OK. I’ve checked. Checked and re-checked.

I’ve always thunk that the “What a tangled web” quote came from Sir Walter Scott. But many think that it’s WS.

 

Shakespeare’s surviving works add up to a staggering 884,647 words and 118,406 lines. … Though commonly attributed to the Bard, Shakespeare never wrote or said “Oh what a tangled web we weave / When first we practice to deceive.” The line belongs to Sir Walter Scott, from his 1808 poem Marmion.

 

Confused V ibe.

But – I stick with WS over WS.

Oh!

Which WS ? ? ?

Do we have another candidate just thrown into the Will Shakespeare debacle?

Shrug.