Artemidorus wrote: “STings and Thornes are griefs, impeachment, care, and heavinesse: to many they have signified love, and also injuries by wicked persons,”
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Artemidorus; English translation attributed to Robert Wood
The Interpretation of Dreams · 1644; EEBO-TCP A25906 transcription
Of Thornes and Stings. · Book 3, encoded section 144 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
STings and Thornes are griefs, impeachment, care, and heavinesse: to many they have signified love, and also injuries by wicked persons,
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