In Old England two or more negatives were often joined together for the
sake of emphasis, whereas now such expressions are considered
ungrammatical, being chiefly heard in iliterate speech. A double
negative is now sometimes used as nearly or quite equivalent to an
affirmative.
No wine ne drank she, neither white nor red.
Chaucer.
These eyes that never did nor never shall So much as frown on you.
Shak.