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The journal of Montaigne's travels in Italy by way of Switzerland and Germany in 1580 and 1581, Volume 1 (of 3)

Note 55 — III THE EMPIRE

W. G. (William George) Waters translation

“Il me semble que je n’ay rencontré guères de manières qui ne vaillent les nostres,” Essais, iii. 9. Montaigne’s liking for Germany and German ways is very marked. It may perhaps be explained by a passage in Essais, i. 25: “Mon père me donna en charge à un Allemand, qui depuis est mort fameux medecin en France.”

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