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PrologueEnter CHORUS The CHORUS enters.

CHORUS

Two households, both alike in dignity

(In fair Verona, where we lay our scene),

From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,

Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.

From forth the fatal loins of these two foes

! "air of star#crossed lovers take their life,

Whose misadventured "iteous overthrows

$oth with their death bury their "arents% strife.

The fearful "assage of their death#marked love

&' !nd the continuance of their "arents% rage,

Which, but their childrens end, naught could remove,

Is now the two hours% traffic of our stageThe which, if you with "atient ears attend, What

here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.

CHORUS

ExitIn the beautiful city of Verona, where our story

takes "lace, a long#standing hatred between two

families eru"ts into new violence, and citi*ens

stain their hands with the blood of their fellow

citi*ens. Two unlucky children of these enemy

families become lovers and commit suicide. Their

unfortunate deaths "ut an end to their "arents%

feud. For the ne+t two hours, we will watch the

story of their doomed love and their "arents%

anger, which nothing but the childrens deaths

could sto". If you listen to us "atiently, well make

u" for everything weve left out in this "rologueonstage.

Act 1, Scene 1Enter SAMPSON and GREGORY of the house of

Capulet, with swords and bucklers

SAMPSON and GREGORY , servants of the

Capulet family, enter carrying swords and small

SAMPSON

regory, on my word, well not carry coals.

shields.

SAMPSON

regory, I swear, we cant let them humiliate us.

GREGORY

-o, for then we should be colliers.

We wont take their garbage.

GREGORY

(teasing !/01- ) -o, because then wed be

SAMPSON

I mean, an we be in choler, well draw.

garbagemen.

SAMPSON

What I mean is, if they make us angry well "ull

GREGORY

!y, while you live, draw your neck out of collar.

out our swords.

GREGORY

/aybe you should focus on "ulling yourself out of

SAMPSON

I strike 2uickly, being moved. trouble,am"son.

SAMPSON

I hit hard when Im angry.

GREGORY

3ut thou art not 2uickly moved to strike.

GREGORY

3ut its hard to make you angry.

SAMPSON

! dog of the house of /ontague moves me.

SAMPSON

1ne of those dogs from the /ontague house can

GREGORY

To move is to stir, and to be valiant is to stand.

Therefore if thou art moved thou runnst away.

make me angry.

GREGORY

!ngry enough to run away. 4ou wont stand and

fight.





SAMPSON

&' ! dog of that house shall move me to stand. I willtake the wall of any man or maid of /ontagues.

SAMPSON

! dog from that house will make me angry enough to

take a stand. If I "ass one of them on the street, Ill

take the side closer to the wall and let him walk in the

gutter.

Act 1, Scene 1, Page 2

GREGORY

SAMPSON

%Tis true, and therefore women, being the weaker

vessels, are ever thrust to the wall. Therefore I will "ush

/ontagues men from the wall, and thrust his maids to

the wall.

GREGORY

The 2uarrel is between our masters and us their men.

SAMPSON

%Tis all one. I will show myself a tyrant. When I have

fought with the men, I will be civil with the maids. I will

cut off their heads.

GREGORY

The heads of the maids5

SAMPSON

!y, the heads of the maids, or their maidenheads.

Take it in what sense thou wilt.

GREGORY

6 They must take it in sense that feel it.

GR

The7se

SAMPSON

/e they shall feel while I am able to stand, and tis

known I am a "retty "iece of flesh.

SA

The

9ve

GREGORY

%Tis well thou art not fish. If thou hadst, thou hadst been

"oor#:ohn.

GR

Its

4ou

Enter ABRAM and another SERVINGMAN A

$raw thy tool; <ere comes of the house of /ontagues. 0ul

hou

SAMPSON =' /y naked wea"on is out. >uarrel; I will back thee.

Act 1, Scene 1, Page

SAI ha

GREGORY

<ow5 Turn thy back and run5

GR

<ow

and

SAMPSON

Fear me not.

SA

$on

GREGORY

-o, marry. I fear thee.

GR

-o,That shows thee a weak slave, for the

weakest goes to the wall.

GREGORY

That means youre the weak one, because

weaklings get "ushed u" against the wall.

SAMPSON

?et us take the law of our sides. ?et them begin.

SAMPSON

?ets not break the law by starting a fight. ?et

GREGORY

SAMPSON

-ay, as they dare. I will bite my thumb at them, which is

a disgrace to them, if they bear it. (bites his thumb)

A!RAM

$o you bite your thumb at us, sir5

SAMPSON

I do bite my thumb, sir.

A!RAM

$o you bite your thumb at us, sir5

A

!

SAMPSON

@' (aside to A91A4 )

Is the law of our side if I say 7ay85

S

(a

sa

GREGORY (aside to !/01- )

-o.

G(a

SAMPSON

-o, sir. I do not bite my thumb at you, sir, but I bite my

thumb, sir.

S

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yo

GREGORY

@ $o you 2uarrel, sir5

G

!





A!RAM

>uarrel, sir5 -o, sir.

Act 1, Scene 1, Page "SAMPSON

3ut if you do, sir, I am for you. I serve as good a man as

you.

A!RAM

-o better.

SAMPSON

Well, sir.

Enter BENVOLIO

GREGORY ' (aside to !/01- ) ay 7better.8 <ere comes one of

my masters kinsmen.

SAMPSON

(to !3A!/ ) 4es, better, sir.

A!RAM

4ou lie.

SAMPSON

$raw, if you be men.regory, remember thy washing

blow.

They fight

= I will frown as I "ass by, and let them take it as they

list.

them start something.

GREGORY

Ill frown at them as they "ass by, and they can react

however they want.





!EN#O$%O

(draws his sword) 0art, fools;

0ut u" your swords. 4ou know not what you do.

!EN#O$%O

do

Enter TYBALT

TY!A$T

What, art thou drawn among these heartless hinds5 Turn

thee, 3envolio. ?ook u"on thy death.

Act 1, Scene 1, Page &

T

W

th

a

!EN#O$%O

I do but kee" the "eace. 0ut u" thy sword,

1r manage it to "art these men with me.

!

I

yo

TY!A$T

B' What, drawn, and talk of "eace5 I hate the word, !s

I hate hell, all /ontagues, and thee.

<ave at thee, coward;

T

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hco

They fight Enter three or four CITIZENS , with

clubs or partisans

C%T%'ENS

Clubs, bills, and "artisans; trike; 3eat them down;

$own with the Ca"ulets; $own with the /ontagues;

C

D

d

/

Enter old CAPULET in his gown, and his wife, LADY

CAPULET

CAPU$ET

B What noise is this5 ive me my long sword, ho;

C

W

o

$A(Y CAPU$ET

! crutch, a crutch; Why call you for a sword5

$

!

fo

Enter old MONTAGUE and his wife, LADY

MONTAGUE d

CAPU$ET

/y sword, I say; 1ld /ontague is come, !nd

flourishes his blade in s"ite of me.

C

I w

w

MONTAGUE

Thou villain Ca"ulet; <old me not. ?et me go.

M

Cst

$A(Y MONTAGUE

E' Thou shalt not stir one foot to seek a foe.

Act 1, Scene 1, Page )

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4

Enter PRINCE ESCALUS , with his train



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( pulling out his sword ) 3reak it u", you fools. 0ut your

swords away. 4ou dont know what youre

PR%NCE

Aebellious sub:ects, enemies to "eace,

0rofaners of this neighbor#staind steel;

PR%NCE

(shouting at the rioters) 4ou rebels; 9nemies of

the "eace; /en who turn their wea"ons against

Will they not hear5What, ho; 4ou men, you

beasts,

That 2uench the fire of your "ernicious rage

E With "ur"le fountains issuing from your

veins,1n "ain of torture, from those bloody hands

Throw your mistem"ered wea"ons to

the ground, !nd hear the sentence of

your movd "rince.

Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word,

G' 3y thee, old Ca"ulet, and /ontague,

<ave thrice disturbed the 2uiet of our streets

!nd made Veronas ancient citi*ens

Cast by their grave#beseeming ornaments,

To wield old "artisans in hands as

old, G Cankered with "eace, to "art your

cankered hate.

If ever you disturb our streets again,

4our lives shall "ay the forfeit of

the "eace. For this time, all the

rest de"art away.

4ou, Ca"ulet, shall go along with me,

H' !nd, /ontague, come you this afternoon

To know our farther "leasure in this case,

Exeunt all but MONTAGUE , LADY

MONTAGUE , and BENVOLIO

MONTAGUE

Who set this ancient 2uarrel new abroach5

H "eak, ne"hew. Were you by when it began5

Act 1, Scene 1, Page *

!EN#O$%O

<ere were the servants of your adversary,

!nd yours, close fighting ere I did

a""roach.

I drew to "art them. In the instant came

The fiery Tybalt, with his sword "re"ared,

&'' Which, as he breathed defiance to my ears,

<e swung about his head and cut the winds,

Who, nothing hurt withal, hissed him in scorn.

While we were interchanging thrusts and blows,

Came more and more and fought on "art and "art,

&' Till the 0rince came, who "arted either "art.

!

4

s

"

s

a

!

"

0

$A(Y MONTAGUE

1h, where is Aomeo5 aw you him today5

Aight glad I am he was not at this fray.

$

1

I

To old Free#town, our common :udgment#

"lace. 1nce more, on "ain of death, all men

de"art. their own neighborsThey wont

listen to me5 4ou there; 4ou men, you

beasts, who satisfy your anger with

fountains of each others% blood; Ill have you

tortured if you dont "ut down your swords

and listen to your angry "rince.

( /1-T!D9, C!0D?9T, and their

followers throw down their weapons) Three

times now riots have broken out in this city,

all because of a casual word from you, old

Ca"ulet and /ontague. Three times the

"eace has been disturbed in our streets, and

Veronas old citi*ens have had to take off

their dress clothes and "ick u" rusty old

s"ears to "art you. If you ever cause a

disturbance on our streets again, youll "ay

for it with your lives. 9veryone else, go away

for now. (to C!0D?9T) 4ou, Ca"ulet, come

with me. (to /1-T!D9) /ontague, this

afternoon come to old Free#town, the courtwhere I deliver :udgments, and Ill tell you

what else I want from you. !s for the rest of

you, Ill say this once more go away or be

"ut to death.

!EN#O$%O

/adam, an hour before the worshi""ed sun

0eered forth the golden window of the east,

&&' ! troubled mind drove me to walk abroad,

Where, underneath the grove of

sycamore That westward rooteth

from this city side, o early walking

did I see your son. Towards him I



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made, but he was %ware of me && !nd stole into

the covert of the wood.

I, measuring his affections by my own,

Which then most sought where most might not be

found,

!EN#O$%O

/adam, I had a lot on my mind an hour before dawn

this morning, so I went for a walk. Dnderneath the

ycamore grove that grows on the west side of the

city, I saw your son taking an early#morning walk. I

headed toward him, but he saw me coming and hid in

the woods. I thought he must be feeling the same way

I waswanting to be alone and tired of his own

com"any. I figured he was avoiding me, and I was

"erfectly ha""y to leave him alone and kee" to myself.

3eing one too many by my weary self,

&6' 0ursued my humor not "ursuing his, !ndgladly shunned who gladly fled from me.

MONTAGUE

/any a morning hath he there been seen,

With tears augmenting the fresh mornings dew,

!dding to clouds more clouds with his dee" sighs.

3ut all so soon as the all#cheering sun

&6 hould in the farthest east begin to draw

The shady curtains from !uroras bed,

!way from light steals home my heavy son,

MONTAGUE

Act 1, Scene 1, Page + !nd "rivate in his chamber "ens himself,

huts u" his windows, locks fair daylight

out, &=' !nd makes himself an artificial night.

3lack and "ortentous must this humor "rove

Dnless good counsel may the cause remove.

<e

his

andof h

som

!EN#O$%O

/y noble uncle, do you know the cause5

!E

/y

wa

MONTAGUE

I neither know it nor can learn of him.

MO

I do

!EN#O$%O

&= <ave you im"ortuned him by any means5

!E

<a

tell

MONTAGUE

3oth by myself and many other friends.3ut he, his own affections% counselor,

Is to himselfI will not say how true,

3ut to himself so secret and so close,

&@' o far from sounding and discovery,

!s is the bud bit with an envious worm,

9re he can s"read his sweet leaves to the

air, 1r dedicate his beauty to the same.

Could we but learn from whence his sorrows grow.

&@ We would as willingly give cure as know.

MO

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him

and

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ow

o"e

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hel

sad

Enter ROMEO

!EN#O$%O ee, where he comes. o "lease you, ste" aside.

Ill know his grievance or be much denied.

!E?oo

ste

wro

MONTAGUE

I would thou wert so ha""y by thy stay

To hear true shrift.Come, madam, lets away.

MO

I ho

by

let

Exeunt MONTAGUE and LADY MONTAGUE

Act 1, Scene 1, Page !EN#O$%O !E

<es been seen there many mornings, crying

tears that add dro"s to the morning dew and

making a cloudy day cloudier with his sighs. 3ut

as soon as the sun rises in the east, my sad son

comes home to esca"e the light.



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ROMEO

Why, such is loves transgression.riefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast,

&' ood morrow, cousin. o

ROMEO

Is the day so young5

RO

Is i

!EN#O$%O

3ut new struck nine.

!E

Its

ROMEO

!y me; ad hours seem long.

Was that my father that went hence so fast5

RO

1h

Wa

!EN#O$%O

It was. What sadness lengthens Aomeos hours5

!E

It w

so ROMEO

-ot having that which, having, makes them short.

RO

I do

!EN#O$%O

& In love5

!E

4o

ROMEO

1ut.

RO

1u

!EN#O$%O

1f love5

!E

1u

ROMEO

1ut of her favor, where I am in love.

RO

I lo

!EN#O$%O

!las, that love, so gentle in his view,

&B' hould be so tyrannous and rough in "roof;

!E

Its

act

ROMEO

!las, that love, whose view is muffled still,

hould, without eyes, see "athways to his will;

Where shall we dine51 me; What fray was here5

4et tell me not, for I have heard it all.

&B <eres much to do with hate but more with love.

Why then, 1 brawling love, 1 loving hate,

1 anything of nothing first created;

1 heavy lightness, serious vanity,

/issha"en chaos of well#seeming forms;

&E' Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health,

till#waking slee", that is not what it is;

This love feel I, that feel no love in this.

$ost thou not laugh5

Act 1, Scene 1, Page 1-

RO

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but

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hat

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!EN#O$%O

-o, co*, I rather wee".

!E

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ROMEO

ood heart, at what5

!EN#O$%O

&E !t thy good hearts o""ression.

Which thou wilt "ro"agate, to have it "ressed ROMEO4es, this is what love does. /y sadness sits heavy in

my chest, and you want to add your own sadness to

mine so theres even more. I With more of

thine. This love that thou hast shown &G' $oth add

more grief to too much of mine own.

?ove is a smoke raised with the fume of sighsJ

3eing "urged, a fire s"arkling in lovers%

eyesJ 3eing ve+ed, a sea nourished with loving

tears. What is it else5 ! madness most discreet,

&G ! choking gall, and a "reserving sweet.

Farewell, my co*.

have too much sadness already, and now youre going

to make me sadder by feeling sorry for you. <ereswhat love is a smoke made out of lovers% sighs. When

the smoke clears, love is a fire burning in your lovers

eyes. If you frustrate love, you get an ocean made out

of lovers% tears.

o

!EN#O$%O

oft; I will go along.

!nd if you leave me so, you do me wrong.

!E

Wa

you

ROMEO

Tut, I have lost myself. I am not here.

This is not Aomeo. <es some other where.

RO

Im

he

!EN#O$%O

&H' Tell me in sadness, who is that you love.

!E

Tel

ROMEO

What, shall I groan and tell thee5

RO

e

!EN#O$%O

roan; Why, no. 3ut sadly, tell me who.


!E

ro

ROMEO

! sick man in sadness makes his will, !

word ill urged to one that is so ill.

&H In sadness, cousin, I do love a woman.

RO

4o

ma

e

!EN#O$%O

I aimed so near when I su""osed you loved.

!E

I gu

in l

ROMEO

! right good markman; !nd shes fair I love.

RO

The

is b

!EN#O$%O

! right fair mark, fair co*, is soonest hit.

!E

! bfas

ROMEO

Well, in that hit you miss. hell not be hit

6'' With Cu"ids arrow. he hath $ians wit.

!nd, in strong "roof of chastity well armed

From loves weak childish bow, she lives

uncharmed.

he will not stay the siege of loving terms,

6' -or bide th% encounter of assailing eyes, -or

o"e her la" to saint#seducing gold.

1h, she is rich in beauty, only "oor

That when she dies, with beauty dies her store.

RO

We

be

and

be

lov

loo

rec

she

bea

!EN#O$%O

Then she hath sworn that she will still live chaste5

!E

o

What else is love5 Its a wise form of madness.

Its a sweet lo*enge that you choke on.

ROMEO

he hath, and in that s"aring makes huge waste,

ROMEO



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only to talk about it now.

!EN#O$%O

3e ruled by me. Forget to think of her.

ROMEO

1, teach me how I should forget to think;

Act 1, Scene 1, Page 12!EN#O$%O

3y giving liberty unto thine eyes.

9+amine other beauties.

ROMEO

%Tis the way

66' To call hers e+2uisite, in 2uestion more.

These ha""y masks that kiss fair ladies%

brows, 3eing black, "uts us in mind they hide the

fair.

<e that is strucken blind cannot forget The

"recious treasure of his eyesight lost.

66 how me a mistress that is "assing fairJ

What doth her beauty serve but as a note

Where I may read who "assed that "assing fair5

Farewell. Thou canst not teach me to forget.!EN#O$%O

Ill "ay that doctrine or else die in debt.

