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 Moonshine.
_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 Moonshine.
_Ibid._, act v, sc. 1 (136).
(5) _Moonshine._
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.