So doth the cony struggle in the net.[121]
Ophelia, when cross-questioned by her father as to the attentions paid to her by Hamlet, answers how the Prince
Hath given countenance to his speech
With almost all the holy vows of heaven;
whereupon Polonius abruptly breaks in with the unfeeling comment:
Ay, springes to catch woodcocks; I do know.[122]
Again, in the tricking of Malvolio, as the steward picks up the letter, Fabian, from the lurking-place where Sir Toby and he are watching every movement, exclaims
Now is the woodcock near the gin.[123]
