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William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Othello, Act 1, sc. 1, l. 129ff (1.1.129-131) (1603)
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Speaking to Desdemona's father, the senator Brabantio. Earliest recorded use of "beast with two backs" in English; though Rabelais used it in Gargantua and Pantagruel (c. 1532), but that is not known to have been translated to English until the late 17th Century. (More info here). ]]> https://wist.info/shakespeare-william/82726/feed/ 0 82726