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102, has employed in the "Tempest," ii.

1.] How much would he find his imaginary Republic short of his perfection?
"Viri a diis recentes." ["Men fresh from the gods."-- Seneca, Ep., 90.] "Hos natura modos primum dedit." ["These were the manners first taught by nature." -- Virgil, Georgics, ii.

20.] As to the rest, they live in a country very pleasant and temperate, so that, as my witnesses inform me, 'tis rare to hear of a sick person, and they moreover assure me, that they never saw any of the natives, either paralytic, bleareyed, toothless, or crooked with age.

The situation of their country is along the sea-shore, enclosed on the other side towards the land, with great and high mountains, having about a hundred leagues in breadth between.