THE TEMPEST
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Ferdinand. Miranda.
That works him strongly. We wish your peace.
[Exeunt.
[Exeunt.
Prospero.
Come with a thought. I thank thee, Ariel: come.
Enter Ariel.
Enter Ariel.
Ariel.
Thy thoughts I cleave to. What’s thy pleasure?
Prospero.
Thy thoughts I cleave to. What’s thy pleasure? Spirit,
We must prepare to meet with Caliban.
We must prepare to meet with Caliban.
Ariel.
Ay, my commander: when I presented Ceres,
I thought to have told thee of it, but I fear’d
Lest I might anger thee.
I thought to have told thee of it, but I fear’d
Lest I might anger thee.
Prospero.
Say again, where didst thou leave these varlets?
Ariel.
I told you, sir, they were red-hot with drinking;
So full of valour that they smote the air
For breathing in their faces; beat the ground
For kissing of their feet; yet always bending
Towards their project. Then I beat my tabor;
At which, like unback’d colts, they prick’d their ears,
Advanced their eyelids, lifted up their noses
As they smelt music: so I charm’d their ears
That calf-like they my lowing follow’d through
Tooth’d briers, sharp furzes, pricking goss and thorns,
So full of valour that they smote the air
For breathing in their faces; beat the ground
For kissing of their feet; yet always bending
Towards their project. Then I beat my tabor;
At which, like unback’d colts, they prick’d their ears,
Advanced their eyelids, lifted up their noses
As they smelt music: so I charm’d their ears
That calf-like they my lowing follow’d through
Tooth’d briers, sharp furzes, pricking goss and thorns,
