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Prince Henry . Shall we be merry ? 
Poms. As merry as crickets, my lad. 
King Henry IV., Part I. Act ii. Scene 4. 
Mercutio. Her whip of cricket’s bone ; 
Romeo and Juliet, Act i. Scene iv. 
Gower. And crickets sing at the oven’s mouth, 
Pericles, Act iii. Gower. 
Jachimo. The crickets sing, and man’s o’erlabour’d 
sense 
Repairs itself by rest. 
Cymbeline, Act ii. Scene 2. 
Lady Macbeth. I heard the owl scream, and the 
crickets cry. 
Macbeth, Act ii. Scene 2. 
BEETLE. 
Isabel. . . . the poor beetle that we tread upon, 
In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great 
As when a giant dies. 
Measure for Measure, Act iii. Scene 1. 
1 st Fairy. Beetles black, approach not near; 
Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act ii. Scene 2. 
Edgar. The crows, and choughs, that wing the 
midway air, 
Show scarce so gross as beetles; 
King Lear, Act iv. Scene 6. 
