The Internet Wiretap edition of THE CITY OF THE SUN, by TOMMASO CAMPANELLA. From Ideal Commonwealths, P.F. Collier & Son, New York. (c)1901 The Colonial Press [expired] Prepared by Kirk Crady <kcrady@polaris.cv.nrao.edu> from scanner output provided by Internet Wiretap. This book is in the public domain, released August 1993. THE CITY OF THE SUN A Poetical Dialogue between a Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitallers and a Genoese Sea-Captain, his guest. G.M. Prithee, now, tell me what happened to you during that voyage? Capt. I have already told you how I wandered over the whole earth. In the course of my journeying I came to Taprobane, and was compelled to go ashore at a place, where through fear of the inhabitants I remained in a wood. When I stepped out of this I found myself on a large plain immediately under the equator. G.M. And what befell you here? Capt. I came upon a large crowd of men and armed women, many of whom did not understand our language, and t . . .