and it is well known to have been a sacred bird among the Egyptians (see Cicero DE NAT. DEORUM, I. 36). Compare the old play of THE TAMING OF A SHREW;
"Father, I SWEARE BY IBIS' GOLDEN BEAKE,
More faire and radiente is my bonie Kate
Then siluer Zanthus," &c.
p. 22. ed. Shakespeare Soc.
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[ the] So the 8vo.—The 4to "and.">[
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[ and] So the 8vo.—Omitted in the 4to.]
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[ thy baseness and] So the 8vo.—The 4to "THE basnesse OF.">[