_Return to us_.

[407-63] The word _others_ may be understood after _there be_.

[407-64] A _chough_ is a bird of the jackdaw kind.

[407-65] This clause means, _I myself could breed a bird to talk as
sensibly_.

[407-66] This is difficult to understand. Perhaps it means. "And how
does your present contentment advance or care for your interest?"

[407-67] _Feater_ means _more fittingly_ or _more becomingly_.

[408-68] A _kibe_ is a sore on the heel.

[408-69] _Candied_ means here the same as crystallized.

[408-70] This means, _while you, doing the same thing, might put Gonzalo
to continuous sleep forever_.

[408-71] _Suggestion_ here means _temptation_.

[408-72] _They'll tell the clock to any business_, etc., means _they
will speak any words we tell them to_.

[408-73] _Draw together_ is _let us draw our swords together_.

[409-74] That is, _Why are your swords drawn_?

[409-75] This means, _Why do you look so ghastly_?

[410-1] _Inch-meal_ means _piece-meal_.

[410-2] _Urchin-shows_ are _fairy-shows_.

[410-3] _Fire-brand_ refers to will o' the wisp, or dancing balls of
light seen sometimes at night in swampy places. People used to think
these lights were tended by naughty sprites who lured men into trouble.

[410-4] We would now say _sometimes_.

[410-5] _Mow_ means _make mouths_ or _grin_.

[411-6] _Pricks_, here, means their _prickles_ or _sharp quills_.

[411-7] Caliban is a monster, part brute, part human, more fish-like
than man-like, probably. He works only when Prospero drives him to it,
and he hates his master bitterly in spite of all that the latter has
done for him. Now Caliban is under punishment for his wickedness.

[411-8] _To bear off_ means _to keep off_.

[411-9] A _bombard_ is a black jar or jug to hold liquor.

[411-10] _Poor-john_ is an old name for dried and salted _hake_, a kind
of fish.

[411-11] Trinculo means that any strange beast could be exhibited and
make a man's fortune.

[412-12] A _gaberdine_ was a coarse outer garment or frock.

[412-13] A _swabber_ is a man who scrubs the decks of a ship.

[412-14] _Tang_ means _sharp taste_; here it means that Kate spoke
sharply.

[413-15] _Inde_ may mean India as we understand it, or West India, that
is, America. Stephano probably alludes to the sham wonders from America
that were often exhibited by lying showmen.

[413-16] _Neat's-leather_ is _calfskin_.

[413-17] Stephano means that he will take all he can ge