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It is alleged that a sailor's "glass" was a half-hour glass, and that Shakespeare was guilty of a technical error in using it in the sense of "an hour glass." The error was no doubt intentional.

THE MUSIC

There is good reason to believe that Wilson's Cheerful Ayres or Ballads, Oxford, 1660, has preserved for us the original music of two of the songs of The Tempest—viz., "Full fathoms five," and "Where the Bee sucks"; the composer was R. Johnson, who in 1610 wrote the music for Middleton's Witch, and in 1611 was in the service of Prince Henry (cp. Grove's Dictionary of Music, and Variorum Tempest, pp. 352-353).

LATER VERSIONS

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In 1669 appeared Dryden and Davenant's version of The Tempest; or the enchanted Isle. According to Dryden, Davenant designed the "Counterpart to Shakespeare's plot, namely that of a man who had never seen a woman.' "Than this version," observes Mr. Furness, "there is, I think, in the realm of literature, no more flagrant existence of lese-majesty" (cp. Variorum Tempest, pp. 389-449). In 1797 F. G. Waldron published The Virgin Queen, "attempted as a sequel to Shakespeare's Tempest.”

THE TEMPEST

DRAMATIS PERSONE

ALONSO, King of Naples

SEBASTIAN, his brother

PROSPERO, the right Duke of Milan

ANTONIO, his brother, the usurping Duke of Milan

FERDINAND, Son to the King of Naples

GONZALO, an honest old Counselor

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SYNOPSIS

By J. ELLIS BURDICK

ACT I

During a tempest there is wrecked on the shores of an enchanted island a vessel in which are Alonso, the king of Naples, Sebastian, his brother; Ferdinand, his son; Antonio, an usurping Duke of Milan, and their attendants. On this island dwell Prospero and his daughter Miranda, with a deformed slave, Caliban. During the storm Prospero unfolds to his daughter the story of his past life. He was the rightful Duke of Milan and had been deposed by his brother Antonio, aided by Alonso, king of Naples. They dared not kill him because of the love the people bore him, and so they set him and his little daughter adrift on the sea in an open boat. A noble Neapolitan, Gonzalo, out of his charity provisioned the boat with some food and fresh water, and gave them some rich garments, linens, stuffs, and other necessaries. He also placed in the boat some books which he knew the Duke prized very highly. Twelve years had passed since they had landed on that island, years spent by Prospero in teaching his daughter and in studying his books of magic. At last Fortune had brought his enemies to the island's shore and he had raised the storm that he might get them in his power. Ariel, one of the spirits subject to him, enters and reports that all of the passengers have come safely to land, but are scattered in groups, and that the ship is safe, hidden in an odd angle of the isle. The king's son, Ferdinand, is separated from all his friends and is lured by Ariel's music into the presence of Prospero and Miranda. Im

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