Let’s alone
And do the murder first: if he awake
From toe to crown he’ll fill our skins with pinches,
Make us strange stuff.
– William Shakespeare
The Tempest, Act 4, Scene 1. With Stephano and Trinculo distracted by the array of fine clothes in Prospero’s cell, Caliban warns them to get on with their mission of killing Prospero. He is fearful that Prospero will wake up and torture them.