180 NA TURAL HIS TOR V OF SHAKESPEARE. 
OYSTER. 
Falstajf. I will not lend thee a penny. 
Pistol. Why, then the world’s mine oyster, 
Which I with sword will open. 
Merry Wives of Windsor, Act ii. Scene 2. 
Benedick. ... I will not be sworn but love 
may transform me to an oyster; but I’ll take my oath 
on it, till he have made an oyster of me, he shall 
never make me such a fool. 
Much Ado about Nothing, Act ii. Scene 3. 
Touchstone . . . . Rich honesty dwells like a 
miser, sir, in a poor house; as your pearl in your 
foul oyster. 
As You Like It, Act v. Scene 4. 
King Richard. Off goes his bonnet to an oyster- 
wench ; 
King Richard II., Act. i. Scene 4. 
Alexas. Good friend, quoth he, 
Say,—The finn Roman to great Egypt sends 
This treasure of an oyster; 
Antony and Cleopatra, Act i. Scene 5. 
Fool. Canst tell how an oyster makes his shell ? 
Lear. No. 
Fool. Nor I neither; 
King Lear, Act i. Scene 5. 
