Enter Ariel, like a water-nymph.
Fine apparition! My quaint Ariel,
Hark in thine ear.
Ari. My lord, it shall be done. Exit.
Pro. Thou poisonous slave, got by the devil himself
Upon thy wicked dam, come forth! 320
Enter Caliban.
Cal. As wicked dew as e'er my mother brush'd
With raven's feather from unwholesome fen
Drop on you both! a south-west blow on ye,
And blister you all o'er: 324
Pro. For this, be sure, to-night thou shalt have cramps,
Side stitches that shall pen thy breath up; urchins
Shall, for that vast of night that they may work,
All exercise on thee: thou shalt be pinch'd 328
As thick as honeycomb, each pinch more stinging
Than bees that made them.
Cal. I must eat my dinner.
This island's mine, by Sycorax my mother,
Which thou tak'st from me. When thou camest first, 332
Thou strok'dst me, and mad'st much of me; wouldst give me
Water with berries in 't: and teach me how
To name the bigger light, and how the less,
That burn by day and night: and then I lov'd thee 336
And show'd thee all the qualities o' th' isle,
The fresh springs, brine-pits, barren place, and fertile.
Cursed be I that did so!—All the charms
317 quaint: dainty, trim
321 wicked: baleful
326 urchins: hobgoblins
327 vast: long void
334 berries; cf. n.
