SHAKSPER 1999: "Thrice blessed"
From: Hardy M. Cook (editor@ws.bowiestate.edu)
Date: 10/02/99
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The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 10.1671 Saturday, 2 October 1999.
From: Allan Blackman <momus@inx.net>
Date: Friday, 1 Oct 1999 22:17:28 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: "Thrice blessed"
In MND (1.1.74), Theseus, commenting on "nuns," says:
Thrice blessed they that master so their blood
To undergo such maiden pilgrimage;
But why "thrice"? Is it just a meaningless intensive or does it have
some other reference?
Allan Blackman
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