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In the language of the forest, " quarry " also meant a 

 heap of slaughtered game. So, in Coriolanus (Act iii. 

 Sc. i), Caius Marcius says : — 



" And let me use my sword, I 'd make a ' quarry ' 

 With thousands of these quarter'd slaves." 



The beauty of the following passage, from its being 

 clothed in technicalities, will be likely to escape the notice 

 of those who are not conversant with hawking phrase- 

 ology ; but an acquaintance with the terms employed will 

 elicit admiration at the force and beauty of the metaphor. 



Othello, mistrusting the constancy of Desdemona 

 towards him, and comparing her to a hawk, exclaims : — 



" If I do prove her haggard, 



Though that her jesses were my dear heart-strings, 



I 'd whistle her off, and let her down the wind, 



To prey at fortune.'' 



Othello, Act iii. Sc. 3. 



By " haggard " is meant a wild-caught and unreclaimed 

 mature hawk, as distinguished from an "eyess," or nest- 

 ling ; that is, a young hawk taken from the " eyrie " or 

 nest. 



The expression, " Cry havoc, kings! " occurs in King John, Act ii. Sc. 2; and 

 again in Julius Ceesar, Act iii. Sc. 1 : — 



" Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war." 

 In Coriolanus (Act iii. Sc. 1), Menenius says— 



" Do not cry Havoc, where you should but hunt 

 With modest warrant." 



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