Exeunt

Act 1, Scene 2Enter CAPULET , County PARIS , and PETER , a

servant

CAPU$ET

3ut /ontague is bound as well as I,

In "enalty alike. !nd tis not hard, I think,

For men so old as we to kee" the "eace.

CAPU$ET

(continuing a conversation)

sworn an oath :ust like I have, and hes under the

same "enalty. I dont think it will be hard for men

as old as we are to kee" the "eace.

PAR%S

1f honorable reckoning are you both. !nd "ity tis you lived at odds so long.

3ut now, my lord, what say you to my suit5

PAR%S

4ou both have honorable re"utations, and its toobad youve been enemies for so long. 3ut what do

you say to my re2uest5

CAPU$ET

3ut saying o%er what I have said before.

/y child is yet a stranger in the world.

he hath not seen the change of fourteen years.

&' ?et two more summers wither in their "ride 9re

we may think her ri"e to be a bride.

CAPU$ET

I can only re"eat what Ive said before. /y

daughter is still very young. hes not even

fourteen years old. ?ets wait two more summers

before we start thinking shes ready to get

married.

PAR%S PAR%S

4es she has, and by kee"ing celibate, she

6&' For beauty, starved with her severity,Cuts beauty off from all "osterity. he is

too fair, too wise, wisely too fair, To merit

bliss by making me des"air. he hath

forsworn to love, and in that vow 6& $o I live

dead that live to tell it now. wastes her

beauty. If you starve yourself of se+ you cant

ever have children, and so your beauty is lost

to future generations. hes too beautiful and

too wise to deserve heavens blessing by

making me des"air. hes sworn off love, and

that "romise has left me alive but dead, living



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!EN#O$%O

@ Tut man, one fire burns out anothers burning.

1ne "ain is lessened by anothers anguish.

Turn giddy, and be hel"ed by backward turning.1ne des"erate grief cures with anothers

languish. Take thou some new infection to thy

eye, ' !nd the rank "oison of the old will die.

4ounger than she are ha""y mothers made. irls younger than she often marry and become

ha""y mothers.

CAPU$ET

!nd too soon marred are those so early made.

9arth hath swallowed all my ho"es but she.

hes the ho"eful lady of my earth.

3ut woo her, gentle 0aris, get her heart.

/y will to her consent is but a "art.

!n she agreed within her sco"e of

choice, ?ies my consent and fair

according voice.

This night I hold an old accustomed feast,

Whereto I have invited many a guest

uch as I love. !nd you among the store,

1ne more, most welcome, makes my number more.

!t my "oor house look to behold this night

9arth#treading stars that make dark heaven light.


CAPU$ET

irls who marry so young grow u" too soon. 3ut

go ahead and charm her, gentle 0arisJ make her

love you. /y "ermission is only "art of her

decision. If she agrees to marry you, my blessing

and fair words will confirm her choice. Tonight Im

having a feast that weve celebrated for many

years. Ive invited many of my closest friends, andId like to welcome you and add you to the guest

list. !t my humble house tonight, you can e+"ect

to see da**ling stars that walk on the ground and

light the sky from below.

uch comfort as do lusty young men feel

When well#a""areled !"ril on the heel

1f lim"ing winter treads. 9ven such delight

!mong fresh fennel buds shall you this night

Inherit at my house. <ear all, all see,

!nd like her most whose merit most shall be

Which on more view of many, mine, being one, /ay

stand in number, though in reckoning none, Come,

go with me.

4oull be delighted by young women as fresh as

s"ring flowers. ?ook at anyone you like, andchoose whatever woman seems best to you.

1nce you see a lot of girls, you might not think my

daughters the best anymore. Come along with

me.

(to 09T9A, giving him a paper)

o, sirrah, trudge about

Through fair Verona. Find those "ersons out Whose

names are written there, and to them say/y house and welcome on their "leasure stay.

Exeunt CAPULET and PARIS

PETER

Find them out whose names are written here5 It is

written, that the shoemaker should meddle with his

yard and the tailor with his last, the fisher with his

"encil and the "ainter with his nets. 3ut I am sent to

find those "ersons whose names are here writ, and can

never find what names the writing "erson hath here

writ. I must to the learned in good time;

Enter BENVOLIO and ROMEO

!EN#O$%O

(to A1/91 ) Come on, man. 4ou can "ut out

one fire by starting another. ! new "ain will

make the one you already have seem less. If

you make yourself di**y, you can cure

yourself by s"inning back around in the

o""osite direction. ! new grief will "ut the old

one out of your mind. /ake yourself lovesick

by ga*ing at some new girl, and

your old lovesickness will be cured.

Act 1, Scene 2, Page ROMEO

4our "lantain leaf is e+cellent for that.

ROMEO

The "lantain leaf is e+cellent for that.

!EN#O$%O

For what, I "ray thee5

!EN#O$%O

For what, Aomeo5

ROMEO

For your broken shin.

ROMEO

For when you cut your shin.

!EN#O$%O

Why Aomeo, art thou mad5

!EN#O$%O

What5 Aomeo, are you cra*y5





ROMEO

-ot mad, but bound more than a madman is, hutu" in "rison, ke"t without my food,

Whi""ed and tormented andood e%en, good fellow.

ROMEO

Im not cra*y, but Im tied u" tighter than a mental"atient in a strait:acket. Im locked u" in a "rison

and de"rived of food. Im whi""ed and tortured

(to 09T9A ) ood evening, good fellow.

PETER

od %i% good e%en. I "ray, sir, can you read5

PETER

/ay od give you a good evening. 9+cuse me,

sir, do you know how to read5

ROMEO

!y, mine own fortune in my misery.

ROMEO

I can read my own fortune in my misery.

PETER

B' 0erha"s you have learned it without book. 3ut I "ray, can

you read anything you see5

PETER

0erha"s youve learned from life and not from

books. 3ut "lease tell me, can you read anything

you see5

ROMEO

!y, if I know the letters and the language.

ROMEO

4es, if I know the language and the letters.

PETER

4e say honestly. Aest you merry.

PETER

I see. Well, thats an honest answer . <ave a nice

day.

ROMEO

tay, fellow. I can read. (he reads the letter)

B 7eigneur /artino and his wife and daughtersJ

County !nselme and his beauteous sistersJ

The lady widow of VitruvioJ

eigneur 0lacentio and his lovely niecesJ

/ercutio and his brother ValentineJE' /ine uncle Ca"ulet, his wife and daughtersJ

/y fair niece Aosaline and ?iviaJ

Act 1, Scene 2, Page "

ROMEO

tay, fellow. I can read. (he reads the letter)

7ignor /artino and his wife and daughters,

Count !nselme and his beautiful sisters,

Vitruvios widow,

ignor 0lacentio and his lovely nieces,

/ercutio and his brother Valentine,

/y uncle Ca"ulet and his wife and daughters,

/y fair niece Aosaline and ?ivia,

eigneur Valentio and his cousin TybaltJ

?ucio and the lively <elena.8

! fair assembly. Whither should they come5

ignor Valentio and his cousin Tybalt,

?ucio and the lively <elena.8

Thats a nice grou" of "eo"le. Where are they

su""osed to come5

PETER

E D".

PETER

D".

ROMEO Whither5 To su""er5

ROMEO Where5 To su""er5

PETER PETER

To our house. To our house.

ROMEO

Whose house5

ROMEO

Whose house5

PETER

/y masters.

PETER

/y masters house.





ROMEO

G' Indeed, I should have asked thee that before.

ROMEO

Indeed, I should have asked you before who he

was.

PETER

-ow Ill tell you without asking. /y master is the greatrich Ca"ulet, and if you be not of the house of

/ontagues, I "ray come and crush a cu" of wine.

Aest you merry;

PETER

-ow Ill tell you so you dont have to ask. /ymaster is the great and rich Ca"ulet, and if you

dont belong to the house of /ontague, "lease

come and drink a cu" of wine. <ave a nice day;

Exit PETER PETER exits.

!EN#O$%O

!t this same ancient feast of

Ca"ulets G u"s the fair Aosaline whom

thou so loves With all the admired

beauties of Verona.

o thither, and with unattainted eye

Com"are her face with some that I shall show, !nd

I will make thee think thy swan a crow.

!EN#O$%O

The beautiful Aosaline whom you love so much

will be at Ca"ulets traditional feast, along with

every beautiful woman in Verona. o there and

com"are her ob:ectively to some other girls Ill

show you. The woman who you think is as

beautiful as a swan is going to look as ugly as a

crow to you.

ROMEO

H' When the devout religion of mine eye

/aintains such falsehood, then turn tears to

fires, !nd these, who, often drowned, could never die,

Trans"arent heretics, be burnt for liars;

1ne fairer than my love5 The all#seeing

sun H -e%er saw her match since first the world

begun.


ROMEO

If my eyes ever lie to me like that, let my tears

turn into flames and burn them for being such

obvious liars; ! woman more beautiful than the

one I love5 The sun itself has never seen anyone

as beautiful since the world began.

!EN#O$%O

Tut, you saw her fair, none else being by, <erself

"oised with herself in either eye.

3ut in that crystal scales let there be weighed

4our ladys love against some other maid

&'' That I will show you shining at the feast,

!nd she shall scant show well that now shows best.

!EN#O$%O

Come on, you first decided she was beautiful

when no one else was around. There was no

one to com"are her to e+ce"t herself. 3ut let

your eyes com"are her to another beautiful

woman who Ill show you at this feast, and you

wont think shes the best anymore.

ROMEO

Ill go along, no such sight to be shown,

3ut to re:oice in s"lendor of mine own.

ROMEO

Ill go with you. -ot because I think youll show

me anything better, but so I can see the woman I

love.

Exeunt They exit.

Act 1, Scene Enter LADY CAPULET and NURSE LADY CAPULET and the NURSE enter.

$A(Y CAPU$ET $A(Y CAPU$ET

-urse, wheres my daughter5 Call her forth to me. -urse, wheres my daughter5 Tell her to come to

me.

NURSE NURSE

-ow, by my maidenhead at twelve year old Enter JULIET





.U$%ET

<ow now, who calls5NURSE

4our mother.

.U$%ET

/adam, I am here. What is your will5

$A(Y CAPU$ET

This is the matter.-urse, give leave

awhile, We must talk in secret.-urse, come back

again.

&' I have remembered me. Thous hear our counsel.

Thou knowst my daughters of a "retty age.

NURSE

Faith, I can tell her age unto an hour.

$A(Y CAPU$ET

hes not fourteen.

$A

h

NURSE

Ill lay fourteen of my teethand yet, to my teen be it

s"oken, I have but fourshe is not fourteen. <ow long

is it now to ?ammastide5

NU

Id

say

<o

$A(Y CAPU$ET

! fortnight and odd days.

$A

Tw

I bade her come. What, lamb; What, ladybird;

od forbid; Wheres this girl5 What, Kuliet;

I swear to you by my virginity at age twelve, I

already told her to come. Come on; Where is

she5 What is she doing5 What, Kuliet;

Act 1, Scene , Page 2

NURSE

9ven or odd, of all days in the year,

Come ?ammas 9ve at night shall she be

fourteen. 6' usan and sheod rest all Christian souls;

Were of an age. Well, usan is with od.

he was too good for me. 3ut, as I said,

1n ?ammas 9ve at night shall she be

fourteen. That shall she. /arry, I remember it

well.6 %Tis since the earth2uake now eleven years,

!nd she was weanedI never shall forget

it 1f all the days of the year, u"on that day.

For I had then laid wormwood to my dug, itting in

the sun under the dovehouse wall.

=' /y lord and you were then at /antua.

-ay, I do bear a brain.3ut, as I said,

When it did taste the wormwood on the ni""le

1f my dug and felt it bitter, "retty fool, To

see it tetchy and fall out with the dug; = 7hake;8 2uoth

the dovehouse. %Twas no need, I trow, To bid me

trudge.

!nd since that time it is eleven years,

For then she could stand alone. -ay, by the rood,

he could have run and waddled all

about, @' For even the day before, she broke her

brow.

NURSE

Whether its even or odd, of all the days in the year, on

the night of ?ammas 9ve, shell be fourteen. he and

usanod rest her and all Christian soulswere born

on the same day. Well, usan died and is with

od. he was too good for me. 3ut like I said, on

the night of ?ammas 9ve, she will be fourteen.

4es, she will. Indeed, I remember it well. Its been

eleven years since the earth2uake. he sto""ed

nursing from my breast on that very day. Ill never

forget it. I had "ut bitter wormwood on my breast

as I was sitting in the sun, under the wall of the

dovehouse. 4ou and your husband were in

/antua. 3oy, do I have some memory; 3ut like I

said, when she tasted the bitter wormwood on my

ni""le, the "retty little babe got irritated andstarted to 2uarrel with my breast. Then the

dovehouse shook with the earth2uake. There was

no need to tell me to get out of there. That was

eleven years ago. 3y then she could stand u" all

by herself. -o, I swear, by that time she could run

and waddle all around. I remember because she

had cut her forehead :ust the day before. /y

!nd then my husbandod be with his soul;

<e was a merry mantook u" the child.

74ea,8 2uoth he, 7$ost thou fall u"on thy face5

Thou wilt fall backward when thou hast more wit,

@ Wilt thou not, Kule58 and, by my holy

dame, The "retty wretch left crying andsaid 7ay.8 To see now, how a :est

shall come about;

I warrant, an I should live a thousand years, I

never should forget it. 7Wilt thou not, Kule58 2uoth

' he.





$A(Y CAPU$ET

9nough of this. I "ray thee, hold thy "eace.

Act 1, Scene , Page

NURSE

4es, madam. 4et I cannot choose but laugh

To think it should leave crying and say 7ay.8

!nd yet, I warrant, it had u"on its brow

! bum" as big as a young cockerels stone, ! "erilous knock, and it cried bitterly.

74ea,8 2uoth my husband, 7Fallst u"on thy face5

Thou wilt fall backward when thou comest to age.

Wilt thou not, Kule58 It stinted and said 7ay.8

NUR

4es

the

she

roos

was

you

you

cryi

.U$%ET

B' !nd stint thou too, I "ray thee, -urse, say I.

.U$

-ow

NURSE

0eace, I have done. od mark thee to his grace;

Thou wast the "rettiest babe that e%er I nursed.

!n I might live to see thee married once, I

have my wish.

NUR

0ea

rece

eve

som

$A(Y CAPU$ET B /arry, that 7marry8 is the very theme

I came to talk of. Tell me, daughter Kuliet,

<ow stands your dis"osition to be married5

$A(Wel

Tell

abo

.U$%ET

It is an honor that I dream not of.

.U$

It is

NURSE

!n honor; Were not I thine only nurse,

E' I would say thou hadst sucked wisdom from thy teat.

NUR

7!n

you

you

$A(Y CAPU$ET

Well, think of marriage now. 4ounger than you

<ere in Verona, ladies of esteem !re made already mothers. 3y my count,

I was your mother much u"on these years

E That you are now a maid. Thus then in brief

The valiant 0aris seeks you for his love.

$A(

Wel

Vero

from

mot

at :u

Wel

!nd, "retty fool, it stinted and said 7ay.8

husbandod rest his soul, he was a ha""y

man"icked u" the child. 71h,8 he said, 7$id

you fall on your face5 4oull fall

backwardwhen you grow smarter. Wont you,

Kule.8 !nd I swear, the "oor "retty thing

sto""ed crying and said, 74es.8 1h, to watch

a :oke come true; I bet if I live a thousand

years, Ill never forget it. 7Wont you, Kule,8 he

said. !nd the "retty fool sto""ed crying and

said, 74es.8





NURSE

! man, young lady; ?ady, such a man !sall the world. Why, hes a man of wa+.

wants you as his bride.

NURSE

What a man, young lady. <es as great a

man as any in the whole world. <es as

"erfect as if he

Act 1, Scene , Page "$A(Y CAPU$ET

Veronas summer hath not such a

flower.

NURSE

G' -ay, hes a flower. In faith, a very flower.

$A(Y CAPU$ET

What say you5 Can you love the

gentleman5 This night you shall behold

him at our feast.

Aead o%er the volume of

young 0aris% face !nd find

delight writ there with beautys "en.

G 9+amine every married lineament

!nd see how one another lends content, !nd what obscured in this

fair volume lies Find written in the

margin of his eyes. This

"recious book of love, this unbound

lover, H' To beautify him only lacks a

cover. The fish lives in the sea, and

tis much "ride For fair without the

fair within to hide. That book

in manys eyes doth share the glory

That in gold clas"s locks in the golden

story.

H o shall you share all that he doth

"ossess 3y having him, makingyourself no less.

NURSE

-o less5 -ay, bigger. Women grow by

men.

$A(Y CAPU$ET

"eak briefly. Can you like of 0aris,

love5

.U$%ET

Ill look to like if looking liking move.&'' 3ut no more dee" will I endart mine

eye Than your consent gives strength

to make it fly.

Enter

Act 1, Scene , Page &

PETER

/adam, the guests are come, su""er served

u", you called, my young lady asked for, the

-urse cursed in the "antry, and every thing in

e+tremity. I must hence to wait. I beseech you,

follow straight.

$A(Y CAPU$ET

We follow thee.Kuliet, the county stays.

NURSE

o, girl, seek ha""y nights to ha""y days.

Exeunt were scul"ted from wa+.

$A(Y CAPU$ET

ummertime in Verona has no flower as fine as

him.

NURSE

-o, hes a fine flower, truly, a flower.

