William Miller, Scottish 1796-1882

"Shakespeare--3 Henry VI; Act IV, sc v"

The Taming of the Shrew

Induction, Sc 2

LORD:

. . .   Thy hounds shall make the welk in answer them

and fetch shrill echoes from the hollow earth.

FIRST SERVANT:

Say thou wilt course; thy greyhounds are as swift

as breathed stags, ay, fleeter than the roe.

Act 5, Sc 2

TRANIO:

O, sir, Lucentio slipp'd me like his greyhound,

which runs himself and catches for his master.

PETRUCHIO:

A good, swift simile, but something currish.

MacBeth

FIRST MURDERER:

We are men, my liege.

MACBETH:

Ay, in the catalogue ye go for men;

as hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs,

shoughs, water-rugs and demi-wolves, are clept

all by the name of dogs: the valued file

distinguishes the swift, the slow, the subtle,

the housekeeper, the hunter, every one

according to the gift which bounteous nature

hath in him closed; whereby he does receive

particular addition from the bill

that writes them all alike: and so of men. . .

Much Ado About Nothing

Act 5, Sc 2

MARGARET:

To have no man come over me!

Why, shall I always keep below stairs?

BENEDICK:

Thy wit is as quick as the greyhound's mouth; it catches.

MARGARET:

And yours as blunt as the fencer's foils, which hit,

but hurt not.

1 King Henry IV

Act 1, Sc 2

HOTSPUR:

                      You say true:

Why what a candy deal of courtesy

this fawning greyhound then did proffer me!

2 King Henry IV

Act 2, Sc 4

FALSTAFF:

He's no swaggerer, hostess; a tame cheater, i'

faith; you may stroke him as gently as a puppy

greyhound: heill not swagger with a Barbary hen, if

her feathers turn back in any show of resistance.

3 King Henry IV

Act 2, Sc 5

QUEEN MARGARET:

Mount you my lord; towards Berwick post amain;

Edward and Richard, like a brace of greyhounds

having the fearful flying hare in sight,

with fiery eyes sparkling for very wrath,

and bloody steel grasp'd in their ireful hands,

are at our backs. . .

King Henry V

Act 3, Sc 1

HENRY:

. . .        And you, good yeoman,

whose limbs were made in England, show us here

the mettle of your pasture; let us swear

that you are worth your breeding; which I doubt not;

for there is none of you so mean and base,

that hath not noble lustre in your eyes.

I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,

straining upon the start. The game's afoot. . .

Love's Labours Lost

Act 5, Sc 2

ADRIANO DE ARMADO:

Sweet Lord Longaville, rein thy tongue.

LONGAVILLE:

I must rather give it the rein, for it runs against Hector.

DUMAIN:

Ay, and Hector's a greyhound.

Timon of Athens

Act 1, Sc 2

THIRD SERVANT:

Please you, my lord, that honourable

gentleman, Lord Lucullus, entreats your company

to-morrow to hunt with him, and has sent your honour

two brace of greyhounds.

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Act 1, Sc 1

SLENDER:

How does your fallow greyhound, sir? I heard say he

was outrun on Cotsall.

PAGE:

It could not be judged, sir.

Coriolanius

Act 1, Sc 6

MARCIUS:

As with a man busied about decrees:

condeming some to death, and some to exile;

ransoming him, or pitying, threatening the other;

holding Corioli in the name of Rome,

even like a fawning greyound in the leash,

to let him slip at will.