io8 SHAKESPEARE'S [FAWN. 



he fail of his prey in the first flight and rese, in the second 

 he taketh wreak on himself; and so if he be wild, imneath 

 that day he seeketh prey ; and if he be tame, as it were 

 for shame he flieth about in the air, and then unneath he 

 cometh to his lord's hands. For he holdeth himself over- 

 come, and as it were put out of kind, if he taketh not 

 the fowl that he flieth to. And among all birds and fowls, 

 these fowls have little affection, and take little heed of their 

 birds [/.., young]. With the same office of business that 

 he feedeth his own birds, with such service he taketh and 

 feedeth the birds that the eagle throweth out of her nest, and is 

 unknown to him. Bartholomew (Berthekt\ bk. xii. 20. 



V. Hawk Goshawk. 

 Fawn. 



As You LIKE IT, ii. 7, 128. 



THE hart-calf hight hinnulus, and is the hart's son, and 

 hath that name hinnulus of becking or nodding, for he is 

 hid by becks and signs of his mother, and is a feeble beast 

 and loath to fight, and he is most sharp of sight, and swift 

 of course and of running. And the hart-calf is contrary 

 to the serpents in a wonder wise ; for he that is anointed 

 with his suet or with his blood shall not be touched of 

 any serpent. Bartholomew (Berthelef], bk. xviii. 59. 



Fennel. 



HAMLET, iv. 5, 180. 



FENNEL is a common herb, and is of great virtue and 

 might, and is hot and dry in the second degree, and hath 

 virtue to temper and to shed, and to open, and to carve, 

 and to cut ; and that by subtle cause and qualities thereof. 

 The juice of the stalk and of the root thereof sharpeth the 

 sight. And it is said that serpents taste thereof and do 

 away the age of their years. Serpents make this herb noble, 

 and they restore the sight, and maketh it sharp with juice 

 thereof. And understanding of inwit is arred [/.*., increased] 

 therewith, and dimness put off. The seed thereof drunk 

 with wine helpeth against biting of serpents, and stinging of 

 scorpions. The root thereof, if it be sod in wine, healeth 

 biting of hounds. Bartholomew (Berthelet), bk. xvii. 70. 



