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The Tempest, I. ii

Whom I left cooling of the air with sighs

In an odd angle of the isle and sitting,

His arms in this sad knot.

Pro. Of the king's ship

The mariners, say how thou hast dispos'd,

And all the rest o' the fleet.

Ari. Safely in harbour

Is the king's ship; in the deep nook, where once

Thou call'dst me up at midnight to fetch dew

From the still-vex'd Bermoothes; there she's hid:

The mariners all under hatches stow'd;

Who, with a charm join'd to their suffer'd labour,

I have left asleep: and for the rest o' the fleet

Which I dispers'd, they all have met again,

And are upon the Mediterranean flote,

Bound sadly home for Naples,

Supposing that they saw the king's ship wrack'd,

And his great person perish.

Pro. Ariel, thy charge

Exactly is perform'd: but there’s more work:

What is the time o' th' day?

Ari. Past the mid season.

Pro. At least two glasses. The time 'twixt six and now

Must by us both be spent most preciously.

Ari. Is there more toil? Since thou dost give me pains,

Let me remember thee what thou hast promis'd

Which is not yet perform'd me.

Pro. How now! moody?

What is 't thou canst demand?

 223 odd angle: out-of-the-way corner

227 nook: bay

228 dew; cf. n.

229 still-vex'd: ever tempestuous

Bermoothes: Bermudas

234 flote: sea

240 glasses: hours [reckoned by the hourglass]

242 pains: laborious tasks

