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Title: The birds of Shakespeare
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 1835-1924
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Birds in literature
Publisher: Glasgow, J. Maclehose and sons
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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s swan, ayens his deth that singeth. Tarlement ofFouies, 342. ^ King John^ v. vii. 20. ^Othello, v. ii. 249. ^ Merchant of Venice J iii. ii. 43. 87 The ^irds of Shakespeare TheTURKEY-cocK,introducedinto Europefrom the New World in the early part ofthe sixteenth century, had become quitenaturalised in the farm-yards of Englandby the time of Elizabeth. It is severaltimes alluded to by Shakespeare, sometimesas a symbol of conceited ostentation,and also as an article of food. Whenin King Henry V, Gower sees Pistolapproaching, he exclaims to Fluellen Here he comes, swelling like a tur-key-cock, to which the Welshman, whohad resolved to make the braggart eatthe leek, replies, Tis no matter forhis swellings nor his turkey-cocks. ^Not less appropriately is the comparisonused of Malvolio, who, as Maria said,had been yonder i the sun practis-ing behaviour to his own shadow thishalf hour. As the three concealedonlookers watch him strutting downthe walk, talking to himself, they can ^ V. i. 14.88
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The Magpie The Turkey-cock and Peacock scarcely restrain themselves. Fabian en-treats silence : O, peace ! Contemplation makes a rare turkey-cock of him : how he jets under his advancedplumes.^ It will be remembered that among theproduce on its way to London in the cartsof the two carriers at the Rochester innthere was a pannier of live turkeys.^ The PEACOCK is alluded to several timesin the Plays as the accepted personificationof pride. Joan of Arc is represented ascounselling the Princes : Let frantic Talbot triumph for a whileAnd like a peacock sweep along his tail;Well pull his plumes and take away his train.^ Thersites says of Ajax that he goes upand down the field asking for himself; hestalks up and down like a peacock—a strideand a stand.* When King Henry V. 1 Twelfth Night, ii. v. 28. 2 j Henry IF. 11. i. 25. 2 I Henry VI. in. iii. 5. Chaucer refers to The pecock, with his aungels fethres brighte.^ Troilus and Cressida, in. iii. 244.M 89 The ^irds of Shakespeare mingles inco

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