"One that lies three thirds and uses a known truth to pass a thousand nothings with, should be once heard and thrice beaten.''
"One that lies three thirds and uses a known truth to pass a thousand nothings with, should be once heard and thrice beaten.''
William Shakespeare (1564-1616). The Tragedy of Macbeth.
The Harvard Classics. 1909-14.
[A cavern. In the middle, a boiling cauldron]
Thunder. Enter the three Witches 1. Witch. Thrice the brinded 1 cat hath mew’d. |
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2. Witch. Thrice, and once the hedge-pig whin’d. | |
3. Witch. Harpier cries; ’tis time, ’tis time. | |
1. Witch. Round about the cauldron go; | 4 |