Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—E

Ecce Signum

See it, in proof; Behold the proof!

“I am eight times thrust through the doublet, four through the hose; my buckler cut through and through; my sword hacked like a handsaw— ecce signum!” —Shakespeare: 1 Henry IV., ii. 4.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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