Earth’s growth, abundance a plenty,Barns and garners never empty,
With barns and granaries never empty,Vines and clustering bunches growing,
Vines growing clustering bunches of grapes,Plants with goodly burthen bowing;
Plants bending with ample fruits;Spring come to you at the farthest
May spring come to you at the veryIn the very end of harvest!
End of the harvest!Scarcity and want shall shun you;
Shortage and desire will avoid you;Ceres' blessing so is on you.
Ceres’s blessing is also on you.
FERDINAND
This is a most majestic vision, and
This is an incredibly magnificent sight, andHarmoniously charmingly. May I be bold
Pleasant and enchanting. If I may ask without offending you,To think these spirits?
Are these spirits?
PROSPERO
Spirits, which by mine art
Spirits, which with my magicI have from their confines call'd to enact
I have called out of their imprisonment to performMy present fancies.
My current whims.
FERDINAND
Let me live here ever;
Let me live here forever;So rare a wonder'd father and a wife
Such a rare father who performs these wonders and a wifeMakes this place Paradise.
Who makes this place a paradise.
Juno and Ceres whisper, and send Iris on employment
PROSPERO
Sweet, now, silence!
Now, my darling be silent!Juno and Ceres whisper seriously;
Juno and Ceres are whispering seriously;There's something else to do: hush, and be mute,
There’s something else to do: hush, and be silent,Or else our spell is marr'd.
Or else our spell will be ruined.
IRIS
You nymphs, call'd Naiads, of the windring brooks,
The nymphs of the winding steams, called Naiads,With your sedged crowns and ever-harmless looks,
With your crowns woven from reeds and always harmless looks,Leave your crisp channels and on this green land
I ask you to leave your rippling waters and come to this green landAnswer your summons; Juno does command:
To answer your summons; Juno commands you:Come, temperate nymphs, and help to celebrate
Come here, gentle-natured nymphs, and help to celebrateA contract of true love; be not too late.
A marriage of true love; don’t be too late.
Enter certain Nymphs
You sunburnt sicklemen, of August weary,
Sunburnt, harvesting men, weary from the August harvest,Come hither from the furrow and be merry:
Come here from the plowed fields and be happy:Make holiday; your rye-straw hats put on
Celebrate; put on your straw hatsAnd these fresh nymphs encounter every one
And take a partner from these fresh nymphs In country footing.
For a country dance.
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
“[Enter some Reapers (harvesters), properly dressed: they join with the Nymphs in a graceful dance; toward the end of which PROSPERO suddenly is startled, and speaks; after which, there is a strange, hollow, and confused noise, and they suddenly vanish.]”
PROSPERO
[Aside] I had forgot that foul conspiracy
[Aside] I forgot about that terrible conspiracyOf the beast Caliban and his confederates
Of the slave Caliban and his companionsAgainst my life: the minute of their plot
Against my life: the time for their planIs almost come.
Is almost here.
[To the Spirits] Well done! avoid; no more!
[To the Spirits] Well done! Leave; you’re done!
FERDINAND
This is strange: your father's in some passion
This is strange: your father is in some sort of fitThat works him strongly.
That is making him act strangely.
MIRANDA
Never till this day
Never until today haveSaw I him touch'd with anger so distemper'd.
I seen him affected with such distressed anger.
PROSPERO
You do look, my son, in a moved sort,
You, my son, look as if some mood has upset you,As if you were dismay'd: be cheerful, sir.
As if you were dismayed; be cheerful, sir.Our revels now are ended. These our actors,
Our festivities have now ended. Our actors here,As I foretold you, were all spirits and
As I told you before, were all spirits andAre melted into air, into thin air:
Have melted into thin air, right into thin air:And, like the baseless fabric of this vision,
And, like the unsubstantial material that this vision was made from,The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces,
The towers in the clouds, the gorgeous palaces,The solemn temples, the great globe itself,
The sacred temples, and the whole earth itself,Ye all which it inherit, shall dissolve
Yes, all who live here, will disappearAnd, like this insubstantial pageant faded,
And, like this imaginary spectacle, which has faded,Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff
Without leaving a single cloud behind. We are made of the same stuffAs dreams are made on, and our little life
That dreams are made of, and our little lifeIs rounded with a sleep. Sir, I am vex'd;
Finished in sleep. Sir, I am irritated;Bear with my weakness; my old brain is troubled:
Tolerate my weakness; my old mind is troubled:Be not disturb'd with my infirmity:
Don’t be disturbed by my frailty:If you be pleased, retire into my cell
If you would like, go back into my cellAnd there repose: a turn or two I'll walk,
And relax there: I’ll walk a little bit,To still my beating mind.
To calm my pounding mind.
FERDINAND & MIRANDA
We wish your peace.
We hope you can find some peace.
