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ACT THE FIFTH.

SCENE I.

Before Prospero’s cell.

Enter Prospero in his magic robes, and Ariel.

Prospero.

Now does my project gather to a head:
My charms crack not; my spirits obey; and time
Goes upright with his carriage. How’s the day?

Ariel.

On the sixth hour; at which time, my lord,
You said our work should cease.

Prospero.

You said our work should cease. I did say so,
When first I raised the tempest. Say, my spirit,
How fares the king and ’s followers?

Ariel.

How fares the king and ’s followers? Confined together
In the same fashion as you gave in charge,
Just as you left them; all prisoners, sir,

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