92 NA TURAL HIS TOR Y OF SHAKESPEARE. 
Osric. How is’t, Laertes ? 
Laertes. Why, as a woodcock to mine own springe, 
Osric; 
I am justly kill'd with mine own treachery. 
Hamlet, Act i. Scene 3 ; Act v. Scene 2. 
PIGEON. 
Celia. ....... 
Here comes monsieur le Beau. 
Rosalind. With his mouth full of news. 
Celia. Which he will put on us, as pigeons feed 
their young. 
As You Like It, Act i. Scene 2. 
Salarino. O, ten times faster Venus’ pigeons fly 
To seal love’s bonds new made, than they are wont 
To keep obliged faith unforfeited. 
Merchant of Venice, Act ii. Scene 6. 
Shallow. . . . But for William cook •—are 
there no young pigeons % 
King Henry IV., Part II. Act v. Scene 1. 
DOVE. 
Bottom. ... I will aggravate my voice so, 
that I will roar you as gently as any sucking dove; 
Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act i. Scene 2. 
Gobbo. I have here a dish of doves, that I would 
bestow upon your worship ; 
Merchant of Venice, Act ii. Scene 2. 
