGEDIR> 251: 252:<SPEECH> 253:<SPEAKER>GONZALO</SPEAKER> 254:<LINE>Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an</LINE> 255:<LINE>acre of barren ground, long heath, brown furze, any</LINE> 256:<LINE>thing. The wills above be done! but I would fain</LINE> 257:<LINE>die a dry death.</LINE> 258:</SPEECH> 259: 260:<STAGEDIR>Exeunt</STAGEDIR> 261:</SCENE> 262: 263:<SCENE><TITLE>SCENE II. The island. Before PROSPERO'S cell.</TITLE> 264:<STAGEDIR>Enter PROSPERO and MIRANDA</STAGEDIR> 265: 266:<SPEECH> 267:<SPEAKER>MIRANDA</SPEAKER> 268:<LINE>If by your art, my dearest father, you have</LINE> 269:<LINE>Put the wild waters in this roar, allay them.</LINE> 270:<LINE>The sky, it seems, would pour down stinking pitch,</LINE> 271:<LINE>But that the sea, mounting to the welkin's cheek,</LINE> 272:<LINE>Dashes the fire out. O, I have suffered</LINE> 273:<LINE>With those that I saw suffer: a brave vessel,</LINE> 274:<LINE>Who had, no doubt, some noble creature in her,</LINE> 275:<LINE>Dash'd all to pieces. O, the cry did knock</LINE> 276:<LINE>Against my very heart. Poor souls, they perish'd.</LINE> 277:<LINE>Had I been any god of power, I would</LINE> 278:<LINE>Have sunk the sea within the earth or ere</LINE> 279:<LINE>It should the good ship so have swallow'd and</LINE> 280:<LINE>The fraughting souls within her.</LINE> 281:</SPEECH> 282: 283:<SPEECH> 284:<SPEAKER>PROSPERO</SPEAKER> 285:<LINE>Be collected:</LINE> 286:<LINE>No more amazement: tell your piteous heart</LINE> 287:<LINE>There's no harm done.</LINE> 288:</SPEECH> 289: 290:<SPEECH> 291:<SPEAKER>MIRANDA</SPEAKER> 292:<LINE>O, woe the day!</LINE> 293:</SPEECH> 294: 295:<SPEECH> 296:<SPEAKER>PROSPERO</SPEAKER> 297:<LINE>No harm.</LINE> 298:<LINE>I have done nothing but in care of thee,</LINE> 299:<LINE>Of thee, my dear one, thee, my daughter, who</LINE> 300:<LINE>Art ignorant of what thou art, nought knowing</LINE> 301:<LINE>Of whence I am, nor that I am more better</LINE> 302:<LINE>Than Prospero, master of a full poor cell,</LINE> 303:<LINE>And thy no greater father.</LINE> 304:</SPEECH> 305: 306:<SPEECH> 307:<SPEAKER>MIRANDA</SPEAKER> 308:<LINE>More to know</LINE> 309:<LINE>Did never meddle with my thoughts.</LINE> 310:</SPEECH> 311: 312:<SPEECH> 313:<SPEAKER>PROSPERO</SPEAKER> 314:<LINE>'Tis time</LINE> 315:<LINE>I should inform thee farther. Lend thy hand,</LINE> 316:<LINE>And pluck my magic garment from me. So:</LINE> 317:<STAGEDIR>Lays down his mantle</STAGEDIR> 318:<LINE>Lie there, my art. Wipe thou thine eyes; have comfort.</LINE> 319:<LINE>The direful spectacle of the wreck, which touch'd</LINE> 320:<LINE>The very virtue of compassion in thee,</LINE> 321:<LINE>I have with such provision in mine art</LINE> 322:<LINE>So safely ordered that there is no soul--</LINE> 323:<LINE>No, not so much perdition as an hair</LINE> 324:<LINE>Betid to any creature in the vessel</LINE> 325:<LINE>Which thou heard'st cry, which thou saw'st sink. Sit down;</LINE> 326:<LINE>For thou must now know farther.