220 SHAKESPEARE'S [OPAL. 



hurteth the eyes, maketh a man dim-sighted, dulleth the 

 senses, and provoketh overmuch sleep, especially being eaten 

 raw. Gerard's " Herbal," s.v. 



'Tis better than an Onion to a green wound i' the left 

 hand made by fire, it takes out scar and all. 



Webster, "Cure for a Cuckold," iv. i. 



AYE, Aye, Sir Lionel, they are my Onions ; I thought 



to have had them roasted this morning for my cold. 



Gervase, you have not wept to - day ; pray take your 

 Onions. J h n Cook, " Greene's Tu Quoque." 



ST. THOMAS'S Onions shall be sold by the rope at 

 Billingsgate by the Statute. 



"Pennyless Parliament of Thread-bare Poets," 36 (1608). 



Opal. 



TWELFTH NIGHT, ii. 4, 77. 



OPAL is a stone distingued with colours of divers precious 

 stones ; therein is the fiery colour of the carbuncle, the 

 shining purple of the amethyst, the bright green colour of 

 emerald ; and all the colours shine with a manner diversity. 

 This stone breedeth only in Ind, and is deemed to have as 

 many virtues as colours. This stone keepeth and saveth his 

 eyes, that him beareth, clear and sharp and without grief; 

 and dimmeth other men's eyes that be about with a manner 

 cloud, and smiteth them with a manner blindness, so that 

 they may not see, neither take heed, what is done tofore 

 their eyes. Therefore it is said, that it is most sure patron 

 of thieves [safest stone for thieves Bartholomew}. 



Bartholomew (Bertkelet\ bk. xvi. 73. 



Orange. 



Civil count, civil as an orange, and something of that jealous com- 

 plexion. 



MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, ii. i, 304. 



Orange-wife. 



CORIOLANUS, ii. 178. 



[" Civil " is probably a pun upon the word " Seville."] 



