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... reference to the tree is in King Henry the Fourth in the scene at the Boar's Head , Pointz scornfully addressed Falstaff as " thou dead elm " . The references to the elder show Shakespeare's knowledge of the legendary lore connected ...
... reference to the tree is in King Henry the Fourth in the scene at the Boar's Head , Pointz scornfully addressed Falstaff as " thou dead elm " . The references to the elder show Shakespeare's knowledge of the legendary lore connected ...
Page 159
... references to the fruit , with which Shakespeare must have been familiar , for it had been introduced long before . Chaucer mentions it as a flavouring for ale . Nutmegs seven " and mace were amongst the ingredients needed for the sheep ...
... references to the fruit , with which Shakespeare must have been familiar , for it had been introduced long before . Chaucer mentions it as a flavouring for ale . Nutmegs seven " and mace were amongst the ingredients needed for the sheep ...
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... references to the radish : - Prince Henry . ' What , fought ye with them all ? ” Falstaff . " All ? I know not what ye call all ; but if I fought not with fifty of them I am a bunch of radish . ” 1 Again , Falstaff in his contemptuous ...
... references to the radish : - Prince Henry . ' What , fought ye with them all ? ” Falstaff . " All ? I know not what ye call all ; but if I fought not with fifty of them I am a bunch of radish . ” 1 Again , Falstaff in his contemptuous ...
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¹ A Midsummer amongst Antony and Cleopatra beauty canker colour commonly Coriolanus cowslips crown Cymbeline doth Duke Earl Elizabethan elves fairies Falstaff favourite figures flowers fruit Gerard green grow grown Hamlet hath hemlock Henry the Eighth Henry the Fourth Henry the Sixth herbs hive honey Ibid King Henry King Lear King Richard knot garden ladies lily Love's Labour's Lost Lucrece Macbeth marigolds Merry Wives Midsummer Night's Dream orchard Othello oxlips pale Paradisus Parkinson passage Perdita plant primrose Queen red rose Richard Plantagenet Richard the Second Richard the Third Romeo and Juliet rosemary rush says Scene scent Shakespeare mentions Shakespeare refers Shakespeare's day Shrew simile Sonnet Spenser strawberries sweet Tempest thee thorns thou thyme Timon of Athens Titania Titus Andronicus tree Troilus and Cressida Twelfth Night Venus and Adonis vine violets weeds white rose wild Winter's Tale Wives of Windsor