Page 1090 - Shakespeare - Vol. 4
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TRINCULO
This is the tune of our catch, played by the
picture of Nobody. [125]
STEPHANO
If thou beest a man, show thyself in thy likeness; if thou beest a devil, take ’t
as thou list.
TRINCULO
O, forgive me my sins!
STEPHANO
He that dies pays all debts: I defy thee. Mercy upon us! [130]
CALIBAN
Art thou afeard?
STEPHANO
No, monster, not I.
CALIBAN
Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments [135]
Will hum about mine ears; and sometime voices,
That, if I then had wak’d after long sleep,
Will make me sleep again: and then, in dreaming,
The clouds methought would open, and show riches
Ready to drop upon me; that, when I wak'd, [140]
I cried to dream again.
STEPHANO
This will prove a brave kingdom to me, where I shall have my music for
nothing.
CALIBAN
When Prospero’s destroy’d.
