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- A cry more tuneable Was never holla'd to, nor cheer'd with horn, In Crete, in Sparta, nor in Thessaly.4.1 — Act 4 Scene 1 — The Wood (57% in)
- HIPPOLYTA I was with Hercules and Cadmus once When in a wood of Crete they bay'd the bear With hounds of Sparta: never did I hear Such gallant chiding; for, besides the groves, The skies, the fountains, every region near Seem'd all one mutual cry: I never heard So musical a discord, such sweet thunder.4.1 — Act 4 Scene 1 — The Wood (52% in)
There are no more uses of "ancient Sparta" in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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