Natural history in Shakespeare's time : being extracts illustrative of the subject as he knew it / Made by H. W. Seager, M. B., &c. Also pictures thereunto belonging.

  • Seager, H. W. (Herbert West), 1848-
Date:
1896
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Credit: Natural history in Shakespeare's time : being extracts illustrative of the subject as he knew it / Made by H. W. Seager, M. B., &c. Also pictures thereunto belonging. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    In Troilus and Cressida [Joe. cit.) Quail is a prostitute, because the Quail was supposed to be very salacious (so GlaptJiorjie's Hollander, i, i). Quails were boiled ( Good Huswife's Jewel ).] Quince. Romeo and Juliet, \\. 4, 2. Quinces are seldom eaten raw ; being roasted or baked they are more pleasant. The woman with child, which eateth many Ouinces during the time of her breeding, shall bring forth wise children and of good understanding. The marmalade or cotiniate [is] made of Quinces and sugar. Many other excellent, dainty and wholesome con- fections are to be made of Ouinces, as jelly of Ouinces, and such odd conceits. Gerard's Herbal,' .r.c. Many use syrup of Ouinces at the second course after wine, and it prevents drunkenness. Hortus Sa?iitatis, bk. i. ,^ 118. [Recipes for preserving Ouinces are given in the second part of the Good Huswife's Jewel, and in the Widow's Treasure. Quince-cakes and marmalade are mentioned in Massingcrs New Way to Pay Old Debts, ii. 2.] Rabbit. Love's Labour's Lost, iii. i, 19. V. Coney. Rabbit-sucker. i. King Henry IV., ii. 4, 480. [A young or sucking Rabbit.] Radish. i. King Henry IV., ii. 4, 206. ii. King Henry IV., iii. 2, 3^4. Of the seed of the rape, and also of seed of Radish is oil made, that is needful in many uses, and namely in lamps. Bartholunczv {Bertkeict), bk. xvii. § 137.