Hey i need help putting several lines of Romeo and Juliet from old english to modern english??

I dont understand how to do it so can you please paraphrase this from old english to modern english? Thnks so much!!! :)





O'er courtiers' knees, that dream on court'sies straight,


O'er lawyers' fingers, who straight dream on fees,


O'er ladies ' lips, who straight on kisses dream,


Which 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, he of another benefice:


Sometime she 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,


And being thus frighted swears a prayer or two


And sleeps again. This is that very Mab


That plats the manes of horses in the night,


And bakes the elflocks in foul sluttish hairs,


Which once untangled, much misfortune bodes:


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:

Hey i need help putting several lines of Romeo and Juliet from old english to modern english??
mercutio is talking (in fact raving) about what people dream of when thequeen of the fairies visits them in their sleep:





(she sits on) the knees of courtiers, and they dream of bowing and courtseying;


on the fingers of lawyers, who dream of being paid;


on the lips of women, who dream of being kissed


(but queen mab gives them coldsores because they have been eating too many candies).


sometimes queen mab rides her horses over the nose of a courtier, and then he dreams of brownnosing after a bribe, sometimes she tickles the nose of a priest with a piglet's tail and he dreams of getting more money by taking over another parish. sometimes she rides her horses over the neck of a soldier which makes him dream of cutting his enemies' throats, of assualts and ambushes and spanish swords and drinking himself stupid - then suddenly the queen makes a loud noise by his ear so he wakes up terrified, says his prayers swearing and then falls asleep again ...
Reply:Wow, not a clue...sorry dude.
Reply:ok ill do the second line





lawyers are greedy and dream about money
Reply:O'er lawyers' fingers, who straight dream on fees,


over lawyers fingers, who are greedy and want money





O'er ladies ' lips, who straight on kisses dream,


over ladies lips, who dream of being kissed





Which oft the angry Mab with blisters plagues,


which an angry mob plagues with blisters





Because their breaths with sweetmeats tainted are:


because their breaths (which smells) are:





aaand now im bored...