drawn
“fox—No more truth in thee than in a,”
1 HENRY IV., iii. 3. 113.
An allusion to the subtlety of the fox, which when drawn, that is, traced out by the scent and driven from cover, hunted, was
supposed to have recourse to all sorts of artifices in order to escape from his pursuers.
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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