"I do remember an apothecary ...
And in his needy shop a tortoise hung,
An alligator stuff'd and other skins
Of ill-shaped fishes; and about his shelves

A beggarly account of empty boxes,
Green earthen pots, bladders, and musty seeds,
Remnants of packthread
and old cakes of roses,
Were thinly scatter'd
to make up a show. "

William Shakespeare from Romeo and Juliet