Mercutio Sometime she driveth o'er a soldier's neck, And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats, Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades, Of healths five-fathom deep; and then anon Drums in his ear, at which he starts and wakes, And being thus frighted swears a prayer or two And sleeps again. This is that very Mab Read more about Act 1, Scene 4: Popup Note Index Item: "dreams of cutting foreign throats, of breaches... of healths"
Mercutio And sometime comes she with a tithe-pig's tail, Tickling a parson's nose as he lies asleep — Read more about Act 1, Scene 4: Popup Note Index Item: "a tithe-pig's tail"
Mercutio And sometime comes she with a tithe-pig's tail, Tickling a parson's nose as he lies asleep — Read more about Act 1, Scene 4: Popup Note Index Item: "a tithe-pig's tail"
Mercutio And in this state she gallops night by night Through lovers' brains, and then they dream of love; O'er courtiers' knees, that dream on curtsies straight; O'er lawyers' fingers, who straight dream on fees; O'er ladies ' lips, who straight on kisses dream, Read more about Act 1, Scene 4: Popup Note Index Item: "straight"
Mercutio O, then I see Queen Mab hath been with you; She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the forefinger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomi Over men's noses as they lie asleep; Her wagon spokes made of long spiders' legs; The cover of the wings of grasshoppers; Her traces of the smallest spider web; Her collars of the moonshine's wat'ry beams; Her whip of cricket's bone, the lash of film; Her wagoner a small grey-coated gnat, Not half so big as a round little worm Pricked from the lazy finger of a maid. Her chariot is an empty hazelnut Made by the joiner squirrel or old grub, Time out o' mind the fairies' coach-makers. And in this state she gallops night by night Through lovers' brains, and then they dream of love; O'er courtiers' knees, that dream on curtsies straight; O'er lawyers' fingers, who straight dream on fees; O'er ladies ' lips, who straight on kisses dream, Which oft the angry Mab with blisters plagues, Because their breaths with sweetmeats tainted are. Sometime she gallops o'er a courtier's nose, And then dreams he of smelling out a suit; And sometime comes she with a tithe-pig's tail, Tickling a parson's nose as he lies asleep — Then dreams he of another benefice. Sometime she driveth o'er a soldier's neck, And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats, Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades, Of healths five-fathom deep; and then anon Drums in his ear, at which he starts and wakes, And being thus frighted swears a prayer or two And sleeps again. This is that very Mab That plaits the manes of horses in the night, And bakes the elflocks in foul sluttish hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. This is the hag, when maids lie on their backs, That presses them and learns them first to bear, Making them women of good carriage. This is she — Romeo Mercutio Benvolio Romeo Benvolio [Exit] Read more about Act 1, Scene 4: Popup Note Index Item: The Queen Mab Speech
Mercutio O, then I see Queen Mab hath been with you; She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the forefinger of an alderman, Read more about Act 1, Scene 4: Popup Note Index Item: "Queen Mab"
