...difficulties of perfect political rule when he envisions his choice commonwealth: I' th'commonwealth 1 would by contraries Execute all things; for no kind...no name of magistrate; Letters should not be known; riches, poverty, And use of service, none; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard,...

...primitive society we know ; Gonzalo's wish for a Utopian commonwealth comes straight out of Montaigne : I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute...no name of magistrate : Letters should not be known ; riches, poverty, And use of service, none : contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard,...

...time to speak it in: you rub the sore, when you should bring the plaster." (lines I34-I37) 5. *T th' commonwealth I would by contraries execute all things;...no name of magistrate; letters should not be known; riches, poverty, and use of service, none; contract, succession, bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard,...

...is given a speech based on Montaigne's Des Cannibales, in which he describes his ideal of a state: F the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all...no name of magistrate; Letters should not be known; riches, poverty, And use of service, none ; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard,...

...honest old counsellor') confirms its emblematic quality, when, glossing Montaigne, he exclaims: I' th' commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things;...kind of traffic Would I admit; no name of magistrate; Ketters should not be known; riches, poverty, And use of service, none; contract, succession, Bourn,...