act i scene i. on a ship at sea a tempestuous noise of thunder and lightning hea
rd. enter a master and a boatswain master boatswain boatswain here, master what 
cheer master good, speak to the mariners fall tot, yarely, or we run ourselves a
ground bestir, bestir. exit enter mariners boatswain heigh, my hearts cheerly, c
heerly, my hearts yare, yare take in the topsail. tend to the masters whistle. b
low, till thou burst thy wind, if room enough enter alonso, sebastian, antonio, 
ferdinand, gonzalo, and others alonso good boatswain, have care. wheres the mast
er play the men. 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. h
ence what cares these roarers for the name of king to cabin silence trouble us n
ot. gonzalo good, yet remember whom thou hast aboard. boatswain none that i more
 love than myself. you are a counsellor if you can command these elements to sil
ence, and work the peace of the present, we will not hand a rope more use your a
uthority if you cannot, give thanks you have lived so long, and make yourself re
ady in your cabin for the mischance of the hour, if it so hap. cheerly, good hea
rts out of our way, i say. exit gonzalo i have great comfort from this fellow me
thinks he hath no drowning mark upon him his complexion is perfect gallows. stan
d fast, good fate, to his hanging make the rope of his destiny our cable, for ou
r own doth little advantage. if he be not born to be hanged, our case is miserab
le. exeunt reenter boatswain boatswain down with the topmast yare lower, lower b
ring her to try with maincourse. a cry within a plague upon this howling they ar
e louder than the weather or our office. reenter sebastian, antonio, and gonzalo
 yet again what do you here shall we give oer and drown have you a mind to sink 
sebastian a pox o your throat, you bawling, blasphemous, incharitable dog boatsw
ain work you then. antonio hang, cur hang, you whoreson, insolent noisemaker we 
are less afraid to be drowned than thou art. gonzalo ill warrant him for drownin
g though the ship were no stronger than a nutshell and as leaky as an unstanched
 wench. boatswain lay her ahold, ahold set her two courses off to sea again lay 
her off. enter mariners wet mariners all lost to prayers, to prayers all lost bo
atswain what, must our mouths be cold gonzalo the king and prince at prayers let
s assist them, for our case is as theirs. sebastian im out of patience. antonio 
we are merely cheated of our lives by drunkards this widechappd rascalwould thou
 mightst lie drowning the washing of ten tides gonzalo hell be hangd 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 splitfarewell, my wife and children farew
ell, brotherwe split, we split, we split antonio lets all sink with the king. se
bastian lets 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