portraits of Shakespeare, or supposedly of him, was shown at the rooms
of the Grolier Club, April 6-29, 1916. The catalogue[28] embraces 436
numbers, illustrating all the principal types. The exhibition also
comprised the principal editions of the poet's plays, from the First
Folio of 1623 to the great Variorum Edition by Dr. Furness, begun in
1871.
[Footnote 28: Catalogue of an exhibition illustrative of the text of
Shakespeare's plays, as published in edited editions, together with a
large collection of engraved portraits of the poet. New York, The
Grolier Club, April 6-29, 1916, vi+114 pp.]
For the Tercentenary of Shakespeare's birth, celebrated in April,
1864, a special commemorative medal was struck in England, designed by
Mr. J. Moore. The obverse shows a profile head of the poet, in the
modelling of which the artist seems to have been chiefly influenced by
the Stratford bust. This fundamental type he has not unskilfully
combined with that of the Droeshout print in the First Folio, the
dome-like forehead being evidently suggested by the latter. The nose
is more accentuated than in the bust, and the mouth, though still
small, is somewhat firmer. Toward the edge of the field are disposed
the titles of his various works, as though radiating from the head,
and in the exergue is his signature, framed by a half-garland over
which extends a mace. The tribute offered to Shakespeare by the Muses,
figured on the reverse, is a rather stiff and conventional
composition.[29]
[Footnote 29: W. Sharp Ogden, "Shakspere's Portraits: painted, graven,
and medallic", in The British Numismatic Journal, and Proceedings of
The British Numismatic Society, 1910, London, 1911, pp. 143-198; see
p. 189.]
For those who may wish to see the original form of the passages
regarding precious stones in the text of the First Folio, of 1623, the
page and column references have been given here. In this text the
three sections into which the plays have been divided, Comedies,
Histories, and Tragedies, are separately paged; moreover, the
pagination offers a number of irregularities. _Troilus and Cressida_,
added at the end of the "Histories", has page numbers on a couple of
leaves neither connected with what precedes nor with what follows, the
remainder of the pages bearing no figures; furthermore, there are
several obvious, though unimportant, misprints. _Pericles_, first
issued in Folio, in the Third Folio, of 1664, is therein separately
paged, as are the other of the plays attributed to Shakespeare printed
therein, in continuation of the series of the First and Second Folios.
This play had, however, previously appeared six times in quarto in the
years 1609, 1611, 1619, 1630, 1635 and 1639.
PRECIOUS STONES MENTIONED IN THE PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE
PRECIOUS STONES MENTIONED IN THE PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE
DIAMOND
I see how thine eye would emulate the diamond.
_Merry Wives of Windsor_, Act iii, sc. 3, l. 59.
"Comedies", p. 58 [50], col. A, line 31.
DIAMOND
Give me the ring of mine you had at dinner,
Or, for my diamond, the chain you promised.
_Comedy of Errors_, Act iv, sc, 3. l. 70.
"Comedies", p. 94, col. B, lines 61, 62.
DIAMOND
Sir, I must have that diamond from you.--
There, take it.
_Comedy of Errors_, Act v, sc. 1, l. 391.
"Comedies", p. 99, col. B, line 58.
DIAMOND
A lady walled about with diamonds!
_Love's Labour's Lost_, Act v, sc. 2, l. 3.
"Comedies", p. 137, col. A, line 6.
DIAMOND
A diamond gone, cost me two thousand ducats in
Frankfort!
_Merchant of Venice_, Act iii, sc. 1, l. 87.
"Comedies", p. 173, col. A, line 62.
DIAMOND
Set this diamond safe
In golden palaces, as it becomes.
_Henry VI_, Pt. I, Act v, sc. 3, l. 169.
"Histories", p. 116, col. B, line 54.
DIAMOND
A heart it was, bound in with diamonds.
_Henry VI_, Pt, II, Act iii, sc. 2, l. 107.
"Histories", p. 134, col. A, line 46.
DIAMOND
Not deck'd with diamonds and Indian stones,
Nor to be seen.
_Henry VI_, Pt. III, Act iii, sc. 1, l. 63.
"Histories", p. 158, col. B, line 25.
