(Act IV, Sc. 4.)
CLEOPATRA: “_How goes it with my brave Mark Antony?_
ALEXAS: “ _Last thing he did, dear Queen,
He kissed—the last of many doubled kisses—
The orient pearl. His speech sticks in my heart._”
CLEOPATRA: “_Mine ears must pluck it thence._”
ALEXAS: “_‘Good friend,’ quote he,
‘Say the firm Roman to great Egypt sends
This treasure of an oyster.’_”
(Antony and Cleopatra, Act I, Sc. 5.)
CLEOPATRA: “_’Il set thee in a shower of gold and hail
Rich pearls upon thee._”
(Act II, Sc. 2.)
TROILUS: “_Her bed is India: there she lies, a pearl._”
(Troilus and Cressida, Act I, Sc. 1.)
TROILUS: “_Why, she is a pearl,
Whose price hath launched above a thousand ships,
And turned crowned kings to merchants._”
(Act II, Sc. 2.)
AARON: “_I will be bright and shine in pearl and gold,
To wait upon this new-made empress._”
(Titus Andronicus. Act II, Sc. 1.)
LUCIUS: “_This is the pearl that pleased your empress’ eye,
And here’s the base fruit of his burning lust._”
(Act V, Sc. 1.)
RUBY
FAIRY: “_The cowslips tall her pensioners be:
In their gold coats spots you see:
Those be rubies, fairy favours,
In those freckles live their savours._”
(A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act II, Sc. 1.)
MACBETH: “_You make me strange
When now I think you can behold such sights,
And keep the natural ruby of your cheeks,
When mine is blanched with fear._”
(Macbeth, Act III, Sc. 4.)
MARK ANTONY: “_Over thy wounds now do I prophesy—
Which like dumb mouths do ope their ruby lips,
To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue._”
(Julius Caesar. Act III. Sc. 1.)
DROMIO: “_Embellished with rubies, carbuncles, sapphires._”
(See CARBUNCLE.)
(Comedy of Errors. Act III. Sc. 2.)
SAPPHIRE
MISTRESS QUICKLY: “_Like sapphire, pearl and rich embroidery._”
(See EMERALD.)
Merry Wives of Windsor.[ Act V., Sc. 5.)
DROMIO: “_Embellished with rubies, carbuncles, sapphires._”
(See CARBUNCLE.)
(Comedy of Errors, Act III, Sc. 2.)
TURQUOISE
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