$A(Y CAPU$ET

(to KD?I9T ) What do you say5 Can you love this

gentleman5 Tonight youll see him at our feast.

tudy 0ariss face and find "leasure in his

beauty. 9+amine every line of his features and

see how they work together to make himhandsome. If you are confused, :ust look into his

eyes. This man is single, and he lacks only a

bride to make him "erfect and com"lete. !s is

right, fish live in the sea, and its wrong for a

beauty like you to hide from a handsome man

like him. /any "eo"le think hes handsome, and

whoever becomes his bride will be :ust as

admired. 4ou would share all that he "ossesses,

and by having him, you would lose nothing.



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NURSE

?ose nothing5 In fact, youd get bigger. /en

make women bigger by getting them

"regnant.

$A(Y CAPU$ET

(to KD?I9T ) ive us a 2uick answer. Can

you acce"t 0ariss love5

.U$%ET

Ill look at him and try to like him, at least if

what I see is likable. 3ut I wont let myself

fall for him any more than your "ermission

allows.

PETER enters.

PETER

/adam, the guests are here, dinner is

served, "eo"le are calling for you, "eo"le

have asked for Kuliet, and in the "antry,

"eo"le are cursing the -urse. 9verythings

out of control. I must go and serve the

guests. 0lease, follow straight after me.

$A(Y CAPU$ET

Well follow you.

Kuliet, the count is waiting for you.

NURSE

o, girl, look for a man wholl give you ha""y

nights at the end of ha""y days.

They all exit.

Act 1, Scene "Enter ROMEO , MERCUTIO ,

BENVOLIO , with five or six other

MASKERS and TORCHBEARERS

ot

ROMEO

What, shall this s"eech be s"oke for our e+cuse5

1r shall we on without a"ology5

RO

Wha

sho

!EN#O$%O

The date is out of such "roli+ity.

Well have no Cu"id hoodwinked with a scarf,

3earing a Tartars "ainted bow of lath,

caring the ladies like a crowkee"er,

-or no without#book "rologue, faintly s"oke

!fter the "rom"ter for our entrance.

3ut let them measure us by what they will.

&' Well measure them a measure and be gone.

!EN

Its

that

hav

and

sca

mem

them

them

ROMEO

ive me a torch. I am not for this ambling.

3eing but heavy, I will bear the light.

RO

iv

so l

MERCUT%O

-ay, gentle Aomeo, we must have you dance.

ME

-o,

ROMEO

-ot I, believe me. 4ou have dancing shoes

& With nimble soles. I have a soul of lead

o stakes me to the ground I cannot move.

RO

-ot

sho

lead

grou

MERCUT%O

4ou are a lover. 3orrow Cu"ids wings

!nd soar with them above a common bound.

ME

4ou

than

ROMEO

I am too sore en"iercd with his shaft

6' To soar with his light feathers, and so bound,

I cannot bound a "itch above dull woe.

Dnder loves heavy burden do I sink.

Act 1, Scene ", Page 2

RO

<is

high

wouthan

weig

MERCUT%O

!nd to sink in it, should you burthen love Too

great o""ression for a tender thing.

ME

If yo

righ

ROMEO

6 Is love a tender thing5 It is too rough,

Too rude, too boisterous, and it "ricks like thorn.

RO

Is lo

rude

ROMEO , MERCUTIO , and BENVOLIO enterdressed as maskers, along with five or six

MERCUT%O

If love be rough with you, be rough with

love. 0rick love for "ricking, and you beat love

down. ive me a case to "ut my visage

in;

=' ! visor for a visor.What care I What

curious eye doth cote deformities5

<ere are the beetle brows shall blush for me.

MERCUT%O

If love "lays rough with you, "lay rough with love.

If you "rick love when it "ricks you, youll beat love

down. ive me a mask to "ut my face in. ! mask

to "ut over my other mask. What do I care if some

curious "erson sees my flaws5 ?et this mask, with

its black eyebrows, blush for me.(they put on

masks)



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!EN#O$%O

ROMEO = ! torch for me. ?et wantons light of heart

Tickle the senseless rushes with their

heels.

For I am "roverbed with a grandsire "hrase, Ill

be a candle holder, and look on.

The game was ne%er so fair, and I am done.MERCUT%O

@' Tut, duns the mouse, the constables own word.

If thou art dun, well draw thee from the mire,

1rsave your reverencelove, wherein thou stickst D"

to the ears. Come, we burn daylight, ho;

ROMEO

-ay, thats not so.

MERCUT%O

I mean, sir, in delay.

@ We waste our lights in vain, like lights by day. Take

our good meaning, for our :udgment sits Five

times in that ere once in our fine wits.

Act 1, Scene ", Page

ROMEO

!nd we mean well in going to this mask,3ut tis no wit to go.

ROM

We but i

MERCUT%O

Why, may one ask5

MER

Why

ROMEO

' I dreamt a dream tonight.

ROM

I had

MERCUT%O

!nd so did I.

MER

o d

ROMEO

Well, what was yours5

ROM

Well

MERCUT%O

That dreamers often lie.

MER

/y d

ROMEO

In bed aslee" while they do dream things true.

ROM

They

MERCUT%O

1h, then, I see >ueen /ab hath been with you.

MER

1h,

!EN#O$%O

>ueen /ab, whats she

!EN

Who

Come, knock and enter. !nd no sooner in 3ut

every man betake him to his legs.

!EN#O$%O

Come on, lets knock and go in. The minute we

get in lets all start dancing.

MERCUT%O

he is the fairies% midwife, and she comes

In sha"e no bigger than an agate

stone 1n the forefinger of an alderman,

$rawn with a team of little atomi

1ver mens noses as they lie aslee".

MERCUT%O

hes the fairies% midwife. hes no bigger

than the stone on a city councilmans ring.

he rides around in a wagon drawn by tiny

little atoms, and she rides over mens noses

as they lie slee"ing. The s"okes of her wagon

are made of s"iders%

B' <er wagon s"okes made of long s"inners%

legs,

The cover of the wings of grassho""ers,

<er traces of the smallest s"iders web,

<er collars of the moonshines watery beams,

<er whi" of crickets bone, the lash of

film, B <er wagoner a small gray#coated gnat,

-ot half so big as a round little worm

0ricked from the la*y finger of a maid. legs.

The cover of her wagon is made of

grassho""ers% wings. The harnesses are

made of the smallest s"iderwebs. The

collars are made out of moonbeams. <er

whi" is a thread attached to a crickets

bone. <er wagon driver is a tiny bug in agray coatJ hes not half the si*e of a little

round worm that comes from the finger of a

la*y young girl.

Act 1, Scene ", Page "

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H'

H

&''

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cha

riot

is

an

em

"ty

ha*

elnu

t

/a

de

by

the

:oin

er

s2uirrel or old grub, Time out o% mind the fairies%

coachmakers. !nd in this state she gallo"s night by

night

Through lovers% brains, and then they dream of loveJ

1n courtiers% knees, that dream on curtsies straightJ1%er lawyers% fingers, who straight dream on feesJ

1%er ladies% li"s, who straight on kisses dream,

Which oft the angry /ab with blisters "lagues,

3ecause their breaths with sweetmeats tainted are.

ometime she gallo"s o%er a courtiers nose, !nd

then dreams he of smelling out a suit.

!nd sometime comes she with a tithe#"igs tail

Tickling a "arsons nose as he lies aslee", Then

he dreams of another benefice.

ometime she driveth o%er a soldiers neck,

!nd then dreams he of cutting foreign throats,

1f breaches, ambuscadoes, "anish blades,

1f healths five fathom dee", and then anon

$rums in his ear, at which he starts and wakes,

!nd being thus frighted swears a "rayer or two

!nd slee"s again. This is that very /ab

That "laits the manes of horses in the night

!nd bakes the elflocks in foul sluttish hairs,

Which once untangled, much misfortune bodes.

This is the hag, when maids lie on their backs,

That "resses them and learns them first to bear,

/aking them women of good carriage. This is

she

ROMEO 0eace, "eace, /ercutio, "eace; Thou

talkst of nothing.

MERCUT%O

True, I talk of dreams,

Which are the children of an idle brain,

3egot of nothing but vain fantasy,

Which is as thin of substance as the air

!nd more inconstant than the wind, who woos

9ven now the fro*en bosom of the north,

!nd, being angered, "uffs away from thence,

Turning his face to the dew#dro""ing south.

<er chariot is a ha*elnut shell. It was made by a

car"enter s2uirrel or an old grubwormJ theyve

made wagons for the fairies as long as anyone

can remember. In this royal wagon, she rides

every night through the brains of lovers and

makes them dream about love. he rides over

courtiers% knees, and they dream about curtsying.

he rides over lawyers% fingers, and right away,

they dream about their fees. he rides over

ladies% li"s, and they immediately dream of

kisses. >ueen /ab often "uts blisters on their li"s

because their breath smells like candy, which

makes her mad. ometimes she rides over a

courtiers li"s, and he dreams of making money

off of someone. ometimes she tickles a "riests

nose with a tithe#"igs tail, and he dreams of a

large donation. ometimes she rides over a

soldiers neck, and he dreams of cutting the

throats of foreign enemies, of breaking down

walls, of ambushes, of "anish swords, and of

enormous cu"s of li2uor. !nd then, drums beat in

his ear and he wakes u". <es frightened, so he

says a cou"le of "rayers and goes back to slee".

he is the same /ab who tangles the hair in

horses% manes at night and makes the tangles

hard in the dirty hairs, which bring bad luck if

theyre untangled. /ab is the old hag who gives

false se+ dreams to virgins and teaches them

how to hold a lover and bear a child. hes the

one

ROMEO

9nough, enough; /ercutio, be 2uiet. 4oure

talking nonsense.

MERCUT%O

True. Im talking about dreams, which are the

"roducts of a brain thats doing nothing. $reams

are nothing but silly imagination, as thin as air,

and less "redictable than the wind, which

sometimes blows on the fro*en north and then

gets angry and blows south.

Act 1, Scene ", Page &

!EN#O$%O !EN#O$%O

&' This wind you talk of, blows us from ourselves. The wind youre talking about is blowing us off u""er is

done, and we shall come too late. our course. $inner is over, and were going to get there too late.

ROMEO ROMEO

I fear too early, for my mind misgives Im worried well get there too early. I have a

ome conse2uence yet hanging in the stars feeling this "arty tonight will be the start of



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hall bitterly begin his fearful date something bad, something that will end with my

&&' With this nights revels, and e+"ire the term own death. 3ut whoevers in charge of where my 1f a des"isd life closed in my breast lifes going can steer me wherever they want.

3y some vile forfeit of untimely death. 1nward, lover boys;

3ut he that hath the steerage of my course, $irect

my sail. 1n, lusty gentlemen.

!EN#O$%O !EN#O$%O

&& trike, drum. 3eat the drum.

arch about the stage and exeunt

Act 1, Scene &

They march about the stage and exit.

PETER and other SERVINGMEN come forth with napkins PETER and other SERVINGMEN come

forward with napkins.

PETER

Wheres 0ot"an, that he hel"s not to take away5 <e shift a

trencher5 <e scra"e a trencher;

PETER

Wheres 0ot"an5 Why isnt he hel"ing us

clear the table5 <e should be moving and

scra"ing "lates;

/%RST SER#%NGMAN

When good manners shall lie all in one or two mens hands, and

they unwashed too, tis a foul thing.

/%RST SER#%NGMAN

When only one or two men have all the

good manners, and even they are dirty,

things are bad.

PETER

!way with the :oint#stools, remove the court#cu"board, look to

the "late. ood thou, save me a "iece of march"ane, and, as

thou loves me, let the "orter let in usan rindstone and-ell.!ntony and 0ot"an;

PETER

Take away the stools, the sideboards, and

the "lates. 4ou, good friend, save me a

"iece of mar*i"an, and if you love me,have the "orter let in usan rindstone

and -ell. !ntony and 0ot"an;

SECON( SER#%NGMAN

!y, boy, ready.

SECON( SER#%NGMAN

4es, boy, Im ready.

PETER

&' 4ou are looked for and called for, asked for and sought for, in

the great chamber.

PETER

Theyre looking for you in the great

chamber.

/%RST SER#%NGMAN

We cannot be here and there too. Cheerly, boys. 3e brisk

'awhile, and the longer liver take all.

/%RST SER#%NGMAN

We cant be in two "laces at once, both

here and there; Cheers, boys. 3e 2uick for

a while and let the one who lives the

longest take everything.Exeunt PETER and SERVINGMEN PETER and the SERVINGMEN exit.

Enter CAPULET with CAPULET'S COUSIN ,TYBALT , LADY

CAPULET , JULIET , and others of the house,

meeting ROMEO , BENVOLIO ,MERCUTIO , and

other GUESTS and MASKERS

CAPULET enters with his COUSIN , TYBALT ,LADY

CAPULET , JULIET , and other members of the house. They

meet ROMEO , BENVOLIO ,MERCUTIO ,

CAPU$ET

Welcome, gentlemen; ?adies that have

their toes

& !h, my mistresses; Which of you all

Dn"lagued with corns will walk a bout

with you.

Will now deny to dance5 he that

makes dainty,





he, Ill swear, hath corns. !m I come near ye now5

Welcome, gentlemen; I have seen the day

6' That I have worn a visor and could tell

! whis"ering tale in a fair ladys ear

uch as would "lease. %Tis gone, tis gone, tis gone.4ou are welcome, gentlemen.Come, musicians, "lay.

(music plays and they dance)

6 ! hall, a hall, give room;!nd foot it, girls. /ore

light, you knaves; !nd turn the tables u",

!nd 2uench the fire. The room is grown too hot.

!h, sirrah, this unlooked#for s"ort comes well.

-ay, sit, nay, sit, good cousin Ca"ulet, ='

For you and I are "ast our dancing days. <ow long

is t now since last yourself and I Were in a mask5

and other guests and MASKERS

CAPU$ET

Act 1, Scene &, Page 2CAPU$ETS0 COUS%N

3y%r ?ady, thirty years.

CAPU$ET0S COUS%N

I swear, it must be thirty years.

CAPU$ET

What, man, tis not so much, tis not so much.

%Tis since the nu"tials of ?ucentio,

= Come 0entecost as 2uickly as it will,ome five and twenty years, and then we masked.

CAPU$ET

What, man5 Its not that long, its not that long.

Its been since ?ucentios wedding. ?et the years

fly by as fast as they like, its only beentwentyfive years since we wore masks.

CAPU$ET0S COUS%N

%Tis more, tis more. <is son is elder, sir.

<is son is thirty.

CAPU$ET0S COUS%N

Its been longer, its been longer. ?ucentios son

is older than that, sir. <es thirty years old.

CAPU$ET

Will you tell me that5

<is son was but a ward two years ago.

CAPU$ET

!re you really going to tell me that5 <is son was

a minor only two years ago.

ROMEO

@' (to a 9AVI-/!- ) What lady is that which doth en

the hand

1f yonder knight5

SER#%NGMAN I know not, sir.

Welcome, gentlemen. The ladies who

dont have corns on their toes will dance

with you. <a, my ladies, which of you will

refuse to dance now5 Whichever of you

acts shy, Ill swear she has corns. $oes

that hit close to home5 Welcome,

gentlemen. There was a time when I

could wear a mask over my eyes and

charm a lady by whis"ering a story in her

ear. That time is gone, gone, gone. 4ou

are welcome gentlemen. Come on,

musicians, "lay music. (music plays andthey dance, A1/91 stands apart) /ake

room in the hall. /ake room in the hall.

hake a leg, girls. (to 9AVI-/9- )

/ore light, you rascals. Fli" over the

tables and get them out of the way. !nd

"ut the fire out its getting too hot in

here.(to his C1DI- ) !h, my man, this

ROMEO

1h, she doth teach the torches to burn bright;

It seems she hangs u"on the cheek of night

?ike a rich :ewel in an 9thio"es ear, @3eauty too rich for use, for earth too dear.

ROMEO

1h, she shows the torches how to burn bright;

he stands out against the darkness like a

:eweled earring hanging against the cheek of an

!frican. <er beauty is too good for this worldJ

o shows a snowy dove troo"ing with

crows !s yonder lady o%er her fellows shows.

The measure done, Ill watch her "lace of stand,

!nd, touching hers, make blessd my rude hand.

' $id my heart love till now5 Forswear it, sight;

For I ne%er saw true beauty till this night.





Act 1, Scene &, Page TY!A$T

This, by his voice, should be a /ontague.

(to his 0!9 ) Fetch me my ra"ier, boy.

What, dares the slave

Come hither, covered with an antic face,

To fleer and scorn at our solemnity5

-ow, by the stock and honor of my kin, To

strike him dead I hold it not a sin.

CAPU$ET

Why, how now, kinsman5 Wherefore storm you so5

TY!A$T

B' Dncle, this is a /ontague, our foe,

! villain that is hither come in s"ite

To scorn at our solemnity this night.

CAPU$ET

4oung Aomeo is it5

TY!A$T

%Tis he, that villain Aomeo.

CAPU$ET

Content thee, gentle co*. ?et him alone.

B <e bears him like a "ortly gentleman,

!nd, to say truth, Verona brags ofhim To be a virtuous and well#governed

youth.

I would not for the wealth of all the town

<ere in my house do him dis"aragement.

E' Therefore be "atient. Take no note of him.

It is my will, the which if thou res"ect,

how a fair "resence and "ut off these frowns, !n

ill#beseeming semblance for a feast.

Act 1, Scene &, Page "

TY!A$T It fits when such a villain is a guest.

E Ill not endure him.

TY!Its

sho

shes too beautiful to die and be buried. he

outshines the other women like a white dove in

the middle of a flock of crows. When this dance is

over, Ill see where she stands, and then Ill touch

her hand with my rough and ugly one. $id my

heart ever love anyone before this moment5 /y

CAPU$ET

<e shall be endured.

