BIRDS. 
hi 
HEN. 
Falstajf. How now, dame Partlet the hen ? 
King Henry IV., Part I. Act iii. Scene 3. 
Shallow. . . . —Some pigeons, Davy; a 
couple of short-legged hens ; a joint of mutton ; and 
any pretty little tiny kickshaws, tell William cook. 
King Henry IV., Part II. Act v. Scene 1. 
Volumnia. . . . Thou hast never in thy life 
Show’d thy dear mother any courtesy ; 
When she, (poor hen !) fond of no second brood, 
Has cluck’d thee to the wars, and safely home, 
Loaden with honour. 
Coriolanus, Act v. Scene 3. 
CHICKEN. 
Prospero. . . . My Ariel;—chick,— 
The Tempest, Act v. Scene 1. 
York. ....... 
Say as you think, and speak it from your souls,— 
Were’t not all one, an empty eagle were set 
To guard the chicken from a hungry kite, 
King Henry VI., Part II. Act iii. Scene 1. 
Pandarus. Troilus ? why, he esteems her no more 
than I esteem an addle egg. 
Cressida. If you love an addle egg as well as you 
love an idle head, you would eat chickens i’ the shell. 
Troilus and Cressida, Act i. Scene 2. 
