156 NA TURAL HIS TOR Y OF SHAKESPEARE. 
Alexander. They say he is a very man per se, 
And stands alone. 
Cressida. So do all men; unless they are drunk, 
sick, or have no legs. 
Alexander. This man, lady, hath robbed many 
beasts of their particular additions ; he is as valiant as 
the lion, churlish as the bear, slow as the elephant: 
Ulysses. The elephant hath joints, but none for 
courtesy : 
Troilus and Cressida, Act i. Scene 2 ; 
Act ii. Scene 3. 
CAMEL. 
King Richard. It is as hard to come, as for a camel 
To thread the postern of a needle's eye. 
King Richard II., Act v. Scene 5. 
Cressida. There is among the Greeks, Achilles; a 
better man than Troilus. 
Pandarus. Achilles ? a drayman, a porter, a very 
camel. 
Troilus and Cressida, Act i. Scene 2. 
Brutus. . . . holding them, 
In human action and capacity, 
Of no more soul, nor fitness for the world, 
Than camels in their war; 
Coriolanus, Act ii. Scene 1. 
Hamlet. Do you see that cloud, that’s almost in 
shape like a camel ? 
