Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare

Prospero the Duke of Milan was a learned and studious man who lived among his books leaving the management of his dukedom to his brother Antonio in whom indeed he had complete trust. But that trust was ill-rewarded for Antonio wanted to wear the dukes crown himself and to gain his ends would have killed his brother but for the love the people bore him. However with the help of Prosperos great enemy Alonso King of Naples he managed to get into his hands the dukedom with all its honor power and riches. For they took Prospero to sea and when they were far away from land forced him into a little boat with no tackle mast or sail. In their cruelty and hatred they put his little daughter Miranda (not yet three years old) into the boat with him and sailed away leaving them to their fate. -- From The Tempest