beshrew to curse,—but a mild form of
imprecation,=“a mischief on,” THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, i. 1.
119; THE MERCHANT OF VENICE,
ii. 6. 52; iii. 2. 14; ROMEO
AND JULIET, v. 2. 26;
HAMLET, ii. 1. 113; and in many other passages.