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Hebenon (or hebona) is a botanical substance described in William Shakespeare's tragic play ''Hamlet''. The identity and nature of the poison has been a source of speculation for centuries. ==Shakespeare's use== Hebenon is the agent of death in Hamlet's father's murder, it sets in motion the events of the play. It is spelled ''hebona'' in the Quartos and ''hebenon'' in the Folios. This is the only mention of ''hebenon/hebona'' in any of Shakespeare's plays. ::''Upon my secure hour thy uncle stole,'' ::''With juice of cursed hebenon in a vial,'' ::''And in the porches of my ears did pour'' ::''The leperous distilment; whose effect'' ::''Holds such an enmity with blood of man'' ::''That, swift as quicksilver, it courses through'' ::''The natural gates and alleys of the body;'' ::''And with a sudden vigour it doth posset'' ::''And curd, like eager droppings into milk,'' ::''The thin and wholesome blood; so did it mine;'' ::''And a most instant tetter bark'd about,'' ::''Most lazar-like, with vile and loathsome crust'' ::''All my smooth body.'' ::''Thus was I, sleeping, by a brother's hand,'' ::''Of life, of crown, of queen, at once dispatch'd:'' :::-Ghost (King Hamlet, Hamlet's Father) spoken to Hamlet ::::::::::(I, scene 5 ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「hebenon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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