What, goodman boy; I say, he shall. o to.

!m I the master here, or you5 o to.

4oull not endure him; od shall mend my soul,

4oull make a mutiny among my guests.

G' 4ou will set cock#a#hoo". 4oull be the man;

CAPU$ET

4ou will tolerate him. What, little man5 I say you

will. What the!m I the boss here or you5 What

the4ou wont tolerate him; od hel" me; 4oull

start a riot among my guests; There will be chaos;It will be your fault, youll be the rabble#rouser;





TY!A$T

CAPU$ET

o to, go to.

4ou are a saucy boy. Is t so, indeed5

This trick may chance to scathe you, I know what.4ou must contrary me. /arry, tis time.

G Well said, my hearts;4ou are a "rinco+, go.

3e 2uiet, or/ore light, more light;For shame;

Ill make you 2uiet.What, cheerly, my hearts;

usic plays again, and the guests dance

TY!A$T

0atience "erforce with willful choler meeting

/akes my flesh tremble in their different greeting.

H' I will withdraw, but this intrusion shall

-ow seeming sweet, convert to bitterest gall.

Exit TYBALT

Act 1, Scene &, Page &ROMEO

(taking KD?I9T!s hand) If I "rofane with my unworthiest

hand

This holy shrine, the gentle sin is this

H /y li"s, two blushing "ilgrims, ready stand

To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.

.U$%ET ood "ilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much,

Which mannerly devotion shows in this,

For saints have hands that "ilgrims% hands do touch,

!nd "alm to "alm is holy "almers% kiss.

ROMEO

&'' <ave not saints li"s, and holy "almers too5

.U$%ET

!y, "ilgrim, li"s that they must use in "rayer.

ROMEO

1, then, dear saint, let li"s do what hands do.They "rayJ grant thou, lest faith turn to des"air.

.U$%ET

aints do not move, though grant for "rayers% sake.

ROMEO

&' Then move not, while my "rayers effect I take.

"isses her

Thus from my li"s, by thine, my sin is "urged.

Why, uncle, tis a shame.

TY!A$T

3ut, uncle, were being disres"ected.





.U$%ET Then have my li"s the sin that they have took.

yours.

.U$%ET





ROMEO

in from thy li"s5 1 tres"ass sweetly urged;

&&' ive me my sin again.They kiss again

Act 1, Scene &, Page ).U$%ET

4ou kiss by th% book.

NURSE

/adam, your mother craves a word with you.

JULIET moves away

ROMEO

What is her mother5

NURSE

/arry, bachelor,

<er mother is the lady of the house,

!nd a good lady, and a wise and virtuous.

&& I nursed her daughter that you talked withal.

I tell you, he that can lay hold of her hall

have the chinks.

ROMEO

(aside) Is she a Ca"ulet5

1 dear account; /y life is my foes debt.

!EN#O$%O

(to A1/91 ) !way, begone. The s"ort is at the best.

ROMEO &6' !y, so I fear. The more is my unrest.

CAPU$ET

-ay, gentlemen, "re"are not to be gone.

We have a trifling foolish ban2uet

towards. Is it e%en so5 Why, then, I thank

you all.

I thank you, honest gentlemen. ood night.

&6 /ore torches here;Come on then, lets to bed.

!h, sirrah, by my fay, it wa+es late.

Ill to my rest. #ll but JULIET and NURSE move to exit

Act 1, Scene &, Page *.U$%ET

Come hither, -urse. What is yond gentleman5

NURSE

The son and heir of old Tiberio.

.U$%ET

Then do my li"s now have the sin they took from

CHORUS

-ow old desire doth in his deathbed

lie, !nd young affection ga"es to be his

heir. That fair for which love groaned for

and would die With tender Kuliet matched,

is now not fair.

-ow Aomeo is beloved and loves again,

!like bewitchd by the charm of looks,

3ut to his foe su""osed he must com"lain,

!nd she steal loves sweet bait from fearful

hooks.

3eing held a foe, he may not have

access &' To breathe such vows as lovers use to

swear. !nd she as much in love, her means

much less To meet her new beloved

anywhere. 3ut "assion lends them "ower, time

means, to meet, Tem"ering e+tremities with

e+treme sweet.

Whats he that now is going out of door5 Who

now

NURSE

/arry, that, I think, be young 0etruchio.

NUR

Wel

.U$%ET

Whats he that follows here, that would not dance5

.U$

Who

wou

NURSE

know not.

NUR

don

.U$%ET

o ask his name.If he be married.

/y grave is like to be my wedding bed.

.U$

o a

Ill d

NURSE

<is name is Aomeo, and a /ontague,

The only son of your great enemy.

NUR

(retu

<es

.U$%ET

(aside) /y only love s"rung from my only hate;

Too early seen unknown, and known too late;

0rodigious birth of love it is to me,

That I must love a loathd enemy.

.U$

(to h

only

know

was

in lo

NURSE

Whats this5 Whats this5

NUR

Wha

.U$%ET

! rhyme I learned even now

1f one I danced withal.

.U$

Kust

with

$ne calls within %&uliet'

NURSE

!non, anon;

Come, lets away. The strangers all are gone.

NUR

Aigh

stra





Exeunt

Act 2, PrologueEnter CHORUS

CHORUS

givese+tre

Exit

Act 2, Scene 1Enter ROMEO alone

ROMEO

Can I go forward when my heart is here5

Turn back, dull earth, and find thy center out.

ROM

Can

to go

oves away Enter BENVOLIO with MERCUTIO

!EN#O$%O Aomeo, my cousin Aomeo; Aomeo;

!EN(calli

MERCUT%O

<e is wise,

!nd, on my life, hath stol%n him home to bed.

MER

<es

hom

!EN#O$%O

<e ran this way and lea"t this orchard wall.

Call, good /ercutio.

!EN

<e ra

wall.

MERCUT%O

-ay, Ill con:ure too;

Aomeo; <umours, madman, "assion, lover;

!""ear thou in the likeness of a sigh;

"eak but one rhyme, and I am satisfied.&' Cry but 7!y me;8 0ronounce but 7love8 and 7dove.8

"eak to my gossi" Venus one fair word,

1ne nickname for her "urblind son and heir,

4oung !braham Cu"id, he that shot so true

When Ling Co"hetua loved the beggar

maid. & <e heareth not, he stirreth not, he

moveth not.

The a"e is dead, and I must con:ure him.

I con:ure thee by Aosalines bright eyes,

3y her high forehead and her scarlet li",

3y her fine foot, straight leg, and 2uivering thigh,

6' !nd the demesnes that there ad:acent lie, Thatin thy likeness thou a""ear to us.


MER

Ill co

Aom

in the

satisand 7

frien

son C

old s

stir. <

must

Aosa

her r

by he

ne+t

thing

true f

!EN#O$%O

!n if he hear thee, thou wilt anger him.

!EN

If he





MERCUT%O

This cannot anger him. %Twould anger him

To raise a s"irit in his mistress% circle

6 1f some strange nature, letting it there stand

Till she had laid it and con:ured it down.That were some s"ite. /y invocation Is

fair and honest. In his mistress% name I

con:ure only but to raise u" him.-ow Aomeos old feelings of desire are dying, and

a new desire is eager to take their "lace. Aomeo

groaned for the beautiful Aosaline and said he

would die for her, but com"ared with tender Kuliet,

Aosaline doesnt seem beautiful now. -ow

someone loves Aomeo, and hes in love again

both of them falling for each others% good looks.

3ut he has to make his s"eeches of love to a

woman whos su""osed to be his enemy. !nd

shes been hooked by someone she should fear.

3ecause hes an enemy, Aomeo has no chance to

see Kuliet and say the things a lover normally

says. !nd Kuliets :ust as much in love as he, but

she has even less o""ortunity to meet her lover.

3ut love gives them "ower, and time

!EN#O$%O

=' Come, he hath hid himself among these trees,

To be consorted with the humorous night.

!EN#O$%O

Come on. <es hidden behind these trees to kee"

the night com"any. <is love is blind, so it belongs





3lind is his love and best befits the dark. in the dark.

MERCUT%O If love be blind, love cannot hit the mark.

-ow will he sit under a medlar tree

= !nd wish his mistress were that kind of fruit

!s maids call medlars when they laugh

alone. 1 Aomeo, that she were; 1h, that

she were !n o"en arse, and thou a "o"erin

"ear.

Aomeo, good night. Ill to my truckle bed.

@' This field#bed is too cold for me to slee". Come,

shall we go5

MERCUT%O If love is blind, it cant hit the target. -ow hell sit

under a medlar tree and wish his mistress were

one of those fruits that look like female genitalia.

1h Aomeo, I wish she were an o"en#arse, and

you a 0o""erin "ear to 7"o" her in.8 ood night,

Aomeo. Ill go to my little trundle bed. This o"en

field is too cold a "lace for me to slee".

(to39-V1?I1 ) Come on, should we go5

!EN#O$%O

o, then, for tis in vain

To seek him here that means not to be found.

!EN#O$%O

?ets go. Theres no "oint in looking for him if he

doesnt want to be found.Exeunt

Act 2, Scene 2

BENVOLIO and MERCUTIO exit.

ROMEO returns ROMEO returns.

ROMEO

<e :ests at scars that never felt a wound.

ROMEO

Its easy for someone to :oke about scars if

theyve never been cut.

JULIET appears in a window above JULIET enters on the balcony.

3ut soft; What light through yonder window breaks5

It is the east, and Kuliet is the sun.

!rise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,

Who is already sick and "ale with grief, That

thou, her maid, art far more fair than she. 3e not

her maid since she is envious.

<er vestal livery is but sick and

green, !nd none but fools do wear it. Cast it

off;

&' It is my lady. 1h, it is my love.

1h, that she knew she were;

he s"eaks, yet she says nothing. What of that5

<er eye discourses. I will answer it.

I am too bold. %Tis not to me she

s"eaks.

& Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven,

<aving some business, do entreat her

eyes To twinkle in their s"heres till they return.

What if her eyes were there, they in her head5

The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars

6' !s daylight doth a lam". <er eye in heaven

Would through the airy region stream so bright

That birds would sing and think it were not night.

ee how she leans her cheek u"on her

3ut wait, whats that light in the window over

there5 It is the east, and Kuliet is the sun. Aise u",

beautiful sun, and kill the :ealous moon. The

moon is already sick and "ale with grief because

you, Kuliet, her maid, are more beautiful than she.

$ont be her maid, because she is :ealous.

Virginity makes her look sick and green. 1nly

fools hold on to their virginity. ?et it go. 1h, theres

my lady; 1h, it is my love. 1h, I wish she knew

how much I love her. hes talking, but shes not

saying anything. o what5 <er eyes are saying

something. I will answer them. I am too bold.

hes not talking to me. Two of the brightest stars

in the whole sky had to go away on business, and

theyre asking her eyes to twinkle in their "laces

until they return. What if her eyes were in the skyand the stars were in her head5 The brightness

of her cheeks would outshine the stars the way

the sun outshines a lam". If her eyes were in the

night sky, they would shine so brightly through

s"ace that birds would start singing, thinking her

light was the light of day. ?ook how she leans her

hand on her cheek. 1h, I wish I was the glove on

that hand so that I could touch that cheek.





hand. 1h, that I were a glove u"on that hand

6 That I might touch that cheek;

.U$%ET !y

me;

.U$%ET

1h, my;


ROMEO (aside) he s"eaks.1, s"eak again, bright angel; For thou art

!s glorious to this night, being o%er my head,

!s is a wingd messenger of heaven

Dnto the white, u"turnd, wondering

eyes =' 1f mortals that fall back to ga*e on him

.U$%ET

1 Aomeo, Aomeo; Wherefore art thou Aomeo5

$eny thy father and refuse thy name.

= 1r, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, !nd

Ill no longer be a Ca"ulet.

ROMEO

(aside) hall I hear more, or shall I s"eak at this5

.U$%ET %Tis but thy name that is my enemy.

Thou art thyself, though not a /ontague.

@' Whats /ontague5 It is nor hand, nor foot,

-or arm, nor face, nor any other "art

3elonging to a man. 1, be some other

name; Whats in a name5 That which we call a

rose 3y any other word would smell as sweet.

@ o Aomeo would, were he not Aomeo called,

Aetain that dear "erfection which he owes

Without that title. Aomeo, doff thy name, !nd

for that name, which is no "art of thee Take

all myself.

.U(sti

nam

eve

/o

a fa

oth

we

cal

as

Ao

wh

all o

ROMEO

I take thee at thy word.

' Call me but love, and Ill be new ba"ti*ed.

<enceforth I never will be Aomeo.

RO

(to

love

will

.U$%ET

What man art thou that, thus bescreened in night,

o stumblest on my counsel5

Act 2, Scene 2, Page

.U

Wh

and





ROMEO

3y a nameI know not how to tell thee who I am.

/y name, dear saint, is hateful to myself 3ecause

it is an enemy to thee.

<ad I it written, I would tear the word.

.U$%ET

/y ears have not yet drunk a hundred

words 1f that tongues uttering, yet I know the

sound.

B' !rt thou not Aomeo, and a /ontague5When he bestrides the la*y#"uffing clouds

!nd sails u"on the bosom of the air.

ROMEO

(to himself) he s"eaks. 1h, s"eak again, bright

angel. 4ou are as glorious as an angel tonight.

4ou shine above me, like a winged messenger

from heaven who makes mortal men fall on their

backs to look u" at the sky, watching the angel

walking on the clouds and sailing on the air.





ROMEO

-either, fair maid, if either thee dislike.

ROMEO

I am neither of those things if you dislike

them.

.U$%ET

<ow camest thou hither, tell me, and

wherefore5

The orchard walls are high and hard to

climb, !nd the "lace death, considering

who thou art, B If any of my kinsmen find

thee here.

.U$%ET

ROMEO RO

With loves light wings did I o%er"erch these walls, I fle

For stony limits cannot hold love out, t

!nd what love can do, that dares love attem"t. in love caTherefore thy kinsmen are no sto" to me. to do it. T

.U$%ET .U$

E' If they do see thee they will murder thee. If th

ROMEO RO

!lack, there lies more "eril in thine eye !la

Than twenty of their swords. ?ook thou but sweet, tha

!nd I am "roof against their enmity. loo

hat

.U$%ET .U$

I would not for the world they saw thee here. Id

herROMEO RO

E I have nights cloak to hide me from their eyes, The

!nd but thou love me, let them find me here. dont love

were better ended by their hate they killed me than have to

wanting of thy love.

Act 2, Scene 2, Page ".U$%ET .U

3y whose direction foundst thou out this "lace5 Wh

be

ROMEO RO

G' 3y love, that first did "rom"t me to in2uire. ?ov

<e lent me counsel and I lent him eyes. m

I am no "ilot. 4et, wert thou as far me what to do, and

shore washed with the farthest sea, not a sailor, but if y

for such merchandise. sea, I would risk everythingTell me, how did you get in here5 !nd why did

you come5 The orchard walls are high, and its

hard to climb over them. If any of my relatives

find you here theyll kill you because of who you

are.

.U$%ET

G Thou knowst the mask of night is on my face,

9lse would a maiden blush be"aint my

cheek For that which thou hast heard me s"eak

tonight.

Fain would I dwell on form. Fain, fain deny

What I have s"oke. 3ut farewell com"liment;

H' $ost thou love me5 I know thou wilt say 7ay,8

!nd I will take thy word. 4et if thou swearst

Thou mayst "rove false. !t lovers%

"er:uries, They say, Kove laughs. 1

gentle Aomeo, If thou dost love,

"ronounce it faithfully.

H 1r if thou thinkst I am too 2uickly won,

Ill frown and be "erverse and say thee nay,

o thou wilt woo. 3ut else, not for the world.

In truth, fair /ontague, I am too fond,

!nd therefore thou mayst think my %havior light.

&'' 3ut trust me, gentleman, Ill "rove more true





.U$%ET

4ou cant see my face because its dark out.1therwise, youd see me blushing about the things

youve heard me say tonight. I would be ha""y to

kee" u" good manners and deny the things I said. 3ut

forget about good manners. $o you love me5 I know

youll say 7yes,8 and Ill believe you. 3ut if you swear

you love me, you might turn out to be lying. They say

Kove laughs when lovers lie to each other. 1h Aomeo,

if you really love me, say it truly. 1r if you think its too

easy and 2uick to win my heart, Ill frown and "lay

hard#to#get, as long as that will make you try to win

me, but otherwise I wouldnt act that way for anything.

In truth, handsome /ontague, I like you too much, so

you may think my behavior is loose. 3ut trust me,

gentleman, Ill "rove myself Than those that have

more coying to be strange.

I should have been more strange, I must confess,

3ut that thou overheardst, ere I was %ware,

/y true loves "assion. Therefore "ardon me,

eas

ROMEO

?ady, by yonder blessd moon I vow,

That ti"s with silver all these fruit#tree to"s


RO

?ad

mo

.U$%ET

1, swear not by the moon, th% inconstant moon,

&&' That monthly changes in her circle orb,

?est that thy love "rove likewise variable.

.U

$o

cha

shi

inc

ROMEO

What shall I swear by5

RO

Wh

.U$%ET

$o not swear at all.

1r, if thou wilt, swear by thy gracious

self, Which is the god of my idolatry, &&

!nd Ill believe thee.

.U

$o

sw

wo

ROMEO

If my hearts dear love

RO

If m

.U$%ET

Well, do not swear. !lthough I :oy in thee, I

have no :oy of this contract tonight.

It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden,

Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be

&6' 9re one can say 7It lightens.8 weet, good night.

