34 PLANT-LORE OF SHAKESPEARE 
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Brier. 
So I charm’d their ears, 
That calf-like they my lowing follow’d through 
Tooth’d Briers, sharp Furzes, pricking Goss, and Thorns. 
Tempest, iv. I, 178. 
Over hill, over dale, 
Thorough Bush, thorough Brier. 
Midsummer Night’s Dream, ii. 1, 2. 
Of colour like the red Rose on triumphant Brier. 
Ibid., iii. 1, 90. 
I’ll lead you about a round, 
Through bog, through bush, through Brake, through Brier. 
Midsummer Night's Dream , iii. 1, 10. 
For Briers and Thorns at their apparel snatch. 
Ibid., iii. 2, 29. 
Never so weary, never so in woe, 
Bedabbled with the dew and torn with Briers. 
Ibid., iii. 2, 443. 
Every elf and fairy sprite 
Hop as light as bird from Brier.— Ibid. , v. 1, 400. 
If aught possess thee from me, it is dross, 
Usurping Ivy, Brier, or idle Moss. 
Comedy of Errors, ii. 2, 179. 
From off this Brier pluck a white Rose with me. 
1 st Henry VI, ii. 4, 30. 
O ! how full of Briers is this working-day world ! 
As You Like It, i. 3, 12. 
The time will bring on summer, 
When Briers shall have leaves as well as Thorns, 
And be as sweet as sharp.— All's Well, iv. 4, 32. 
I’ll have thy beauty scratched with Briers. 
Winter s Tale, iv. 4, 436. 
The Oaks bear mast, the Briers scarlet hips. 
Timon of Athens ,iv .3, 422. 
