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PLANT-LORE OF SHAKESPEARE 
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(1) He taught me how to know a man in love ; in which cage of Rushes I 
am sure you are not prisoner.'— As You Like It, iii. 2, 388, 
(2) Lean but on a Rush, 
The cicatrice and capable impressure 
Thy palm some moment keeps.— Ibid., iii. 5, 22. 
(3) As fit as Tib’s Rush for Tom’s forefinger. 
Alt’s Well that Ends Well , ii. 2, 24. 
(4) Let wantons light of heart 
Tickle the senseless Rushes with their heels. 
Romeo and Juliet, i. 4, 35. 
(5) Some devils ask but the parings of one’s nail, 
A Rush, a hair, a drop of blood, a pin, 
A Nut, a Cherry-stone. — Comedy of Errors, iv. 3, 72. 
(6) A Rush will be a beam 
To hang thee on.— King John, iv. 3, 129. 
(7) More Rushes, more Rushes.— 2 nd Henry IV, v. 5, 1. 
(8) He’s walking in the garden—thus ; and spurns 
The Rush that lies before him. 
Antony and Cleopatra, iii. 5, 17. 
(9) Man but a Rush against Othello’s breast, 
And he retires.— Othello, v. 2, 270. 
(10) Is supper ready, the house trimmed, Rushes strewed, cobwebs swept ? 
Taming of the Shrew, iv. 1, 47. 
(11) Be it moon or sun, or what you please, 
And if you please to call it a Rush-candle, 
Henceforth I vow it shall be so for me.— Ibid., iv. 5, 13. 
(12) She bids you on the wanton Rushes lay you down, 
And rest your gentle head upon her lap. 
1 st Henry IV, iii. 1, 214. 
(13) He that depends 
Upon your favours swims with fins of lead 
And hews down Oaks with Rushes.— Coriolamis, i. 1, 183. 
(14) Our Tarquin thus 
Did softly press the Rushes.— Cymbeline, ii. 2, 12. 
