PEAS

*Peascod*Peaseblossom* Squash*

IRIS

Ceres, most bounteous lady, thy rich leas

Of wheat, rye, barley, vetches, oats, and PEASE.

—Tempest [Act IV, sc. 1]

SECOND CARRIER

PEAS and beans are as dank here as a dog.

—Henry IV, Pt.1 [Act II, sc. 1]

BIRON

This fellow picks up wit as pigeons PEASE.

—Love’s Labour’s Lost [Act V, sc. 2]

BOTTOM

I had rather have a handful or two

of dried PEAS.

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

FOOL

That’s a shelled PEASCOD.

—King Lear [Act I, sc. 4]

TOUCHSTONE

I remember the wooing of a PEASCOD

instead of her.

—As You Like It [Act II, sc. 4]

MALVOLIO

Not yet old enough to be a man,

nor young enough for a boy;

as a SQUASH is before ’tis a PEASCOD,

or a codling when ’tis almost an apple.

—Twelfth Night [Act I, sc. 5]

HOSTESS/MISTRESS QUICKLY

I have known thee these twenty-nine years

come PEASCOD-time.

—Henry IV, Pt. 2 [Act II, sc. 4]

LEONTES

How like, methought,

I then was to this kernel,

This SQUASH, this gentleman.

—Winter’s Tale [Act I, sc. 2]

BOTTOM

I pray you, commend me to Mistress

SQUASH, your mother, and to Master

PEASCOD, your father.

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