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THE TEMPEST
Sebastian.
A living drollery. Now I will believe
That there are unicorns, that in Arabia
There is one tree, the phœnix’ throne, one phœnix
At this hour reigning there.
That there are unicorns, that in Arabia
There is one tree, the phœnix’ throne, one phœnix
At this hour reigning there.
Antonio.
At this hour reigning there. I ’ll believe both;
And what does else want credit, come to me,
And I ’ll be sworn ’tis true: travellers ne’er did lie,
Though fools at home condemn ’em.
And what does else want credit, come to me,
And I ’ll be sworn ’tis true: travellers ne’er did lie,
Though fools at home condemn ’em.
Gonzalo.
Though fools at home condemn ’em. If in Naples
I should report this now, would they believe me?
If I should say, I saw such islanders—
For, certes, these are people of the island—
Who, though they are of monstrous shape, yet, note,
Their manners are more gentle-kind than of
Our human generation you shall find
Many, nay, almost any.
I should report this now, would they believe me?
If I should say, I saw such islanders—
For, certes, these are people of the island—
Who, though they are of monstrous shape, yet, note,
Their manners are more gentle-kind than of
Our human generation you shall find
Many, nay, almost any.
Prospero.
Many, nay, almost any. [Aside.]Honest lord,
Thou hast said well; for some of you there present
Are worse than devils.
Thou hast said well; for some of you there present
Are worse than devils.
Alonso.
Are worse than devils. I cannot too much muse
Such shapes, such gesture and such sound, expressing,
Although they want the use of tongue, a kind
Of excellent dumb discourse.
Such shapes, such gesture and such sound, expressing,
Although they want the use of tongue, a kind
Of excellent dumb discourse.
