194 EMBLEMS. 



Mahomed persuading the rude and simple Arabians that 

 it was the Holy Ghost that gave him advice.* Hence 

 Shakespeare's query — 



" Was Mahomed inspired with a dove ? " 



Henry VI. Part I. Act i. Sc. 2. 



As the crow has been held the type of blackness, so has 

 the dove been considered the emblem of the opposite 

 colour: — 



" So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows, 

 As yonder lady o'er her fellows shows." 



Romeo and Juliet, Act i. Sc. 5. 



" As soft as dove's down, and as white as it." 



Winter's Tale, Act iv. Sc. 4. 



In the very humorous Interlude which is introduced 

 by the clowns in Midsummer Night's Dream, we have the 

 gentle voice of the dove contrasted with the mighty roar 

 of the lion : — 



" Bottom. Let me play the lion too : I will roar, that 

 I will do any man's heart good to hear me ; I will roar, 

 that I will make the Duke say, ' Let him roar again, let 

 him roar again.' 



Quince. An you should do it too terribly, you would 

 fright the Duchess and the ladies, that they would shriek ; 

 and that were enough to hang us all. 



* Sir W. Raleigh, " History of the World," Book I. Part i. c. 6. 



