204 NATURAL HISTORY OF SHAKESPEARE. 
Bottom. Monsieur Cobweb; good monsieur, get 
your weapons in your hand, and kill me a red-hipped 
humble-bee on the top of a thistle ; and, good mon¬ 
sieur, bring me the honey-bag. \ Do not fret yourself 
too much in the action, monsieur; and, good mon¬ 
sieur, have a care the honey-bag break not ; I would 
be loth to have you overflown with a honey-bag, 
signior. 
Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act iii. Scene i ; 
Act iv. Scene I. 
Armado. The fox, the ape, and the humble-bee, 
Were still at odds, being but three. 
Love’s Labour’s Lost, Act iii. Scene i. 
Lafeu . . . . red-tailed humble-bee 
All’s Well that Ends Well, Act iv. Scene 5. 
Pandarns . Full merrily the humble-bee doth sing, 
Till he hath lost his honey and his sting : 
And being once subdued in armed tail, 
Sweet honey and sweet notes together fail.— 
Troilus and Cressida, Act v. Scene 11. 
DRONE. 
Luciana . Dromio, thou drone, 
Comedy of Errors, Act ii. Scene 2. 
Shylock . . . . drones hive not with me, 
Merchant of Venice, Act ii. Scene 5. 
Canterbury. The lazy yawning drone. 
Hing Henry V., Act i. Scene 2. 
