Such as men Notemygges calle
That swote of savour ben withalle."

_Romaunt of the Rose._

The Nutmeg tree (_Myrista officinalis_) "is a native of the Molucca or
Spice Islands, principally confined to that group denominated the
Islands of Banda, lying in lat. 4 deg. 30' south; and there it bears both
blossom and fruit at all seasons of the year" ("Bot. Mag.," 2756, with a
full history of the spice, and plates of the tree and fruit).

OAK.

(1) _Prospero._

If thou more murmur'st, I will rend an Oak,
And peg thee in his knotty entrails,

_Tempest_, act i, sc. 2 (294).

(2) _Prospero._

To the dread rattling thunder
Have I given fire, and rifted Jove's stout Oak
With his own bolt.

_Ibid._, act v, sc. 1 (44).

(3) _Quince._

At the Duke's Oak we meet.

_Midsummer Night's Dream_, act i, sc. 2 (113).

(4) _Benedick._

An Oak with but one green leaf on it would have answered her.

_Much Ado About Nothing_, act ii, sc. 1 (247).

(5) _Isabella._

Thou split'st the unwedgeable and gnarled Oak.

_Measure for Measure_, act ii, sc. 2 (114).
(_See_ MYRTLE.)

(6) _1st Lord._

He lay along
Under an Oak, whose antique root peeps out
Upon the brook that brawls along this wood.

_As You Like It_, act ii, sc. 1 (30).

(7) _Oliver._

Under an Oak, whose boughs were Mossed with age,
And high top bald with dry antiquity.

_Ibid._, act iv, sc. 3 (156).

(8) _Paulina._

As ever Oak or stone was sound.

_Winter's Tale_, act ii, sc. 3 (89).

(9) _Messenger._

And many strokes, though with a little axe,
Hew down and fell the hardest-timber'd Oak.

_3rd Henry VI_, act ii, sc. 1 (54).

(10) _Mrs. Page._

There is an old tale goes that Herne the Hunter,
Sometime a keeper here in Windsor Forest,
Doth all the winter time at still midnight
Walk round about an Oak, with great ragg'd horns.

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