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As has been said, the "curst be he that moves my bones" bit is from Shakespeare's gravestone. I'm not sure if he wrote it, but I think it was his close friends who selected the epitaph. The reason for this was because when he died, the practice was to move old bones to the charnel house (under the room used as the minister's study) to make room for new bones. Shakespeare was a lay rector at Trinity Church, by the way. The monument erected when he died is thought to have been paid for by his daughter and son-in-law, the Halls. When set in its place, the monument is supposed to have been fabulously beautiful.DJ
Posted by Don John on April 16, 1997 at 19:20:39
In Reply to "I need to know what play or other works contain the following lines:" posted by Chris Rasys on April 09, 1997 at 15:53:24
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