198 NATURAL HISTORY OF SHAKESPEARE. 
King Henry. Civil dissension is a viperous worm 
King Henry VI., Part I. Act iii. Scene i. 
Clifford. The smallest worm will turn being trod¬ 
den on; 
And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood. 
King Henry VI., Part III. Act ii. Scene 2. 
Katharine , When I shall dwell with worms, and 
my poor name 
Banish’d the kingdom ! 
King Henry VIII., Act iv. Scene 2. 
Othello. The worms were hallow’d that did breed 
the silk; 
Othello, Act iii. Scene 4. 
King. Now, Hamlet, where’s Polonius? 
Hamlet. At supper. 
King. At supper ? Where ? 
Hamlet. Not where he eats, but where he is eaten : 
a certain convocation of politic worms are e’en at 
him. Your worm is your only emperor for diet : we 
fat all creatures else, to fat us; and we fat ourselves 
for maggots : your fat king, and your lean beggar, is 
but variable service; two dishes but to one table; 
that’s the end. 
King. Alas, alas ! 
Hamlet. A man may fish with the worm that hath 
eat of a king; and eat of the fish that hath fed of 
that worm. 
Hamlet, Act iv. Scene 3. 
Komeo. , 
With worms 
here, here will I remain 
Romeo and Juliet, Act v. Scene 3. 