This bud of love, by summers ri"ening breath,

/ay "rove a beauteous flower when ne+t we

meet. ood night, good night; !s sweet re"ose and

rest Come to thy heart as that within my breast.

.U

We

can

ton

thinligh

bef

goo

flow

a b

ho"

fee

ROMEO

&6 1, wilt thou leave me so unsatisfied5

RO

1h

.U$%ET

What satisfaction canst thou have tonight5

.U

Wh

tonROMEO

Th% e+change of thy loves faithful vow for mine.

RO

I w

"ro

.U$%ET

I gave thee mine before thou didst re2uest it, !nd

yet I would it were to give again.

.U

I "l

to.

had

ROMEO RO





&' !nd not im"ute this yielding to light love, Which

the dark night hath so discovered. more faithful

than girls who act coy and "lay hard#to#get. I

should have been more standoffish, I confess,

but you overheard me talking about the love in

my heart when I didnt know you were there.

o e+cuse me, and do not assume that

because you made me love you so





ROMEO

! thousand times the worse to want thy light.Wouldst thou withdraw it5 For what "ur"ose, love5

Act 2, Scene 2, Page ).U$%ET

3ut to be frank, and give it thee again.

!nd yet I wish but for the thing I have.

/y bounty is as boundless as the sea,

/y love as dee". The more I give to thee,

&= The more I have, for both are infinite.

NURSE calls from within

hear some noise within. $ear love, adieu. !non, good

-urse;weet /ontague, be true.

tay but a little. I will come again.

Exit JULIET , above

ROMEO

1 blessd, blessd night; I am afeard,

3eing in night, all this is but a dream,

Too flattering sweet to be substantial.

Enter JULIET , above

.U$%ET

Three words, dear Aomeo, and good night indeed.

If that thy bent of love be honorable,Thy "ur"ose marriage, send me word tomorrow

3y one that Ill "rocure to come to thee

Where and what time thou wilt "erform the rite,

!nd all my fortunes at thy foot Ill lay

!nd follow thee my lord throughout the world.

NURSE

(from within) /adam;

.U$%ET

I come, anon.3ut if thou meanst not well,

do beseech thee

NURSE

(from within) /adam;

Act 2, Scene 2, Page *.U$%ET

3y and by, I come.

To cease thy strife and leave me to my grief.

Tomorrow will I send.

ROMEO

o thrive my soul

RO

/y .U$%ET

! thousand times good night;

.U

! th

Exit JULIET , above

ROMEO

?eaving you is a thousand times worse than

?ove goes toward love as schoolboys from their

&B' books,





oves to exit *eenter JULIET , above

.U$%ET

<ist; Aomeo, hist;1h, for a falconers

voice, To lure this tassel#gentle back again;

3ondage is hoarse, and may not s"eak aloud,

9lse would I tear the cave where 9cho lies,

&B !nd make her airy tongue more hoarse than mine,

With re"etition of 7/y Aomeo;8

ROMEO

It is my soul that calls u"on my name.

<ow silver#sweet sound lovers% tongues by night,

?ike softest music to attending ears;

Act 2, Scene 2, Page +.U$%ET

&E' Aomeo;

ROMEO

/y nyas5

.U$%ET

What o%clock tomorrow

hall I send to thee5

ROMEO

3y the hour of nine.

.U$%ET

I will not fail. %Tis twenty year till then.

I have forgot why I did call thee back.

ROMEO

?et me stand here till thou remember it.

.U$%ET

&E I shall forget, to have thee still stand there,

Aemembering how I love thy com"any.

ROMEO

!nd Ill still stay, to have thee still forget, Forgetting

any other home but this.

RO

Ill

forg

3ut love from love, toward school with heavy

looks. being near you. ! lover goes toward his

beloved as enthusiastically as a schoolboy

leaving his books, but when he leaves his

girlfriend, he feels

.U$%ET

%Tis almost morning. I would have thee gone.

&G' !nd yet no further than a wantons bird,

That lets it ho" a little from his hand

?ike a "oor "risoner in his twisted gyves,

!nd with a silken thread "lucks it back again,

besides this s"ot right here.

.U$%ET

Its almost morning. I want to make you go, but

Id only let you go as far as a s"oiled child lets

his "et bird go. <e lets the bird ho" a little from

his hand and then yanks him back by a string.

o loving#:ealous of his liberty.





ROMEO

.U$%ET weet, so would I.

4et I should kill thee with much cherishing.

ood night, good night; 0arting is such sweet sorrow

That I shall say good night till it be morrow.Exit JULIET , above

Act 2, Scene 2, Page ROMEO

lee" dwell u"on thine eyes, "eace in thy breast.

&H' Would I were slee" and "eace, so sweet to rest.

<ence will I to my ghostly friars close cell, <is

hel" to crave and my dear ha" to tell.

Exit

Act 2, Scene Enter FRIAR LAWRENCE , with a basket

/R%AR $ARENCE

The gray#eyed morn smiles on the frowning night,Checkering the eastern clouds with streaks of light,

!nd fleckled darkness like a drunkard reels From

forth days "ath and Titans fiery wheels.

-ow, ere the sun advance his burning eye,

The day to cheer and nights dank dew to dry,

I must u"fill this osier cage of ours

With baleful weeds and "recious#:uicd flowers.

The earth, thats natures mother, is her tomb.

&' What is her burying, grave that is her womb.

!nd from her womb children of divers kind

We sucking on her natural bosom find,

/any for many virtues e+cellent,

-one but for some and yet all different.

& 1h, mickle is the "owerful grace that lies

In herbs, "lants, stones, and their true 2ualities.

For naught so vile that on the earth doth live

3ut to the earth some s"ecial good doth

give. -or aught so good but, strained from that

fair use 6' Aevolts from true birth, stumbling on

abuse. Virtue itself turns vice, being misa""lied, !nd

vice sometime by action dignified.

/R

Thnig

lik

an

of

flo

na

an

Fr

"la

"ro

no

so

<eTh

do

2u

if i

tur

be

Enter ROMEO

&G I would I were thy bird.

ROMEO

I wish I was your bird.

Within the infant rind of this small flower

0oison hath residence and medicine "ower. 6

For this, being smelt, with that "art cheers each "artJ

3eing tasted, stays all senses with the heart.

Two such o""osd kings encam" them still,

In man as well as herbsgrace and rude will.

Inside the little rind of this weak flower, there is both

"oison and "owerful medicine. If you smell it, you feel

good all over your body. 3ut if you taste it, you die.

There are two o""osite elements in everything, in men

as well as in herbsgood and evil.

Act 2, Scene , Page 2ROMEO

ood morrow, Father.

/R%AR $ARENCE

3enedicite.

What early tongue so sweet saluteth

me5 4oung son, it argues a distem"ered

head o soon to bid good morrow to thy bed.

= Care kee"s his watch in every old mans eye,

!nd where care lodges, slee" will never lie.

3ut where unbruisd youth with unstuffed brain

$oth couch his limbs, there golden slee" doth

reign.

Therefore thy earliness doth me assure

@' Thou art u"roused by some distem"erature.

1r if not so, then here I hit it right

1ur Aomeo hath not been in bed tonight.

/R%A

od

mor

gett

worr

but y

The

slee

earl

an+i

the

tonig

ROMEO

That last is true. The sweeter rest was mine.

ROM

4ou

than

/R%AR $ARENCE

od "ardon sin; Wast thou with Aosaline5

/R%A

/ay

with





ROMEO

@ With Aosaline, my ghostly Father5 -o.

I have forgot that name and that names woe.

/R%AR $ARENCE

Thats my good son. 3ut where hast thou been, then5ROMEO

Ill tell thee ere thou ask it me again.

I have been feasting with mine enemy,

' Where on a sudden one hath wounded me,

Thats by me wounded. 3oth our remedies

Within thy hel" and holy "hysic lies.

I bear no hatred, blessd man, for, lo, /y

intercession likewise steads my foe.

Act 2, Scene , Page

/R%AR $ARENCE

3e "lain, good son, and homely in thy drift.

Aiddling confession finds but riddling shrift.

/R%A

"e

! :u

!nd where the worser is "redominant,

=' Full soon the canker death eats u" that "lant.When evil is dominant, death soon kills the body

like cancer.

ROMEO

Then "lainly know my hearts dear love is set 1n

the fair daughter of rich Ca"ulet.

!s mine on hers, so hers is set on mine,

B' !nd all combined, save what thou must

combine

3y holy marriage. When and where and how

We met, we wooed and made e+change of vow,

Ill tell thee as we "ass, but this I "ray

That thou consent to marry us today.

absolution.

ROMEO

I love rich Ca"ulets daughter. I love her, and she

loves me. Were bound to each other in every

"ossible way, e+ce"t we need you to marry us. Ill

tell you more later about when and where we met,

how we fell in love, and how we e+changed

"romises, but now Im begging you "lease, agree

to marry us today.

/R%AR $ARENCE

B <oly aint Francis, what a change is here;

Is Aosaline, whom thou didst love so dear,

o soon forsaken5 4oung mens love then

lies -ot truly in their hearts, but in their eyes.

Kesu /aria, what a deal of brine E' <ath

washed thy sallow cheeks for Aosaline; <ow

much salt water thrown away in waste To

season love that of it doth not taste; The

sun not yet thy sighs from heaven clears, Thy

old groans ring yet in my ancient ears. E ?o,

here u"on thy cheek the stain doth sit 1f

an old tear that is not washed off yet. If

e%er thou wast thyself and these woes thine,

Thou and these woes were all for Aosaline. !nd

art thou changed5 0ronounce this sentence G'

then

ROMEO

Thou chidst me oft for loving Aosaline.

ROM

4ou s

/R%AR $ARENCE

For doting, not for loving, "u"il mine.

/R%A

I scol

loving

ROMEO

!nd badest me bury love.

Act 2, Scene , Page "

ROM

!nd y

/R%AR $ARENCE

-ot in a grave,

To lay one in, another out to have.

/R%A

I didn

her w

ROMEO

G I "ray thee, chide not. <er I love now

$oth grace for grace and love for love allow.

The other did not so.

ROM

0leas

now r

me.

/R%AR $ARENCE

1h, she knew well

Thy love did read by rote, that could not s"ell.

3ut come, young waverer, come, go with me,

H' In one res"ect Ill thy assistant be,

For this alliance may so ha""y "rove

To turn your households% rancor to "ure love.

/R%A

1h, s

you w

mean

comewedd

turn t

love.

ROMEO

1h, let us hence. I stand on sudden haste.

ROM

?ets

/R%AR $ARENCE

Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.

/R%A

o w

and f





Exeunt

Women may fall when theres no strength in men.

/R%AR $ARENCE

<oly aint Francis, this is a drastic change; <ave

you given u" so 2uickly on Aosaline, whom you

loved so much5 Then young men love with their

eyes, not with their hearts. Kesus and /ary, how

many tears did you cry for Aosaline5 <ow many

salty tear#dro"s did you waste salting a love you

never tasted5 The sun hasnt yet melted away the

fog you made with all your sighs. The groans you

used to make are still ringing in my old ears.

Theres still a stain on your cheek from an old tear

that hasnt been washed off yet. If you were ever

yourself, and this sadness was yours, you and your

sadness were all for Aosaline. !nd now youve

changed5 Then re"eat this after me you cant

e+"ect women to be faithful when men are so

unreliable.

Act 2, Scene " Enter BENVOLIO and MERCUTIO

BENVOLIO and MERCUTIO enter.

MERCUT%O

!EN#O$%O

-ot to his fathers. I s"oke with his man.MERCUT%O

Why, that same "ale hard#hearted wench, that

Aosaline,

Torments him so, that he will sure run mad.

!EN#O$%O

Tybalt, the kinsman to old Ca"ulet,

<ath sent a letter to his fathers house.

MERCUT%O

! challenge, on my life.

!EN#O$%O

Aomeo will answer it.

MERCUT%O &' !ny man that can write may answer a letter.

!EN#O$%O

-ay, he will answer the letters master, how he dares,

being dared.

MERCUT%O

!las, "oor Aomeo; <e is already dead, stabbed with

a white wenchs black eye, shot through the ear with

a love song, the very "in of his heart cleft with the

blind bow#boys butt shaft. !nd is he a man to

encounter Tybalt5

ME

1h,

stab

thro

hea

man

!EN#O$%O

Why, what is Tybalt5

!EN

Why

MERCUT%O

/ore than 0rince of Cats. 1h, hes the courageous

ca"tain of com"liments. <e fights as you sing

"ricksong, kee"s time, distance, and "ro"ortion. <e

rests his minim restsone, two, and the third in your

bosom. The very butcher of a silk button, a duelist, a

duelist, a gentleman of the very first house of the first

and second cause. !h, the immortal passado, the

punto reverso, the hai'

Act 2, Scene ", Page 2

ME

<e

eve

reci

"ro"

and

cangen

kno

<e

pun

th





!EN#O$%O

& The what5

Where the devil should this Aomeo be5

Came he not home tonight5

MERCUT%O

Where the devil can Aomeo be5 $idnt he come

home last night5

MERCUT%O

The "o+ of such antic, lis"ing, affecting fantasmines,

these new tuners of accents; 73y Kesu, a very good

blade; ! very tall man; ! very good whore;8 Why, is not

this a lamentable thing, grandsire, that we should

MERCUT%O

I hate these cra*y, affected guys who use foreign

"hrases and newfangled e+"ressions. I hate their

strange manners and their weird accents; I hate it when

they say, 73y Kesus, this is a very good

me,8

man

with

Enter ROMEO

!EN#O$%O

<ere comes Aomeo, here comes Aomeo.

!EN

<ere

MERCUT%O

Without his roe, like a dried herring. 1 flesh, flesh, how

art thou fishified; -ow is he for the numbers that

0etrarch flowed in. ?aura to his lady was but a kitchen#

wench marry, she had a better love to berhyme her

$ido a dowdy, Cleo"atra a gy"sy, <elen and <ero

hildings and harlots, Thisbe a grey eye or so, but notto the "ur"ose. ignior

Aomeo,bon+our' Theres a French salutation to your

French slo". 4ou gave us the counterfeit fairly last night.


MER

<e l

eggs

you

read

girl,

bette

shab

<ele

migh

matt

gree

"ant

ROMEO

ood morrow to you both. What counterfeit did I give

you5

ROM

oo

fake

MERCUT%O

6' The sli", sir, the sli". Can you not conceive5

MER

4ou

unde

ROMEO

0ardon, good /ercutio, my business was great, and in

such a case as mine a man may strain courtesy.

ROM

9+cu

busi

had

MERCUT%O

Thats as much as to say, such a case as yours

constrains a man to bow in the hams.

MER

In ot

your

ROMEO

/eaning 7to curtsy85

ROM

4ou

MERCUT%O

Thou hast most kindly hit it.

MER

4ou

ROMEO

6 ! most courteous e+"osition.

ROM

Tha

MERCUT%O

-ay, I am the very "ink of courtesy.

MER

4es

and





ROMEO

0ink for flower.MERCUT%O

be thus afflicted with these strange flies, these fashion#

mongers, these 7"ardon mes,8 who stand so much on

the new form, that they cannot sit at ease on the old

bench5 1h, their bones, their bones; blade, a very brave

man, a very good whore.8 Isnt this a sad thing, my good

man5 Why should we "ut u" with these foreign

bu**ards, these fashionmongers, these guys who say

7"ardon





MERCUT%O

Why, is not this better now than groaning for love5 -ow

art thou sociable. -ow art thou Aomeo. -ow art thou

what thou artby art as well as by nature, for this

driveling love is like a great natural that runs

Aight.

Act 2, Scene ", Page "ROMEO

Why, then is my "um" well flowered.

MERCUT%O

=' ure wit, follow me this :est now till thou hast worn out

thy "um", that when the single sole of it is worn, the

:est may remain, after the wearing solely singular.

ROMEO

1 single#soled :est, solely singular for the singleness.

MERCUT%O

Come between us, good 3envolio. /y wits faints.

ROMEO

witch and s"urs, switch and s"urs, or Ill cry a match.

MERCUT%O

-ay, if our wits run the wild#goose chase, I am done,

for thou hast more of the wild#goose in one of thy wits

than, I am sure, I have in my whole five. Was I with you

there for the goose5

ROMEO

= Thou wast never with me for anything when thou wast

not there for the goose.

MERCUT%O

I will bite thee by the ear for that :est.

ROMEO

-ay, good goose, bite not.

MERCUT%O

Thy wit is a very bitter sweeting. It is a most shar"

sauce.

ROMEO !nd is it not well served into a sweet goose5

MERCUT%O

@' 1h, heres a wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch

narrow to an ell broad;

Act 2, Scene ", Page &

ROMEO

I stretch it out for that word 7broad,8 which, added to

the goose, "roves thee far and wide a broad goose.

ROM

I stre

word

fat goose.

MERCUT%O

Why, isnt all this :oking better than groaning about

love5 -ow youre sociable. -ow youre Aomeo.

-ow you are what youve learned to be and what

you are naturally. This love of yours

ROMEO

lolling u" and down to hide his bauble in a hole. was

look

!EN#O$%O

to" there, sto" there.

!EN

to"

MERCUT%O Thou desirest me to sto" in my tale against the hair.

MER4ou

!EN#O$%O

@ Thou wouldst else have made thy tale large.

!EN

1the

MERCUT%O

1h, thou art deceived. I would have made it short, for

I was come to the whole de"th of my tale, and meant,

indeed, to occu"y the argument no longer.

MER

1h,

had

"lan

Enter NURSE and her man PETER

ROMEO

<eres goodly gear.

ROM

<ere

!EN#O$%O

! sail, a sail;

!EN

! sa

MERCUT%O

Two, twoa shirt and a smock.