</LINE> 327:</SPEECH> 328: 329:<SPEECH> 330:<SPEAKER>MIRANDA</SPEAKER> 331:<LINE>You have often</LINE> 332:<LINE>Begun to tell me what I am, but stopp'd</LINE> 333:<LINE>And left me to a bootless inquisition,</LINE> 334:<LINE>Concluding 'Stay: not yet.'</LINE> 335:</SPEECH> 336: 337:<SPEECH> 338:<SPEAKER>PROSPERO</SPEAKER> 339:<LINE>The hour's now come;</LINE> 340:<LINE>The very minute bids thee ope thine ear;</LINE> 341:<LINE>Obey and be attentive. Canst thou remember</LINE> 342:<LINE>A time before we came unto this cell?</LINE> 343:<LINE>I do not think thou canst, for then thou wast not</LINE> 344:<LINE>Out three years old.</LINE> 345:</SPEECH> 346: 347:<SPEECH> 348:<SPEAKER>MIRANDA</SPEAKER> 349:<LINE>Certainly, sir, I can.</LINE> 350:</SPEECH> 351: 352:<SPEECH> 353:<SPEAKER>PROSPERO</SPEAKER> 354:<LINE>By what? by any other house or person?</LINE> 355:<LINE>Of any thing the image tell me that</LINE> 356:<LINE>Hath kept with thy remembrance.</LINE> 357:</SPEECH> 358: 359:<SPEECH> 360:<SPEAKER>MIRANDA</SPEAKER> 361:<LINE>'Tis far off</LINE> 362:<LINE>And rather like a dream than an assurance</LINE> 363:<LINE>That my remembrance warrants. Had I not</LINE> 364:<LINE>Four or five women once that tended me?</LINE> 365:</SPEECH> 366: 367:<SPEECH> 368:<SPEAKER>PROSPERO</SPEAKER> 369:<LINE>Thou hadst, and more, Miranda. But how is it</LINE> 370:<LINE>That this lives in thy mind? What seest thou else</LINE> 371:<LINE>In the dark backward and abysm of time?</LINE> 372:<LINE>If thou remember'st aught ere thou camest here,</LINE> 373:<LINE>How thou camest here thou mayst.</LINE> 374:</SPEECH> 375: 376:<SPEECH> 377:<SPEAKER>MIRANDA</SPEAKER> 378:<LINE>But that I do not.</LINE> 379:</SPEECH> 380: 381:<SPEECH> 382:<SPEAKER>PROSPERO</SPEAKER> 383:<LINE>Twelve year since, Miranda, twelve year since,</LINE> 384:<LINE>Thy father was the Duke of Milan and</LINE> 385:<LINE>A prince of power.</LINE> 386:</SPEECH> 387: 388:<SPEECH> 389:<SPEAKER>MIRANDA</SPEAKER> 390:<LINE>Sir, are not you my father?</LINE> 391:</SPEECH> 392: 393:<SPEECH> 394:<SPEAKER>PROSPERO</SPEAKER> 395:<LINE>Thy mother was a piece of virtue, and</LINE> 396:<LINE>She said thou wast my daughter; and thy father</LINE> 397:<LINE>Was Duke of Milan; and thou his only heir</LINE> 398:<LINE>And princess no worse issued.</LINE> 399:</SPEECH> 400: 401:<SPEECH> 402:<SPEAKER>MIRANDA</SPEAKER> 403:<LINE>O the heavens!</LINE> 404:<LINE>What foul play had we, that we came from thence?</LINE> 405:<LINE>Or blessed was't we did?</LINE> 406:</SPEECH> 407: 408:<SPEECH> 409:<SPEAKER>PROSPERO</SPEAKER> 410:<LINE>Both, both, my girl:</LINE> 411:<LINE>By foul play, as thou say'st, were we heaved thence,</LINE> 412:<LINE>But blessedly holp hither.</LINE> 413:</SPEECH> 414: 415:<SPEECH> 416:<SPEAKER>MIRANDA</SPEAKER> 417:<LINE>O, my heart bleeds</LINE> 418:<LINE>To think o' the teen that I have turn'd you to,</LINE> 419:<LINE>Which is from my remembrance! Please you, farther.</LINE> 420:</SPEECH> 421: 422:<SPEECH> 423:<SPEAKER>PROSPERO</SPEAKER> 424:<LINE>My brother and thy uncle, call'd Antonio--</LINE> 425:<LINE>I pray thee, mark me--that a brother should</LINE> 426:<LINE>Be so perfidious!