The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Part 100

One must come in with a bush of Thorns and a lanthorn, and say he comes in to disfigure, or to present, the person of Moons.h.i.+ne.

_Midsummer Night's Dream_, act iii, sc. 1 (60).

(3) _Puck._

For Briers and Thorns at their apparel s.n.a.t.c.h.

_Ibid._, act iii, sc. 2 (29).

 

(4) _Prologue._

This man with lanthorn, dog, and bush of Thorn, Presenteth Moons.h.i.+ne.

_Ibid._, act v, sc. 1 (136).

(5) _Moons.h.i.+ne._

All that I have to say, is to tell you that the lanthorn is the moon; I, the man in the moon; this Thorn-bush, my Thorn-bush; and this dog, my dog.

_Ibid._ (261).

(6) _Dumain._

But, alack, my hand is sworn Ne'er to pluck thee from thy Thorn.

_Love's Labour's Lost_, act iv, sc. 3 (111).

(7) _Carlisle._

The woe's to come; the children yet unborn Shall feel this day as sharp to them as Thorn.

_Richard II_, act iv, sc. 1 (322).

(8) _King Henry._

The care you have of us, To mow down Thorns that would annoy our foot, Is worthy praise.

_2nd Henry VI_, act iii, sc. 1 (66).

(9) _Gloucester._

And I--like one lost in a Th.o.r.n.y wood, That rends the Thorns and is rent with the Thorns, Seeking a way, and straying from the way.

_3rd Henry VI_, act iii, sc. 2 (174).

(10) _K. Edward._

Brave followers, yonder stands the Th.o.r.n.y wood.

_Ibid._, act v, sc. 4 (67).

(11) _K. Edward._

What! can so young a Thorn begin to p.r.i.c.k.

_Ibid._, act v, sc. 4 (13).

(12) _Romeo._

Is love a tender thing? It is too rough, Too rude, too boisterous, and it p.r.i.c.ks like Thorn.

_Romeo and Juliet_, act i, sc. 4 (25).

(13) _Boult._

A Thornier piece of ground.

_Pericles_, act iv, sc. 6 (153).

(14) _Leontes._

Which being spotted Is goads, Thorns, Nettles, tails of wasps.

_Winter's Tale_, act i, sc. 2 (328).

(15) _Florizel._

But O, the Thorns we stand upon!

_Ibid._, act iv, sc. 4 (596).

(16) _Ophelia._

Do not, as some ungracious pastors do, Shew me the steep and Th.o.r.n.y path to Heaven.