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Excerpt from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Vol. 7 of 20: With a Life of the Poet, Explanatory Foot-Notes, Critical Notes, and a Glossarial Index; The Tempest, And, the Winter's Tale
But the time of writing is to be gathered more nearly from another source. The play has several points clearly connecting with some of the then recent marvels of Transatlantic discovery: in fact, I suspect America may justly claim to have borne a considerable part in suggesting and shaping this delectable workmanship. In May, 1609, Sir George Somers, with a fleet of nine ships, headed by the Sea Venture, which was called the Admiral's Ship, sailed for Virginia. In mid-ocean they were struck by a terrible tempest, which scattered the whole fleet; seven of the ships, however, reached Virginia; but the Sea Venture was parted from the rest, driven out of her course, and finally wrecked on one of the Bermudas. These islands were then thought to be a most prodigious and enchanted place, affording nothing but gusts, storms, and foul weather on which account they had acquired a bad name, as an enchanted pile of rocks, and a desert inhabitation of devils.
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Excerpt from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Vol. 7 of 20: With a Life of the Poet, Explanatory Foot-Notes, Critical Notes, and a Glossarial Index; The Tempest, And, the Winter's Tale
But the time of writing is to be gathered more nearly from another source. The play has several points clearly connecting with some of the then recent marvels of Transatlantic discovery: in fact, I suspect America may justly claim to have borne a considerable part in suggesting and shaping this delectable workmanship. In May, 1609, Sir George Somers, with a fleet of nine ships, headed by the Sea Venture, which was called the Admiral's Ship, sailed for Virginia. In mid-ocean they were struck by a terrible tempest, which scattered the whole fleet; seven of the ships, however, reached Virginia; but the Sea Venture was parted from the rest, driven out of her course, and finally wrecked on one of the Bermudas. These islands were then thought to be a most prodigious and enchanted place, affording nothing but gusts, storms, and foul weather on which account they had acquired a bad name, as an enchanted pile of rocks, and a desert inhabitation of devils.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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