Another part of the island
[Enter CALIBAN, STEPHANO, and TRINCULO]
STEPHANO.Tell not me-when the butt is out we will drink water, not a drop before; therefore bear up, and board 'em.Servant-monster, drink to me.TRINCULO.Servant-monster! The folly of this island! They say there's but five upon this isle: we are three of them; if th' other two be brain'd like us, the state totters.STEPHANO.Drink, servant-monster, when I bid thee; thy eyes are almost set in thy head.TRINCULO.Where should they be set else? He were a brave monster indeed, if they were set in his tail.STEPHANO.My man-monster hath drown'd his tongue in sack.For my part, the sea cannot drown me; I swam, ere I could recover the shore, five and thirty leagues, off and on.By this light, thou shalt be my lieutenant, monster, or my standard.TRINCULO.Your lieutenant, if you list; he's no standard.STEPHANO.We'll not run, Monsieur Monster.TRINCULO.Nor go neither; but you'll lie like dogs, and yet say nothing neither.STEPHANO.Moon-calf, speak once in thy life, if thou beest a good moon-calf.CALIBAN.How does thy honour? Let me lick thy shoe.I'll not serve him; he is not valiant.TRINCULO.Thou liest, most ignorant monster: I am in case to justle a constable.Why, thou debosh'd fish, thou, was there ever man a coward that hath drunk so much sack as I to-day? Wilt thou tell a monstrous lie, being but half fish and half a monster? CALIBAN.Lo, how he mocks me! Wilt thou let him, my lord? TRINCULO.'Lord' quoth he! That a monster should be such a natural! CALIBAN.Lo, lo again! Bite him to death, I prithee.STEPHANO.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.CALIBAN.I thank my noble lord.Wilt thou be pleas'd to hearken once again to the suit I made to thee? STEPHANO.Marry will I; kneel and repeat it; I will stand, and so shall Trinculo.
[Enter ARIEL, invisible]
CALIBAN.As I told thee before, I am subject to a tyrant, sorcerer, that by his cunning hath cheated me of the island.ARIEL.Thou liest.
