72 NATURAL HISTORY OF SHAKESPEARE. 
Pompey. ... I must 
Rid all the sea of pirates; then, to send 
Measures of wheat to Rome : 
Antony and Cleopatra, Act ii. Scene 6. 
Pan dams. . v . 
He that will have a cake out of the wheat must needs 
tarry the grinding. 
Troilus and Cressida, Act i. Scene i. 
Hamlet. ...... 
As peace should still her wheaten garland wear, 
Hamlet, Act v. Scene 2. 
Edgar. This is the foul fiend Flibbertigibbet: he 
begins at curfew, and walks till the first cock; he 
. . . mildews the white wheat, 
King Lear, Act iii. Scene 4. 
BARLEY. 
Iris . Ceres, most bounteous lady, thy rich leas 
of . . . barley, 
Tempest, Act iv. Scene 1. 
OATS. 
Iris . . . . oats, ... 
Tempest, Act iv. Scene 1. 
Titania. Or say, sweet love, what thou desir’st to 
eat. 
Bottom. Truly, a peck of provender : I could 
munch your good dry oats. 
Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act iv. Scene 1. 
