Page 1088 - Shakespeare - Vol. 4

Beat him enough: after a little time,
I’ll beat him too.

STEPHANO
Stand farther. − Come, proceed.

CALIBAN
Why, as I told thee, ’tis a custom with him [85]
I’ th’ afternoon to sleep: there thou mayst brain him,

Having first seiz’d his books; or with a log
Batter his skull, or paunch him with a stake,
Or cut his wezand with thy knife. Remember
First to possess his books; for without them [90]

He’s but a sot, as I am, nor hath not
One spirit to command: they all do hate him
As rootedly as I. Burn but his books.
He has brave utensils, − for so he calls them, −

Which, when he has a house, he’ll deck withal. [95]
And that most deeply to consider is
The beauty of his daughter; he himself
Calls her a nonpareil: I never saw a woman,

But only Sycorax my dam and she;
But she as far surpasseth Sycorax [100]
As great’st does least.

STEPHANO
Is it so brave a lass?

CALIBAN
Ay, lord; she will become thy bed, I warrant, And bring thee forth brave

brood.

STEPHANO
Monster, I will kill this man: his daughter and I will be king and queen, −
save our graces! − and Trinculo and thyself shall be viceroys. Dost thou [105]
like the plot, Trinculo?