Note to Romeo and Juliet, 1.4.84: "Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades"


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Act 1, Scene 4, line 84.
When Queen Mab rides across a soldier's neck he dreams of breaches: breaching fortifications, ambuscadoes: ambushes, Spanish blades: swords made in Toledo, Spain, where the best swords were made.

Toledo, Spain
Toledo, Spain