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Drugged
Popularized in Macbeth“ | That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold. | |
| What hath quenched them hath given me fire. | ||
| Hark! Peace! It was the owl that shrieked, the fatal bellman, | ||
| Which gives the stern'st good-night. He is about it. | ||
| The doors are open, and the surfeited grooms | ||
| Do mock their charge with snores. I have drugged their possets, | ||
| That death and nature do contend about them, | ” |
Yep—Lady Macbeth drugged the servants. But back in the day, medicine in general was referred to using the word "drugs"; the word didn't get its more negative connotation until the 19th century. |
Tag: Macbeth