“Let us, like merchants, show our foulest wares.”

Troilus and Cressida, I. iii.

“A Jew”—

“Then must the Jew be merciful.”

Merchant of Venice, IV. i.

“A botanist”—

“The spring, the summer,

The chiding autumn, angry winter, change

Their wonted liveries.”

Midsummer Night’s Dream, II. ii.