6o NA TURAL IIISTOR Y OF SHAKESPEARE . 
Lafeu. ... we may pick a thousand sallets, 
ere we light on such another herb. 
Clown . Indeed, sir, she was the sweet marjoram 
of the sallet, or, rather, the herb of grace. 
Lafeu. They are not sallet-herbs, you knave, they 
are nose-herbs. 
All’s Well that Ends Well, Act iv. Scene 5. 
King Lear. —Give the word. 
Edgar. Sweet marjoram. 
King Lear, Act iv. Scene 6. 
And buds of marjoram had stolen thy hair: 
Sonnet XCIX. 
RUE. 
Pe7'dita. Reverend sirs, 
For you there’s . . . rue; 
A Winter’s Tale, Act iv. Scene 3. 
Ga7'de7ter. . . . here, in this place, 
I’ll set a bank of rue, sour herb of grace : 
Rue, even for ruth, here shortly shall be seen, 
In the remembrance of a weeping queen. 
King Richard II., Act iii. Scene 4. 
Ophelia. —there’s rue for you ; and 
here’s some for me :—we may call it herb-grace o’ 
Sundays oh, you must wear your rue with a differ¬ 
ence.— 
Hamlet, Act iv. Scene 5. 
