In shape no bigger than an agate stone
On the forefinger of an alderman.”
In Act 3, Scene 1 of “Much Ado about Nothing,” Hero says that
“Nature never framed a woman’s heart
Of prouder stuff than that of Beatrice”
who would swear that if a man were tall he would be like
“A lance illheaded;
“If low, an agate very vilely cut.”
In Act 2, Scene 1 of “Love’s Labours Lost,” Boyet tells the Princess of France that Navarre’s heart is
“Like an agate, with your print impressed.”