Note to Hamlet, 1.3.115: "springes to catch woodcocks"


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In the engraving below two springes are depicted. A hunter is removing a woodcock from the one on the left, and a woodcock is about to step into the one on the right.


Woodcock Hunt, c.1578
Source: Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts