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BEAR. 
Dromio S. As from a bear a man would run for 
life, 
So fly I from her that would be my wife. 
Comedy of Errors, Act iii. Scene 2. 
Slender . . . . Why do your dogs bark so ? be 
there bears i’ the town ? 
Anne. I think there are, sir; I heard them talked of. 
Slender. I love the sport well; but I shall as soon 
quarrel at it, as any man in England.—You are afraid, 
if you see the bear loose, are you not ? 
Anne. Ay, indeed, sir. 
Slender. That’s meat and drink to me, now: I 
have seen Sackerson loose twenty times; and have 
taken him by the chain : but, I warrant you, the 
women have so cried and shrieked at it, that it 
passed :—but women, indeed, cannot abide ’em ; 
they are very ill-favoured rough things. 
Merry Wives of Windsor, Act i. Scene 1. 
Oberon . The next thing then she waking looks upon, 
Be it on lion, bear, or wolf, or bull, 
She shall pursue it with the soul of love. 
Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act ii. Scene 1. 
Claudio . . . . Hero and Margaret have by 
this played their parts with Beatrice; and then the 
two bears will not bite one another when they meet. 
Much Ado about Nothing, Act iii. Scene 2. 
