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"A weasel hath not such a deal of spleen As you are toss’d with."
"For once the eagle England being in prey, To her unguarded nest the weasel Scot Comes sneaking and so sucks her princely eggs."

Weasels are mammals of the genus Mustela of the family Mustelidae. The genus Mustela includes the least weasels, polecats, stoats, ferrets, and European mink. Members of this genus are small, active predators, with long and slender bodies and short legs. The family Mustelidae, or mustelids, is often referred to as the "weasel family". In Great Britain, the term "weasel" usually refers to the small
"A weasel hath not such a deal of spleen As you are toss’d with."
"I can suck melancholy out of a song as a weasel sucks eggs."
"“Weasels—and stoats—and foxes—and so on. They’re all right in a way—I’m very good friends with them—pass the time of day when we meet, and all that—but they break out sometimes, there’s no denying it, and then—well, you can’t really trust them, and that’s the fact.”"
"Fair was this yonge wyf, and ther-with-al As any wesele hir body gent and smal."
"Night-wand’ring weasels shriek to see him there; They fright him, yet he still pursues his fear."