REPTILES. 
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Lear. Thou owest the worm no silk, 
King Lear, Act iii. Scene 4. 
Pisanio. No, ’tis slander,— 
Whose edge is sharper than the sword ; whose tongue 
Outvenoms all the worms of Nile ; 
Cym^eline, Act iii. Scene 4. 
Macbeth. There the grown serpent lies ; the worm, 
that's fled, 
Hath nature that in time will venom breed ; 
Macbeth, Act iii. Scene 4. 
ASP. 
Cleopati'a. Hast thou the pretty worm of Nilus 
there, 
That kills and pains not ? 
Clown. Truly, I have him : 
Cleopatra. Have I the aspic in my lips ? 
1st Guard. This is an aspic’s trail: and these fig- 
leaves 
Have slime upon them, such as the aspic leaves 
Upon the caves of Nile. 
Antony and Cleopatra, Act v. Scene 2. 
Othello. Yield up, O love, thy crown, and hearted 
throne, 
To tyrannous hate ! swell, bosom, with thy fraught, 
For ’tis of aspics’ tongues ! 
Othello, Act iii. Scene 3. 
