"And trees ther were gret foisoun, That beren notes in her sesoun. Such as men Notemygges calle That swote of savour ben withalle." _Romaunt of the Rose._ The Nutmeg tree (_Myrista officinalis_) "is a native of the Molucca or Spice Islands, principally confined to that group denominated the Islands of Banda, lying in lat. 4° 30´ south; and there it bears both blossom and fruit at all seasons of the year" ("Bot. Mag.," 2756, with a full history of the spice, and plates of the tree and fruit). OAK. (1) _Prospero._ If thou more murmur'st, I will rend an Oak, And peg thee in his knotty entrails, _Tempest_, act i, sc. 2 (294). (2) _Prospero._ To the dread rattling thunder Have I given fire, and rifted Jove's stout Oak With his own bolt. _Ibid._, act v, sc. 1 (44). (3) _Quince._ At the Duke's Oak we meet. _Midsummer Night's Dream_, act i, sc. 2 (113). (4) _Benedick._ An Oak with but one green leaf on it would have answered her. _Much Ado About Nothing_, act ii, sc. 1 (247). (5) _Isabella._ Thou split'st the unwedgeable and gnarled Oak. _Measure for Measure_, act ii, sc. 2 (114). (_See_ MYRTLE.) (6) _1st Lord._ He lay along Under an Oak, whose antique root peeps out Upon the brook that brawls along this wood. _As You Like It_, act ii, sc. 1 (30). (7) _Oliver._ Under an Oak, whose boughs were Mossed with age, And high top bald with dry antiquity. _Ibid._, act iv, sc. 3 (156). (8) _Paulina._ As ever Oak or stone was sound. _Winter's Tale_, act ii, sc. 3 (89). (9) _Messenger._ And many strokes, though with a little axe, Hew down and fell the hardest-timber'd Oak. _3rd Henry VI_, act ii, sc. 1 (54). (10) _Mrs. Page._ There is an old tale goes that Herne the Hunter, Sometime a keeper here in Windsor Forest, Doth all the winter time at still midnight Walk round about an Oak, with great ragg'd horns. * * * * * _Page._ Why yet there want not many that do fear In deep of night to walk by this Herne's Oak. * * * * * _Mrs. Ford._ That Falstaff at that Oak shall meet with us. _Merry Wives of Windsor_, act iv, sc. 4 (28). _Fenton._ To night at Herne's Oak. _Merry Wives of Windsor_, act iv, sc. 6 (19). _Falstaff._ Be you in the park about midnight at Herne's Oak, and you shall see wonders.