First, Shake-Speare:
Prospero: "Thou shalt be as free
as mountain winds".
as mountain winds".
The Tempest 1.2.499-500
Now, Bacon: "Inquire into the nature of the winds, whether some are not free...What do mountains contribute to them"?
An aide-memoire by Bacon in his History of Winds
An aide-memoire by Bacon in his History of Winds
Comment: How many authors wanting a simile for freedom would think of mountain winds? But the topic was evidently of interest to Bacon and Shake-Speare.
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