indirectly by William Shakespeare in Act 1, Scene 3, Line 7 of Macbeth (circa 1606), where the First Witch cackles about a sailor's wife: "Her husband's to Aleppo gone, master of the Tyger." Works Aanmerklyke Reys van Ralph Fitch, Koopman te Londen, Gedaan van Anno 1583 tot 1591, (1706), Leyden, Van der Aa Ralph Fitch, England's Pioneer To India And Burma: His Companions And Contemporaries, (1899), John Horton Ryley, See also Chronology of European exploration of Asia John Mildenhall References Bibliography External links Full text of "Ralph Fitch : England's pioneer to India and Burma : his companions and contemporaries, with his remarkable narrative told in his own words" Account of the Voyage of Ralph Fitch, Merchant of London. This part of the account pertains to the year 1583. 1550 births 1611 deaths English merchants 16th-century merchants 17th-century merchants 16th-century English writers 16th-century male writers 17th-century English writers 17th-century English male writers 16th-century explorers 17th-century explorers English explorers Explorers of Asia Year of birth uncertain British East India Company people