520 SHAKESPEARE’S [OPAL. 
hurteth the eyes, maketh a man dim-sighted, dulleth the 
senses; and provoketh overmuch sleep, especially being eaten 
raw. Gerara’s “ Herbal,” sz. 
’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. 1. 
Ave, 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. John 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. 
TweLrtH NIGHT, il. 4, 77. 
Opat 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 (Berthelet), bk. xvi. § 73. 
Orange. 
Civil count, civil as an orange, and something of that jealous com- 
plexion. 
Mucw Apo Azsour Noruine, li. I, 304. 
Orange-wife. 
CorioLanus, ii. 178. 
[‘‘ Civil” is prebably a pun upon the word “ Seville.”’] 
