Enter ALONSO, SEBASTIAN, ANTONIO, GONZALO, ADRIAN, FRANCISCO, and others GONZALO Beseech you, sir, be merry; you have cause, So have we all, of joy; for our escape Is much beyond our loss
ALONSO Prithee, peace
SEBASTIAN He receives comfort like cold porridge
GONZALO Dolour comes to him, indeed: you have spoken truer than you purposed
SEBASTIAN You have taken it wiselier than I meant you should
GONZALO Well, I have done: but yet,-- SEBASTIAN He will be talking
ANTONIO Which, of he or Adrian, for a good wager, first begins to crow
ANTONIO A laughter
ADRIAN It must needs be of subtle, tender and delicate temperance
ANTONIO Temperance was a delicate wench
ADRIAN The air breathes upon us here most sweetly
GONZALO Here is everything advantageous to life
ANTONIO True; save means to live
SEBASTIAN No; he doth but mistake the truth totally
ANTONIO If but one of his pockets could speak, would it not say he lies
SEBASTIAN Ay, or very falsely pocket up his report GONZALO Methinks our garments are now as fresh as when we put them on first in Afric, at the marriage of the king's fair daughter Claribel to the King of Tunis
SEBASTIAN 'Twas a sweet marriage, and we prosper well in our return
Good Lord, how you take it
ANTONIO Why, in good time
ANTONIO That sort was well fished for
FRANCISCO Sir, he may live: I saw him beat the surges under him, And ride upon their backs; he trod the water, Whose enmity he flung aside, and breasted The surge most swoln that met him; his bold head 'Bove the contentious waves he kept, and oar'd Himself with his good arms in lusty stroke To the shore, that o'er his wave-worn basis bow'd, As stooping to relieve him: I not doubt He came alive to land
ALONSO Prithee, peace
SEBASTIAN You were kneel'd to and importuned otherwise By all of us, and the fair soul herself Weigh'd between loathness and obedience, at Which end o' the beam should bow
SEBASTIAN Very well
GONZALO It is foul weather in us all, good sir, When you are cloudy
GONZALO I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things; for no kind of traffic Would I admit; no name of magistrate; Letters should not be known; riches, poverty, And use of service, none; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none; No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil; No occupation; all men idle, all; And women too, but innocent and pure; No sovereignty;-- SEBASTIAN Yet he would be king on't
GONZALO All things in common nature should produce Without sweat or endeavour: treason, felony, Sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of any engine, Would I not have; but nature should bring forth, Of its own kind, all foison, all abundance, To feed my innocent people
GONZALO I would with such perfection govern, sir, To excel the golden age
SEBASTIAN God save his majesty
GONZALO I do well believe your highness; and did it to minister occasion to these gentlemen, who are of such sensible and nimble lungs that they always use to laugh at nothing
ANTONIO 'Twas you we laughed at
GONZALO Who in this kind of merry fooling am nothing to you: so you may continue and laugh at nothing still
SEBASTIAN An it had not fallen flat-long
GONZALO You are gentlemen of brave metal; you would lift the moon out of her sphere, if she would continue in it five weeks without changing
ANTONIO Nay, good my lord, be not angry
Will you laugh me asleep, for I am very heavy
ANTONIO We two, my lord, Will guard your person while you take your rest, And watch your safety
ALONSO Thank you
Wondrous heavy
SEBASTIAN Why Doth it not then our eyelids sink
ANTONIO Nor I; my spirits are nimble
What might, Worthy Sebastian
SEBASTIAN I do; and surely It is a sleepy language and thou speak'st Out of thy sleep
SEBASTIAN Well, I am standing water
SEBASTIAN I have no hope That he's undrown'd
ANTONIO O, out of that 'no hope' What great hope have you
There be that can rule Naples As well as he that sleeps; lords that can prate As amply and unnecessarily As this Gonzalo; I myself could make A chough of as deep chat
ANTONIO And how does your content Tender your own good fortune
SEBASTIAN I remember You did supplant your brother Prospero
ANTONIO True: And look how well my garments sit upon me; Much feater than before: my brother's servants Were then my fellows; now they are my men
SEBASTIAN Thy case, dear friend, Shall be my precedent; as thou got'st Milan, I'll come by Naples
Draw thy sword: one stroke Shall free thee from the tribute which thou payest; And I the king shall love thee
ANTONIO Draw together; And when I rear my hand, do you the like, To fall it on Gonzalo
GONZALO Now, good angels Preserve the king
SEBASTIAN Whiles we stood here securing your repose, Even now, we heard a hollow burst of bellowing Like bulls, or rather lions: did't not wake you
sure, it was the roar Of a whole herd of lions
'Tis best we stand upon our guard, Or that we quit this place; let's draw our weapons
For he is, sure, i' the island
ARIEL Prospero my lord shall know what I have done: So, king, go safely on to seek thy son
