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stepped, stepp'd, or steeped? III, iv, 136 Macbeth

I have always thought of the above line as:
I am in blood
Steeped in so far, that should I wade no more,
Returning were as tedious as go o'er

Now, it seems that every edition I pick up has stepped instead of steeped.
And comments? The two words have quite distinct meanings.

Posted by Simon Ruddell on March 30, 1997 at 21:36:50


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