--he whom next thyself</LINE> 427:<LINE>Of all the world I loved and to him put</LINE> 428:<LINE>The manage of my state; as at that time</LINE> 429:<LINE>Through all the signories it was the first</LINE> 430:<LINE>And Prospero the prime duke, being so reputed</LINE> 431:<LINE>In dignity, and for the liberal arts</LINE> 432:<LINE>Without a parallel; those being all my study,</LINE> 433:<LINE>The government I cast upon my brother</LINE> 434:<LINE>And to my state grew stranger, being transported</LINE> 435:<LINE>And rapt in secret studies. Thy false uncle--</LINE> 436:<LINE>Dost thou attend me?</LINE> 437:</SPEECH> 438: 439:<SPEECH> 440:<SPEAKER>MIRANDA</SPEAKER> 441:<LINE>Sir, most heedfully.</LINE> 442:</SPEECH> 443: 444:<SPEECH> 445:<SPEAKER>PROSPERO</SPEAKER> 446:<LINE>Being once perfected how to grant suits,</LINE> 447:<LINE>How to deny them, who to advance and who</LINE> 448:<LINE>To trash for over-topping, new created</LINE> 449:<LINE>The creatures that were mine, I say, or changed 'em,</LINE> 450:<LINE>Or else new form'd 'em; having both the key</LINE> 451:<LINE>Of officer and office, set all hearts i' the state</LINE> 452:<LINE>To what tune pleased his ear; that now he was</LINE> 453:<LINE>The ivy which had hid my princely trunk,</LINE> 454:<LINE>And suck'd my verdure out on't. Thou attend'st not.</LINE> 455:</SPEECH> 456: 457:<SPEECH> 458:<SPEAKER>MIRANDA</SPEAKER> 459:<LINE>O, good sir, I do.</LINE> 460:</SPEECH> 461: 462:<SPEECH> 463:<SPEAKER>PROSPERO</SPEAKER> 464:<LINE>I pray thee, mark me.</LINE> 465:<LINE>I, thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicated</LINE> 466:<LINE>To closeness and the bettering of my mind</LINE> 467:<LINE>With that which, but by being so retired,</LINE> 468:<LINE>O'er-prized all popular rate, in my false brother</LINE> 469:<LINE>Awaked an evil nature; and my trust,</LINE> 470:<LINE>Like a good parent, did beget of him</LINE> 471:<LINE>A falsehood in its contrary as great</LINE> 472:<LINE>As my trust was; which had indeed no limit,</LINE> 473:<LINE>A confidence sans bound. He being thus lorded,</LINE> 474:<LINE>Not only with what my revenue yielded,</LINE> 475:<LINE>But what my power might else exact, like one</LINE> 476:<LINE>Who having into truth, by telling of it,</LINE> 477:<LINE>Made such a sinner of his memory,</LINE> 478:<LINE>To credit his own lie, he did believe</LINE> 479:<LINE>He was indeed the duke; out o' the substitution</LINE> 480:<LINE>And executing the outward face of royalty,</LINE> 481:<LINE>With all prerogative: hence his ambition growing--</LINE> 482:<LINE>Dost thou hear?</LINE> 483:</SPEECH> 484: 485:<SPEECH> 486:<SPEAKER>MIRANDA</SPEAKER> 487:<LINE>Your tale, sir, would cure deafness.</LINE> 488:</SPEECH> 489: 490:<SPEECH> 491:<SPEAKER>PROSPERO</SPEAKER> 492:<LINE>To have no screen between this part he play'd</LINE> 493:<LINE>And him he play'd it for, he needs will be</LINE> 494:<LINE>Absolute Milan. Me, poor man, my library</LINE> 495:<LINE>Was dukedom large enough: of temporal royalties</LINE> 496:<LINE>He thinks me now incapable; confederates--</LINE> 497:<LINE>So dry he was for sway--wi' the King of Naples</LINE> 498:<LINE>To give him annual tribute, do him homage,</LINE> 499:<LINE>Subject his coronet to his crown and bend</LINE> 500:<LINE>The dukedom yet unbow'd--alas, poor Milan!