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As You Like It
, 2.1.13-14: "the toad, ugly and venomous, / Wears yet a precious jewel in his head"
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Act 2, Scene 1, lines 13-14.
the toad, ugly and venomous, / Wears yet a precious jewel in his head:
Folklore said that toads grew precious jewels in their heads, and that those jewels would cure diseases.
Man Extracting Magical Jewels From a Toad(1490 woodcut)
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