Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—S

Shafalus

So Bottom the weaver and Francis Flute the bellows-mender, call Cephalus, the husband of Procris.

Pyramus: “Not Shafalus to Procrus was so true.”

Thisbe: “As Shafalus to Procrus, I to you.” Shakespeare: Midsummer Night's Dream, v. 1.

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