32 NATURAL HISTORY OF SHAKESPEARE. 
Benedict. ... I offered him my company to 
a willow-tree, either to make him a garland, as being 
forsaken, or to bind him up a rod, as being worthy 
to be whipped. 
Much Ado about Nothing, Act ii. Scene i. 
Lorenzo. In such a night, 
Stood Dido with a willow in her hand 
Upon the wild sea-banks, and waft her love 
To come again to Carthage. 
Merchant of Venice, Act v. Scene i. 
Bona. Tell him, in hope he’ll prove a widower 
shortly, 
I’ll wear the willow garland for his sake. 
King Henry VI., Part III. Act iii. Scene 3. 
Des'demona. Sing willow, willow, willow ; 
Sing all a green willow must be my garland. 
Othello, Act iv. Scene 3. 
Queen. There is a willow grows aslant a brook, 
That shows his hoar leaves in the glassy stream ; 
Hamlet, Act iv. Scene 7. 
PALM. 
Rosalind. . . . look here, what I found on 
a palm-tree : 
As You Like It, Act iii. Scene 2. 
Cassius. Ye gods, it doth amaze me, 
A man of such a feeble temper should 
So get the start of the majestic world, 
And bear the palm alone. 
Julius Czesar, Act i. Scene 2. 
