HART.] NATURAL HISTORY. 143 



feed upon green herbs or leaves, draweth forth thorns, 

 darts, arrows or reeds out of the belly. 



Topsell, "Four-footed Beasts," pp. 208-16. 



THE feet of a Hare together with the stone otherwise 

 the head of an ousel move a man to boldness, so that he 

 fears not death. And if it be bound on the left arm, he 

 will go whither he will, and return safely without danger. 

 And if it be given to a dog to eat with the heart of a 

 weasel, he will make no noise from thenceforth, even if he 

 is being killed. 



Albertus Magnus, " Of Virtues of Animals." 



WITH [the red deer] in degree of venerie are accounted 

 the Hare, boar and wolf. As for Hares, they run at their 

 own adventure, except some gentleman or other (for his 

 pleasure) do make an enclosure for them. 



Holinshed^ " Description of England," p. 226. 



V. Cony. 

 Hare-bell. 



CYMBELINE, iv. 2, 222. 



THE roots, being beaten and applied with white wine, 

 hinder or keep back the growth of hairs. The root boiled 

 in wine and drunk helpeth against the venomous bitings 

 of the field-spider. The seed is of the same virtue. 



Gerard's "Herbal," r. /. 



Harlock. 



KING LEAR, iv. 4, 4. 



[A doubtful reading. Hardock is Arctium Lappa. " Har- 

 lock " is used by Drayton, but the plant has not been identified. 

 It is possible that "charlock" or "burdock" may be the right 

 word.] 



Hart. 



As You LIKE IT, iii. 2, 107. 



A HART is a stag of five years old complete. And if 

 the King or Queen do hunt him, and he escape away alive, 

 then afterward he is called a Hart Royal. And if the 



