6 SHAKESPEARE'S [ALABASTER. 



somewhat blazing. And the female is nesh [soft]. Also 

 this stone containeth and breedeth another stone within 

 him. The virtue of this stone maketh a man sober, and 

 augmenteth and increaseth riches, and so it doth love, and 

 helpeth greatly to obtain and conquer victory and favour. 

 If there be any man suspect of fraud of poisoning, if he be 

 guilty, this stone put under his meat will not suffer him to 

 swallow his meat, and if the stone be withdrawn, he shall 

 not tarry to swallow his meat. 



Bartholomew (Bertbelet), bk. xvi. 39. 



Alabaster. 



Why should a man, whose blood is warm within, 

 Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster ? 



MERCHANT OF VENICE, i. I, 83-4. 



THIS stone helpeth to win victory and mastery. This 

 gendereth and keepeth friendship. 



Bartholomew (Bertbelei), bk. xvi. 3. 



Almond. 



The parrot will not do more for an almond. 



TROILUS AND CRESSIDA, v. 2, 193. 



[" Almond for parrot " is a proverbial phrase so common as 

 to need no reference. 



Almond milk was made of Almonds with neck of mutton, 

 barley, herbs, and salt (" The Good House Wives Treasurie "). 



Almond butter was eaten in Lent, and also used as a cos- 

 metic for the hands (Ben Jonsorfs " Staple of News," and 

 Shirley's (?) " Andromana "). 



Paste of Almonds is also mentioned in the " Staple of News."] 



Amber. [LAT. Electrum.~\ 



Her amber hair for foul hath amber quoted. 



LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST, iv. 3, 87. 



With amber bracelets, beads, and all this knavery. 



TAMING OF THE SHREW, iv. 3, 58. 



ELECTRUM is a metal, and is more noble than other 

 metals. And hereof be three manner of kinds one is 

 such, that when it runneth first out of the tree, it is 

 fleeting and thin gum, but afterwards with heat or with 

 cold it is made hard as a clear stone, as it were crystal. 



