thick and threefold

Adverb

 * 1)  In quick succession, or in great numbers.
 * 2) * c. 1515–1516, published 1568,, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.:
 * A ſclaunderous tunge, a tunge of a ſkolde, Worketh more miſchiefe than can be tolde; That, if I wiſt not to be controlde, Yet ſomwhat to ſay I dare well be bolde, How ſome delite for to lye, thycke and threfolde.