MER

The

NURSE

' 0eter;

Act 2, Scene ", Page )

NUR

0ete

PETER

!non;

PET

Im a

NURSE

/y fan, 0eter.

NUR

ive MERCUT%O

ood, 0eter, to hide her face, for her fans the fairer

face.

MER

oo

fan i

NURSE

od ye good morrow, gentlemen.

NUR

oo

MERCUT%O

od ye good e%en, fair gentlewoman.

MER

oo





NURSE

Is it good e%en5MERCUT%O

%Tis no less, I tell you, for the bawdy hand of the dial is

now u"on the "rick of noon.

NURSE

1ut u"on you; What a man are you5

MERCUT%O

1ne, gentlewoman, that od hath made, himself to mar.

NURSE

B' 3y my troth, it is well said. 7For himself to mar,8 2uoth

he5 entlemen, can any of you tell me where I may

find the young Aomeo5I can tell you, but young Aomeo will be older when

ROMEO

I can tell you, but young Aomeo will be older you have

found him than he was when you sought him. I am the

youngest of that name, for fault of a worse.

wors

NURSE

4ou say well.

Act 2, Scene ", Page *

NUR

4ou

MERCUT%O

4ea, is the worst well5 Very well took, i% faith, wisely,

wisely.

MER

Is th

wise

NURSE

If you be he, sir, I desire some confidence with you.

NUR

(to A

sir, I

!EN#O$%O

B he will indite him to some su""er.

!EN

he

MERCUT%O

! bawd, a bawd, a bawd; o ho;

MER

! "im

ROMEO

What hast thou found5

ROM

Wha

MERCUT%O

-o hare, sir, unless a hare, sir, in a ?enten "iethat is,

something stale and hoar ere it be s"ent.

MER

he

uglin

(sings)

#n old hare hoar,

#nd an old hare hoar,

s very good meat in -ent.

ut a hare that is hoar s too much for a score

/hen it hoars ere it be spent.

E' (speaks)

(he

$ld

you

ut

Thait wa

(spe

Aomeo, will you come to your fathers5 Well to dinner,

thither.

Aom

?ets

ROMEO

I will follow you.

Act 2, Scene ", Page +

ROM

Ill fo

MERCUT%O

Farewell, ancient lady. Farewell, lady, lady, lady.

MER

oo

Exeunt MERCUTIO and BENVOLIO

NURSE

I "ray you, sir, what saucy merchant was this that was

so full of his ro"ery5

NUR

0lea

"un

ROMEO

E ! gentleman, -urse, that loves to hear himself talk,

and will s"eak more in a minute than he will stand to

in a month.

ROM

-urs

his o

he d





when you find him than he was when you started looking

for him. I am the youngest man by that name, because

there is no one younger, or

NURSE

!n he s"eak any thing against me, Ill take him down, an

he were lustier than he is, and twenty such Kacks.

NURSE

If he says anything against me, Ill humble him, even if he

were stronger than he isand twenty !nd if I cannot, Ill

find those that shall. curvy knave; I am none of his flirt#

gills. I am none of his skainsmates. (to 09T9A ) !nd thou

must stand by, too, and suffer every knave to use me at

his "leasure5

ther

PETER

I saw no man use you at his "leasure. If I had, my

wea"on should 2uickly have been out, I warrant you. I

dare draw as soon as another man if I see occasion

in a good 2uarrel and the law on my side.

PE

I di

see

"ul

swo

sta

NURSE

-ow, afore od, I am so ve+ed that every "art about me

2uivers. curvy knave;

(to A1/91 ) 0ray you, sir, a word. !nd as I told you,

my young lady bid me in2uire you out. What she

bade me say, I will kee" to myself. 3ut first let me tell

ye, if ye should lead her into a fools "aradise, as theysay, it were a very gross kind of behavior, as they

say. For the gentlewoman is young, and therefore, if

you should deal double with her, truly it were an ill

thing to be offered to any gentlewoman, and very

weak dealing.


NU

-ow

ove

"le

you

ask

you

as crim

to t

wo

ROMEO

G' -urse, commend me to thy lady and mistress. I "rotest

unto thee

RO

-u

you

NURSE

ood heart, and i% faith, I will tell her as much. ?ord,

?ord, she will be a :oyful woman.

NU

4ou

tha

ROMEO

What wilt thou tell her, -urse5 Thou dost not mark me.

RO

Wh

"ay

NURSE

I will tell her, sir, that you do "rotest, which, as I take it,

is a gentlemanlike offer.

NU

ir,

is t

ROMEO

3id her devise

G ome means to come to shrift this afternoon.

!nd there she shall at Friar ?awrence% cell

3e shrived and married. (gives her coins) <ere is for thy

"ains.

RO

Tel

and

afte

con<e

NURSE

-o, truly, sir. -ot a "enny.

NU

-o,

ROMEO

o to. I say you shall.

RO

o

NURSE

H' (takes the money) This afternoon, sir5 Well, she shall be

there.

NU

(tak

the





"unks like him. If I cant do it myself, Ill find someone who

can. That dirty rat; Im not one of his sluts. Im not one of

his "unk friends who carries a knife. (to 09T9A )

!nd you :ust stand

ROMEO

!nd stay, good -urse. 3ehind the abbey wall

ROMEO

Wait good -urse. Within an hour, one of my men

Within this hour my man shall be with thee

!nd bring thee cords made like a tackled stair,

Which to the high to"#gallant of my :oy

H /ust be my convoy in the secret night.

Farewell. 3e trusty, and Ill 2uit thy "ains.

Farewell. Commend me to thy mistress. will

come to you behind the abbey wall and give

you a ro"e ladder. Ill use the ro"e ladder toclimb over the walls at night. Then Ill meet

Kuliet :oyfully and in secret. oodbye. 3e

honest and hel"ful, and Ill re"ay you for your

efforts.

Act 2, Scene ", Page 1-NURSE

-ow od in heaven bless thee; <ark you, sir.

NU

/ay

sir.

ROMEO

What sayst thou, my dear -urse5

RO

Wh

NURSE

&'' Is your man secret5 $id you ne%er hear say,

7Two may kee" counsel, "utting one away85

NU

Can

hea

awa

ROMEO

Warrant thee, my mans as true as steel.

RO

I asNURSE

Well, sir, my mistress is the sweetest lady.?ord,

?ord; when twas a little "rating thing.1h, there is

a nobleman in town, one 0aris, that would fain lay

knife aboard, but she, good soul, had as lief see a

toad, a very toad, as see him. I anger her sometimes

and tell her that 0aris is the "ro"erer man. 3ut, Ill

warrant you, when I say so, she looks as "ale as any

clout in the versal world. $oth notrosemary and

*omeo begin both with a letter5

NU

We

?ord

one

wou

wou

her

han

swe

7ros

lette

ROMEO

!y, -urse, what of that5 3oth with an * .

RO

4es

with

NURSE

&' !h, mocker, thats the dogs name. * is for the-o, I

know it begins with some other letter, and she hath

the "rettiest sententious of it, of you and rosemary,

that it would do you good to hear it.

NU

!h,

for t

he

rose

thin

ROMEO

Commend me to thy lady.

RO

iv

NURSE

!y, a thousand times.0eter;

NU

4es

PETER

!non;

PET

Im

NURSE

3efore and a"ace.

NU

(giv

Exeunt

Act 2, Scene &

oodbye. ing my "raises to your mistress.





.U$%ET

<ow art thou out of breath when thou

hast breath To say to me that thou art out

of breath5 The e+cuse that thou dost

make in this delay Is longer than the tale

thou dost e+cuse.

Enter JULIET

.U$%ET

The clock struck nine when I did send the -urse.

In half an hour she "romised to return.

0erchance she cannot meet him. Thats not so.

1h, she is lame; ?oves heralds should be

thoughts, Which ten times faster glide than the suns

beams, $riving back shadows over louring hills.

Therefore do nimble#"inioned doves draw

love !nd therefore hath the wind#swift Cu"id

wings.

-ow is the sun u"on the highmost hill

&' 1f this days :ourney, and from nine till twelve

Is three long hours, yet she is not come.

<ad she affections and warm youthful

blood, he would be as swift in motion as a

ball. /y words would bandy her to my sweet

love, & !nd his to me.

3ut old folks, many feign as they were dead, Dnwieldy,

slow, heavy, and "ale as lead.Enter NURSE and PETER

1 od, she comes.1 honey -urse, what news5 <ast

thou met with him5 end thy man away.

NURSE

6' 0eter, stay at the gate.

Exit PETER

.U$%ET

-ow, good sweet -urse 1 ?ord, why lookst thou

sad5

Though news be sad, yet tell them merrily. If

good, thou shamest the music of sweet news

3y "laying it to me with so sour a face.

Act 2, Scene &, Page 2NURSE

6 I am aweary. ive me leave awhile.

Fie, how my bones ache; What a :aunt have I;

.U$%ET

I would thou hadst my bones and I thy news. -ay,

come, I "ray thee, s"eak. ood, good -urse,

s"eak.

NURSE

Kesu, what haste; Can you not stay awhile5

=' $o you not see that I am out of breath5

NU

we

wai

= Is thy news good, or bad5 !nswer to that.

breath5

.U$%ET

NURSE

Well, you have made a sim"le choice. 4ou know not

how to choose a man. Aomeo; -o, not he, though his

face be better than any mans, yet his leg e+cels all

mens, and for a hand and a foot and a body, though

they be not to be talked on, yet they are "ast com"are.

<e is not the flower of courtesy, but, Ill warrant him,

as gentle as a lamb. o thy ways, wench. erve od.

What, have you dined at home5

NU

We

kno

tho

ma

han

s"e

not

me

wan

.U$%ET

-o, no. 3ut all this did I know before.

@' What says he of our marriage5 What of that5

.U$

-o,

alre

ma

NURSE

?ord, how my head aches; What a head have I;

It beats as it would fall in twenty "ieces.

/y back a% t% other side. !h, my back, my back;

3eshrew your heart for sending me

about, @ To catch my death with :aunting u" and

down;

Act 2, Scene &, Page

NU

?or

"ou

/y

on t

Cur

tow

.U$%ET

I% faith, I am sorry that thou art not well.

weet, sweet, sweet -urse, tell me, what says my love5

.U$

3el

swe

say

NURSE

4our love says, like an honest gentleman, and a

courteous, and a kind, and a handsome, and, I

warrant, a virtuous Where is your mother5

NU

4ou

is c

virtu

.U$%ET

Where is my mother5 Why, she is within.

Where should she be5 <ow oddly thou re"liest;

74our love says, like an honest gentleman,

%Where is your mother5%8

.U$

Wh

else

74o

%Wh

NURSE

1 ods lady dear,

!re you so hot5 /arry, come u", I trow.

Is this the "oultice for my aching bones5

<enceforward do your messages yourself.

NU

1h

im"

this

take





.U$%ET <eres such a coil. Come, what says Aomeo5

NURSE

<ave you got leave to go to shrift today5

.U$%ET

B' I have.

NURSE

<ow can you be out of breath when you have

enough breath to tell me that youre out of

breath5 The e+cuse you make to delay the news

is longer than the news itself. Is the news good or

bad5 !nswer that 2uestion. Tell me if its good or

ay either, and Ill stay the circumstance. ?et me

be satisfied. Is t good or bad5 bad, and Ill wait

for the details. Tell me so I can be satisfied. Is it

good or bad5





Then hie you hence to Friar ?awrences cell.

There stays a husband to make you a wife.

-ow comes the wanton blood u" in your

cheeks. Theyll be in scarlet straight at any

news. B <ie you to church. I must another wayTo fetch a ladder, by the which your love

/ust climb a birds nest soon when it is dark.

I am the drudge and toil in your delight,

3ut you shall bear the burden soon at

night. E' o. Ill to dinner. <ie you to the cell.

Act 2, Scene &, Page ".U$%ET

<ie to high fortune; <onest -urse, farewell.

Exeunt

Act 2, Scene )Enter FRIAR LAWRENCE and ROMEO

/R%AR $ARENCE

o smile the heavens u"on this holy act

That after#hours with sorrow chide us not.

ROMEO

!men, amen. 3ut come what sorrow can,

It cannot countervail the e+change of :oy

That one short minute gives me in her sight.

$o thou but close our hands with holy words,

Then love#devouring death do what he dareJ

It is enough I may but call her mine.

/R%AR $ARENCE

These violent delights have violent ends

&' !nd in their trium"h die, like fire and "owder,

Which, as they kiss, consume. The sweetest honey

Is loathsome in his own deliciousness

!nd in the taste confounds the a""etite.

Therefore love moderately. ?ong love doth so.

& Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.Enter JULIET , somewhat fast, and

embracethROMEO

<ere comes the lady. 1h, so light a

foot Will ne%er wear out the everlasting flint.

! lover may bestride the

gossamers That idles in the wanton

summer air, 6' !nd yet not fall. o light is

vanity.

.U$%ET

ood even to my ghostly confessor.

.U$

oo

Then hurry u" and rush over to Friar ?awrences

cell. Theres a husband there whos waiting to

make you his wife. -ow I see the blood rushing

to your cheeks. 4ou blush bright red as soon as

you hear any news. o to the church. I must go

by a different "ath to get a ro"e ladder. 4our love

will use it to climb u" to your window while its

dark. I do the drudge work for your "leasure. 3ut

soon youll be doing a wifes work all night long.

o. Ill go to lunch. 4ou go to Friar ?awrences

cell.

/R%AR $ARENCE

Aomeo shall thank thee, daughter, for us both.

Act 2, Scene ), Page 2/R%AR $ARENCE

Aomeo will thank you, my girl, for both of us.





.U$%ET

ROMEO !h, Kuliet, if the measure of thy :oy

6 3e hea"ed like mine, and that thy skill be more

To bla*on it, then sweeten with thy breath

This neighbor air, and let rich musics tongue

Dnfold the imagined ha""iness that both

Aeceive in either by this dear encounter..U$%ET

=' Conceit, more rich in matter than in words,

3rags of his substance, not of ornament.

They are but beggars that can count their worth.

3ut my true love is grown to such e+cess I

cannot sum u" sum of half my wealth.

/R%AR $ARENCE = Come, come with me, and we will make short work.

For, by your leaves, you shall not stay alone Till

holy church incor"orate two in one.

Exeunt

Act , Scene 1Enter MERCUTIO , BENVOLIO , ercutio!s

PAGE , and others

!EN#O$%O

I "ray thee, good /ercutio, lets retire.The day is hotJ the Ca"ulets, abroadJ

!nd if we meet we shall not sca"e a brawl,

For now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring.

!

IIt

a

in

a

MERCUT%O

Thou art like one of those fellows that, when he enters

the confines of a tavern, cla"s me his sword u"on the

table and says 7od send me no need of thee;8 and, by

the o"eration of the second cu", draws it on the drawer

when indeed there is no need.

M

4

s

"

o

b

!EN#O$%O

!m I like such a fellow5

!

!

MERCUT%O

Come, come, thou art as hot a Kack in thy mood as any

in Italy, and as soon moved to be moody, and as soon

moody to be moved.

M

C

w

th

a

yo

!EN#O$%O

!nd what to5

!

!

!s much to him, else is his thanks too much.

.U$%ET

Ill give him e2ual thanks, so were even.

MERCUT%O -ay, an there were two such, we should have none

shortly, for one would kill the other. Thou, why, thou wilt

2uarrel with a man that hath a hair more or a hair less in

his beard than thou hast. Thou wilt 2uarrel with a man for

cracking nuts, having no other reason but

MERCUT%O

If there were two men like you, "retty soon thered be

none because the two of you would kill each other. 4ou

would fight with a man if he had one more whisker or

one less whisker in his beard than you have in your

beard. 4oull fight with a because thou hast ha*el eyes.

What eye but such an eye would s"y out such a 2uarrel5Thy head is as full of 2uarrels as an egg is full of meat,

and yet thy head hath been beaten as addle as an egg

for 2uarreling. Thou hast 2uarreled with a man for

coughing in the street because he hath wakened thy dog

that hath lain aslee" in the sun. $idst thou not fall out

with a tailor for wearing his new doublet before 9aster5

With another, for tying his new shoes with old ribbon5

!nd yet thou wilt tutor me from 2uarreling;





Act , Scene 1, Page 2!EN#O$%O

&' !n I were so a"t to 2uarrel as thou art, any man shouldbuy the fee sim"le of my life for an hour and a 2uarter.

MERCUT%O

The fee sim"le5 1 sim"le;

Enter TYBALT , PETRUCHIO , and other CAPULETS

!EN#O$%O

3y my head, here comes the Ca"ulets.

MERCUT%O

3y my heel, I care not.

TY!A$T

Follow me close, for I will s"eak to them.& entlemen, good e%en. ! word with one of you.

MERCUT%O

!nd but one word with one of us5 Cou"le it with

something. /ake it a word and a blow.

TY!A$T

4ou shall find me a"t enough to that, sir, an you will give

me occasion.

MERCUT%O

Could you not take some occasion without giving5

TY!A$T

/ercutio, thou consortst with Aomeo.

TY!

/erc

man whos cracking nuts :ust because you have

ha*elnut#colored eyes. 1nly you would look for a

fight like that. 4our head is as full of fights as anegg is full of yolk, but your head has been beaten

like scrambled eggs from so much fighting. 4ou

started a fight with a man who coughed in the

street because he woke u" a dog that was

slee"ing in the sun. $idnt you argue it out with

your tailor for wearing one of his new suits before

the right season5 !nd with another for tying the

Act , Scene 1, Page

MERCUT%O

6' Consort5 What, dost thou make us minstrels5 !n

thou make minstrels of us, look to hear nothing but

discords. <eres my fiddlestick. <eres that shall

make you dance. Mounds, 7consort8;

MERCUT%O

7<ang out58 Who do you think we are, musicians in a

band5 If we look like musicians to you, you can e+"ect

to hear nothing but noise. (touching the blade of his

sword) This is my fiddlestick. Ill use it to make you

dance. oddammit7<ang

!EN#O$%O

We talk here in the "ublic haunt of men.

