igo NATURAL HISTORY OF SHAKESPEARE. 
PADDOCK. 
Hamlet. ’T were good you let him know : 
For who, that’s but a queen, fair, sober, wise, 
Would from a pdddock, from a bat, a gib, 
Such dear concernings hide ? 
Hamlet, Act iii. Scene 4. 
FROG. 
Edgar. Poor Tom; that eats the swimming frog, 
the toad, the tadpole, the walbnewt, and the water; 
King Lear, Act iii. Scene 4. 
2 d Witch. Eye of newt, and toe of frog, 
Macbeth, Act iv. Scene 1. 
SERPENT. 
Lysander . . . . vile thing, let loose; 
Or I will shake thee from me, like a serpent. 
Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act iii. Scene 2. 
Antonio . ... I loved my niece ; 
And she is dead, slander’d to death by villains; 
That dare as well answer a man, indeed, 
As I dare take a serpent by the tongue : 
Much Ado about Nothing, Act v. Scene 1. 
Countess . When I said, a mother, 
Methought you saw a serpent: 
All’s Well that Ends Well, Act i. Scene 3. 