DIAMOND
One day he gives us diamonds, next day stones.
_Timon of Athens_, Act iii, sc. 6, l. 131.
"Tragedies", p. 89, col. B, line 56.
DIAMOND
This diamond he greets your wife withal.
_Macbeth_, Act ii, sc. 1, l. 15.
"Tragedies", p. 136, col. A, line II.
DIAMOND
Which parted thence,
As pearls from diamonds dropp'd.
_King Lear_, Act iv, sc. 3, l. 24.
Omitted in First Folio.
DIAMOND
This diamond was my mother's; take it, heart;
But keep it till you woo another wife.
_Cymbeline_, Act I, sc. 1, l. 112.
"Tragedies", p. 370, col. A, line 45.
DIAMOND
She went before others I have seen, as that diamond of
yours outlustres many I have beheld.
_Cymbeline_, Act i, sc. 4, l. 78.
"Tragedies", p. 372, col. A, line 53.
DIAMOND
I have not seen the most precious diamond that is, nor
you the lady.
_Cymbeline_, Act i, sc. 4, l. 81.
"Tragedies", p. 372, col. A, line 55.
DIAMOND
I shall but lend my diamond till your return.
_Cymbeline_, Act. i, sc. 4, l. 153.
"Tragedies", p. 372, col. B, line 59.
DIAMOND
My ten thousand ducats are yours; so is your diamond too.
_Cymbeline_, Act i, sc. 4, l. 163.
"Tragedies", p. 373, col. A, line 1.
DIAMOND
It must be married
To that your diamond.
_Cymbeline_, Act ii, sc. 4, l. 98.
"Tragedies", p. 389 [379], col. A, lines 42, 43.
DIAMOND
That diamond upon your finger, say,
How came it yours?
_Cymbeline_, Act v, sc. 5, l. 137.
"Tragedies", p. 396, col. A, line 51.
DIAMOND
To me he seems like diamond to glass.
_Pericles_, Act ii, sc. 3, l. 36.
Third Folio, 1664, p. 7, col. B, line 38;
separate pagination.
DIAMOND
You shall, like diamonds, sit about his crown.
_Pericles_, Act ii, sc. 4, l. 53.
Third Folio, 1664, p. 8, col. B, line 42.
DIAMOND
The diamonds of a most praised water
Do appear, to make the world twice rich.
_Pericles_, Act iii, sc. 2, l. 102.
Third Folio, 1664, p. 11, col. B, line 13.
RUBY
The impression of keen whips I'ld wear as rubies.
_Measure for Measure_, Act ii, sc. 4, l. 101.
"Comedies", p. 69, col. B, line 63.
RUBY
Her nose, all o'er embellished with rubies, carbuncles,
sapphires.
_Comedy of Errors_, Act iii, sc. 2, l. 138.
"Comedies", p. 92, col. A, line 49.
RUBY
Those be rubies, fairy favors.
_Midsummer Night's Dream_, Act ii, sc. 1, l. 12.
"Comedies", p. 148, col. A, line 35.
RUBY
Over thy wounds now do I prophesy,--Which,
like dumb mouths, do ope their ruby lips.
_Julius Caæsar_, Act iii, sc. 1, l. 260.
"Tragedies", p. 120, col. B, lines 34, 35.
RUBY
And keep the natural ruby of your cheeks,
When mine is blanch'd with fear.
_Macbeth_, Act iii, sc. 4, l. 115.
"Tragedies", p. 142, col. B, line 17.
RUBY
But kiss; one kiss! Rubies unparagon'd,
How dearly they do't!
_Cymbeline_, Act ii, sc. 2, l. 17.
"Tragedies", p. 376, col. B, line 18.
SAPPHIRE
Like sapphire, pearl and rich embroidery.
_Merry Wives of Windsor_, Act v, sc. 5, l. 75.
"Comedies", p. 51, col. A, line 66 (last).
SAPPHIRE
Her nose, all o'er embellished with rubies, carbuncles,
sapphires.
_Comedy of Errors_, Act iii, sc. 2, l. 138.
"Comedies", p. 92, col. A, line 49.
