[_Exeunt CAL., STEPH., and TRIN._ _Pros._ Sir, I invite your Highness and your train To my poor cell, where you shall take your rest For this one night; which, part of it, I'll waste With such discourse as, I not doubt, shall make it Go quick away,--the story of my life, And the particular accidents gone by, Since I came to this isle: and in the morn I'll bring you to your ship, and so to Naples, Where I have hope to see the nuptial Of these our dear-beloved solemnized; And thence retire me[466-61] to my Milan, where Every third thought shall be my grave.[466-62] _Alon._ I long To hear the story of your life, which must Take the ear strangely. _Pros._ I'll deliver all; And promise you calm seas, auspicious gales, And sail so expeditious, that shall catch Your royal fleet far off.--[_Aside to ARI._] My Ariel, chick, That is thy charge: then to the elements Be free, and fare thou well!--Please you, draw near. [_Exeunt._ EPILOGUE[467-63] SPOKEN BY PROSPERO Now my charms are all o'erthrown, And what strength I have's mine own,--[467-64] Which is most faint: now, 'tis true, I must be here confined by you,[467-65] Or sent to Naples. Let me not, Since I have my dukedom got, And pardon'd the deceiver, dwell In this bare island by your spell; But release me from my bands, With the help of your good hands.[467-66] Gentle breath of yours my sails Must fill, or else my project fails, Which was to please: now I want Spirits to enforce, art to enchant; And my ending is despair, Unless I be relieved by prayer; Which pierces so, that it assaults Mercy itself, and frees all faults. As you from crimes would pardon'd be, Let your indulgence set me free. FOOTNOTES: [366-1] _Good_ was often used in Shakespeare's time as we use the word _well_, to introduce a sentence. [366-2] _Fall to't yarely_ means _get to work briskly_. [366-3] Perhaps the line should read, "Blow till thou burst _thee_, wind." [366-4] If there is sea-room enough. The boatswain is not alarmed if he can have room to handle his ship. [366-5] We still say "play the man" when we wish to encourage any one to be brave and manly. [367-6] The word _time_ may be understood after _present_. The boatswain infers that they cannot make peaceful weather of the present storm. [367-7] _Hap_ means _happen_. [367-8] The word _complexion_ here means _bent_ or _inclination_. Gonzalo says the boatswain is born to be hung; he cannot be drowned. [367-9] The boatswain finds he has not sea-room enough so he calls upon the sailors to take down the topmast and to bring the ship as close into the wind as possible and hold her there with the main sail. [367-10] This sentence means _they are noisier than the tempest and the commands of our officers_.