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In King Lear, Act ii., Scene 4, the Fool remarks:—

In Macbeth, Act iv., Scene 2, Lady Macduff applies the word monkey as an epithet to her precocious son:—

Again, in Othello, Act iv., Scene I, Cassio says:—

With regard to Apes and Baboons, it is possible that some of the former mentioned by Shakspeare belong to the family Simiidæ; but as in Hamlet, Act iv. Scene I, he distinctly refers to an Ape with a cheek-pouch, it will be sufficient for our purpose to class the Apes with the Baboons in the family Cynopithecidæ.

See also Love's Labour Lost, Act iv., Scene 2, and Act v., Scene 2.