--</LINE> 501:<LINE>To most ignoble stooping.</LINE> 502:</SPEECH> 503: 504:<SPEECH> 505:<SPEAKER>MIRANDA</SPEAKER> 506:<LINE>O the heavens!</LINE> 507:</SPEECH> 508: 509:<SPEECH> 510:<SPEAKER>PROSPERO</SPEAKER> 511:<LINE>Mark his condition and the event; then tell me</LINE> 512:<LINE>If this might be a brother.</LINE> 513:</SPEECH> 514: 515:<SPEECH> 516:<SPEAKER>MIRANDA</SPEAKER> 517:<LINE>I should sin</LINE> 518:<LINE>To think but nobly of my grandmother:</LINE> 519:<LINE>Good wombs have borne bad sons.</LINE> 520:</SPEECH> 521: 522:<SPEECH> 523:<SPEAKER>PROSPERO</SPEAKER> 524:<LINE>Now the condition.</LINE> 525:<LINE>The King of Naples, being an enemy</LINE> 526:<LINE>To me inveterate, hearkens my brother's suit;</LINE> 527:<LINE>Which was, that he, in lieu o' the premises</LINE> 528:<LINE>Of homage and I know not how much tribute,</LINE> 529:<LINE>Should presently extirpate me and mine</LINE> 530:<LINE>Out of the dukedom and confer fair Milan</LINE> 531:<LINE>With all the honours on my brother: whereon,</LINE> 532:<LINE>A treacherous army levied, one midnight</LINE> 533:<LINE>Fated to the purpose did Antonio open</LINE> 534:<LINE>The gates of Milan, and, i' the dead of darkness,</LINE> 535:<LINE>The ministers for the purpose hurried thence</LINE> 536:<LINE>Me and thy crying self.</LINE> 537:</SPEECH> 538: 539:<SPEECH> 540:<SPEAKER>MIRANDA</SPEAKER> 541:<LINE>Alack, for pity!</LINE> 542:<LINE>I, not remembering how I cried out then,</LINE> 543:<LINE>Will cry it o'er again: it is a hint</LINE> 544:<LINE>That wrings mine eyes to't.</LINE> 545:</SPEECH> 546: 547:<SPEECH> 548:<SPEAKER>PROSPERO</SPEAKER> 549:<LINE>Hear a little further</LINE> 550:<LINE>And then I'll bring thee to the present business</LINE> 551:<LINE>Which now's upon's; without the which this story</LINE> 552:<LINE>Were most impertinent.</LINE> 553:</SPEECH> 554: 555:<SPEECH> 556:<SPEAKER>MIRANDA</SPEAKER> 557:<LINE>Wherefore did they not</LINE> 558:<LINE>That hour destroy us?</LINE> 559:</SPEECH> 560: 561:<SPEECH> 562:<SPEAKER>PROSPERO</SPEAKER> 563:<LINE>Well demanded, wench:</LINE> 564:<LINE>My tale provokes that question. Dear, they durst not,</LINE> 565:<LINE>So dear the love my people bore me, nor set</LINE> 566:<LINE>A mark so bloody on the business, but</LINE> 567:<LINE>With colours fairer painted their foul ends.</LINE> 568:<LINE>In few, they hurried us aboard a bark,</LINE> 569:<LINE>Bore us some leagues to sea; where they prepared</LINE> 570:<LINE>A rotten carcass of a boat, not rigg'd,</LINE> 571:<LINE>Nor tackle, sail, nor mast; the very rats</LINE> 572:<LINE>Instinctively had quit it: there they hoist us,</LINE> 573:<LINE>To cry to the sea that roar'd to us, to sigh</LINE> 574:<LINE>To the winds whose pity, sighing back again,</LINE> 575:<LINE>Did us but loving w