SEDGE

SECOND SERVANT

And Cytherea all in SEDGES hid,

Which seem to move and wanton with her breath,

Even as the waving SEDGES play with wind.

—Taming of the Shrew [Induction, sc. 2]

IRIS

You nymphs, called Naiads, of the winding brooks,

With your SEDGED crowns

and ever-harmless looks.

—Tempest [Act IV, sc. 1]

JULIA

He makes sweet music with the enamell’d stones,

Giving a gentle kiss to every SEDGE

He overtaketh in his pilgrimage . . .

—Two Gentlemen of Verona [Act II, sc. 7]

BENEDICK

Alas, poor hurt fowl! now will

he creep into SEDGES.

—Much Ado About Nothing [Act II, sc. 1]

HOTSPUR

The gentle Severn’s SEDGY bank.

—Henry IV, Pt. 1 [Act I, sc. 3]