...square on't. CLOWN. Pr'ythee, bring him in; and let him approach singing. [Enter Autolycus singing.] Lawn as white as driven snow; Cyprus black as e'er was crow; Gloves as sweet as damask rosea; Masks for faces and for noses; Bugle-bracelet, necklace-amber, Perfume for a lady's chamber;...

...crape or gauze ; generally cyprus and lawn are distinguished; cf. Winter's Tale, Iv. 4. 220—221 : "Lawn as white as driven snow; Cyprus black as e'er was crow." Ben Jonson draws the same distinction in Every Man in His Humonr, I. 3, and in his Epigrams (73). Cotgrave,...

...think a smock was a she-angel, he so chants to the sleeve-hand and the work about the square on't." "Lawn as white as driven snow; Cyprus black as e'er was crow ; • ••••••* Bugle-bracelet, necklace amber, Perfume for a lady's chamber; Come buy of...

...Autólico. Las manos de cinco jueces en su favor, y más testigos que los que caben en mi mochila.'8 17. Lawn as white as driven snow, / Cyprus black as e'er was crow, / Gloves as sweet as danuisk roses, / Masks for faces and for noses: / Bugle-bracelet, necklace amber, / Perfume for a lady's...

...Autolycus entered and sang one of his ballads to the audience. Lawn as white as driven snow, Cypress black as e'er was crow, Gloves as sweet as damask roses, Masks for faces, and for nose... Enchanted by the pretty songs and forgetting that he had been robbed, the rich shepherd's son...

...two females in the old gardenhouse yonder — but how to address them? — StayWill Shakspeare, be my friend in need ! I will give them a taste of Autolycus."...was crow, Gloves as sweet as damask roses, Masks for taces and for noses." " What hath fortune sent us here for an unwonted sight, Janet ?" said the lady....

...shall he see 15 No enemy, But winter and rough weather. From As you like it. 11. Autolycus the pedlar. Lawn as white as driven snow; Cyprus black as e'er was crow; Gloves as sweet as damask-roses; Masks for faces and for noses; 5 Bugle-bracelet, necklace amber, Perfume for a lady's...