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Oberon. What thou seest, when thou dost wake, 
Do it for thy true-love take; 
Love and languish for his sake ; 
Be it ounce, or cat, or bear, 
Pard, or boar with bristled hair, 
Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act ii. Scene 2. 
Costard. I Pompey am ,— 
Boyet. With libbard’s head on knee. 
Love’s Labour’s Lost, Act v. Scene 2. 
Talbot. Sheep run not half so treacherous from the 
wolf, 
Or horse, or oxen, from the leopard, 
As you fly from your oft-subdued slaves. 
King Henry VI., Part I. Act i. Scene 5. 
Timon. . . . wert thou a horse, thou wouldst 
be seized by the leopard : wert thou a leopard, thou 
wert german to the lion, and the spots of thy kindred 
were jurors on thy life : all thy safety were remotion ; 
and thy defence, absence. 
Timon of Athens, Act iv. Scene 3. 
PANTHER. 
Titus. To-morrow, an it please your majesty 
To hunt the panther and the hart with me, 
With horn and hound, we’ll give your grace bon-jour. 
Marcus. I have dogs, my lord, 
Will rouse the proudest panther in the chase, 
