16 NATURAL HISTORY OF SHAKESPEARE. 
Where honeysuckles, ripen’d by the sun, 
Forbid the sun to enter •— 
Much Ado about Nothing, Act iii. Scene i. 
Hostess. O thou honeysuckle villain ! 
King Henry IV., Part II. Act ii. Scene i. 
COWSLIP. 
, Arid . In a cowslip’s bell I lie : 
There I couch when owls do cry. 
Tempest, Act v. Scene i. 
Fairy . ... I serve the fairy queen, 
To dew her orbs upon the green : 
The cowslips tall her pensioners be ; 
In their gold coats spots you see; 
Those be rubies, fairy favours, 
In those freckles live their savours : 
I must go seek some dew-drops here, 
And hang a pearl in every cowslip’s ear. 
Thisbe . These yellow cowslip cheeks, 
Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act ii. 
Scene I ; Act. v. Scene 2. 
Burgundy. The even mead, that erst brought 
sweetly forth 
The freckled cowslip, 
King Henry V., Act v. Scene 2. 
Queen. The violets, cowslips, and the primroses, 
Bear to my closet.— 
