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" Mrs. Page. There is an old tale goes, that Herne the hunter, Sometime a keeper here in Windsor forest, Doth all the winter time, at still midnight, Walk round about an oak, with great ragg'd horns ; And there he blasts the tree, and takes the cattle8;... "
The dramatic works of William Shakspeare, from the text of Johnson, Stevens ... - Page 43
by William Shakespeare - 1851
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The Etymological Compendium: Or, Portfolio of Origins and Inventions

William Pulleyn - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1853 - 474 pages
...frolic with Sir John Falstaff, is the tradition attached to it, which Mrs. Page thus relates : — " There is an old tale goes, that Herne the hunter,...he blasts the tree, and takes the cattle, And makes milch kyne yield blood, and shakes a chain In a most hideous and dreadful manner: You have heard of...
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The family Shakespeare [expurgated by T. Bowdler]. in ..., Part 64, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1853 - 552 pages
...I too. Mrs. Ford. Devise but how you'll use him when he comes, And let us two devise to bring Tiim thither. Mrs. Page. There is an old tale goes, that...great ragg'd horns ; And there he blasts the tree, and takes4 the cattle; And makes milch-kine yield blood, and shakes a chain In a most hideous and dreadful...
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The Works of Shakespeare: The Text Regulated by the Recently ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853 - 442 pages
...flesh is punished, he shall have no desires. Page. So think I too. Mrs. Ford. Devise but how you 'll use him when he comes, And let us two devise to bring...the winter time, at still midnight, Walk round about the oak. with great ragg'd horns ; And there he blasls the trees, and takes3 the eattle ; And makes...
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Windsor Castle: An Historical Romance

William Harrison Ainsworth - Great Britain - 1853 - 264 pages
...about ! Search Windsor Castle, elves, within and out." SQAK3PEA&E. — M1;iu<Y WlTES Ot "WINDSOR. " There is an old tale goes, that Herne the Hunter,...great ragg'd horns, And there he blasts the tree. You have heard of such a spirit ; and weil know The superstitious idle-headed eld Received, and did...
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English Forests and Forest Trees, Historical, Legendary, and Descriptive

England - 1853 - 420 pages
...Shakspeare as the scene of Herne the Hunter's unamiable exploits : — HERNE'S OAK NOW STANDING. " There is an old tale goes that Herne the Hunter, Sometime...still midnight Walk round about an oak with great ragged horns. And then he blasts the tree and takes the cattle, And makes milch kine yield blood, and...
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English Forests and Forest Trees, Historical, Legendary, and Descriptive

England - 1853 - 428 pages
...scene of Herne the Hunter's unamiable exploits : — M'liT VJ/;v^- .-^v*^ HERNE'S OAK NOW STANDING. * There is an old tale goes that Herne the Hunter, Sometime...still midnight Walk round about an oak with great ragged horns. And then he blasts the tree and takes the cattle, And makes milch kine yield blood, and...
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Comprising His Lays and Poems ...

William Shakespeare - 1855 - 1088 pages
...slmll have no desires. Page. So think I too. [he comee, Mrs. Ford. Devise but how you'll use him when ose, if trees, and ' takes the caltle ; And makes milch-kine yield blood, and shakes a chain In a most hideous...
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Flowers and Flower-gardens

David Lester Richardson - Floriculture - 1855 - 296 pages
...Herne's Oak, as every one knows, is immortalised by Shakespeare, who has spread its fame over many lands. There is an old tale goes that Herne the hunter, Sometime...oak, with great ragg'd horns, And there he blasts the trees, and takes the cattle ; And makes milch cows yield blood, and shakes a chain In a most hideous...
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The Merry Wives of Windsor: A Comedy. In Five Acts

William Shakespeare - English drama - 1855 - 88 pages
...Mrs. Ford. Devise but how you'll use him when he comes, And let us two devise to bring him hither. Mrs Page. There is an old tale goes, that Herne, the...still midnight, Walk round about an oak, with great ragged horns ; And makes mileh kine yield blood, and shakes a chain In a most hideous and dreadful...
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The dramatic works of William Shakspere, from the text of Johnson, Stevens ...

William Shakespeare - 1856 - 996 pages
...should not come; methinks, his flesh is punished, he shall have no desires. Page. So think I too. Mn. han that they spoke of. Page. How! to send him word...never rome. Era. \ on say, he has been thrown in the ragg'a horns ; [cattle ; And there he blasts the tree, and takes* the And makes milch-kine yield blood,...
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