170 SHAKESPEARE'S [JEWEI,. 



Emperor glazed the church withal that, standeth at the Fall 

 of Tangra, but I cannot imagine that light should enter 

 thereby. The writers also divide this stone into five kinds, 

 of which the one is in colour like unto lion-tawny, another 

 streaked with white veins, the third with yellow lines, the 

 fourth is garled [variegated] with divers colours, among 

 which some are like drops of blood (but those come out 

 of Ind), and the fifth shining-black as any raven's feather. 



Holinsked, "Description of England," p. 239. 



Jewel. 



MERCHANT OF VENICE, iii. I, 91. 



IN the earth are many kinds of humours. Some there 

 are which are hardened by nature ; from these all ores of 

 metal are generated, from which gold and silver are made. 

 Some there are which are turned from fluid into stone, from 

 whence precious stones grow. 



Hortus Sanitatis, bk. v. (Introduction). 



WERE there no sun, by whose kind, lovely heat, 

 The earth brings forth those stones we hold of price. 

 Heywood, First Part of " King Edward IV." 



[This same theory is alluded to in Glaptkornes " Hollander."] 



HERE'S a Jewel for thee, 

 A pretty wanton label for thine ear. 



Dekker, "Witch of Edmonton," iii. 2. 



I WOULD have a Jewel for mine ear, 

 And a fine brooch to put into my hat. 



Marlowe, "Dido, Queen of Carthage," i. I. 



A DIAMOND ring out of her ear. 



Randolph, "Jealous Lovers," i. 8 (stage direction). 



[So also Beaumont and Fletcher s " A King and No King," 

 i. i, and Ben Jonson's " Every Man in his Humour," iv. 9, 

 etc. In the same author " Fox," (ii. 5) we find : 



WERE you enamoured on his copper rings 

 His saffron Jewel, with the Toad-stone in't ? 



V. Gem. 



