The quote "misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows" was said by which Shakespearean character?

Trinculo is the speaker of the words “misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows”. It is found in the play "The Tempest" (Act 2, Scene 2) by William Shakespeare. The phrase means that interesting circumstances can bring together people who otherwise have little in common. Trinculo says the words to Stephano after he has been shipwrecked and finds himself seeking shelter beside a guy or monster who is sleeping. Trinculo actually wonders if it is a man or a fish when he makes his comment.

Trinculo is a jester who is traveling with some aristocratic caretakers when they find the uncharted island. Trinculo happened upon the supine Caliban, a deformed native whom he first believed to be a strange fish. When he realizes that the Caliban has arms and legs and is warm-blooded, he deduces that it is an islander and not a fish.

When Trinculo is forced into the nearest shelter by the weather, it happens to be the Caliban's gaberdine (loose-fitting cloak). Because the petrified Caliban thinks Trinculo is a tormenting spirit, he shares his garment as bed clothing. This is how these two become strange, foreign, unknown, odd, and unexpected bedfellows. In emergencies people like Trinculo often have the strangest encounters or meet the strangest individuals.