WEEDS. 
Now ’tis the spring, and weeds are shallow-rooted ; 
Suffer them now, and they’ll o’ergrow the garden. 
King Henry VI., Part II. Act iii. Scene i. 
NETTLE. 
Gonzalo . Had I plantation of this isle, my lord,— 
Antonio. He’d sow’t with nettle seed. 
Tempest, Act ii. Scene i. 
Sir Toby. How now, my nettle of India ? 
Twelfth Night, Act ii. Scene 5. 
King RichaiA. Yield stinging nettles to mine 
enemies : 
King Richard II., Act iii. Scene 2. 
Hotspur. . , . out of this nettle, danger, we pluck 
this flower, safety. 
King Henry IV., Part I. Act ii. Scene 3. 
Pandarus. ... he will weep you, 
an ’twere a man born in April. 
Cressida. And I’ll spring up in his tears, an ’twere 
a nettle against May. 
Troilus and Cressida, Act i. Scene 2. 
