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BERGAMASK

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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 of See also:Bergamo in See also:North See also:Italy), a clumsy rustic See also:dance (cf. See also:Shakespeare, Midsummer See also:Night's See also:Dream, v. 360) copied from the natives of Bergamo, reputed to be very awkward in their See also:manners.

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