The Works of Shakespeare

overseers for the best benefit of her and her issue, and the stock not to be paid unto her so long as she shall be married and covert baron; but my will is, that she shall have the consideration yearly paid unto her during her life; and after her decease the said stock and consideration to be paid to her children, if she have any, and if not, to her executors or assigns, she living the said term after my decease; provided that if such husband as she shall at the end of the said three years be married unto, Or at any [time] after, do sufficiently assure urito her, and the issue of her body, lands answerable to the portion by this my will given unto her, and to be adjudged so by my executors and overseers, then my will is, that the said hundred and fifty pounds shall be paid to such husband as shall make such assurance, to his own use.

Item, I give and bequeath unto my said sister Joan twenty pounds, and all my wearing apparel, to be paid and delivered within one year after my decease; and I do will and devise unto her the house, with the appurtenances, in Stratford, wherein she dwelleth, for her natural life, under the yearly rent of twelve pence.

Item, I give and bequeath unto her three sons, William Hart, Hart, and

Michael Hart, five pounds a-piece, to be paid within one year after my decease.

Item, I give and bequeath unto the said Elizabeth Hall, all my plate that I now have (except my broad silver and gilt bowl), at the date of this my will

Item, I give and bequeath unto the poor of Stratford, aforesaid, ten pounds; to Mr. Thomas Combe, my sword ; to Thomas Russell, Esq., five pounds ; and to Francis Collins, of the borough of Warwick, in the county of Warwick, Gent., thirteen pounds six shillings and eightpence, to be paid within one year after my decease.

Item, I give and bequeath to Hamlet [Hamnef] Sadler twenty-six shillings eightpence, to buy him a ring; to William Reynolds, Gent., twenty-six shillings eightpence, to buy him a ring; to my godson William Walker, twenty shillings in gold; to Anthony Nash, Gent., twenty-six shillings eightpence; and to Mr. John Nash, twenty-six shillings eightpence ; and to my fellows, John Hemynge, Richard Burbage, and Henry Cundell, twenty-six shillings eightpence a-piece, to buy them rings.

Item, I give, will, bequeath, and devise unto my daughter Susanna Hall, for the better enabling her to perform this my will, and towards the performance thereof, all that capital messuage or tenement, with the "appurtenances, in Stratford aforesaid, called the New Place, wherein I now dwell, and two messuages or tenements with the appurtenances, situate, lying, and being in Henley Street, within the borough of Stratford aforesaid; and all my barns, stables, orchards, gardens, lands, tenements, and hereditaments whatsoever, situate, lying, and being, or to be had, received, perceived, or taken within the towns, hamlets, villages, fields, and grounds of Stratford-upon-Avon, Old Stratford, Bishopton, and Welcome, or in any of them, in the said county of Warwick; and also all that messuage or tenement, with the appurtenances, wherein one John Robinson dwelleth, situate, lying, and being in the Blackfriars in London, near the Wardrobe; and all other my lands, tenements, and hereditaments whatsoever; to have and to hold all and singular the said premises, with their appurtenances, unto the said Susanna Hall, for and during the term of her natural life; and, after her decease, to the first son of her body lawfully issuing; and to the heirs males of the body of the said first son lawfully issuing; and for default ot such issue, to the second son of her body lawfully issuing, and to the heirs males of the body of the said second son lawfully issuing; and for default of such heirs, to the third son of the body of the said Susanna lawfully issuing; and to the heirs males of the body of the said third son lawfully issuing; and for default of such issue, the same to be and remain to the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh sons of her body, lawfully issuing one after another, and to the heirs males of the bodies of the said fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh sons lawfully issuing, in such manner as it is before limited to be, and remain to the first, second, and third sons of her body, and to their heirs males; and for default of such issue, the said premises to be and remain to my said niece Hall, and the heirs males of her body lawfully issuing: and for default of such issue, to my daughter Judith, and the heirs males of her body lawfully issuing; and for default of such issue, to the right heirs of me the said William Shakspeare for ever.

Item, I give unto my wife my second-best bed, with the furniture.

Item, I give and bequeath to my said daughter Judith, my broad silver-gilt bowl. All the rest of my goods, chattels, leases, plates, jewels, and household stuff whatsoever, after my debts and legacies paid, and my funeral expenses discharged, I give, devise, and bequeath to my son-in-law, John Hall, Gent., and my daughter Susanna, his wife, whom I ordain and make executors of this my last will and testament. And I do entreat and appoint the said Thomas Russell, Esq., and Francis Collins, Gent., to be overseers hereof. And do revoke all former wills, and publish this to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof, I have hereunto put my hand, the day and year first above written.

