Or night kept chain'd below. Pro. Fairly fpoke. Sit then, and talk with her, she is thine own. Enter Ariel. Ari. What would my potent mafter? here I am. Pro. Thou and thy meaner fellows your last service Did worthily perform; and I must use you In fuch another trick; go, bring the rabble, O'er whom I give thee power, here to this place: Incite them to quick motion, for I must Bestow upon the eyes of this young couple Some vanity of mine art; it is my promise, Ari. Presently. Pro. Ay, with a twink. Ari. Before you can fay, Come, and go, And breathe twice; and cry, fo, so; Each one, tripping on his toe, Will be here with mop and mow. Do you love me, master? no? Pro. Dearly, my delicate Ariel; do not approach, 'Till thou doft hear me call. Ari. Well, I conceive. [Exit. Pro. Look, thou be true; do not give dalliance Fer. I warrant you, Sir; The white, cold, virgin-fnow upon my heart Pro. Well. Now come, my Ariel; bring a corollary. Rather than want a fpirit, appear; and pertly The Rabble.] The crew of meaner Spirits. No. 9 No tongue; all eyes; be filent. [To Ferdinand. [Soft Mufick. III. SCENE A MAS QU E. Enter Iris. Iris. Ceres, moft bounteous lady, thy rich leas Of wheat, rye, barley, fetches, oats, and peafe;!: Thy turfy mountains, where live nibling sheep, And flat meads thatch'd with ftover, them to keep; Thy banks with pionied, and tulip'd brims, I Which spungy April at thy heft betrims, To make cold nymphs chafte crowns: and thy broomgroves, Whose shadow the difmiffed bachelor loves, Bids thee leave thefe; and with her Sov'reign Grace, Enter Ceres. Cer. Hail, many colour'd meffenger, that ne'er Who, with thy faffron, wings, upon my flowers Rich fcarf to my proud earth; why hath thy Queen 9 No Tongue.] Those who are prefent at incantations, are o bliged to be trialy filent, elfe, as we are afterwards told, the Spell is marred. • With thatch'd ftover, Oxford Edit. Stover feems to be hay laid up. The old Edition reads pienied and twilled brims, which I do not understand. Iris. A contract of true love to celebrate, Cer. Tell me, heav'nly bow, If Venus or her fon, as thou do'st know, Do now attend the Queen: fince they did plot Iris. Of her fociety Be not afraid; I met her deity Cutting the clouds towards Paphos, and her fon Her wafpifh-headed fon has broke his arrows, Cer. High Queen of state, Great Juno, comes; I know her by her gait. [Juno defcends, and enters. Jun. How does my bounteous fifter? go with me To blefs this twain, that they may profperous be, And honour'd in their iffue. Jun. Honour, riches, marriage-blessing, Long continuance and increasing, Cer. Earth's increafe, and foyfon-plenty,' 2 Earth's Increase.] All the Editions, that I have ever feen, concur in placing this whole SonVOL. I. Vines, Vines, with cluftring bunches growing, Fer. This is a moft majestic vifion, and Pro. Spirits, which by mine art I have from their confines call'd to enact Fer. Let me live here ever; So rare a wonder'd father, and a wife, Pro. Sweet; now filence: There's fomething elfe to do; hufh, and be mute, Juno and Ceres whisper, and fend Iris on employment. Iris, You nymphs, call'd Nayads, of the winding brooks, With your fedg'd crowns, and ever-harmless looks, Enter certain Nymphs. You fun-burn'd ficklemen, of August weary, ed with poetical Hiftory, and the diftin&t Offices of thefe two Goddeffes, and who then ferioufly reads over our Author's Lines, will agree with Me, that Ceres's Name ought to have been placed where I have now prefix'd it. THEOBALD. Make Make holy-day; your rye-straw hats put on, Enter certain reapers, properly habited; they join with Pro. [afide] I had forgot that foul confpiracy Is almost come.- [To the fpirits.] Well done-avoid no more. Fer.This is most strange; your father's in fome paffion That works him ftrongly. Mira. Never 'till this day Saw I him touch'd with anger fo diftemper'd. Bear emotion of anger on his fudden recollection of Caliban's plot. This appears from the admirable reflection he makes on the infig2 nificancy |