9ither withdraw unto some "rivate "lace,

MERCUT%O

6 /ens eyes were made to look and let them ga*e.

I will not budge for no mans "leasure, I.

ME

/e

wat

Enter ROMEO

TY!A$T

Well, "eace be with you, sir. <ere comes my man.

TY!

We

ma

MERCUT%O

3ut Ill be hanged, sir, if he wear your livery.

/arry, go before to field, hell be your follower.=' 4our worshi" in that sense may call him 7man.8

ME

<e

and

you

TY!A$T

Aomeo, the love I bear thee can afford

-o better term than this thou art a villain.

TY!

Aom

4ou

ROMEO

Tybalt, the reason that I have to love

thee $oth much e+cuse the a""ertaining

rage = To such a greeting. Villain am I none.

Therefore, farewell. I see thou knowst me not.

RO

Tyb

asid

I am

don





TY!A$T

3oy, this shall not e+cuse the in:uriesThat thou hast done me. Therefore turn and draw.

Act , Scene 1, Page "ROMEO

I do "rotest I never in:ured thee,

@' 3ut love thee better than thou canst devise,

Till thou shalt know the reason of my

love. !nd so, good Ca"uletwhich name I tender

!s dearly as my ownbe satisfied.

MERCUT%O

1 calm dishonourable, vile submission;

@ #lla stoccata carries it away. (draws his sword) Tybalt,

you ratcatcher, will you walk5

TY!A$T

What wouldst thou have with me5

MERCUT%O

ood Ling of Cats, nothing but one of your nine lives,

that I mean to make bold withal, and, as you shall

use me hereafter, dry#beat the rest of the eight. Will

you "luck your sword out of his "ilcher by the ears5

/ake haste, lest mine be about your ears ere it be

out.

TY!A$T

!nd reason coldly of your grievances, 1r else

de"art. <ere all eyes ga*e on us. out;8

!EN#O$%O

Were talking here in a "ublic "lace. 9ither go

some"lace "rivate, or talk it over rationally, or else :ust

go away. 1ut here everybody can see us.



No Fear Shakespeare – Romeo and Juliet (by SparkNotes) -%-


ROMEO

I am for you. (draws his sword)

ROMEO

' entle /ercutio, "ut thy ra"ier u".MERCUT%O

Come, sir, your passado.

MERCUTIO and TYBALT fight

ROMEO

(draws his sword) $raw, 3envolio. 3eat down their

wea"ons.

entlemen, for shame; Forbear this outrage.

Tybalt, /ercutio; The 0rince e+"ressly hath

Forbidden bandying in Verona streets. <old,

Tybalt; ood /ercutio;

Act , Scene 1, Page &ROMEO tries to break up the fight TYBALT

stabsMERCUTIO under ROMEO !s am

PETRUCH%O

!way, Tybalt.

Exeunt TYBALT , PETRUCHIO , and the

other CAPULETS

MERCUT%O

I am hurt.

! "lague o% both your houses; I am s"ed.B' Is he gone and hath nothing5

!EN#O$%O

What, art thou hurt5

MERCUT%O

!y, ay, a scratch, a scratch. /arry, tis enough.

Where is my "age5o, villain, fetch a surgeon.

Exit MERCUTIO'S PAGE

ROMEO

Courage, man. The hurt cannot be much.

MERCUT%O

-o, tis not so dee" as a well nor so wide as a

B church#door, but tis enough, twill serve. !sk for me

tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man. I am

"e""ered, I warrant, for this world. ! "lague o% both your

houses; Mounds, a dog, a rat, a mouse, a cat to scratch

a man to death; ! braggart, a rogue, a villain that fights

by the book of arithmetic; Why the devil came you

between us5 I was hurt under your arm.

I thought all for the best. from a manual; Why the

hell did you come in between us5 <e struck me

from under your arm.

ROMEO I thought it was the right thing to do.

Act , Scene 1, Page )

MERCUT%O

Exeunt MERCUTIO and BENVOLIO

ROMEO

This gentleman, the 0rinces near ally,

/y very friend, hath got his mortal hurt

In my behalf. /y re"utation stained

With Tybalts slander.Tybalt, that an hour

E <ath been my kinsman; 1 sweet Kuliet,Thy beauty hath made me effeminate

!nd in my tem"er softened valors steel;

RO

Thi

0rin

def

had

Kuli

wombef

Enter BENVOLIO

!EN#O$%O

1 Aomeo, Aomeo, brave /ercutio is dead;

That gallant s"irit hath as"ired the clouds,

G' Which too untimely here did scorn the earth.

!E

1h

bra

too

ROMEO

This days black fate on more days doth de"end.

This but begins the woe others must end.

RO

The

eve

the

EnterTYBALT

!EN#O$%O

<ere comes the furious Tybalt back again.

!E

<er

ROMEO

!live in trium"hand /ercutio slain;

G !way to heaven, res"ective lenity,

!nd fire#eyed fury be my conduct

now.

-ow, Tybalt, take the 7villain8 back again

That late thou gavest me, for /ercutios soul

Is but a little way above our heads,

H' taying for thine to kee" him com"any.

9ither thou or I, or both, must go with him.

Act , Scene 1, Page *

RO

<e

9no

rag

call

sou

wai

u"

to g

TY!A$T

Thou, wretched boy, that didst consort him here halt

with him hence.

TY

Wr

yo

ROMEO

This shall determine that.

RO

Th

They fight. TYBALT falls





!EN#O$%O

Aomeo, away, be gone;H The citi*ens are u", and Tybalt slain.

tand not ama*ed. The 0rince will doom thee death If

thou art taken. <ence, be gone, away;

<el" me into some house, 3envolio,

1r I shall faint. ! "lague o% both your houses;

They have made worms% meat of me. I have it, E'

!nd soundly too. 4our houses;

MERCUT%O

Take me inside some house, 3envolio, or Ill "ass

out. /ay a "lague strike both your families;

Theyve turned me into food for worms. Im done

for. Curse your families;

ROMEO

1h, I am fortunes fool;

ROMEO

1h, I have awful luck.

!EN#O$%O

Exit ROMEO Enter CITIZENS OF THE WATCH

C%T%'EN O/ THE ATCH

Which way ran he that killed /ercutio5

&'' Tybalt, that murderer, which way ran he5

!EN#O$%O

There lies that Tybalt.

C%T%'EN O/ THE ATCH

(to T43!?T ) D", sir, go with me.

I charge thee in the 0rinces name, obey.

Enter PRINCE , MONTAGUE , CAPULET , LADY

MONTAGUE , LADY CAPULET , and OTHERS

Act , Scene 1, Page +

PR%NCE

Where are the vile beginners of this fray5

!EN#O$%O

&' 1 noble "rince, I can discover all

The unlucky manage of this fatal brawl.

There lies the man, slain by young Aomeo,

That slew thy kinsman, brave /ercutio.

$A(Y CAPU$ET

Tybalt, my cousin; 1 my brothers child;

&&' 1 0rince; 1 cousin; <usband; 1h, the blood is

s"illed

1f my dear kinsman; 0rince, as thou art true,

blood of ours shed blood of /ontague.

1 cousin, cousin;

PR%NCE

3envolio, who began this bloody fray5

Why dost thou stay5

!EN#O$%O Why are you waiting5

!EN#O$%O

Tybalt here slain, whom Aomeos hand did slay.

&& Aomeo, that s"oke him fair, bade him bethink

<ow nice the 2uarrel was and urged withal

4our high dis"leasure. !ll this uttered

With gentle breath, calm look, knees humbly bowed,

Could not take truce with the unruly s"leen&6' 1f Tybalt deaf to "eace, but that he tilts

With "iercing steel at bold /ercutios breast,

Who, all as hot, turns deadly "oint to "oint,

!nd, with a martial scorn, with one hand beats

Cold death aside and with the other sends

&6 It back to Tybalt, whose de+terity, Aetorts

it. Aomeo, he cries aloud,

7<old, friends; Friends, "art;8 and, swifter than his

tongue,

<is agile arm beats down their fatal "oints,

!EN#O$%O

Tybalt started the fight before he was killed by

Aomeo. Aomeo s"oke to Tybalt "olitely and told

him how silly this argument was. <e mentioned

that you would not a""rove of the fight. <e saidall of this gently and calmly, kneeling down out of

res"ect. 3ut he could not make "eace with Tybalt,

who was in an angry mood and wouldnt listen to

talk about "eace. Tybalt and /ercutio began to

fight each other fiercely, lunging at one another

and dodging each others blows. Aomeo cried

out, 7to", my friends. 3reak it u".8 Then he

:um"ed in between them and forced them to "ut

their swords down. 3ut Tybalt reached under





Aomeos arm and thrust his sword into brave /ercutio.

Then Tybalt fled the scene.

&=' !nd twi+t them rushesunderneath whose arm !n

envious thrust from Tybalt hit the life 1f stout

/ercutio, and then Tybalt fled.

Act , Scene 1, Page 3ut by and by comes back to Aomeo,

Who had but newly entertained revenge,

!nd to t they go like lightning, for ere I

&= Could draw to "art them was stout Tybalt slain.

$A(Y CAPU$ET

<e is a kinsman to the /ontague.

!ffection makes him false. <e s"eaks not true.

&@' ome twenty of them fought in this black strife,

!nd all those twenty could but kill one life.I beg for :ustice, which thou, 0rince, must give.

Aomeo slew Tybalt. Aomeo must not live.

PR%NCE

Aomeo slew himJ he slew /ercutio.

&@ Who now the "rice of his dear blood doth owe5

MONTAGUE

-ot Aomeo, 0rince, he was /ercutios friend. <is

fault concludes but what the law should end, The

life of Tybalt.

PR%NCE

!nd for that offence

Immediately we do e+ile him hence.

&' I have an interest in your hearts% "roceeding.

/y blood for your rude brawls doth lie a#bleeding.3ut Ill amerce you with so strong a fine

That you shall all re"ent the loss of mine.

I will be deaf to "leading and e+cuses.

& -or tears nor "rayers shall "urchase out abuses,

Therefore use none. ?et Aomeo hence in haste,

9lse, when hes found, that hour is his last.

3ear hence this body and attend our will.

/ercy but murders, "ardoning those that kill.

PR

!nd

Ver

my

blo

reg

"le

"ra

lea

he

wh

onl

Exeunt

Act , Scene 2Enter JULIET alone

!nd, as he fell, did Aomeo turn and fly.

This is the truth, or let 3envolio die.

3ut "retty soon he came back to meet Aomeo,

who was overcome with the desire for revenge.

!s 2uick as lightning, they started fighting. 3efore

I could break u" the fight, Tybalt was killed.

Aomeo ran away when Tybalt fell dead. Im telling

you the truth, I swear on my life.

.U$%ET

allo" a"ace, you fiery#footed steeds,

Toward 0hoebus% lodging. uch a

wagoner !s 0haeton would whi" you

to the west !nd bring in cloudy night

immediately.

"read thy close curtain, love#"erforming night,

That runaways% eyes may wink, and

Aomeo ?ea" to these arms, untalked of and

unseen.

I wish the sun would hurry u" and set and night

would come immediately. When the night comes

and everyone goes to slee", Aomeo will lea" into

my arms, and no one will know. 3eauty makes it

"ossible for lovers to see how to make love in the

dark. 1r else love is blind, and its best time is the

night. I wish night would come, like a widow

dressed in black, so I can learn how to submit to

?overs can see to do their amorous rites

3y their own beauties, or, if love be blind,

&' It best agrees with night. Come, civil night,

Thou sober#suited matron, all in black,

!nd learn me how to lose a winningmatch 0layed for a "air of stainless

maidenhoods.

<ood my unmanned blood bating in my

cheeks, & With thy black mantle, till strange love,

grow bold, Think true love acted sim"le

modesty. Come, night. Come, Aomeo.

Come, thou day in night,

For thou wilt lie u"on the wings of night

6' Whiter than new snow u"on a ravens back.

Come, gentle night, come, loving, black#browed

night,

ive me my Aomeo. !nd when I shall die,

Take him and cut him out in little stars,

6 !nd he will make the face of heaven so fine

That all the world will be in love with night

!nd "ay no worshi" to the garish sun.

1h, I have bought the mansion of a love,

3ut not "ossessed it, and though I am

sold, =' -ot yet en:oyed. o tedious is this day

!s is the night before some festival To

an im"atient child that hath new robes

!nd may not wear them.





Act , Scene 2, Page 2Enter NURSE with cords

1h, here comes my -urse,

!nd she brings news, and every tongue that s"eaks

3ut Aomeos name s"eaks heavenly elo2uence.

-ow, -urse, what news5 What hast thou there5

The

= cords

That Aomeo bid thee fetch5NURSE

!y, ay, the cords.

.U$%ET

!y me, what news5 Why dost thou wring thy hands5

NURSE

!h, welladay; <es dead, hes dead, hes dead;

We are undone, lady, we are undone;

@' !lack the day; <es gone, hes killed, hes dead;

.U$%ET

Can heaven be so envious5

NURSE

Aomeo can,

Though heaven cannot. 1 Aomeo, Aomeo;

Who ever would have thought it5 Aomeo;.U$%ET

my husband and lose my virginity. ?et the blood

rushing to my cheeks be calmed. In the darkness,

let me, a shy virgin, learn the strange act of se+ so

that it seems innocent, modest, and true. Come,

night. Come, Aomeo. 4oure like a day that comes

during the night. 4oure whiter than snow on the

black wings of a raven. Come, gentle night. Come,

loving, dark night. ive me my Aomeo. !nd when I

die, turn him into stars and form a constellation in

his image. <is face will make the heavens so

beautiful that the world will fall in love with the

night and forget about the garish sun. 1h, I havebought loves mansion, but I havent moved in yet.I

belong to Aomeo now, but he hasnt taken

"ossession of me yet. This day is so boring that I

feel like a child on the night before a holiday,

waiting to "ut on my fancy new clothes.





What devil art thou that dost torment me thus5

@ This torture should be roared in dismal hell.

<ath Aomeo slain himself5 ay thou but 7ay,8

!nd that bare vowel shall "oison

more Than the death#darting eye ofcockatrice.

I am not I if there be such an ,

' 1r those eyes shut that makes thee answer

7ay.8

NURSE

I saw the wound, I saw it with mine eyes

od save the mark;here on his manly

breast.

! "iteous corse, a bloody "iteous corse. 0ale,

"ale as ashes, all bedaubed in blood, !ll in

gore blood. I swoond at the sight.

Act , Scene 2, Page .U$%ET

1, break, my hear, "oor bankru"t, break at once;

To "rison, eyes, ne%er look on liberty.

B' Vile earth, to earth resign. 9nd motion here, !nd

thou and Aomeo "ress one heavy bier.

NURSE

1 Tybalt, Tybalt, the best friend I had;

1 courteous Tybalt; <onest gentleman;

That ever I should live to see thee dead.

NUR

1h, T

1h, "

I wis

.U$%ET

B What storm is this that blows so contrary5

Is Aomeo slaughtered, and is Tybalt dead5

/y dearest cousin and my dearer lord5

Then, dreadful trum"et, sound the general doom;

For who is living if those two are gone5

.U$%

Wha

and

cous

husb

beca

NURSE

E' Tybalt is gone, and Aomeo banishd.

Aomeo that killed himhe is banishd.

NUR

Tyba

Aom

banis

.U$%ET

1 od, did Aomeos hand shed Tybalts blood5

.U$%

1h

NURSE

It did, it did. !las the day, it did.

NUR

It did

If he be slain, say 7ay,8 or if not, 7no.8

3rief sounds determine of my weal or

woe.

What kind of devil are you to torture me like this5

This is as bad as the tortures of hell. <as Aomeo

killed himself5 Kust say 74es8 and I will turn more

"oisonous than the snake with the evil eye. I will

no longer be myself if you tell me Aomeo killed

himself. If hes been killed, say 74es.8 If not, say

7-o.8 These short words will determine my :oy or

my "ain.

.U$%ET

1 ser"ent heart hid with a flowering face;

E $id ever dragon kee" so fair a cave5

3eautiful tyrant; Fiend angelical;

$ove#feathered raven, wolvish#ravening lamb;

$es"isd substance of divinest show,

Kust o""osite to what thou :ustly

seemst. G' ! damnd saint, an honorable

villain;

1 nature, what hadst thou to do in hell

did.

.U$%ET

1h, hes like a snake disguised as a flower. $id a

dragon ever hide in such a beautiful cave5 <es a

beautiful tyrant and a fiendish angel; <es a raven

with the feathers of the dove. <es a lamb who

hunts like a wolf; I hate him, yet he seemed the

most wonderful man. <es turned out to be the

e+act o""osite of what he seemed. <es a saint

who should be damned. <es a villain who

When thou didst bower the s"irit of a fiend

In moral "aradise of such sweet flesh5

Was ever book containing such vile matter

G o fairly bound5 1h, that deceit should dwell In

such a gorgeous "alace;



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Act , Scene 2, Page "NURSE

Theres no trust,

-o faith, no honesty in men. !ll "er:ured,

!ll forsworn, all naught, all dissemblers.