CHRYSOLITE
If heaven would make me such another world
Of one entire and perfect chrysolite.
_Othello_, Act v, sc. 2, l. 145.
"Tragedies", p. 337, col. A, line 5.
TURQUOISE
It was my turquoise; I had it of Leah when I was a
bachelor.
_Merchant of Venice_, Act iii, sc. 1, l. 126.
"Comedies", p. 173, col. B, line 32.
OPAL
For thy mind is a very opal.
_Twelfth Night_, Act ii, sc. 4, l. 77.
"Comedies", p. 262, col. B, line 45.
AGATE (CAMEO)
An agate very vilely cut.
_Much Ado About Nothing_, Act iii, sc. 1, l. 65.
"Comedies", p. 110, col. A, line 25.
AGATE (CAMEO)
His heart like an agate with your print impress'd.
_Love's Labour's Lost_, Act ii, sc. 1, l. 236.
"Comedies", p. 127, col. B, line 62 (last).
AGATE (CAMEO)
I was never manned with an agate till now.
_II Henry IV_, Act i, sc. 2, l. 19.
"Histories", p. 76, col. B, line 10.
AGATE (CAMEO)
Agate-ring, pirke-stocking, caddis-garter, smooth-tongue.
_I Henry IV_, Act ii, sc. 4, l. 78.
"Histories", p. 56, col. A, line 53.
AGATE (CAMEO)
In shape no bigger than an agate-stone
On the forefinger of an alderman.
_Romeo and Juliet_, Act i, sc. 4, l. 55.
"Tragedies", p. 57, col. A, lines 20, 21.
AMBER
Her amber hair for foul hath amber quoted.
_Love's Labour's Lost_, Act iv, sc. 3, l. 87.
"Comedies", p. 133, col. A, line 52.
AMBER
With amber bracelets, beads, and all this knavery.
_Taming of the Shrew_, Act iv, sc. 3, l. 58.
"Comedies", p. 223, col. B, line 62.
AMBER
Their eyes purging thick amber and plum-tree gum.
_Hamlet_, Act ii, sc. 2, l. 201.
"Tragedies", p. 261, col. B, line 42.
CORAL
Of his bones are coral made.
_The Tempest_, Act i, sc. 2, l. 397.
"Comedies", p. 5, col. A, line 54.
CORAL
I saw her coral lips to move.
_Taming of the Shrew_, Act i, sc. 1, l. 179.
"Comedies", p.211, col. B, line 57.
JET
There is more difference between thy flesh and hers than
between jet and ivory.
_Merchant of Venice_, Act iii, sc. 1, l. 42.
"Comedies", p. 173, col. A, line 18.
JET
What color is my gown of?--Black, forsooth: coal-black
as jet.
_II Henry VI_, Act ii, sc. 1, l. 112.
"Histories", p. 126, col. B, line 61.
JET
Two proper palfreys, black as jet,
To hale thy vengeful waggon swift away.
_Titus Andronicus_, Act v, sc. 2, l. 50.
"Tragedies", p. 49, col. B, line 7.
CARBUNCLE
Her nose, all o'er embellished with rubies, carbuncles,
sapphires.
_Comedy of Errors_, Act iii, sc. 2, l. 138.
"Comedies", p. 92, col. A, line 49.
CARBUNCLE
A carbuncle entire, as big as thou art,
Were not so rich a jewel.
_Coriolanus_, Act i, sc. 4, l. 55.
"Tragedies", p. 5, col. B, line 7.
CARBUNCLES
O'er sized with coagulate gore,
With eyes like carbuncles.
_Hamlet_, Act ii, sc. ii, l. 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 i, sc. 2, l. 398.
"Comedies", p. 5, col. A, lines 51-33.
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.
PEARLS
A sea of melting pearl, which some call tears.
_Two Gentlemen of Verona_, Act iii, sc. 1, l. 224.
"Comedies", p. 30, col. B, line 2.
PEARLS
But pearls are fair; and the old saying is,
Black men are pearls in beauteous ladies' eyes
'Tis true; such pearls as put out ladies' eyes.
_Two Gentlemen of Verona_, Act v, sc. 2, l. 11.
