196 NATURAL HISTORY OF SHAKESPEARE. 
Macbeth. We have scotch’d the snake, not kill’d it; 
2 d Witch. Fillet of a fenny snake, 
Macbeth, Act iii. Scene 2 ; Act iv. Scene 1. 
SCORPION. 
Queen Margaret. Seek not a scorpion’s nest, 
King Henry VI., Part II. Act iii. Scene 2. 
Cornelius. Your daughter, whom she bore in hand 
to love 
With such integrity, she did confess 
Was as a scorpion to her sight; 
Cymbeline, Act v. Scene 5. 
Macbeth. O, full of scorpions is my mind, dear 
wife ! 
Macbeth, Act iii. Scene 2. 
VIPER. 
Pistol. O viper vile ! 
King Henry V., Act ii. Scene 1. 
Pandarus. Why, they are vipers : 
Troilus and Cressida, Act iii. Scene 1. 
Lodovico. Where is that viper? 
Othello, Act v. Scene 2. 
