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I will requite you with as good a thing;
At least bring forth a wonder, to content ye [170]
As much as me my dukedom.

Here Prospero discovers Ferdinand and Miranda playing at chess.

MIRANDA
Sweet lord, you play me false.

FERDINAND

No, my dearest love,
I would not for the world.

MIRANDA
Yes, for a score of kingdoms you should wrangle,
And I would call it fair play.

ALONSO
If this prove [175]
A vision of the island, one dear son

Shall I twice lose.

SEBASTIAN
A most high miracle!

FERDINAND
Though the seas threaten, they are merciful;
I have curs’d them without cause.

ALONSO
Now all the blessings

Of a glad father compass thee about! [180]
Arise, and say how thou cam’st here.

MIRANDA
O wonder!
How many goodly creatures are there here!