“ My dull brain was wrought with things forgotten. ”
William Shakespeare, Macbeth (1623). copy citation
| Author | William Shakespeare |
|---|---|
| Source | Macbeth |
| Topic | forgetting stupidity |
| Date | 1623 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Written between 1599 and 1606 |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/2264/pg2264-images.html |
Context
“Macb. Come what come may,
Time, and the Houre, runs through the roughest Day Banq. Worthy Macbeth, wee stay vpon your leysure
Macb. Giue me your fauour:
My dull Braine was wrought with things forgotten. Kinde Gentlemen, your paines are registred, Where euery day I turne the Leafe, To reade them. Let vs toward the King: thinke vpon What hath chanc'd: and at more time, The Interim hauing weigh'd it, let vs speake” source
Time, and the Houre, runs through the roughest Day Banq. Worthy Macbeth, wee stay vpon your leysure
Macb. Giue me your fauour:
My dull Braine was wrought with things forgotten. Kinde Gentlemen, your paines are registred, Where euery day I turne the Leafe, To reade them. Let vs toward the King: thinke vpon What hath chanc'd: and at more time, The Interim hauing weigh'd it, let vs speake” source
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