STRAWBERRY
Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, STRAWBERRY: the strawberry grows underneath the nettle. The Bishop of Ely compares Prince Hal with the Strawberry and Falstaff with the Nettle, a dubious guard under which to flourish.
RABBIT/CONY
Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, RABBIT/CONY: There is no remedy. I must cony-catch, I must shift. Rabbits were introduced either by the Romans or the Normans but are now naturalised in the UK.
LOCUSTS (Carob)
Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, LOCUSTS (Carob): The food that to him now is as luscious as locusts shall be to him shortly as bitter as coloquintida. Carob beans are a sweet treat & famine food, and the basis for the gemstone & gold unit of measurement.