changeling A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM, ii. 1. 23, 120;iv. 1. 56.
“Changeling is
commonly used for the child supposed to be left by the fairies, but here for a child taken
away”
(JONSON)
.
“It is here properly used,
and in its common acceptation; that is, for a child got in exchange. A fairy is now speaking”
(RITSON)
.
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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