w; when it doth,
It is a comforter.

_Ant._ We two, my lord,
Will guard your person while you take your rest,
And watch your safety.

_Alon._ Thank you.--Wondrous heavy.
[_Alonso sleeps. Exit Ariel._

_Seb._ What a strange drowsiness possesses them! 190

_Ant._ It is the quality o' the climate.

_Seb._ Why
Doth it not then our eyelids sink? I find not
Myself disposed to sleep.

_Ant._ Nor I; my spirits are nimble.
They fell together all, as by consent;
They dropp'd, as by a thunder-stroke. What might, 195
Worthy Sebastian?--O, what might?--No more:--
And yet methinks I see it in thy face,
What thou shouldst be: the occasion speaks thee; and
My strong imagination sees a crown
Dropping upon thy head.

_Seb._ What, art thou waking? 200

_Ant._ Do you not hear me speak?

_Seb._ I do; and surely
It is a sleepy language, and thou speak'st
Out of thy sleep. What is it thou didst say?
This is a strange repose, to be asleep
With eyes wide open; standing, speaking, moving, 205
And yet so fast asleep.

_Ant._ Noble Sebastian,
Thou let'st thy fortune sleep--die, rather; wink'st
Whiles thou art waking.

_Seb._ Thou dost snore distinctly;
There's meaning in thy snores.

_Ant._ I am more serious than my custom: you 210
Must be so too, if heed me; which to do
Trebles thee o'er.

_Seb._ Well, I am standing water.

_Ant._ I'll teach you how to flow.

_Seb._ Do so: to ebb
Hereditary sloth instructs me.

_Ant._ O,
If you but knew how you the purpose cherish 215
Whiles thus you mock it! how, in stripping it,
You more invest it! Ebbing men, indeed,
Most often do so near the bottom run
By their own fear or sloth.

_Seb._ Prithee, say on:
The setting of thine eye and cheek proclaim 220
A matter from thee; and a birth, indeed,
Which throes thee much to yield.

_Ant._ Thus, sir:
Although this lord of weak remembrance, this,
Who shall be of as little memory
When he is earth'd, hath here almost persuaded,-- 225
For he's a spirit of persuasion, only
Professes to persuade,--the king his s