Note 288 — ACT IV.
Reading edition
Ed. 1631 and some copies of ed. 1613, “vote-killing.”—The mandrake plant was supposed to shriek so poignantly when pulled from the ground, as to cause madness or death in the person who plucked it.
Reading edition
Ed. 1631 and some copies of ed. 1613, “vote-killing.”—The mandrake plant was supposed to shriek so poignantly when pulled from the ground, as to cause madness or death in the person who plucked it.