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词汇	we have the receipt of fern seed we walk invisible
词源	We have the receipt of fern seed, we walk invisible. These words, from Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part I, iv, 4, were widely believed in medieval times. Because the seed of some fern spe- cies was invisible to the naked eye, it was thought to confer in- visibility on anyone who carried it.
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