"Comedies", p. 36, col. B, lines 10-12.
PEARLS
Like sapphire, pearl and rich embroidery
Buckled below fair knighthood's bending knee.
_Merry Wives of Windsor_, Act v, sc. 5, l. 75.
"Comedies", p. 51, col. A, lines 65, 66 (last).
PEARLS
Laced with silver, set with pearls
_Much Ado About Nothing_, Act iii, sc. 4, l. 20.
"Comedies", p. 112, col. B, line 65.
PEARLS
Fire enough for a flint, pearl enough for a swine.
_Love's Labour's Lost_, Act iv, sc. 2, l. 91.
"Comedies", p. 132, col. A, line 11.
PEARLS
This and these pearls to me sent Longaville.
_Love's Labour's Lost_, Act v, sc. 2, l. 53.
"Comedies", p. 137, col. A, line 59.
PEARLS
Will you have me, or your pearl again?
Neither of either.
_Love's Labour's Lost_, Act v, sc. 2, l. 458.
"Comedies", p. 140, col. B, line 58.
PEARLS
Decking with liquid pearl the bladed grass.
_Midsummer Night's Dream_, Act i, sc. 1, l. 211.
"Comedies", p. 147, col. A, line 6.
PEARLS
I must go seek some dewdrops here
And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear.
_Midsummer Night's Dream_, Act ii, sc. 1, l. 15.
"Comedies", p. 148, col. A, line 38.
PEARLS
That same dew, which sometime in the buds
Was wont to swell like round and orient pearls.
_Midsummer Night's Dream_, Act iv, sc. 1, l. 57.
"Comedies", p. 157, col. B, lines 9, 10.
PEARLS
Rich honesty dwells like a miser, sir, in a poor house; as
your pearl in your foul oyster.
_As You Like It_, Act v, sc. 4, l. 63.
"Comedies", p. 206, col. A, line 12.
PEARLS
Their harness studded all with gold and pearl.
_Taming of the Shrew_, Introd., sc. 2, l. 44.
"Comedies", p. 209, col. B, line 33.
PEARLS
Fine linen, Turkey cushions boss'd with pearls
Valance of Venice gold.
_Taming of the Shrew_, Act ii, sc. 1, l. 355.
"Comedies", p. 217, col. B, line 32.
PEARLS
Why, sir, what 'cerns it you if I wear pearl and gold?
_Taming of the Shrew_, Act v, sc. 1, l. 77.
"Comedies", p. 227, col A, line 22.
PEARLS
This pearl she gave me, I do feel't and see't.
_Twelfth Night_, Act iv, sc. 3, l. 2.
"Comedies", p. 271, col. B, line 61.
PEARLS
Draws those heaven-moving pearls from his poor eyes.
_King John_, Act ii, sc. 1, l. 169.
"Histories", p. 4, col. B, line 55.
PEARLS
Our chains and our jewels.--
Your brooches, pearls and ouches.
_II Henry IV_, Act ii, sc. 4, l. 53.
"Histories", p. 82, col. B, line 28.
PEARLS
The crown imperial,
The intertissued robe of gold and pearl.
_Henry V_, Act iv, sc. 1, l. 279.
"Histories", p. 85 (bis, number repeated), col. B,
line 13.
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.
PEARLS
I see thee compass'd with thy kingdom's pearl.
_Macbeth_, Act v, sc. 8, l. 56.
"Tragedies", p. 151, col. B, line 32.
PEARLS
Hamlet, this pearl is thine.
_Hamlet_, Act v, sc. 2, l. 293.
"Tragedies", p. 281, col. A, line 15.
PEARLS
What guests were in her eyes; which parted thence,
As pearls from diamonds dropp'd.
_Lear_, Act iv, sc. 3, l. 24.
Omitted in First Folio.
PEARLS
Like the base Indian,[30] threw a pearl away
Richer than all his tribe.
_Othello_, Act v, sc. 2, l. 347.
"Tragedies", p. 338, col. B, line 53.
[Footnote 30: "Iudean" in text.]
PEARLS
He kiss'd,--the last of many doubled kisses,--
This orient pearl.
_Antony and Cleopatra_, Act i, sc. 5, l. 41.
