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TRINCULO

Thou liest, most ignorant monster: I am in case to justle a constable. Why,
thou debosh’d fish, [25] thou, was there ever man a coward that hath drunk
so much sack as I to-day? Wilt thou tell a monstrous lie, being but half a fish

and half a monster?

CALIBAN

Lo, how he mocks me! wilt thou let him, my lord?

TRINCULO
«Lord», quoth he? That a monster should[30] be such a natural!

CALIBAN
Lo, lo, again! bite him to death, I prithee.

STEPHANO
Trinculo, keep a good tongue in your head: if you prove a mutineer, − the
next tree! The poor monster’s my subject, and he shall not suffer indignity.
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CALIBAN

I thank my noble lord. Wilt thou be pleas’d to hearken once again to the suit I
made to thee?

STEPHANO
Marry, will I: kneel and repeat it; I will stand, and so shall Trinculo.

Enter Ariel, invisible.

CALIBAN
As I told thee before, I am subject to a [40] tyrant, a sorcerer, that by his
cunning hath cheated me of the island.

ARIEL

Thou liest.

CALIBAN