128 NA TURAL HIS TOR Y OF SHAKESPEARE , 
King Richard. I was not made a horse; 
And yet I bear a burden like an ass, 
King Richard II., Act v. Scene 5. 
Antony . And though we lay these honours on this 
man, 
To ease ourselves of divers slanderous loads, 
He shall but bear them as the ass bears gold, 
Julius Cesar, Act iv. Scene 1. 
lago. The Moor is of a free and open nature, 
That thinks men honest that but seem to be so ; 
And will as tenderly be led by the nose, as asses are. 
Othello, Act i. Scene 3. 
Menemius. . . . your beards deserve not so 
honourable a grave as to stuff a botcher’s cushion, or 
to be entombed in an ass’s pack saddle. 
Coriolanus, Act ii. Scene 1. 
2 d Lord. Away, unpeaceable dog, or I’ll spurn 
thee hence. 
Apemantus. I will fly, like a dog, the heels of the 
ass. 
Timon . ... if thou wert the fox, the lion 
would suspect thee, when, peradventure, thou wert 
accused by the ass : if thou wert the ass, thy dulness 
would torment thee ; 
Timon of Athens, Act i. Scene 1 ; 
Act iv. Scene 3. 
Polonius. The actors are come hither, my lord. 
Hamlet. Buz, buz ! 
Polonius . Upon mine honour,— 
Hamlet . Then came each actor on his ass,— 
Hamlet, Act ii. Scene 2. 