By me,

WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE.

Witness to the publishing hereof*
Fra. Collyns,
Julius Shaw,
John Robinson,
Hamnet Sadler,
Robert Whattcott. ■

Probatum fuit testamentum Suprascriptum apud I-ondon, Coram Magistro William Byrde, Legum Doctore, &c, vicesimo secundo die mensis Junii, Anno Domini 1616; juramento [ohannis Hall, unius ex cui, &c, de bene, &c, jurat, reservata potestate, &c. Susanna? Hall, alt. ex., &c, earn cum venerit, &c. petitur, &c.

SCENE,—The Sea, -with a Ship; afterwards an uninhabited Island.

ACT I.

SCENE I.—Oh a Ship at Sea.—A Storm -with Thunder and Lightning. Enter a Shipmaster and a Boatswain. Mast. Boatswain I Boats. Here, master: what cheer T Mast. Good, speak to the mariners : fall to'tyarely, or we run ourselves aground: bestir, bestir. [Exit. Enter Mariners. Boats. Heigh, my hearts I cheerly, cheerly, my' hearts! yare, yare: take in the topsail; tend to the J master's whistle.—Blow, till thou burst thy wind, if room enough 1

Enter Alonso, Sebastian, Antonio, Ferdinand,

Gonzalo, and others. A Ion. Good boatswain, have care. Where's the master f Play the men. Boats. I pray now, keep below. Ant. Where is the master, boatswain? Boats. Do you not hear hiiul You mar our labour: keep your cabins: you do assist the storm. Con. Nay, good, "be patient.

Boats. When the sea is. Hence 1 What care these roarers for the name of king? To cabin: silence! trouble us not.

Con. Good; yet rememberwhom thou hast aboard.

Boats. None that I more love than myself. You are a counsellor: if you can command these elements to silence, and work the peace of the present, we will not hand a rope more; use your authority: if you cannot, give thanks you have lived so long, and make yourself I ready in your cabin for the mischance of the hour, if it so hap.—Cheerly, good hearts I—Out of our way, I say. [Exit.

Con. I have great comfort from this fellow: methinks he hath no drowning mark upon him; his complexion is perfect gallows. Stand fast, good fate, to his hanging 1 make the rope of his destiny our cable, for our own doth little advantage! If he be not born to be hanged, our case is miserable. [Exeunt. Re-enter Boatswain.

Boats. Down with the topmast: yare; lower, lower! Bring her to try with main-course. [A cry ivithin.} A plague upon this howling 1 they are louder than the weather, or our office.—

Re-enter Sebastian, Antonio, and Gonzalo. Yet again! what do you here? Shall we give o'er, and drown? Have you a mind to sink?

Set. A pox o' your throat, you bawling, blasphemous.

Boats. Work you, then. fincnaritable dog!

Ant. Hang, cur, hang! you whoreson, insolent noisemaker, we are less afraid to be drowned than thou art.

Goh. IH warrant him from drowning; though the ship were no stronger than a nutshell, and as leaky as an unstanched wench.

Boats. Lay her a-hold, a-holdl Set her two courses! off to sea again; lay her ofL

Enter Mariners, wet.

Mar. All lost 1 to prayers, to prayers 1 all lost I

[Exeunt.

Boats. What, must our mouths be cold? (them.

Con. The king and prince at prayers 1 let us assist For our case is as theirs.

Seb. I am out of patience. f drunkards.—

Ant. We are merely cheated of our lives by This wide-chopp*d rascal,—would, thou might'st lie The washing of ten tides 1 {drowning.

Con. HeTl be hanged yet.

Though every drop of water swear against it.
And gape at wid'st to glut him. [A confused noise

within.—" Mercy on us !**— [children "We split, we split I"—"Farewell, my wife and "Farewell, brother!"—*' We split, we split, wo split!"—1

Ant. Let's all sink with the king. [Exit Seb. Let's take leave of him. [Exit. Gon. Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground; long heath, brown furze, any thing. The wills above be done 1 but I would fain die a dry death. [Exit,

SCENE II— The Island: before the Cell ofTrospctO, Enter Prospero and Miranda.

Mira. If by your art, my dearest father, you have Put the wild waters in this roar, allay them. The sky, it seems, would pour down stinking pitch. But that the sea, mounting to the welkin's cheek. Dashes the fire out. O, I nave suffer'd With those that I saw suffer! a brave vessel. Who had, no doubt, some noble creatures in her, Dash'd all to pieces. O, the cry did knock Against my very heart! Poor souls 1 they perish'd. Had I been any god of power, I would Have sunk the sea within the earth, or e'er It should the good ship so have swallow'd, and The freighting souls within her.

