254 SHAKESPEARE'S [QUINCE. 



In " Troilus and Cressida " (loc. cit.) " Quail " is a prostitute, 

 because the Quail was supposed to be very salacious (so 

 Glapthorne's "Hollander," i. i). 



Quails were boiled (" Good Huswife's Jewel ").] 



Quince. 



ROMEO AND JULIET, iv. 4, 2. 



QUINCES are seldom eaten raw ; being roasted or baked 

 they are more pleasant. The woman with child, which 

 eateth many Quinces during the time of her breeding, 

 shall bring forth wise children and of good understanding. 

 The marmalade or cotiniate [is] made of Quinces and 

 sugar. Many other excellent, dainty and wholesome con- 

 fections are to be made of Quinces, as jelly of Quinces, 



and Such odd conceits. Gerard's "Herbal," s.v. 



MANY use syrup of Quinces at the second course after 

 wine, and it prevents drunkenness. 



Hortus Sanitatis, bk. i. 118. 



[Recipes for preserving Quinces are given in the second part 

 of the " Good Huswife's Jewel," and in the " Widow's Treasure." 

 Quince-cakes and marmalade are mentioned in Massiugers 

 "New Way to Pay Old Debts," ii. 2.] 



Rabbit. 



LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST, iii. i, 19. 



V. Coney. 

 Rabbit-sucker. 



i. KING HENRY IV., ii. 4, 480. 

 [A young or sucking Rabbit.] 



Radish. 



i. KING HENRY IV., ii. 4, 206. 

 ii. KING HENRY IV., iii. 2, 334.. 



OF the seed of the rape, and also of seed of Radish is 

 oil made, that is needful in many uses, and namely in 

 lamps. Bartholomew (Eertbelet}, bk. xvii. 137. 