"Tragedies", p. 344, col. B, lines 22, 23.
PEARLS
I'll set thee in a shower of gold, and hail
Rich pearls upon thee.
_Antony and Cleopatra_, Act ii, sc. 5, l. 46.
"Tragedies", p. 348, col. B, lines 10, 11.
ROCK-CRYSTAL
Did hold his eyes lock'd in her crystal looks.
_Two Gentlemen of Verona_, Act ii, sc. 4, l. 89.
"Comedies", p. 26, col. A, line 17.
ROCK-CRYSTAL
Methough all his senses were lock'd in his eye
As jewels in crystal for some prince to buy.
_Love's Labour's Lost_, Act ii, sc. 1, l. 243.
"Comedies", p. 128, col. A, lines 6, 7.
ROCK-CRYSTAL
One, her hairs were gold, crystal the other's eyes.
_Idem_, Act iv, sc. 3, l. 142.
"Comedies", p. 133, line 46.
ROCK-CRYSTAL
To what, my love, shall I compare thine eye?
Crystal is muddy.
_Midsummer Night's Dream_, Act iii, sc. 2, l. 139.
"Comedies", p. 154, col. A, line 54.
ROCK-CRYSTAL
With these crystal beads heaven shall be bribed
To do him justice.
_King John_, Act ii, sc. 1, l. 171.
"Histories", p. 4, col. B, lines 57, 58.
ROCK-CRYSTAL
The more fair and crystal is the sky,
The uglier seem the clouds that in it fly.
_Richard II_, Act i, sc. 1, l. 41.
"Histories", p. 23, col. A, line 41 (last).
ROCK-CRYSTAL
Go, clear thy crystals.
_Henry V_, Act ii, sc. 3, l. 56.
"Histories", p. 75, col. B, line 65.
ROCK-CRYSTAL
Comets, importing change of times and states,
Brandish your crystal tresses in the sky.
_I Henry VI_, Act i, sc. 1, l. 3.
"Histories", p. 96, col. A, lines 2, 3.
ROCK-CRYSTAL
But in that crystal scales let there be weigh'd
Your lady's love against some other maid.
_Romeo and Juliet_, Act i, sc. 2, l. 101.
"Tragedies", p. 55, col. B, lines 51, 52.
ROCK-CRYSTAL
Thy crystal window ope; look out.
_Cymbeline_, Act v, sc. 4, l. 81.
"Tragedies", p. 394, col. A, line 12.
The following table is arranged according to the frequency of precious
stone mentions.
The plays rank as follows:
First[31] Probably
Published Written
1623. 1609. _Cymbeline_ 10
(diamond 7, ruby 1,
carbuncle 1,
rock-crystal 1).
1598. 1591. _Love's Labour's 8
Lost_ (pearl 3,
rock-crystal 2,
diamond 1, amber 1
agate 1).
1600. 1597. _Merry Wives Of 5
of (pearl 1, diamond 2,
Windsor_ emerald 1,
sapphire 1).
1623. 1591. _Comedy of 5
Errors_ (diamond 2, ruby 1,
sapphire 1,
carbuncle 1).
1600. 1595. _Midsummer 5
Night's Dream_ (pearl 3, ruby 1,
rock-crystal 1).
1623. 1596. _Taming of the 5
Shrew_ (pearl 3, amber 1,
coral 1).
1623. 1591. _Two Gentlemen of 4
Verona_ (pearl 3,
rock-crystal 1).
1594. 1593. _Titus 3
Andronicus_ (pearl 2, jet 1).
1603. 1602. _Hamlet_ 3
(pearl, amber,
carbuncle).
1623. 1606. _Macbeth_ 3
(diamond, ruby,
pearl).
1609. 1607. _Pericles_ 3
(all diamond).
1623. 1608. _Antony and 3
Cleopatra_ (pearl 2,
carbuncle 1).
1597. 1591. _Romeo and 2
Juliet_ (rock-crystal,
agate).
1623. 1592. _I Henry VI_ 2
(diamond and
rock-crystal).
1623. 1592. _II Henry VI_ 2
(diamond and jet).
