A weak invention of the enemy

Quote byColley Cibber · 1671–1757

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Richard III (altered) (1700), Act V, scene 3. Similar thought in William Shakespeare, King Richard III..

English (original)

A weak invention of the enemy.

— Colley Cibber

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