"And other suche, deare ynough a Leeke." _Prologue of the Chanoune's Tale._ "The beste song that ever was made Ys not worth a Leky's blade, But men will tend ther tille." _The Child of Bristowe._ FOOTNOTES: [138:1] For a testimony of the high value placed on the Leek by the Greeks see a poem on Μῶλυ, in "Anonymi Carmen de Herbis" in the "Poetæ Bucolici et didactici." LEMON. _Biron._ A Lemon. _Longaville._ Stuck with Cloves. _Love's Labour's Lost_, act v, sc. 2 (654). _See_ ORANGE AND CLOVES. LETTUCE. _Iago._ If we will plant Nettles or sow Lettuce. (_See_ HYSSOP.) _Othello_, act i, sc. 3 (324). This excellent vegetable with its Latin name probably came to us from the Romans. "Letuce of lac derivyed is perchaunce; For milk it hath or yeveth abundaunce." _Palladius on Husbandrie_, ii, 216 (15th cent.) E. E. Text Soc. It was cultivated by the Anglo-Saxons, who showed their knowledge of its narcotic qualities by giving it the name of Sleepwort; it is mentioned by Spenser as "cold Lettuce" ("Muiopotmos"). And in Shakespeare's time the sorts cultivated were very similar to, and probably as good as, ours. LILY. (1) _Iris._ Thy banks with Pioned and Lilied[140:1] brims. _Tempest_, act iv, sc. 1 (64). (2) _Launce._ Look you, she is as white as a Lily and as small as a wand. _Two Gentlemen of Verona_, act ii, sc. 3 (22). (3) _Julia._ The air hath starved the Roses in her cheeks, And pinch'd the Lily-tincture of her face. _Ibid._, act iv, sc. 4 (160). (4) _Flute._ Most radiant Pyramus, most Lily-white of hue. _Midsummer Night's Dream_, act iii, sc. 1 (94). (5) _Thisbe._ These Lily lips. _Ibid._, act v, sc. 1 (337). (6) _Perdita._ Lilies of all kinds, The Flower-de-luce being one! _Winter's Tale_, act iv, sc. 4 (126). (7) _Princess._ Now by my maiden honour, yet as pure As the unsullied Lily. _Love's Labour's Lost_, act v, sc. 2 (351). (8) _Queen Katharine._ Like the Lily That once was mistress of the field and flourish'd, I'll hang my head, and perish. _Henry VIII_, act iii, sc. 1 (151). (9) _Cranmer._ Yet a virgin, A most unspotted Lily shall she pass To the ground. _Ibid._, act v, sc. 5 (61). (10) _Troilus._