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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?

Trin. 'Lord,' quoth he!—that a monster

should be such a natural!

Cal. Lo, lo, again! bite him to death, I

prithee.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Trin. Why, I said nothing.

 30 in case: in a condition

38 natural: idiot

