Precious Stones Mentioned in Plays
CARBUNCLES O'er sized with coagulate gore, With eyes like carbuncles.
Hamlet, Act ii, sc. ii, I. 485.
"Tragedies," p. 263, col. B, line 50.
CARBUNCLE
Were it carbuncled Like holy Phoebus' car.
Antony and Cleopatra, Act iv, sc.8, l. 28. "Tragedies," p. 360, col. B, line 57.
CARBUNCLE
Had it been a carbuncle Of Phoebus' wheel.
Cymbeline, Act v, sc. 5, l. 189. "Tragedies," p. 396, col. B, line 41.
EMERALD In emerald tufts, flowers purple, blue, and white.
Merry Wives of Windsor, Act v, sc. 5, l. 74. "Comedies, p. 51, col. A, line 65.
PEARLS Full fathom five thy father lies; Of his bones are coral made; Those are pearls that were his eyes.
Tempest, Act 1, sc. 2, l. 398. "Comedies," p. 5, col. A, lines 51-53.
PEARLS
She is mine own, And I as rich in having such a jewel As twenty seas, if all their sand were pearl.
Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act ii, sc. 4, l. 170. "Comedies," p. 26, col. B, lines 34-36. 6
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