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Queen, subst. a female sovereign, or the consort of a king: Sonn. 96, 5. Tp. I, 2, 449. II, 1, 75. II, 1, 75 III, 2, 115. V, 150. LLL II, 8. IV, 1, 125. Mids. I, 1, 173. H6A V, 3, 111. H6B I, 1, 12 etc. etc. “q. of love,” Ven. 251; cf. Ven. 251 “beauty's q.” Pilgr. 46. “the q. o'the sky,” Tp. IV, 70. Tp. IV, 70 “q. of night,” Gent. IV, 2, 100. As III, 2, 2. “the fairy q.” Wiv. IV, 4, 71. IV, 6, 20. V, 5, 50. Mids. II, 1, 8 etc. “Dian no q. of virgins,” All's I, 3, 119. “Juno, that is q. of marriage,” Per. II, 3, 30. “Phoebus' lute, the q. of music,” Pilgr. 112. “that miracle and q. of gems,” Tw. II, 4, 88. “she is the q. of curds and cream,” Wint. IV, 4, 161. “q. o' the feast,” Per. II, 3, 17. “O q. of --s,” LLL IV, 3, 41. H8 II, 4, 141. III, 2, 95. “all your acts are --s,” Wint. IV, 4, 146. “Henry's q.” H6A V, 3, 117 (== his royal consort). H6C IV, 1, 102. “Menelaus' q.” H6C IV, 1, 102. “the q. of Ptolemy,” Ant. I, 4, 6. “q. to the worthy Leontes,” Wint. III, 2, 12. “the turtle and his q.” Phoen. 31. “my q.” Mids. III, 2, 375. IV, 1, 80. Wint. I, 2, 27. H6A V, 5, 51. H6C II, 6, 90. III, 2, 88. III, 2, 88 H8 III, 2, 405. V, 1, 168. Hml. I, 2, 8. Per. III Prol. 40 etc. Used as a flattering compellation to other women: Merch. II, 1, 12. All's I, 1, 116. Cymb. I, 1, 92. I, 3, 5. == mistress: “these mine eyes, true leaders to their q.” Ven. 503. “of either's colour was the other q.” Lucr. 66. “his fancy's q.” Tw. V, 397. “but now I was q. o'er myself,” Merch. III, 2, 171. “she was a q. over her passion,” Lr. IV, 3, 15.
Adjectively: his q. mother == his royal mother, Hml. III, 1, 190.
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