1597. 1592-3. _Richard III_ 2
(both pearl).
1600. 1594. _Merchant of 2
Venice_ (turquoise, jet).
1623. 1594. _King John_ 2
(pearl,
rock-crystal).
1623. 1597. _II Henry IV_ 2
(pearl, agate).
1600. 1598. _Henry V_ 2
(pearl, crystal).
1600. 1599. _Much Ado About_ 2
_Nothing_ (pearl, agate).
1623. 1599. _Twelfth Night_ 2
(pearl, opal).
1609. 1603. _Troilus and 2
Cressida_ (both pearl).
1622. 1604. _Othello_ 2
(pearl, chrysolite).
1608. 1606. _Lear_ 2
(pearl, diamond).
1623. 1611. _Tempest_ 2
(pearl, coral).
1623. 1592. _III Henry VI_ 1
(diamond).
1597. 1593. _Richard II_ 1
(rock-crystal).
1598. 1597. _I Henry IV_ 1
(agate).
1623. 1599. _As You Like It_ 1
(pearl).
1623. 1601. _Julius Cæsar_ 1
(ruby).
1623. 1604. _Measure for 1
Measure_ (ruby).
1623. 1607. _Timon of Athens_ 1
(diamond).
1623. 1608. _Coriolanus_ 1
(carbuncle).
[Footnote 31: Data of first publication contributed by Miss Henrietta
C. Bartlett.]
PRECIOUS STONES MENTIONED IN THE POEMS OF SHAKESPEARE
PRECIOUS MENTIONED IN POEMS OF SHAKESPEARE.
DIAMOND
The diamond--why 'twas beautiful and hard.
"Lover's Complaint", l. 211.
SAPPHIRE
The heaven-hued sapphire and the opal blend
With objects manifold.
_Idem_, l. 215.
PEARLS
Her tears began to turn their tide,
Being prison'd in her eye like pearls in glass.
"Venus and Adonis", l. 980.
G, verso, l. 1, 2.
PEARLS
And wiped the brinish pearl from her bright eyes.
"Lucrece", l. 1213.
I 2, l. 2.
PEARLS
Those round clear pearls of his, that move thy pity,
Are balls of quenchless fire to burn thy city.
_Idem_, l. 1553.
L. 2, verso, l. 6, 7.
PEARLS
Of paled pearls and rubies red as blood.
"Lover's Complaint", l. 198.
PEARLS
Ah! but those tears are pearls which thy love sheds.
Sonnet XXXIV, l. 13.
C 4, l. 13.
PEARLS
Bright orient pearl, alack, too timely shaded!
"Passionate Pilgrim", l. 133.
B 4, l. 3.
OPAL
The heaven-hued sapphire and the opal blend
With objects manifold.
"Lover's Complaint", l. 215.
RUBY
Once more the ruby-colour'd portal open'd.
"Venus and Adonis", l. 451.
D ii, verso, l. 1.
RUBY
Of paled pearls and rubies red as blood.
"Lover's Complaint", l. 198.
EMERALD
The deep-green emerald, in whose fresh regard
Weak sights their sickly radiance do amend.
_Idem_, l. 213.
ROCK-CRYSTAL
But hers through which the crystal tears gave light,
Shone like the moon in water seen by night.
"Venus and Adonis", l. 491.
D iii, l. 16, 17.
ROCK-CRYSTAL
Nor thy soft hands, sweet lips, and crystal eyne.
"Venus and Adonis", l. 633.
E ii, l. 15.
ROCK-CRYSTAL
The crystal tide that from her two cheeks fair
In the sweet channel of her bosom dropt.
_Idem_, l. 957.
G, l. 3, 4.
ROCK-CRYSTAL
Her eyes seen in the tears, tears in her eye;
Both crystals, where they view'd each other's sorrow.
_Idem_, l. 962, 963.
G, l. 8, 9.
ROCK-CRYSTALS
Through crystal walls each little mote will peep.
"Lucrece", l. 1251.
I 2, verso, l. 19.
ROCK-CRYSTAL
A closet never pierced with crystal eyes.
Sonnet XLVI, l. 6.
D 2, verso, l. 6.
