Precious Stones Mentioned in Plays
PEARLS Wedges of gold, great anchors, heaps of pearl, Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels.
Richard III, Act i, sc. 4, l. 26. "Histories," p. 180, col. A, line 12.
PEARLS The liquid drops of tears that you have shed Shall come again, transform'd to orient pearl.
Richard III, Act iv, sc. 4, l. 322. "Histories," p. 198, col. A, lines 16, 17.
PEARLS Her bed is India; there she lies, a pearl.
Troilus and Cressida, Act i, sc. 1, l. 103.
At end of "Histories," page irregularly numbered 79,
col. A, line 8. P. 589 of facsimile.
PEARLS
She is a pearl Whose price hath launch'd above a thousand ships. Troilus and Cressida, Act ii, sc. 2, l. 81. Unnumbered page, 596 of facsimile, col. A, line 19.
PEARLS I will be bright, and shine in pearl and gold.
Titus Andronicus, Act ii, sc. 1, l. 19. "Tragedies," p. 35, col. B, line 30.
PEARLS This is the pearl that pleased your empress' eye.
Titus Andronicus, Act v, sc. 1, l. 42. "Tragedies," p. 48, col. A, line 21. 85
