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“I would by contraries, etc.,—I' the,”
THE TEMPEST, ii. 1. 141.
In this and in the next two speeches of Gonzalo, Shakespeare is deeply indebted to
portions of a chapter of Montaigne'sEssayes, as translated by
Florio, 1603 (see prefatory matter to The Tempest, Dyce's
second edition, i. 193). There Montaigne, speaking of a newly-discovered country which he
calls Antartick France, has the following
sentences, but not in the following order:
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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