PRECIOUS STONES MENTIONED IN THE PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE

PRECIOUS STONES MENTIONED IN THE PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE

DIAMOND

I see how thine eye would emulate the diamond.
Merry Wives of Windsor, Act iii, sc. 3, l. 59. 
“Comedies”, p. 58 [50], col.  A, line 31.

DIAMOND

Give me the ring of mine you had at dinner,
Or, for my diamond, the chain you promised.
Comedy of Errors, Act iv, sc, 3. l. 70. 
“Comedies”, p. 94, col.  B, lines 61, 62.

DIAMOND

Sir, I must have that diamond from you.—­
There, take it.
Comedy of Errors, Act v, sc. 1, l. 391. 
“Comedies”, p. 99, col.  B, line 58.

DIAMOND

A lady walled about with diamonds!
Love’s Labour’s Lost, Act v, sc. 2, l. 3. 
“Comedies”, p. 137, col.  A, line 6.

DIAMOND

A diamond gone, cost me two thousand ducats in
Frankfort!
Merchant of Venice, Act iii, sc. 1, l. 87. 
“Comedies”, p. 173, col.  A, line 62.

DIAMOND

Set this diamond safe
In golden palaces, as it becomes.
Henry VI, Pt.  I, Act v, sc. 3, l. 169. 
“Histories”, p. 116, col.  B, line 54.

DIAMOND

A heart it was, bound in with diamonds.
Henry VI, Pt, II, Act iii, sc. 2, l. 107. 
“Histories”, p. 134, col.  A, line 46.

DIAMOND

Not deck’d with diamonds and Indian stones,
Nor to be seen.
Henry VI, Pt.  III, Act iii, sc. 1, l. 63. 
“Histories”, p. 158, col.  B, line 25.

DIAMOND

One day he gives us diamonds, next day stones.
Timon of Athens, Act iii, sc. 6, l. 131. 
“Tragedies”, p. 89, col.  B, line 56.

DIAMOND

This diamond he greets your wife withal.
Macbeth, Act ii, sc. 1, l. 15. 
“Tragedies”, p. 136, col.  A, line II.

DIAMOND

Which parted thence,
As pearls from diamonds dropp’d.
King Lear, Act iv, sc. 3, l. 24. 
Omitted in First Folio.

DIAMOND

This diamond was my mother’s; take it, heart;
But keep it till you woo another wife.
Cymbeline, Act I, sc. 1, l. 112. 
“Tragedies”, p. 370, col.  A, line 45.

DIAMOND

She went before others I have seen, as that diamond of
yours outlustres many I have beheld.
Cymbeline, Act i, sc. 4, l. 78. 
“Tragedies”, p. 372, col.  A, line 53.

DIAMOND

I have not seen the most precious diamond that is, nor
you the lady.
Cymbeline, Act i, sc. 4, l. 81. 
“Tragedies”, p. 372, col.  A, line 55.