Pro. . Be collected:

No more amazement. Tell your piteous heart,
There's no harm done.
Afira. O, woe the day 1

Pro. No harm.

I have done nothing but in care of thee,
(Of thee, my dear one! thee, my daughter!) who
Art ignorant of what thou art, naught knowing
Of whence I am : nor that I am more better
Than Piospero. master of a full poor cell.
And thy no greater father.

Afira, More to know

Did never meddle with my thoughts.

Pro. ... 'Tistlroe

I should inform thee further. Lend thy hand.
And pluck my magic garment from me.—So:

[Lays down his robe. Lie there, my art.—Wipe thou thine eyes: have comfort.

The direful spectacle of the wreck, which touch'd

The very virtue of compassion in thee,

] have with such provision ir mine art

So safely order'd, that there is no soul—

No, not so much perdition as an hair.

Betid to any creature in the vessel [Sit down

Which thou heard'st cry. which thou saw'st sink.

For thou must now know further.

Afira. You have often

Begun to tell me what I am ; but stopp'd.
And left me to a bootless inquisition.
Concluding, "Stay, not yet."

Pro. The hour's now come

The very minute bids thee ope thine ear:
Obey, and be attentive. Canst thou r
A time before we caine unto this cell?
1 do not think thou canst, for then thou wast not
Out three years old.

Afira. Certainly, sir, I can.

Pro. By whatt by any other house, or person!
Of anything the image tell me, that
Hath Kept with thy remembrance.

Mira. "Tis far off;

And rather like a dream, than an assurance
That my remembrance warrants. Had I not
Four or five women once, that tended met (is it,

Pre. Thou hadst, and more, Miranda. But how
That this lives in thy mind T What seest thou else-
lb the dark backward and abysm of timet
If thou remember'st aught, ere thou cam'st here.
How thou cam'st here, thon may's*.

Afira. But that I do not.

Pro. Twelve year since, Miranda, twelve year since, Thy father was the duke of Milan, and A prince of power.

Afira. Sir, are not you my father?

Pro. Thy mother was a piece of virtue, and
She s iid thon wast my daughter; and thy father
Was duke of Milan ; and his only heir
And princess—no worse issued.

Afira. O, the heavens!

What foul play had we, that we came from thence? Or blessed was't we did?

Pro. Both, both, my girl:

By foul play, as thou say'st, were we heav'd thence; But blessedly holp hither.

Afira. O! my heart bleeds

To think o' the teen that 1 have turn'd you to.
Which is from my remembrance. Please you further.

Pro. My brother, and thy uncle, called Antonio,—
I pray thee, mark mc,—that a brother should
Be so perfidious !—he whom, next thyself.
Of all the world I lov'd, and to him put
The manage of my state; as, at that time.
Through an the signiories it was the first.
And Prospero the prime duke; being so reputed
In dignity, and for the liberal arts.
Without a parallel: those being alt my study,
The'government I cast upon my brother.
And to my state grew stranger, being transported,
And rapt in secret studies. Thy false uncle-
Dost thou attend me?

Afira. Sir, most heedfully.

Pro. Being once perfected how to grant suits. How to deny them; whom t' advance, and whom To trash for over-topping; new created The creatures that were mine, I say. or chang*d them. Or else new form'd them: having noth the key Of officer and office, set all hearts i'the state To what tune pleas'd his ear; that now he was

The ivy, which had hid my princely trunk, [not And suck'd my verdure out on't.—Thou attend st Afira. O, good sir, I do.

Pro. I pray thee, mark me.

I," thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicated To closeness, and the bettering of my mind With that, which, but by being so retir'd. lO'erpriz'd all popular rate, in my false brother 'Awak'd an evil nature; and my trust. Like a good parent, did beget of him A falsehood, in its contrary as great As my trust was; which had, indeed, no limit, A confidence sans bound. He being thus lorded. Not only with what my revenue yielded.' But what my power might else exact,—like one. Who having, unto truth, by telling of it. Made such a shmer of his memory. To credit his own lie,—he did believe He wa_ indeed the duke; out o'the substitution, And executing th' outward face of royalty. With aft prerogative :—Hence his ambition growing. Dost thou hear?

Afira. Your tale, sir, would core deafness.

Pro. To have no screen between this part he And hirh fie play'd it for, he needs will be [play'd, Absolute Milan. Me, poor matt!—lny library Was dukedom large enouvh: of temporal royalties He thinks me now incapable; confederates (Sodry he was for sway) with the king of Naples To give him annual tribute, do him homage; Subject his coronet to his crown, and bend The dukedom, yet unbow'd, (alas, poor Milan!) To most ignoble stooping.