Exeunt
PROSPERO
Come with a thought. I thank thee, Ariel: come.
Come here as fast as a thought. Thank you, Ariel: come here.
Enter ARIEL
ARIEL
Thy thoughts I cleave to. What's thy pleasure?
It’s your thoughts I obey. What do you wish?
PROSPERO
Spirit,
Spirit,We must prepare to meet with Caliban.
We must prepare to meet with Caliban.
ARIEL
Ay, my commander: when I presented Ceres,
Yes, my commander: when I acted as Ceres,I thought to have told thee of it, but I fear'd
I thought about telling you about it, but I was afraidLest I might anger thee.
That it might anger you.
PROSPERO
Say again, where didst thou leave these varlets?
Tell me again, where did you last see those rascals?
ARIEL
I told you, sir, they were red-hot with drinking;
I told you, sir, they were red faced with drinking;So full of valour that they smote the air
So full of heroism that they smacked the airFor breathing in their faces; beat the ground
Because it breathed in their faces; they best the groundFor kissing of their feet; yet always bending
For touching their feet; but always turningTowards their project. Then I beat my tabour;
Towards their plan. Then I played my drum;At which, like unback'd colts, they prick'd
At which, like untrained colts, they turnedtheir ears,
Their ears,Advanced their eyelids, lifted up their noses
Raised their eyelids, and lifted up their nosesAs they smelt music: so I charm'd their ears
As if they could smell the music: so I cast a s
pell on their earsThat calf-like they my lowing follow'd through
So that they would follow my music like cows throughTooth'd briers, sharp furzes, pricking goss and thorns,
Thorny briers, spiny shrubs, prickly weeds and thorns,Which entered their frail shins: at last I left them
Which stuck in their weak shins: finally I left themI' the filthy-mantled pool beyond your cell,
In the filth-covered pool on the other side your cell,There dancing up to the chins, that the foul lake
Dancing in the water up to their chins, so that the dirty lakeO'erstunk their feet.
Stuck worse than their feet.
PROSPERO
This was well done, my bird.
That was done well, my spirit.Thy shape invisible retain thou still:
Keep yourself invisible still:The trumpery in my house, go bring it hither,
Go bring the fancy clothes from my house here,For stale to catch these thieves.
As a decoy to catch these thieves.
ARIEL
I go, I go.
I’m going, I’m going.
Exit
PROSPERO
A devil, a born devil, on whose nature
Caliban, he’s a devil, he was born a devil, whose characterNurture can never stick; on whom my pains,
Teaching can never change; on whom my efforts,Humanely taken, all, all lost, quite lost;
Compassionately undertake, were all wasted, very wasted;And as with age his body uglier grows,
And as his body grows uglier with age,So his mind cankers. I will plague them all,
His mind decays as well. I will torment them allEven to roaring.
To the point of screaming
Re-enter ARIEL, loaden with glistering apparel, & c
“[Re-enter ARIEL, carrying the glittering clothing, etc.]”
Come, hang them on this line.
Come on, hang those on this lime tree.
PROSPERO and ARIEL remain invisible. Enter CALIBAN, STEPHANO, and TRINCULO, all wet
CALIBAN
Pray you, tread softly, that the blind mole may not
Please, walk quietly, so that not even a blind mole couldHear a foot fall: we now are near his cell.
Hear a footstep: we are now close to his cell.
STEPHANO
Monster, your fairy, which you say is
Monster, your island fairy-music, which you say isa harmless fairy, has done little better than
Just a harmless fairy-song, has done nothing better thanplayed the Jack with us.
Play a practical joke on us.
TRINCULO
Monster, I do smell all horse-piss; at
Monster, I smell completely like horse-piss;which my nose is in great indignation.
Which my nose is very offended by.
STEPHANO
So is mine. Do you hear, monster? If I should take
So is mine. Do you hear that, monster? If I happen to takea displeasure against you, look you,--
A disliking to you, look at you,--
TRINCULO
Thou wert but a lost monster.
You would be only a ruined monster.
CALIBAN
Good my lord, give me thy favour still.
My good lord, continue to think well of me.Be patient, for the prize I'll bring thee to
Be patient, because the prize that I’ll bring to youShall hoodwink this mischance: therefore speak softly.
Will cover up all this misfortune: so speak quietly.All's hush'd as midnight yet.
Everything is as silent as midnight here.
TRINCULO
Ay, but to lose our bottles in the pool,--
Yes, but to loose our wine bottles in the pool,--
STEPHANO
There is not only disgrace and dishonour in that,
That was not only a disgrace and a dishonor,monster, but an infinite loss.
Monster, but also a terrible loss.
TRINCULO
That's more to me than my wetting: yet this is your
That means more to me than getting wet: and that was what you calledharmless fairy, monster.
A harmless fairy-song, monster.
