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your weapons in your hand, and kill me a red-hipped 
humble-bee on the top of a thistle ; 
Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act iv. Scene i. 
Burgundy . . . . rough thistles, kecksies, burs, 
Losing both beauty and utility : 
King Henry V., Act v. Scene 2. 
RUSHES. 
Dromio , S. A rush, a hair, a drop of blood, a pin, 
Comedy of Errors, Act iv. Scene 3. 
Rosalind. There is none of my uncle’s marks upon 
you : he taught me how to know a man in love ; in 
which cage of rushes, I am sure, you are not prisoner. 
. . . lean upon a rush, 
The cicatrice and capable impressure 
Thy palm some moment keeps : 
As You Like It, Act iii. Scenes 2 and 5. 
Grumio. Where’s the cook? is supper ready, the 
house trimmed, rushes strewed, cobwebs swept; 
Katharine . And be it moon, or sun, or what you 
please: 
And if you please to call it a rush candle, 
Henceforth I vow it shall be so for me. 
Taming of the Shrew, Act iv. Scenes 1 and 5. 
Bastard. ... a rush will be a beam 
To hang thee on; 
King John, Act iv. Scene 3. 
1 st Groom. More rushes, more rushes. 
King Henry IV., Part II. Act v. Scene 5. 
