“She’s limed, I warrant you.”
Much Ado, Act iii. Sc. 1.
Suffolk, speaking to Queen Margaret of Duke Humphrey’s wife, says:—
“Madam, myself have lim’d a bush for her,
And plac’d a quire of such enticing birds,
That she will light to listen to their lays,
And never mount to trouble you again.”
Henry VI. Part II. Act i. Sc. 3.
And the Duchess of Gloucester, addressing her husband, warns him that—
… “York and impious Beaufort, that false priest,