Shakespeare quotes on witch

this drudge or diviner laid claim to me; call'd me Dromio; swore I was assur'd to her; told me what privy marks I had about me, as, the mark of my shoulder, the mole in my neck, the great wart on my left arm, that I, amaz'd, ran from her as a witch

Faith, stay here this night; they will surely do us no harm; you saw they speak us fair, give us gold; methinks they are such a gentle nation that, but for the mountain of mad flesh that claims marriage of me, could find in my heart to stay here still and turn witch
Source: THE COMEDY OF ERRORS

I have seen myself, and serv'd against, the French, And they can well on horseback; but this gallant Had witchcraft in't
Source: THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK

I saw young Harry with his beaver on His cushes on his thighs, gallantly arm'd, Rise from the ground like feathered Mercury, And vaulted with such ease into his seat As if an angel dropp'd down from the clouds To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus And witch the world with noble horsemanship
Source: THE FIRST PART OF KING HENRY THE FOURTH

Look to it, lords; let not his smoothing words Bewitch your hearts; be wise and circumspect
Source: THE SECOND PART OF KING HENRY THE SIXTH

Well, say there is no kingdom then for Richard; What other pleasure can the world afford? I'll make my heaven in a lady's lap, And deck my body in gay ornaments, And witch sweet ladies with my words and looks
Source: THE THIRD PART OF KING HENRY THE SIXTH

Belong to th' gallows, and be hang'd, ye rogue! Is this a place to roar in? Fetch me a dozen crab-tree staves, and strong ones; these are but switches to 'em
Source: KING HENRY THE EIGHTH

What tell'st thou me of black and blue? I was beaten myself into all the colours of the rainbow; and was like to be apprehended for the witch of Brainford
Source: THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR

But that my admirable dexterity of wit, my counterfeiting the action of an old woman, deliver'd me, the knave constable had set me i' th' stocks, i' th' common stocks, for a witch

She is abused, stol'n from me and corrupted By spells and medicines bought of mountebanks; For nature so preposterously to err, Being not deficient, blind, or lame of sense, Sans witchcraft could not
Source: THE TRAGEDY OF OTHELLO, MOOR OF VENICE

And this is Edward's wife, that monstrous witch, Consorted with that harlot strumpet Shore, That by their witchcraft thus have marked me
Source: KING RICHARD III

La you, an you speak ill of the devil, how he takes it at heart! Pray God he be not bewitched
Source: TWELFTH NIGHT; OR, WHAT YOU WILL

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