ANIMALS. 
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OX. 
Falstaff. I do begin to perceive that I am made an 
ass. 
Ford. Ay, and an ox too ; 
Merry Wives of Windsor, Act v. Scene 5. 
Touchstone. As the ox hath his bow, sir, the horse 
his curb, and the falcon her bells, so man hath his 
desires; 
As You Like It, Act in. Scene 3. 
Suffolk. So worthless peasants bargain for their 
wives, 
As market-men for oxen, sheep, or horse. 
King Henry VI., Part I. Act v. Scene 5. 
George. Then is sin struck down like an ox, and 
iniquity’s throat cut like a calf. 
King Henry VI., Part II. Act iv. Scene 2. 
Thersites. There’s Ulysses and old Nestor,—whose 
wit was mouldy ere your grandsires had nails on their 
toes,—yoke you like draught oxen, and make you 
plough up the war. 
Troilus and Cressida, Act ii. Scene 1. 
COW. 
Beatrice. . . . it is said, God sends a curst cow 
short horns : but to a cow too curst he sends none. 
Much Ado about Nothing, Act ii. Scene 1. 
