170 NA TURAL HISTOR V OF SHAKESPEARE . 
PORCUPINE. 
York. In Ireland have I seen this stubborn Cade 
Oppose himself against a troop of kerns ; 
And fought so long, till that his thighs with darts 
Were almost like a sharp-quill’d porcupine : 
King Henry VI., Part II. Act iii. Scene 1. 
Ajax. Do not, porcupine, do not; 
Troilus and Cressida, Act ii. Scene 1. 
Ghost. . . . But that I am forbid 
To tell the secrets of my prison-house, 
I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word 
Would harrow up thy soul; freeze thy young blood; 
Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres ; 
Thy knotted and combined locks to part, 
And each particular hair to stand an end, 
Like quills upon the fretful porcupine; 
Hamlet, Act i. Scene 5. 
MONKEY. 
Oberon. On meddling monkey, or on busy ape, 
Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act ii. Scene 1. 
Rosalind. 
a monkey : 
more giddy in my desires than 
As You Like It, Act iv. Scene 1. 
Tubal. One of them showed me a ring, that he had 
of your daughter for a monkey. 
