...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...plats the manes of horses in the night ; And bakes the elf-locks0 in foul sluttish hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes. 35— i. 4. 141 My...

...breaches, ambuscadoes — Spanish blades Of health, five fathoms deep, and then, anon. Drums in his ears, at which he starts and wakes, And being thus frighted, swears a prayer or two, And sleeps again." Hacknied as this passage is, it is yet so much to the purpose that we cannot avoid quoting it. We have...

...sight, Some of husbands, some of lovers, Which un empty dream discovers.* Such is Mab ; who Plaits the manes of horses in the night. And bakes the elf-locks, in foul clottish hairs. Which, once entangled, foul misfortune bodes) She may be considered the Queen of those...

...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; Romeo and Juliet 87 swears . . . two, ie to drive away devils. 89 plaits, knots. 90 bakes, mats, cakes,...

...in this state she gallops night by night, Through lovers' brains, and then they dream of love. . . . This is that very MAB, That plats the manes of horses...sluttish hairs, Which, once untangled, much misfortune bodes."1 Ben Jonson. in his " Entertainment of the Queen and Prince at Althrope," in 1603, describes...

...driveth o'er a soldier's neck; And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats, Of breaches, ambuscados, Spanish blades, Of healths five fathom deep; and then...or two And sleeps again. This is that very Mab That plaits the manes of horses in the night And bakes the elf-locks in foul sluttish hairs, *> Which once...

...patrons. Shakespeare may have intended a parody of such passages when he has Mercutio say of Queen Mab: 60 This is | that very Mab That plats the manes of hor|ses in | the night, And bakes the elf (-locks in | foul slut|tish hairs. . . . This is | the hag, when maids | lie on | their backs,...

...soldier's neck And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats, Of breaches, ambuscados, Spanish blades, 85 Of healths five fathom deep; and then anon Drums in...or two And sleeps again. This is that very Mab That plaits the manes of horses in the night 90 And bakes the elf-locks in foul sluttish hairs, Which, once...

...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...ear, at which he starts and wakes, And being thus frightened swears a prayer or two And sleeps again. This is that very Mab That plats the manes of horses...

...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...two, And sleeps again. This is that very Mab That plaits the manes of horses in the night, And bakes the elf-locks in foul sluttish hairs, so Which one...