The Tempest
ACT FIRST
Scene One
[On a Ship at Sea]
A tempestuous noise of thunder and lightning heard.
Enter a Shipmaster and a Boatswain.
Mast. Boatswain!
Boats. Here, master: what cheer?
Mast. Good, speak to the mariners: fall to 't
yarely, or we run ourselves aground: bestir, 4
bestir. Exit.
Enter Mariners.
Boats. Heigh, my hearts! cheerly, cheerly, my
hearts! yare, yare! Take in the topsail. Tend
to the master's whistle—Blow, till thou burst
thy wind, if room enough! 9
Enter Alonso, Sebastian, Antonio, Ferdinand, Gonzalo, and others.
Alon. Good boatswain, have care. Where's
the master? Play the men.
Boats. I pray now, keep below. 12
Ant. Where is the master, boatswain?
Boats. Do you not hear him? You mar our
labour: keep your cabins: you do assist the
storm. 16
Gon. Nay, good, be patient.
3 Good: good friend
4 yarely: nimbly
