Alexas: “[Alexas: “]‘Good friend,’ quote he,

‘Say the firm Roman to great Egypt sends

This treasure of an oyster.’

(Antony and Cleopatra, Act I, Sc. 5.)

Cleopatra: “’Il set thee in a shower of gold and hail

Rich pearls upon thee.

(Act II, Sc. 2.)

Troilus: “Her bed is India: there she lies, a pearl.

(Troilus and Cressida, Act I, Sc. 1.)

Troilus: “Why, she is a pearl,