204 

 Moldwarp. 



Mole. 



SHAKESPEARE'S 



i. KING HENRY IV., iii. I, 149. 



TEMPEST, iv. I, 194. 



[MOLDWARP. 



A MOLE is a little beast somewhat like unto a mouse. 

 And he is damned in everlasting blindness and darkness, 

 and is without eyes, and hath a snout as a swine, and 

 diggeth therewith the earth, and casteth up that he diggeth, 

 and gnaweth and eateth roots under earth, and hateth the 

 sun, and may not live above the earth. And the Mole 

 hath none eyes seen without, and who that slitteth the skin 

 subtly and warily shall find within the fores [i.e., traces] 

 of eyes hidden. And some men trow that that skin 

 breaketh for anguish and for sorrow when he beginneth to 

 die, and beginneth then to open the eyes in dying that were 

 closed living. Bartholomew (Berthelet}, bk. xviii. 102. 



A MOLE or want enclosed in an earthen pot, if you set 

 then the powder of brimstone on fire, she will call other 

 Moles or wants to help her with a very mourning voice. 



Lapton, "Notable Things," bk. iii. 6. 



