On a ship at sea: a
tempestuous noise of
thunder and lightning heard.[Enter Mariners]
Boatswain
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!
[Enter ALONSO, SEBASTIAN, ANTONIO,
FERDINAND, GONZALO, and others]
ALONSO Good boatswain, have care.
Where’s the master?
Boatswain I pray now, keep below.
ANTONIO Where is the master, boatswain?
Boatswain Do you not hear him?
You mar our labour: keep your cabins:
you do assist the storm.
GONZALO Nay, good, be patient.
Boatswain When the sea is. Hence!
What cares these roarers for the name of king?
To cabin!
ANTONIO This wide-chapp’d rascal–would
thou mightst lie drowning
The washing of ten tides!
GONZALO He’ll be hang’d yet,
Though every drop of water swear against it
And gape at widest to glut him.
[A confused noise within: ‘Mercy on us!’–
‘We split, we split!’–‘Farewell, my wife and
children!’– ‘Farewell, brother!’–
‘We split, we split, we split!’]
ANTONIO Let’s all sink with the king.
SEBASTIAN Let’s take leave of him.
[Exeunt ANTONIO and SEBASTIAN]
GONZALO Now would I give a thousand furlongs
of sea for an acre of barren ground, long heath, brown
furze, any thing. The wills above be done! but I would
fain die a dry death.
[Exeunt]
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