Your royal fleet far off. [Aside to ARIEL] My Ariel,
chick,
That is thy
charge. Then to the elements
Be free, and fare thou well!-Please you, draw near.
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EPILOGUE
EPILOGUE
Spoken by PROSPERO
Now my charms are all o'erthrown,
And what strength I have's mine own,
Which is most faint. Now 'tis true,
I must be here confin'd by you,
Or sent to Naples. Let me not,
Since I have my dukedom got,
And pardon'd the deceiver, dwell
In this bare island by your spell;
But
release me from my bands
With the help of your good hands.
Gentle
breath of yours my sails
Must fill, or else my
project fails,
Which was to please. Now I want
Spirits to
enforce, art to enchant;
And my
ending is despair
Unless I be reliev'd by prayer,
Which pierces so that it assaults
Mercy itself, and frees all faults.
As you from crimes would pardon'd be,
Let your
indulgence set me free.
THE END
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