Shakespeare and Precious Stones

Chapter 6

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 outl.u.s.tres 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.

DIAMOND

I shall but lend my diamond till your return.

_Cymbeline_, Act. i, sc. 4, l. 153.

"Tragedies", p. 372, col. B, line 59.

DIAMOND

My ten thousand ducats are yours; so is your diamond too.

_Cymbeline_, Act i, sc. 4, l. 163.

"Tragedies", p. 373, col. A, line 1.

DIAMOND

It must be married To that your diamond.

_Cymbeline_, Act ii, sc. 4, l. 98.

"Tragedies", p. 389 [379], col. A, lines 42, 43.

DIAMOND

That diamond upon your finger, say, How came it yours?

_Cymbeline_, Act v, sc. 5, l. 137.

"Tragedies", p. 396, col. A, line 51.

DIAMOND

To me he seems like diamond to gla.s.s.

_Pericles_, Act ii, sc. 3, l. 36.

Third Folio, 1664, p. 7, col. B, line 38; separate pagination.

DIAMOND

You shall, like diamonds, sit about his crown.

_Pericles_, Act ii, sc. 4, l. 53.

Third Folio, 1664, p. 8, col. B, line 42.

DIAMOND

The diamonds of a most praised water Do appear, to make the world twice rich.

_Pericles_, Act iii, sc. 2, l. 102.

Third Folio, 1664, p. 11, col. B, line 13.