116 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
Jacques. “ Well, then, if ever I thank any man, I'll thank you; but 
that they call compliment is like the encounter of two dog-apes,” &c. 
As You Like It. Act ii., Scene 5. 
Id. Act iii., Scene 3. 
Id. Act iv., Scene 1. 
“What! will you not suffer me? Nay, now I see 
She is your treasure, she must have a husband ; 
I must dance barefoot on her wedding-day, 
And for your love to her, lead Apes in hell.” 
Taming of the Shrew. Act ii., Scene 1. 
“T know this man well: he hath been since an Ape-bearer.” 
The Winter's Tale. Act iv., Scene 2. 
Id. Act v., Scene 2. 
“ Out, you mad-headed Ape ! 
A weasel hath not such a deal of spleen, 
As you are tossed with.” 
King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii., Scene 3. 
“And the boy that I gave Falstaff: he had him from me Christian ; 
and look, if the fat villain hath not transformed him Ape.” 
Henry IV. Part II. Act ii., Scene 2. 
The Ape is mentioned upwards of thirty times in the plays of 
Shakspeare; but it is unnecessary to give more than one other 
reference, viz., that in which the cheek-pouch is referred to. 
Hamtet. “ Ay, sir; that soaks up the King’s countenance, his rewards, 
his authorities. But such officers do the King best service in the end: he 
keeps them like an Ape doth nuts, in the corner of his jaw; first mouthed 
to be last swallowed,” &c. 
Hamlet, Act iv., Scene 2. 
Tue Bazsoon, Cynocephalus sp. ? 
FausraFr. ‘Not a penny. I have been content, sir, you should lay my 
countenance to pawn: I have grated upon my good friends for three 
reprieves for you and your coach-fellow, Nym; or else you had looked 
through the grate, like a gemini of Baboons.” 
Merry Wives of Windsor. Act ii., Scene 2. 
FatstarF. “He a good wit! bang him, Baboon! his wit is as thick as 
Tewksbury mustard; there is no more conceit in him than is in a mallet.” 
Henry IV. Part II. Act ii., Scene 4. 
Timon of Athens, Act i., Scene 1. 