STEPHANO
I will fetch off my bottle, though I be o'er ears
I will get my bottle back, even if I am drownedfor my labour.
For my effort.
CALIBAN
Prithee, my king, be quiet. Seest thou here,
Please, my king, be quiet. See this here,This is the mouth o' the cell: no noise, and enter.
This is the entrance of the cell: don’t make any noise, and go in.Do that good mischief which may make this island
Do that good kind of crime that will make this islandThine own for ever, and I, thy Caliban,
Yours forever, and I, your Caliban,For aye thy foot-licker.
Will forever worship you.
STEPHANO
Give me thy hand. I do begin to have bloody thoughts.
Give me your hand. I am beginning to have blood-thirsty thoughts.
TRINCULO
O king Stephano! O peer! O worthy Stephano! Look
Oh, king Stephano! Oh, nobleman! Oh, admirable Stephano! Lookwhat a wardrobe here is for thee!
At this wardrobe that is here for you!
CALIBAN
Let it alone, thou fool; it is but trash.
Leave it alone, you fool; it’s only trash.
TRINCULO
O, ho, monster! we know what belongs to a frippery.
Oh, really, Monster! We can tell what belongs to a thrift-store.O king Stephano!
Oh, king Stephano!
STEPHANO
Put off that gown, Trinculo; by this hand, I'll have
Put down that tunic, Trinculo; I swear by this hand, I’ll havethat gown.
That tunic.
TRINCULO
Thy grace shall have it.
You will have it, your grace.
CALIBAN
The dropsy drown this fool! What do you mean
May disease kill this fool! Why are youTo dote thus on such luggage? Let's alone
So enamored with this stuff? Let’s leave it aloneAnd do the murder first: if he awake,
And do the murder first: if he awakens,From toe to crown he'll fill our skins with pinches,
He’ll have us pinched from our toes to our heads,Make us strange stuff.
And turn us into strange fabrics.
STEPHANO
Be you quiet, monster. Mistress line,
Be quite, monster. Mistress lime tree,is not this my jerkin? Now is the jerkin under
Isn’t this my jacket? Oh, and now the jacket underneaththe line: now, jerkin, you are like to lose your
You miss lime tree. Now, jacket, you will probably lose yourhair and prove a bald jerkin.
Hair and turn into a bald jacket for being underneath there!
TRINCULO
Do, do: we steal by line and level, an't like your grace.
Carry on, carry on: we’ll it steal with great care, if you so desire, your grace.
STEPHANO
I thank thee for that jest; here's a garment for't:
I thank your for that joke; here’s a piece of clothing in exchange;wit shall not go unrewarded while I am king of this
Humor will not go unrewarded while I am king of thiscountry. 'Steal by line and level' is an excellent
Country. ‘Steal it with great care’ is an excellentpass of pate; there's another garment for't.
Use of your thoughts; here’s another piece of clothing for it.
TRINCULO
Monster, come, put some lime upon your fingers, and
Monster, come here, put some sticky stuff on your fingers, andaway with the rest.
Steal the rest.
CALIBAN
I will have none on't: we shall lose our time,
I won’t do that: we are losing time,And all be turn'd to barnacles, or to apes
And will all be turned into barnacles, or into apesWi
th foreheads villanous low.
With terribly low foreheads.
STEPHANO
Monster, lay-to your fingers: help to bear this
Monster, use your fingers: help us carry thisaway where my hogshead of wine is, or I'll turn you
Away to where my barrel of wine is, or I’ll exile youout of my kingdom: go to, carry this.
From my kingdom: get to work, carry this.
TRINCULO
And this.
And this.
STEPHANO
Ay, and this.
Yes, and this.
A noise of hunters heard. Enter divers Spirits, in shape of dogs and hounds, and hunt them about, PROSPERO and ARIEL setting them on
“[The sound of hunters is heard. Enter many different Spirits, in the shape of dogs and hounds, and hunt after them. PRSOPERP and ARIEL encourage them on, calling out the dogs names]”
PROSPERO
Hey, Mountain, hey!
Hey, Mountain, hey!
ARIEL
Silver! There it goes, Silver!
Silver! There it goes, Silver!
PROSPERO
Fury, Fury! there, Tyrant, there! hark! hark!
Fury, Fury! Right there, Tyrant! Listen! Listen!
CALIBAN, STEPHANO, and TRINCULO, are driven out
Go charge my goblins that they grind their joints
Go tell my gablins to torment their jointsWith dry convulsions, shorten up their sinews
With severe seizures, tighten up their musclesWith aged cramps, and more pinch-spotted make them
With craps like that from old age, and make them more spotted with bruises from pinchingThan pard or cat o' mountain.
Than a leopard or mountain lion.
ARIEL
Hark, they roar!
Listen, they’re screaming!
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