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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 772 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BERGAMASK , or BERGOa1ASK (from the See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

Bergamo in See also:

North See also:

Italy), a clumsy rustic See also:

dance (cf . See also:

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare, Midsummer See also:

NIGHT

Night's See also:

DREAM (from a root dreug, connected with Germ. trugen, to deceive)

Dream, v . 360) copied from the natives of Bergamo, reputed to be very awkward in their See also:

MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

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