e,
The fresh springs, brine-pits, barren place, and fertile.
Cursed be that I did so! All the charms
Of Sycorax, toads, beetles, bats, light on you!
For I am all the subjects that you have,
Which first was mine own king: and here you sty[387-95] me
In this hard rock, whiles you do keep from me
The rest o' the island.
_Pros._ Abhorred slave,
Which any print of goodness wilt not take,
Being capable of all ill! I pitied thee,
Took pains to make thee speak, taught thee each hour
One thing or other: when thou didst not, savage,
Know thine own meaning,[387-96] but wouldst gabble like
A thing most brutish, I endow'd thy purposes
With words that made them known. But thy vile race,
Though thou didst learn, had that in't which good natures
Could not abide to be with; therefore wast thou
Deservedly confined into this rock,
Who hadst deserved more than a prison.
_Cal._ You taught me language; and my profit on't
Is, I know how to curse. The red plague rid[387-97] you
For learning me your language!
_Pros._ Hag-seed, hence!
Fetch us in fuel; and be quick, thou'rt best,
To answer other business. Shrugg'st thou, malice?
If thou neglect'st, or dost unwillingly
What I command, I'll rack thee with old[388-98] cramps,
Fill all thy bones with aches, make thee roar,
That beasts shall tremble at thy din.
_Cal._ No, pray thee.--
[_Aside._] I must obey: his art is of such power,
It would control my dam's god, Setebos,
And make a vassal of him.
_Pros._ So, slave; hence!
[_Exit CALIBAN._
_Re-enter ARIEL, invisible, playing and singing; FERDINAND
following._
ARIEL'S SONG
Come unto these yellow sands,
And then take hands:
Curtsied when you have, and kiss'd
The wild waves whist,[388-99]
Foot it featly here and there;
And, sweet sprites, the burden bear.
Hark, hark! { _Burden dispersedly._
The watch-dogs bark: { Bow-wow.
Hark, hark! I hear; { Bow-wow.
The strain of strutting {
chanticleer. { Cock-a-diddle-dow.
_Ferd._ Where should this music be? i' the air, or th' earth?
It sounds no more: and, sure, it wai
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