Pyramus (n.)
lover of Thisbe; kept apart by their parents, they talked through a crack in their dividing wall; arriving at a rendezvous, Pyramus found Thisbe’s cloak stained with blood from a lion’s prey; thinking she had been killed by a lion
MND I.ii.12[Quince to all] The most lamentable comedy and most cruel death of Pyramus and Thisbe
Tit II.iii.231[Martius to Quintus] So pale did shine the moon on Pyramus / When he by night lay bathed in maiden blood
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