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STEPHANO
That shall be by and by: I remember the [145] story.
TRINCULO
The sound is going away; let’s follow it, and after do our work.
STEPHANO
Lead, monster; we’ll follow. I would I could see this taborer; he lays it on.
TRINCULO
Wilt come? I’ll follow, Stephano.
Exeunt.
Scene III IT
[Another part of the Island.]
Enter Alonso, Sebastian, Antonio, Gonzalo, Adrian, Francisco & c.
GONZALO
By ’r lakin, I can go no further, sir;
My old bones ache: here’s a maze trod, indeed,
Through forth-rights and meanders! By your patience,
I needs must rest me.
ALONSO
Old lord, I cannot blame, thee,
Who am myself attach’d with weariness, [5]
To th’ dulling of my spirits: sit down, and rest.
Even here I will put off my hope, and keep it
No longer for my flatterer: he is drown’d
Whom thus we stray to find; and the sea mocks
Our frustrate search on land. Well, let him go. [10]
ANTONIO
[aside to Sebastian] I am right glad that he’s so out of hope.
Do not, for one repulse, forego the purpose
