Part 100 (1/2)

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.