ROCK-CRYSTAL
Favours from a maund[32] she drew
Of amber, crystal, and of beaded jet.
"Lover's Complaint", l. 37.
[Footnote 32: Basket, or hamper.]
ROCK-CRYSTAL
Who glazed with crystal gate the glowing roses.
"Lover's Complaint", l. 286.
AMBER
With coral clasps and amber studs.
"Passionate Pilgrim", l. 366.
D 4, verso, l. 2.
AMBER
Favours from a maund she drew
Of amber, crystal, and of beaded jet.
"Lover's Complaint", l. 37.
JET
as above.
CORAL
That sweet coral mouth
Whose precious taste her thirsty lips well knew.
"Venus and Adonis", l. 542.
D iv, l. 20, 21.
CORAL
Her alabaster skin,
Her coral lips, her snow white dimpled chin.
"Lucrece", l. 420.
D 3, l. 7.
CORAL
Like ivory conduits coral cisterns filling.
_Idem_, l. 1234.
I 2, verso, l. 2.
CORAL
Coral is far more red than her lips' red.
Sonnet CXXX, l. 2.
H 4,1. 2.
CORAL
A belt of straw and ivy buds.
With coral clasps and amber studs.
"Passionate Pilgrim", 1. 366.
D 4, verso, l. 1, 2.[33]
[Footnote 33: References are here given to the original editions of
"Venus and Adonis", 1593 (unique copy in the Malone Collection in the
Bodleian Library, Oxford); "Lucrece", 1594; "Passionate Pilgrim",
1599, and Sonnets, 1609. As there is no continuous pagination, the
letters and numbers refer to the page signatures and to the line of
the page.]
While it cannot be regarded as certain that whenever Shakespeare
writes of jewels or of rings he means those in which precious stones
were set, several of the passages more or less clearly indicate this,
and we therefore present here the more characteristic of the lines in
question:
A Death's face in a ring.
_Love's Labour's Lost_, Act v, sc. 2, l. 616.
"Comedies", p. 142, col. A, line 36.
The dearest ring in Venice will I give you.
_Merchant of Venice_, Act iv, sc. 1, l. 435.
"Comedies", p. 181, col. B, line 27.
_Diana_. O behold this ring
Whose high respect and rich validity
Did lack a parallel; yet for all that
He gave it to a commoner of the camp,
If I be one.
_Count_. He blushes, and 'tis it:
Of six preceding ancestors, that gem,
Conferr'd by testament to the sequent issue,
Hath it been owned and worn.
_All's Well That Ends Well_, Act v, sc. 3, l. 191-198.
"Comedies", p. 253, col. A, lines 1-8.
My daughter! O my ducats! O my daughter!
Fled with a Christian! O my Christian ducats!
Justice! the law! my ducats and my daughter!
A sealed bag, two sealed bags of ducats,
Of double ducats, stolen from me by my daughter!
And jewels, two stones, two rich and precious stones,
Stolen by my daughter! Justice! find the girl;
She hath the stones upon her, and the ducats.
_Merchant of Venice_, Act ii, sc. 8, l. 15-22.
"Comedies", p. 171, col. B, lines 23-30.
I would my daughter were dead at my foot, and the
jewels in her ear!
_Merchant of Venice_, Act iii, sc. 1, l. 92.
"Comedies", p. 173, col. B, lines 1, 2.
Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
_As You Like It_, Act ii, sc. 1, l. 13-15.
"Comedies", p. 190, col. A, lines 10-12.
Win her with gifts, if she respect not words:
Dumb jewels often in their silent kind
More than quick words do move a woman's mind.
_Two Gentlemen of Verona_, Act iii, sc. 1, l. 89-91.
"Comedies", p. 29, col. A, lines 63-65.
I frown the while; and perchance wind up my watch,
or play with my--some rich jewel.
_Twelfth Night_, Act ii, sc. 5, l. 64-66.
"Comedies", p. 263, col. B, lines 32, 33.
A jewel in a ten-times-barr'd-up chest
Is a bold spirit in a loyal breast.
_King Richard II_, Act i, sc. 1, l. 180, 181.
"Histories", p. 24, col. B, lines 28, 29.