Mercutio

Question 1

MERCUTIO
Nay gentle

Answer 1

MERCUTIO
Nay gentle Romeo, we must have you dance.

Question 2

You are a lover;

Answer 2

You are a lover; borrow Cupid’s wings,
And soar with them above a common bound.

Question 3

And to sink in

Answer 3

And to sink in it should you burden love;
Too great oppression for a tender thing

Question 4

If love be

Answer 4

If love be rough with you, be rough with love.
Prick love for pricking, and you beat love down.

Question 5

And in this

Answer 5

And in this state she gallops night by night
Through lovers’ brains, and then they dream of love;

Question 6

On courtiers’ knees

Answer 6

On courtiers’ knees, that dream on curtsies straight;

Question 7

O’er lawyers’ fingers

Answer 7

O’er lawyers’ fingers, who straight dream on fees;

Question 8

O’er ladies lips,

Answer 8

O’er ladies’ lips, who straight on kisses dream,
Which oft the angry Mab with blisters plagues,
Because their breaths with sweetmeats tainted are.

Question 9

Tickling a

Answer 9

Tickling a parson’s nose as he lies asleep,
Then he dreams of another benefice.

Question 10

Sometime she driveth

Answer 10

Sometime she driveth o’er a soldier’s neck,
And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats,

Question 11

This is the hag

Answer 11

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.