n shoes and pantofles for warmness sake," but for
its lightness it was used for the high-heeled shoes of the fashionable
ladies. I suppose from the following lines that these shoes were a
distinguishing part of a bride's trousseau--

"Strip off my bride's array,
My Cork-shoes from my feet,
And, gentle mother, be not coy
To bring my winding sheet."

_The Bride's Burial_--Roxburghe Ballads.

The Cork tree is a necessary element in all botanic gardens, but as an
ornamental tree it is not sufficiently distinct from the Ilex. Though a
native of the South of Europe it is hardy in England.

CORN.

(1) _Gonzalo._

No use of metal, Corn, or wine, or oil.

_Tempest_, act ii, sc. 1 (154).

(2) _Duke._

Our Corn's to reap, for yet our tithe's to sow.

_Measure for Measure_, act iv, sc. 1 (76).

(3) _Titania._

Playing on pipes of Corn, (67)

* * * * *

The green Corn
Hath rotted ere his youth attained a beard.

_Midsummer Night's Dream_, act ii, sc. 1 (94).

(4) _K. Edward._

What valiant foemen, like to autumn's Corn,
Have we mowed down in tops of all their pride!

_3rd Henry VI_, act v, sc. 7 (3).

(5) _Pucelle._

Talk like the vulgar sort of market men
That come to gather money for their Corn.

_1st Henry VI_, act iii, sc. 2 (4).

Poor market folks that come to sell their Corn.

_Ibid._ (14).

Good morrow, gallants! want ye Corn for bread?

_Ibid._ (41).

_Burgundy._

I trust, ere long, to choke thee with thine own,
And make thee curse the harvest of that Corn.

_Ibid._ (46).

(6) _Duchess._

Why droops my lord like over-ripened Corn
Hanging the head at Ceres' plenteous load?

_2nd Henry VI_, act i, sc. 2. (1).

(7) _Warwick._

His well-proportioned beard made rough and ragged
Like to the summer's Corn by tempest lodged.

_2nd Henry VI_, act iii, sc. 2 (175).

(8) _Mowbray._

We shall be winn