_Prosp._ Say how thou hast disposed the mariners Of the duke's ship, and all the rest o'the fleet? _Ariel._ Safely in harbour Is the duke's ship; in the deep nook, where once Thou called'st me up, at midnight, to fetch dew From the still vexed Bermoothes, there she's hid; The mariners all under hatches stowed; Whom, with a charm, joined to their suffered labour, I have left asleep: And for the rest o'the fleet, Which I dispersed, they all have met again, And are upon the Mediterranean float, Bound sadly home for Italy; Supposing that they saw the duke's ship wrecked, And his great person perish. _Prosp._ Ariel, thy charge Exactly is performed: But there's more work;-- What is the time o'the day? _Ariel._ Past the mid season. _Prosp._ At least two glasses. The time 'tween six and now must by us both Be spent most preciously. _Ariel._ Is there more toil? Since thou dost give me pains, let me remember Thee what thou hast promised, which is not yet Performed me. _Prosp._ How now, moody! What is't thou canst demand? _Ariel._ My liberty. _Prosp._ Before the time be out?--no more! _Ariel._ I pr'ythee, Remember I have done thee faithful service; Told thee no lies; made thee no mistakings; Served without or grudge, or grumblings; Thou didst promise to bate me a full year. _Prosp._ Dost thou forget From what a torment I did free thee? _Ariel._ No. _Prosp._ Thou dost; and think'st it much to tread the ooze Of the salt deep; To run against the sharp wind of the north; To do my business in the veins of the earth, When it is baked with frost. _Ariel._ I do not, sir. _Prosp._ Thou liest, malignant thing!--Hast thou forgot The foul witch Sycorax, who, with age and envy, Was grown into a hoop? Hast thou forgot her? _Ariel._ No, sir. _Prosp._ Thou hast! Where was she born? Speak, tell me. _Ariel._ Sir, in Argier. _Prosp._ Oh, was she so!--I must, Once every month, recount what thou hast been, Which thou forgettest. This damned Witch Sycorax, For mischiefs manifold, and sorceries Too terrible to enter human hearing, From Argier, thou know'st, was banished: But, for one thing she did, They would not take her life.--Is not this true? _Ariel._ Ay, sir.