the wench is dead

[andros]

Help!

My wife and I have long been quoting a line without even truly knowing its origin. Yes, we may be dense and poorly-read. Get over it.

From whence originates (paraphrased, I'm sure):
"it was long ago in another land, and besides, the wench is dead."

-andros-


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There's always a bigger fish.

[jazzmine]

Thou hast committed fornication--

But that was in another country
And besides, the wench is dead.

Christopher Marlowe. The Jew of Malta

trisha

[ChiefScott]

George Lucas' first draft for the opening of Star Wars: Episode IV

[GuanoLad]

The Unadulterated Oz:

"Ding dong, the wench is dead. The wench old wench, the wicked wench."

[andros]

THANK you Jazzmine! You are my hero!

And ummm . . . thanks Chief and GuanoLad. You're my . . . ummm . . . sorta-heroes.

-andros-

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There's always a bigger fish.

[Whammo]

Christopher Marlow = William Shakespear

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not wanting to start a thread about this...

[Whammo]

or actually its the other way aroung (maybe in both cases??)

[andros]

Citations, B_12? Evidence? Anything to add to the debate that hasn't already arisen over the past 200 years?

-andros-

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There's always a bigger fish.

[John W. Kennedy]

It's from Kit Marley's "Jew of Malta", all right, but it's

?: Thou hast committed --

Barrabas: -- fornication, but that was in another country, and beside, the wench is dead.

? is trying to arrest Barrabas, as I recall -- something along those lines, anyway -- and Barrabas interrupts him with a smart-ass remark.

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John W. Kennedy
"Compact is becoming contract; man only earns and pays."
-- Charles Williams