Afira. O the heavens 1

Pro. Mark his condition, and the event; then If this might be a brother. [tell me

Afira. \ should sin

To think but nobly of my grandmother:
Good wombs have borne bad sons.

Pro. Now the condition.

This king of Naples, being an enemy
To me inveterate, hearkens my brother's suit;
Which was, that he, in lieu o' the premises,—
Of homage, and I know not how much tributes-
Should presently extirpate me and mine
Out of the dukedom, and confer fair Milan.
With all the honours, on my brother: whereon,
A treacherous array levied, one midnight
Fated to the purpose, did Antonio open
The gates of Milan; and, i* the dead* of darkness.
The ministers for the purpose hurried thence
Me, and thy crying self.

Afira. Alack, for pity I

I, not rememb'rirtg how I cried out then,
Will cry it o'er again: it is a hint.
That wrings mine eyes to't.

Pro. Hear a little farther.

And then 111 bring thee to the present business Which now's npon us; without the which, this story Were most impertinent.

Afira. Wherefore did they not

That hour destroy us?

Pro. Well demanded, wench: (not,—

My tale provokes that question. Dear, they durst
So dear the love my people bore me,—nor set
A mark so bloody on the business; but
With colours fairer painted their foul ends.
In few, they hurried us aboard a bark.
Bore us some leagues to sea; where they prepax'd
A rotten carcass of a boat, not rigg'd.
Nor tackle, sail, nor mast; the very rats
Instinctively had quit it: there they hoist us.
To cry to the sea that roar*d to us; to sigh
To the winds, whose pity, sighing back again.
Did us but loving wrong.

Afira. Alack, what trouble

Was 1 then to you!

Pro. O! a cherubm

Thon wast, that did preserve me! Thou didst smile.
Infused with a fortitude from heaven.
When I have deck'd the sea with drops full salt.
Under my burden groan "d; which rais'd in me
An undergoing stninach, to hear up
Against what should ensue.

Afira. How came we ashore t

Pro. By Providence divine.
Some fooa we had, and some fresh water, that
A noble Neapolitan, Gonzaio,

Out of his charity, (who being then appointed
Master of this design,) did give us; with
Rich garments, linens, stuff's, and necessaries,
Which since* have steaded much; so, of his gentle-
Knowing 1 lov'd my books, he furnish'd me, [ness,
From mine own library, with volumes that
I prize above my dukedom.

Mira. Would I might

But ever see that man!

Pro. Now I arise :—

{Puts on his robe again.
Sit still, and hear the last of our sea-sorrow.
Here in this island we arriv'd; and here
Have I, thy school master, made thee more profit
Than other princesses can, that have more time
For vainer hours, and tutors not so careful.

Mira. Heavens thank you for't 1 And now, I pray
you, sir,—

(For stilt'tis beating in my mind), your reason
For raising this sea-storm?

Pro. Know thus far forth.—

By accident most strange, bountiful fortune.
Now my dear lady hath mine enemies
Brought to this shore ; and by my prescience
I find my zenith doth depend upon
A most auspicious star ; whose influence
If now I court not, but omit, my fortunes
Will ever after droop.—Here cease more questions;
Thou art inclined to sleep; 'tis a good dulness.
And give it way ;—I know thou canst not choose.—

I Miranda sleeps.
Come away, servant, come! I'm ready now:
Approach, my Ariel; come!

Enter Ariel.

Ari. All hail, great master I grave sir, hail 1 I come
To answer thy best pleasure; be "t to fly,
To swim, to dive into the fire, to ride
On the curl'd clouds: to thy strong bidding, task
Ariel, and all his quality.

Pro. Hast thou, spirit.

Performed to point the tempest that I bade thec I

Ari. To every article.
I boarded the king's ship; now on the beak,
Now in the waist, the deck, in every cabin,
J flain'd amazement: sometime I'd divide,
And burn in many places; on the topmast,
The yards, and bowsprit, would I flame distinctly.
Then meet, and join: Jove's lightnings, the precursor:
O'the dreadful thunder-claps, more momentary
And>sight outrunning were not: the fire, and cracks
Of sulphurous roaring, the most mighty Neptune
Seem to besiege, and make his boid waves tremble,
Yea, his dread trident shake.

Pro. My brave spirit I

Who was so firm, so constant, that this coil
Would not infect his reason?

Ari. Not a soul

But felt a fever of the mad, and play'd
Some tricks of desperation. All, but mariners,
Plunged in the foaming brine, and quit the vessel,
Then all a-fire with me: the king's son, Ferdinand,
With hair up staring (then like reeds, not hair.)
Was the first man that leap'd; cried, "Hell is empty,
And all the devils are here."

