William Shakespeare on Adultery
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“And then they called me foul adulteress, Lascivious Goth.”
- William Shakespeare, 16th and 17th centuries)
“I am possess’d with an adulterate blot; My blood is mingled with the crime of lust.”
- William Shakespeare, 16th and 17th centuries)
“Adultery? Thou shalt not die: die for adultery! No: The wren goes to’t, and the small gilded fly Does lecher in my sight. Let copulation thrive; For Gloucester’s bastard son was kinder to his father Than my daughters got ’tween the lawful sheets.”
- William Shakespeare, 16th and 17th centuries)