...canonical, regularly we synge, rede, or saye in the chirche (OED). | 1592 Shakesp., Rom. I, iv, 17, Sometime she gallops o'er a courtier's nose, And then dreams he of smelling out a suit. | Idem II, v, 4, nightly she sings on yon . . . tree. | Idem I, iv, 70, And in this state she gallops...

...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 'a lies asleep; to Then he dreams...

...who straight on kisses dream, 75 Which oft the angry Mab with blisters plagues Because their breaths with sweetmeats tainted are. Sometimes she gallops...nose And then dreams he of smelling out a suit; And sometime comes she with a tithe-pig's tail, 80 Tickling a parson's nose as a lies asleep; Then dreams...

...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 'a lies asleep — Then dreams...

...the following lines are omitted from the Queen Mab speech in most of the texts examined: And sometime comes she with a tithe-pig's tail Tickling a parson's nose as 'a lies asleep, Then he dreams of another benefice. . . . This is that very Mab That plats the manes of horses in the night...

...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 'a lies asleep; Then he dreams...

...oft the angry Mab with blisters plagues, Because their breaths with sweetmeats tainted are: Sometime of war sometime comes she with a tithe-pig's tail Tickling a parson's nose as 'a lies asleep, Then dreams...

...lips, who straight on kisses dream, Which oft the angry Mab with blisters plagues, Because their breath with sweetmeats tainted are. Sometimes she gallops...nose, And then dreams he of smelling out a suit;— finding a petitioner who will buy his influence And sometimes comes she with a tithe pig's tail Tickling...

...courtiers to dream of suits, parsons of tithe pigs, and soldiers of the acts and accoutrements of war: Sometimes she gallops o'er a courtier's nose. And...nose as 'a lies asleep; Then dreams he of another benefice. Sometimes she driveth o'er a soldier's neck. And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats....

...and not himself. When he kills himself it is to be reunited with her. Mercutio A visit from Queen Mab Sometimes she gallops o'er a courtier's nose, And...nose as a' lies asleep, Then dreams he of another benefice; , , ... Act i Scm Mercutio Mercutio is one of the most likeable characters in the play, He...