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Shakespeare uses the word "bug" to mean a bugbear (this is a word Shakespeare also uses), a spook, a bogeyman (a word which derives from "bug"), something to frighten children. In a famous early-sixteenth century version of The Bible, Ps. 91 is translated "Thou shalt not need to be afraid for any bugs by night." The KJV substituted the word "terror". Shakespeare uses this word only five times, perhaps most characteristically in A Winter's Tale: "Hermione: Sir, spare your threats: The bug which you would fright me with I seek."

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