BIRDS. 
ioi 
If Venus, or her son, as thou dost know, 
Do now attend the queen ? . . , . 
Iris. ....... 
Her waspish-headed son has broke his arrows, 
Swears he will shoot no more, but play with sparrows, 
And be a boy right out. 
The Tempest, Act iv. Scene i. 
Lucio. . . . sparrows must not build in his 
house-eaves, 
Measure for Measure, Act iii. Scene 2. 
Adam. . . . He that doth the ravens feed, 
Yea, providently caters for the sparrow, 
Be comfort to my age! 
As You Like It, Act ii. Scene 3. 
Prince Henry. He that rides at high speed, and 
with his pistol kills a sparrow flying. 
Falstaff. You have hit it. 
Prince Henry. So did he never the sparrow. 
King Henry IV., Part I. Act ii. Scene 4. 
Hamlet. . . . there’s a special providence in 
the fall of a sparrow. 
Hamlet, Act v. Scene 2. 
Thersites. ... I will buy nine sparrows for a 
penny, and his pia mater is not worth the ninth part 
of a sparrow. 
Pandarus. . . . —she fetches her breath 
as short as a new-ta’en sparrow. 
Troilus and Cressida, Act ii. Scene 1 ; 
Act iii. Scene 2. 
