BIRDS . 
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WOODCOCK. 
Claudio. Shall I not find a woodcock too ? 
Much Ado about Nothing, Act v. Scene 1. 
Fabian. Now is the woodcock near the gin. 
Clown. . . . thou shalt hold the opinion of 
Pythagoras ere I will allow of thy wits; and fear to 
kill a woodcock, lest thou dispossess the soul of thy 
grandam. 
Twelfth Night, Act ii. Scene 5 ; 
Act iv. Scene 2. 
Grumio. O this woodcock ! what an ass it is ! 
Taming of the Shrew, Act i. Scene 2. 
1 si Lord. Go, tell the count Rousillon, and my 
brother, 
We have caught the woodcock, and will keep him 
muffled 
Till we do hear from them. 
All’s Well that Ends Well, Act iv. Scene 1. 
Biron. ... I have my wish ; 
Dumain transform’d : four woodcocks in a dish ! 
Love’s Labour’s Lost, Act iv. Scene 3. 
Clifford. ... so strives the woodcock with 
the gin. 
King Henry VI., Part III. Act i. Scene 4. 
Polonius . . . . springes to catch woodcocks. 
