The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare

ALL the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits, and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being SEVEN AGES.

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with his satchel,

And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school:

THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN.

And then, the LOVER;

Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon's mouth:

THE SEVEN AGES OF MAN.

And then, the JUSTICE;

In fair round belly, with good capon lined,
With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances,
And so he plays his part.

The SIXTH AGE shifts
Into the lean and slipper'd PANTALOON;

With spectacles on nose, and pouch on side;
His youthful hose well saved, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in its sound:

and mere oblivion;

Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans every thing.

ALONZO, King of Naples

SEBASTIAN, his Brother.

PERSONS REPRESENTED

PROSPERO, the rightful Duke of Milan.

STEPHANO, a drunken Butler.

Master of a Ship, Boatswain, and Mariners

ANTONIO, his Brother, the usurping Duke MIRANDA, Daughter to Prospero.

of Milan.

FERDINAND, Son to the King of Naples.

ARIEL, an airy Spirit

IRIS,

GONZALO, the honest old Counsellor of Naples. CERES,

Nymphs,

Reapers,

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Other Spirits attending on Prospero.

afterwards an uninhabited Island.

Boats. Down with the topmast; yare; lower, lower; bring her to try with main course. | Acry within. A plague muon this howling ! 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 7 Sto. A pox o' your throat, you bawling, blas phemous, uncharitable dog I

Boats. Work you, then.

Ant. Hang, eur, hang! you whoreson, insolent nose-maker, we are less afraid to be drowned than thou art.

Gon. I'll warrant him from drowning; though the ship were no stronger than a nut-shell, and as leaky as an unstanched wench

Boats. Lay her a-hold, a-hold; set her two courses; off to sea agadu, lay her off. Enter Mariners, wet.

Mar. All lost! to prayers, to prayers! all lost! Exeunt Boats. What, must our mouths be coll? Gon. The king and prince at prayers! let us assist them,

For our case is as theirs.

Seb. I am out of patience.

Ant. We are merely cheated of our lives by

drunkards.

This wide-chapped rascal; Would, thou

might'st lie drowning,

The washing of ten tides!
Gon.

He'll 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 ns! We split, we split I-Farewell, my wife and children! Farewell, brother-We split, we split, we split.

Ant. Let's all sink with the king.
Seb. Let's take leave of him.

Erit Erit

Gon. Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an aere of barren ground; long heath, brown furze, any thing: The wills above be donet but I would fain die a dry death. (Ezit

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