...occasion, have almost fancied them into another celestial choir, announcing peace and good-will to mankind. 'Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes, Wherein our Saviour's birth was celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long: And then, they say, no spirit dares stir...

...night to the utmost extent, an old opinion finely described by Shakspeare : Some say that ever against that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated,...singeth all night long ; And then, they say, no spirit walks abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike ; No fairy takes ; nor witch has power...

...comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long: Anft then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad; The nights are wholesome — then no planets strike, No fairy takes, no witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time."...

...faded on the crowing of the Cocke. Some sayes, that ever 'gainst that Season comes Wherein our Saviours Birth is celebrated, The Bird of Dawning singeth all night long: And then (they say) no Spirit can walke abroad, The nights are wholesome, then no Planets strike No Faiery talkes, nor Witch hath...

...and True God. Blessed be His Name. Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviours birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long; And then, they say, no spirit can walk abroad; The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, No fairy tales, nor witch hath power...

...what he had previously merely "heard" (1.1.159, 160, 154). Marcellus counters with a Christian tale: Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long; And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad, The nights...

...158 Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Savior's birth is celebrated, 160 This bird of dawning singeth all night long, And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad, 162 The nights are wholesome, then no planets strike, 163 No fairy takes, nor witch...

...But Marcellus also contrasts it with the holiest associations: It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...dares stir abroad; The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time....

...in Cymbeline," Studies in English Literature 41 (2): 300. 4. Compare what Marcellus says in Hamlet: Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...dares stir abroad, The nights are wholesome, then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm, So hallowed, and so gracious, is that...

...the truth herein This present object made probation. Marcellus. It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein...singeth all night long: And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath...