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A magic-induced tempest shipwrecks the king of Naples and his crew on an island inhabited by the usurped duke of Milan.

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Act III

Antonio
I’ll believe both;
And what does else want credit, come to me,
And I’ll be sworn ’tis true: travellers ne’er did lie,
Though fools at home condemn ’em.
Gonzalo
If in Naples
I should report this now, would they believe me?
If I should say, I saw such islanders⁠—
For, certes, these are people of the island⁠—
Who, though they are of monstrous shape, yet, note,
Their manners are more gentle-kind than of
Our human generation you shall find
Many, nay, almost any.
Prospero
Honest lord,
Thou hast said well; for some of you there present
Are worse than devils.
Aside.
Alonso
I cannot too much muse
Such shapes, such gesture and such sound, expressing,
Although they want the use of tongue, a kind
Of excellent dumb discourse.
Prospero
Aside.
Praise in departing.
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