fanciful account of the fitness of the
Thistle as the emblem of Scotland in Ruskin's "Proserpina," pp. 135-139.

THORNS.

(1) _Ariel._

Tooth'd Briers, sharp Furzes, pricking Goss, and Thorns,
Which entered their frail skins.

_Tempest_, act iv, sc. 1 (180).

(2) _Quince._

One must come in with a bush of Thorns and a lanthorn, and say
he comes in to disfigure, or to present, the person of
Moonshine.

_Midsummer Night's Dream_, act iii, sc. 1 (60).

(3) _Puck._

For Briers and Thorns at their apparel snatch.

_Ibid._, act iii, sc. 2 (29).

(4) _Prologue._

This man with lanthorn, dog, and bush of Thorn,
Presenteth Moonshine.

_Ibid._, act v, sc. 1 (136).

(5) _Moonshine._

All that I have to say, is to tell you that the lanthorn is
the moon; I, the man in the moon; this Thorn-bush, my
Thorn-bush; and this dog, my dog.

_Ibid._ (261).

(6) _Dumain._

But, alack, my hand is sworn
Ne'er to pluck thee from thy Thorn.

_Love's Labour's Lost_, act iv, sc. 3 (111).

(7) _Carlisle._

The woe's to come; the children yet unborn
Shall feel this day as sharp to them as Thorn.

_Richard II_, act iv, sc. 1 (322).

(8) _King Henry._

The care you have of us,
To mow down Thorns that would annoy our foot,
Is worthy praise.

_2nd Henry VI_, act iii, sc. 1 (66).

(9) _Gloucester._

And I--like one lost in a Thorny wood,
That rends the Thorns and is rent with the Thorns,
Seeking a way, and straying from the way.

_3rd Henry VI_, act iii, sc. 2 (174).

(10) _K. Edward._

Brave followers, yonder stands the Thorny wood.

_Ibid._, act v, sc. 4 (67).

(11) _K. Edward._

What! can so young a Thorn begin to prick.

_Ibid._, act v, sc. 4 (13).

(12) _Romeo._

Is love a tender thing? It is too rough,
Too rude, too boisterous, and it pricks like Thorn.

_Romeo and Juliet_, act i, sc. 4 (25