50 NA TURAL HIS TOR Y OF SHAKESPEARE. 
Mercutio . Thou wilt quarrel with a man 
for cracking nuts, 
Romeo and Juliet, Act iii. Scene i. 
WALNUT. 
Ford. . . . As jealous as Ford , that searched a 
hollow walnut 
Merry Wives of Windsor, Act iv. Scene 2. 
Haberdasher. Here is the cap your worship did 
bespeak. 
Petrucio. Why, this was moulded on a porringer; 
A velvet dish •— . 
Why, his a cockle, or a walnut-shell, 
Taming of the Shrew, Act iv. Scene 3. 
HAZEL-NUT. 
Petrucio. ... as brown in hue, 
As hazel-nuts, and sweeter than the kernels. 
Taming of the Shrew, Act ii. Scene 1. 
Mercutio. Her chariot is an empty hazel-nut, 
Romeo and Juliet, Act i. Scene 4. 
CHESTNUT. 
Petrucio. And do you tell me of a woman’s tongue, 
That gives not half so great a blow to th’ ear 
As will a chestnut in a farmer’s fire ? 
Taming of the Shrew, Act i. Scene. 2. 
