OXLIP

PERDITA

Bold OXLIPS,

The crown imperial.

—Winter’s Tale [Act IV, sc. 4]

SONG [BOY]

OXLIPS in their cradles growing.

—-Two Noble Kinsmen [Act I, sc. 1]

OBERON

I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,

Where OXLIPS and

the nodding violet grows.

—A Midsummer Night’s Dream [Act II, sc. 1]