SEBASTIAN
I'm out of patience.

GONZALO
The king and prince at prayers! let's assist them,
For our case is as theirs.

Boatswain
What, must our mouths be cold?

Enter Mariners wet

Boatswain
Lay her a-hold, a-hold! set her two courses off to
sea again; lay her off.

GONZALO
I'll warrant him for drowning; though the ship were
no stronger than a nutshell and as leaky as an
unstanched wench.

ANTONIO
Hang, cur! hang, you whoreson, insolent noisemaker!
We are less afraid to be drowned than thou art.

Boatswain
Work you then.

SEBASTIAN
A pox o' your throat, you bawling, blasphemous,
incharitable dog!

Re-enter SEBASTIAN, ANTONIO, and GONZALO

Re-enter Boatswain

GONZALO
I have great comfort from this fellow: methinks he
hath no drowning mark upon him; his complexion is
perfect gallows. Stand fast, good Fate, to his
hanging: make the rope of his destiny our cable,
for our own doth little advantage. If he be not
born to be hanged, our case is miserable.
Exeunt

Boatswain
None that I more love than myself. You are a
counsellor; if you can command these elements to
silence, and work the peace of the present, we will
not hand a rope more; use your authority: if you
cannot, give thanks you have lived so long, and make
yourself ready in your cabin for the mischance of
the hour, if it so…

GONZALO
Good, yet remember whom thou hast aboard.

Boatswain
When the sea is. Hence! What cares these roarers
for the name of king? To cabin: silence! trouble us not.

GONZALO
Nay, good, be patient.

Boatswain
Do you not hear him? You mar our labour: keep your
cabins: you do assist the storm.

ANTONIO
Where is the master, boatswain?

Boatswain
I pray now, keep below.

ALONSO
Good boatswain, have care. Where's the master?
Play the men.