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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 426176, member: 5833&quot;]When Mercutio explains to his companions in Romeo &amp; Juliet who Queen Mab is and describes her, &#039;agate stone&#039; is the usual type of intaglio used in a ring seal and he means to tell us just how small she is:</p><p><br /></p><p>O, then I see Queen Mab hath been with you.</p><p>She is the fairies&#039; midwife, and she comes</p><p>In shape no bigger than an agate stone</p><p>On the forefinger of an alderman,</p><p><br /></p><p>Read more at <a href="http://www.monologuearchive.com/s/shakespeare_067.html#6FdqOsSHc1x6zEbJ.99" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.monologuearchive.com/s/shakespeare_067.html#6FdqOsSHc1x6zEbJ.99" rel="nofollow">http://www.monologuearchive.com/s/shakespeare_067.html#6FdqOsSHc1x6zEbJ.99</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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