Trin. Thou liest, most ignorant monster:
I am in case to justle a constable. Why, thou
deboshed fish thou, was there ever a man a
coward that hath drunk so much sack as I
to-day? Wilt thou tell a monstrous lie, being
but half a fish and half a monster?
Cal. Lo, how he mocks me! wilt thou let
him, my lord? 36
Trin. 'Lord,' quoth he!—that a monster
should be such a natural!
Cal. Lo, lo, again! bite him to death, I
prithee. 40
Ste. Trinculo, keep a good tongue in your
head: if you prove a mutineer, the next tree!
The poor monster's my subject, and he shall
not suffer indignity. 44
Cal. I thank my noble lord. Wilt thou be pleas'd
To hearken once again to the suit I made to thee?
Ste. Marry, will I; kneel, and repeat it: I will
stand, and so shall Trinculo. 48
Enter Ariel, invisible.
Cal. As I told thee before, I am subject to a
tyrant, a sorcerer, that by his cunning hath
cheated me of the island.
Ari. Thou liest. 52
Cal. Thou liest, thou jesting monkey thou;
I would my valiant master would destroy thee;
I do not lie.
Ste. Trinculo, if you trouble him any more in
his tale, by this hand, I will supplant some of
your teeth. 58
Trin. Why, I said nothing.
30 in case: in a condition
38 natural: idiot
