Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8Sylvester, Charles Herbert
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Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8
Sylvester, Charles Herbert
Children's literature; Literature -- Collections
_Pros._ Sir, my liege,
Do not infest your mind with beating on[463-50]
The strangeness of this business; at pick'd leisure,[464-51]
Which shall be shortly, single I'll resolve[464-52] you--
Which to you shall seem probable--of every
These happen'd accidents:[464-53] till when, be cheerful,
And think of each thing well.--[_Aside to ARIEL._] Come hither, spirit:
Set Caliban and his companions free;
Untie the spell. [_Exit ARI._]--How fares my gracious sir?
There are yet missing of your company
Some few odd lads that you remember not.
_Re-enter ARIEL, driving in CALIBAN, STEPHANO, and TRINCULO, in
their stolen apparel._
_Steph._ Every man shift for all the rest,[464-54] and let no man take
care for himself; for all is but fortune.--Coragio,[464-55]
bully-monster, coragio!
_Trin._ If these be true spies which I wear in my head,[464-56] here's a
goodly sight.
_Cal._ O Setebos, these be brave spirits indeed!
How fine my master is! I am afraid
He will chastise me.
_Sebas._ Ha, ha!
What things are these, my Lord Antonio?
Will money buy 'em?
_Anto._ Very like; one of them
Is a plain fish, and, no doubt, marketable.
_Pros._ Mark but the badges of these men, my lords,
Then say if they be true. This mis-shaped knave,--
His mother was a witch; and one so strong
That could control the Moon, make flows and ebbs,
And deal in her command without[465-57] her power.
These three have robb'd me; and this demi-devil--
For he's but half a one--had plotted with them
To take my life: two of these fellows you
Must know and own; this thing of darkness I
Acknowledge mine.
_Cal._ I shall be pinch'd to death.
_Alon._ Is not this Stephano, my drunken butler?
_Sebas._ He is drunk now: where had he wine?
_Alon._ And Trinculo is reeling ripe: where should they
Find this grand liquor that hath gilded[465-58] 'em?--
How camest thou in this pickle?
_Trin._ I have been in such a pickle since I saw you last, that I fear
me, will never out of my bones: I shall not fear fly-blowing.[465-59]
_Sebas._ Why, how now, Stephano!
_Steph._ O, touch me not! I am not Stephano, but a cramp.
_Pros._ You'd be king o' the isle, sirrah?
_Steph._ I should have been a sore[465-60] one, then.
_Alon._ [_Pointing to CAL._] This is as strange a thing as e'er I look'd
on.
_Pros._ He is as disproportion'd in his manners
As in his shape.--Go, sirrah, to my cell;
Take with you your companions; as you look
To have my pardon, trim it handsomely.
_Cal._ Ay, that I will; and I'll be wise hereafter,
And seek for grace. What a thrice double ass
Was I, to take this drunkard for a god,
And worship this dull fool!
_Pros._ Go to; away!
_Alon._ Hence, and bestow your luggage where you found it.
_Sebas._ Or stole it, rather.
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