Pro. Why, that's iny spirit!

But was not this nigh shore?

Ari. Close by, my master.

Pro. But arc they, Ariel, safe?

Ari. Not a hair perish'd;

On their sustaining garments not a blemish.
But fresher than before : and, as thou bad'st me.
In troops I have dispers'd them 'bout the isle.
The king's son have I landed by himself;
Whom 1 left cooling of the air with sighs
In an odd angle of the isle, and sitting.
His arms in this sad knot.

Pro. Of the king's ship

The mariners, say how thou hast dispos'd,
And all the rest o'the fleet.

Ari. Safely in harbour

Is the king's ship; in the deep nook, where once
Thou call dst me up at midnight to fetch dew
From the still-vex'ci Bermoothes. there she's hid:
The mariners all under hatches stow'd;
Whom, with a charm join'd to their suffer'd labour,
I have left asleep: and for the rest o' the fleet,
Which I dispers d, they all have met again,
And are upon the Mediterranean ttote,

Bound sadly home for Naples j
Supposing that they saw the king's ship wreck'd.
And his great person perish.

Pro. Ariel, thy charge

Exactly is performed: but there's more work:
What is the time o' the day?
Ari. Past the mid season.

Pro. Atleasttwoglasscs: the time'twixt six and now
Must by us both be spent most preciously. (pains,
Ari. Is there more toil? Since thou dost give me
I-et ine remember thee what thou hast pronuVd,
which is not yet perform'd uie.

Pro, How now! moody?

What ts't thou canst demand?
Ari. * My liberty.

Pro. Before the time be out? no more!
Ari. I pray thee

Remember, I have done thec worthy service;
Told th^c no lies, made no mistakings, serv'd
Without orgrudge or grumblings : thou didst promise
To bate me a full year.

Pro. Dost thou forget

From what a torment I did free thee?
Ari. No.
Pro. Thou dost; and think'st it much to tread the
Of the salt deep,— [ooze
To run upon the sharp wind of the north.
To do me business in the veins o' th" earth.
When it is bak'd with frost.
Ari. I do not, sir.

Pro. Thou liest, malignant thing! Hast thou forgot
The foul witch Sycorax. who, with age and envy,
Was grown into a hoop? hast thou forgot her?
Ari. No, sir. (me.
Pro. Thou hast. Where was she born? speak ; tell
Ari. Sir, in Argier.

Pro. O, was she so? I must,

Once in a month, recount what thou hast been.
Which ttiou forget'st. This damii'd witch, Sycorax,
For mischiefs manifold, and sorceries terrible
To enter human hearing, from Argier,
Thou know'st, was banish'd: for one thing she did,
They would not take her life. Is not this true?
Ari. Ay, sir. [child.
Pro. This blue-ey'd hag was hither brought with
And here was left by the sailors. Thou, my sTavc,
As thou report'st thyself, wast then her servant:
And, for thou w;ist a spirit too del Senate
To act her earthy and abhorr'd commands,
Refusing her grand hests, she did confine thee.
By help of her more potent ministers,
And In her most immitigable rage.
Into a cloven pine; within which rift
Imprison'd. thou didst painfully remain
A dozen years; within which space she died.
And left thee there; where thou didst vent thy groans
As fast as mill-wheels itrike. Then was this island
(Save for the son that ihe did litter here,
A freckled whelp, hag-born) not honour'd with
A human shape.
Ari. Yes; Caliban her son.

Pro. Dull Uiing, I say so; he, that Caliban,
Whom now I keep in service. Thou best know'st
What torment I did find thee in; thy groans
Did make wolves howl, and penetrate the breasts
Of ever-angry bears: it was a torment
To lay upon the damn'd, which Sycorax
Could not again undo; it was mine art,
When I arriv'd and heard thee, that made gape
The pine, and let thee out.
Art. I thank thee, master.

Pro. If thou more murmur'st, I will rend an oak,
And peg thee in his knotty entrails, till
hou hast howl'd away twelve winters.
Ari. Pardon, master:

I will be correspondent to command,
And do my spiriting gently.
Pro, Do so; and after two days

will discharge thee.

A ri. That's my noble master I

What shall I do? say what? what shall I do?

Pro. Go make thyself like a nymph of the sea: be
To no sight but thine and mine; invisible [subject
To every eye-ball else. Go, take this shape.
And hither come in t: go, hence with diligence.

{Exit Arid.

Awake, dear heart, awake 1 thou hast slept well; L Awake I

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