Clay, earth, dust: “temper c. with blood of Englishmen,” H6B III, 1, 311. and cast you (viz the eyes) “with the waters that you lose to temper c.” Lr. I, 4, 326. Considered as that to which man must return after death: “kings' misdeeds cannot be hid in c.” Lucr. 609. “when I perhaps compounded am with c.” Sonn. 71, 10. “this was now a king, and now is c.” John V, 7, 69. “the dead with charity enclosed in c.” H5 IV, 8, 129. “a pit of c. for to be made for such a guest,” Hml. V, 1, 104. “imperious Caesar, dead and turned to c.” Hml. V, 1, 104 -- Considered as the stuff of which man and mortal things are made: “that sweet breath which was embounded in this beauteous c.” John IV, 3, 137. “men are but gilded loam or painted c.” R2 I, 1, 179. “this foolish-compounded c., man,” H4B I, 2, 8. “this lump of c.” H6A II, 5, 14. “kingdoms are c.” Ant. I, 1, 35. “c. and c. differs in dignity,” Cymb. IV, 2, 4.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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