it is true both his wife and son died not long after , but perhaps most interesting is the following passage from shakespeare : then be your eyes the witness of this ill : see how i am bewitch 'd ; behold mine arm is , like a blasted sapling , wither 'd up : and this is edward 's wife , that monstrous witch , consorted with that harlot strumpet shore , that by their witchcraft thus have marked me .