!h, wheres my man5ive me some a2ua vitae. brandy.These griefs, these "ains, these

These griefs, these woes, these sorrows make me sorrows make me old. hame on Aomeo; old.

hame come to Aomeo;

.U$%ET

3listered be thy tongue

For such a wish; <e was not born to shame.D"on his brow shame is ashamed to sit,

For tis a throne where honor may be crowned.

H ole monarch of the universal earth, to be angry at him.

1h, what a beast was I to chide at him;

NURSE

Will you s"eak well of him that killed your cousin5

.U$%ET

hall I s"eak ill of him that is my husband5

!h, "oor my lord, what tongue shall smooth thy

&'' name,

When I, thy three hours% wife, have mangled it5

3ut wherefore, villain, didst thou kill my cousin5

That villain cousin would have killed my husband.

3ack, foolish tears, back to your native s"ring.

&' 4our tributary dro"s belong to woe,

Which you, mistaking, offer u" to :oy.

/y husband lives, that Tybalt would have slain,

alive. !nd Tybalts dead, that would have slain my Tybalt, who wanted to kill my husband, is dead.

husband.

&&' !ll this is comfort. Wherefore wee" I then5 cry5 There is news worse than the news that

ome word there was, worser than Tybalts death,

die. That murdered me. I would forget it fain, I would be glad to forget about it, but it weighs on 3ut

oh, it "resses to my memory, my memory like sins linger in guilty minds.

?ike damnd guilty deeds to sinners% minds. 7Tyb

7Tybalt is dead, and Aomeo banishd.8

seemed honorable. 1h nature, what were you

doing in hell5 Why did you "ut the soul of a

criminal in the "erfect body of a man5 Was there

ever such an evil book with such a beautiful

cover5 1h, I cant believe the dee"est evil lurked

Act , Scene 2, Page &That 7banishd,8 that one word 7banishd8

&& <ath slain ten thousand Tybalts. Tybalts

death Was woe enough, if it had ended there.

1r, if sour woe delights in fellowshi"





!nd needly will be ranked with other griefs,

That banishment is worse than the murder of ten

thousand Tybalts. Tybalts death would be bad

enough if that was all. /aybe "ain likes to have

com"any and cant come without bringing more

"ain. It would have been better if, after she said,

Why followed not, when she said 7Tybalts dead,8

&6' 7Thy father8 or 7thy mother,8 nay, or both,

Which modern lamentations might have moved5

3ut with a rearward following Tybalts death,

7Aomeo is banishd.8 To s"eak that word,

Is father, mother, Tybalt, Aomeo, Kuliet,

&6 !ll slain, all dead. 7Aomeo is banishd.8

There is no end, no limit, measure, bound,

NURSE

Wee"ing and wailing over Tybalts corse.

&=' Will you go to them5 I will bring you thither.

.U$%ET

Wash they his wounds with tears5 /ine shall be

s"ent

When theirs are dry, for Aomeos banishment.

Take u" those cords.0oor ro"es, you are

beguiled, &= 3oth you and I, for Aomeo is e+iled.

<e made you for a highway to my bed, 3ut I, a

maid, die maiden#widowd.

Come, cords.Come, -urse. Ill to my wedding bed.

!nd death, not Aomeo, take my maidenhead;

NURSE

<ie to your chamber. Ill find Aomeo

&@' To comfort you. I wot well where he is.

<ark ye, your Aomeo will be here at night.

Ill to him. <e is hid at ?awrence% cell.

Act , Scene 2, Page )

.U$%ET

(gives the -DA9 a ring)1, find him; ive this ring to

my true knight,

!nd bid him come to take his last farewell.

.U$

(giv

my

his

Exeunt

Act , Scene Enter FRIAR LAWRENCE

/R%AR $ARENCE

Aomeo, come forth. Come forth, thou fearful

man. !ffliction is enamoured of thy "arts, !nd

thou art wedded to calamity.

/R

Ao

Tro

Enter ROMEO

ROMEO

Father, what news5 What is the 0rinces doom5

What sorrow craves ac2uaintance at my hand That I

yet know not5

RO

Fat

thefor

/R%AR $ARENCE

Too familiar

/R

4o

In that words death. -o words can that woe

sound. Where is my father and my mother,

-urse5 7Tybalts dead,8 she told me my

mother or my father, or both, were gone.

That would have made me make the

normal cries of sadness. 3ut to say that

Tybalts dead and then say, 7Aomeo has

been banished.8 To say that is like saying

that my father, my mother, Tybalt, Aomeo,and Kuliet have all been killed, theyre all

dead. 7Aomeo has been banished.8 That

news brings infinite death. -o words can

e+"ress the "ain. Where are my father and

my mother, -urse5





ROMEO

What less than doomsday is the 0rinces doom5

ROMEO

Is the 0rinces "unishment any less awful thandoomsday5

/R%AR $ARENCE

&' ! gentler :udgment vanished from his li"s

-ot bodys death, but bodys banishment.

/R%AR $ARENCE

<e made a gentler decision. 4ou wont die, but

youll be banished from the city.

ROMEO

<a, banishment; 3e merciful, say 7death,8

For e+ile hath more terror in his look,

/uch more than death. $o not say 7banishment.8

ROMEO

<a, banishment5 3e merciful and say 7death.8

9+ile is much worse than death. $ont say

7banishment.8

/R%AR $ARENCE

& <ence from Verona art thou banishd.

3e "atient, for the world is broad and wide.

/R%AR $ARENCE

From now on, you are banished from Verona. 4ou

should be able to endure this because the world

is broad and wide.

ROMEO

There is no world without Verona

walls 3ut "urgatory, torture, hell itself.

<ence 7banishd8 is banished from the

world, 6' !nd worlds e+ile is death. Then

7banishd,8

Act , Scene , Page 2

ROMEO

There is no world for me outside the walls of

Verona, e+ce"t "urgatory, torture, and hell itself.

o to be banished from Verona is like being

banished from the world, and being banished

from the world is death.





Is death mistermed. Calling death 7banishment,8

Thou cuttst my head off with a golden a+

!nd smilest u"on the stroke that murders me.

3anishment is death by the wrong name. Calling

death banishment is like cutting off my head with

a golden a+ and smiling while Im being

murdered.

/R%AR $ARENCE 1 deadly sin; 1 rude unthankfulness;

6 Thy fault our law calls death, but the kind 0rince,

Taking thy "art, hath rushed aside the law,

!nd turned that black word 7death8 to 7banishment.8 This

is dear mercy, and thou seest it not.

/R%AR $ARENCE 1h, deadly sin; 1h, rude and unthankful boy; 4ou

committed a crime that is "unishable by death,

but our kind 0rince took sym"athy on you and

ignored the law when he substituted banishment

for death. This is kind mercy, and you dont

Is my dear son with such sour com"any. I bring thee tidings of the 0rinces doom.

for you about the 0rinces "unishment.

ROMEO

%Tis torture and not mercy. <eaven is here,

=' Where Kuliet lives, and every cat and dog

!nd little mouse, every unworthy thing,

?ive here in heaven and may look on her,

3ut Aomeo may not. /ore validity,

/ore honorable state, more courtshi" lives

= In carrion flies than Aomeo. They may sei*e

1n the white wonder of dear Kuliets hand

!nd steal immortal blessing from her li"s,

Who even in "ure and vestal modesty,

till blush, as thinking their own kisses sin.

@' 3ut Aomeo may not. <e is banishd.

Flies may do this, but I from this must fly.

They are free men, but I am banishd.

!nd sayst thou yet that e+ile is not death5

<adst thou no "oison mi+ed, no shar"#ground knife,

@ -o sudden mean of death, though ne%er so mean,

reali*e it.

ROMEO

Its torture, not mercy. <eaven is here because Kuliet

lives here. 9very cat and dog and little mouse, every

unworthy animal that lives here can see her, but Aomeo

cant. Flies are healthier and more honorable and better

suited for romance than Aomeo. They can take hold of

Kuliets wonderful white hand and they can kiss her

sweet li"s. 9ven while she remains a "ure virgin, she

blushes when her li"s touch each other because she

thinks its a sin. 3ut Aomeo cant kiss her or hold herhand because hes been banished. Flies can kiss her,

but I must flee the city. Flies are like free men, but I

have been banished. !nd yet you say that e+ile is not

death5 $id you have no "oison, no shar" knife, no

wea"on you could use to kill me 2uickly, nothing so

disgraceful, e+ce"t banishment5 1h Friar, damned

souls use the

3ut 7banishd8 to kill me573anishd8;

1 Friar, the damnd use that word in hell.

<owling attends it. <ow hast thou the heart,

3eing a divine, a ghostly confessor,





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I wont

hideunless

all the

mist

from

my

from "eo"les searching eyes.

"nocking "nocking.

/R%AR $ARENCE /R%AR $ARENCE

<ark, how they knock;Whos there5Aomeo, ?isten, theyre still knocking;(to the person at

E arise. the door) Whos there5(to A1/91 ) Aomeo,

Thou wilt be taken.tay awhile.tand u". get u". Theyll arrest you.(to the person at the

door) <old on a moment.(to A1/91 ) et u".

"nocking "nocking

Aun to my study.3y and by;ods will, Aun and hide in my study.Kust a minuteFor

What sim"leness is this;I come, I come. the love of od, why are you being so stu"id5

Im coming. Im coming.

"nocking "nocking.

Who knocks so hard5 Whence come you5 Whats Why are you knocking so hard5 Where do you your

will5 come from5 What do you want5

NURSE NURSE

(from within) ?et me come in, and you shall know my (from offstage) ?et me come in, and Ill tell you

G' errand. why I came. I come from ?ady Kuliet.

I come from ?ady Kuliet.

/R%AR $ARENCE /R%AR $ARENCE

(opens the door) Welcome then. (opening the door) Welcome, then.

Enter NURSE The NURSE enters.

NURSE NURSE

1 holy Friar, 1, tell me, holy Friar, 1h, holy Friar, 1h, tell me, holy Friar, where is my Where is my ladys

lord5 Wheres Aomeo5 ladys husband5 Wheres Aomeo5

Act , Scene , Page &/R%AR $ARENCE /R%AR $ARENCE

There on the ground, with his own tears made drunk. <es there on the ground. <es been getting

drunk on his own tears.

NURSE NURSE

1h, he is even in my mistress% case, 1h, hes acting :ust like Kuliet, :ust like her. 1h

G Kust in her case. 1 woeful sym"athy, "ainful sym"athy; What a "itiful "roblem; hes

0iteous "redicament; 9ven so lies she, lying on the ground :ust like him, blubbering and

3lubbering and wee"ing, wee"ing and blubbering. wee"ing, wee"ing and blubbering. tand u".

tand u", stand u". tand, an you be a man. tand u". tand u" if youre really a man. For

For Kuliets sake, for her sake, rise and stand. Kuliets sake, for her sake, rise and stand u".

H' Why should you fall into so dee" an 15 Why should you fall into so dee" a moan5

ROMEO ROMEO -urse; -urse;

NURSE NURSE

!h sir, ah sir. $eaths the end of all. !h sir, ah sir. Well, death is the end for

everybody.

ROMEO ROMEO

"akest thou of Kuliet5 <ow is it with her5 Were you talking about Kuliet5 <ow is she5 $oes

$oth she not think me an old murderer, she think that Im a "racticed murderer because I

H -ow I have stained the childhood of our :oy tainted our newfound :oy by killing one of her

With blood removed but little from her own5 close relatives5 Where is she5 <ow is she Where isshe5 !nd how doth she5 !nd what says doing5 What does my hidden wife say about our /y concealed

lady to our canceled love5 ruined love5





heartsick groans envelo"es me like fog and

conceals me NURSE

1h, she says nothing, sir, but wee"s and wee"s,

NURSE 1h, she doesnt say anything, sir. he :ust &''

!nd now falls on her bed, and then starts u",

!nd 7Tybalt8 calls, and then on Aomeo cries, !nd

then down falls again.

wee"s and wee"s. he falls on her bed and then

starts to get u". Then she calls out Tybalts name

and cries 7Aomeo,8 and then she falls down

again.

me,

ck

ROMEO

hes calling out my name as if I were a bullet

murdering her, :ust like I murdered her relative.

Tell me, Friar, in what "art of my body is my name

embedded5 Tell me, so I can cut it out of myself.

(he draws his dagger)





art.

te

and

three do

dst lose5

y wit,

y wit.

erishJ

ce.

ad

ee,

a""y.

thy

""y.

/R%AR $ARENCE

<old on, and dont act out of des"eration. !reyou a man5 4ou look like a man, but your tears

make you look like a woman. 4our wild actions

resemble the irrational fury of a beast. 4oure a

shameful woman who looks like a man or else an

ugly creature whos half#man, half#beast. 4ou

have ama*ed me. I swear by my holy order, I

thought you were smarter and more rational than

this. <ave you killed Tybalt5 Will you kill

yourself5 !nd would you also kill your wife, who

shares your life, by committing the sin of killing

yourself5 Why do you com"lain about your birth,

the heavens, and the earth5 ?ife is the union of

soul in body through the miracle of birth, but you

would throw all that away. 4ou bring shame toyour body, your love, and your mind. 4ou have so

much natural talent, but like someone who

hoards money, you use none of your talent for

the right "ur"osenot your body, not your love,

not your mind. 4our body is :ust a wa+ figure,

without the honor of a man. The love that you

"romised was a hollow lie. 4oure killing the love

that you vowed to cherish. 4our mind, which aids

both your body and your love, has mishandled

both of them. 4oure like a stu"id soldier whose

gun"owder e+"lodes because hes careless. The

things you were su""osed to use to defend

yourself end u" killing you. et u", man; 4our

Kuliet is alive. It was for her that you were almostkilled earlier. 3e ha""y that shes alive. Tybalt

wanted to kill you, but you killed Tybalt. 3e ha""y

that youre alive. The law that threatened your life

was softened into e+ile. 3e ha""y about that.

4our life is full of blessings. 4ou have the best

sorts of ha""iness to en:oy.

Act , Scene , Page *3ut, like a misbehaved and sullen wench,

3ut like a misbehaved, sullen girl, youre whining

Thou "outst u"on thy fortune and thy love.

&@ Take heed, take heed, for such die miserable.

o, get thee to thy love, as was decreed.

!scend her chamber, hence, and comfort her.

3ut look thou stay not till the watch be set,

For then thou canst not "ass to /antua,

&' Where thou shalt live, till we can find a time

To bla*e your marriage, reconcile your friends,

3eg "ardon of the 0rince, and call thee back

With twenty hundred thousand times more :oy

Than thou wentst forth in lamentation.

& o before, -urse. Commend me to thy

lady,





!nd bid her hasten all the house to bed,

Which heavy sorrow makes them a"t unto.

Aomeo is coming.

NURSE

1 ?ord, I could have stayed here all the night

&B' To hear good counsel. 1h, what learning is;

/y lord, Ill tell my lady you will come.

ROMEO

$o so, and bid my sweet "re"are to chide.

NURSE

<ere, sir, a ring she bid me give you, sir.

(gives A1/91 KD?I9T!s ring)

&B <ie you, make haste, for it grows very late.

Exit 01*E

ROMEO

<ow well my comfort is revived by this;

Act , Scene , Page +/R%AR $ARENCE

o hence. ood night. !nd here stands all your

state

9ither be gone before the watch be set,

&E' 1r by the break of day disguised from hence.

o:ourn in /antua. Ill find out your man,

!nd he shall signify from time to time

9very good ha" to you that chances here.

ive me thy hand. %Tis late. Farewell, good night.ROMEO

3ut that a :oy "ast :oy calls out on me,

&E It were a grief so brief to "art with thee.

Farewell.

Exeunt

Act , Scene "

Enter CAPULET , LADY CAPULET , and PARIS En

about your bad luck and your love. ?isten, listen,

"eo"le who act like that die miserable. o be with

your love, as it was decided at your wedding.

Climb u" to her bedroom and comfort her. 3ut getout of there before the night watchmen take their

"ositions. Then you will esca"e to the city of

/antua, where youll live until we can make your

marriage "ublic and make "eace between your

families. Well ask the 0rince to "ardon you. Then

well welcome you back with twenty thousand

times more :oy than youll have when you leave

this town crying. o ahead, -urse. ive my

regards to your lady, and tell her to hurry

everybody in the house to bed. Im sure theyre all

so sad that theyll be ready to

CAPU$ET

Things have fall%n out, sir, so unluckily,

CAPU$ET Things have turned out so unluckily, sir,

that we That we have had no time to move

our daughter. ?ook you, she loved her

kinsman Tybalt dearly, !nd so did I.

Well, we were born to die.

%Tis very late. hell not come down

tonight.





PAR%S

These times of woe afford no time to woo.

/adam, good night. Commend me to your daughter.

$A(Y CAPU$ET

&' I will, and know her mind early tomorrow.

Tonight she is mewed u" to her heaviness.

CAPU$ET

ir 0aris, I will make a des"erate tender

1f my childs love. I think she will be ruled

In all res"ects by me. -ay, more, I doubt it

not. & Wife, go you to her ere you go to bed.

!c2uaint her here of my son 0aris% love,

!nd bid her, mark you me, on Wednesday ne+t 3ut,

soft; What day is this5

PAR%S

/onday, my lord.

CAPU$ET

6' /onday; <a, ha. Well, Wednesday is too soon,

1% Thursday let it be.1% Thursday, tell her,

he shall be married to this noble earl.

Will you be ready5 $o you like this

haste5 Well kee" no great ado, a friend or two.

6 For, hark you, Tybalt being slain so late,

It may be thought we held himcarelessly, 3eing our kinsman, if we

revel much.

Therefore well have some half a do*en friends, !nd

there an end. 3ut what say you to Thursday5

Act , Scene ", Page 2PAR%S

=' /y lord, I would that Thursday were tomorrow.

CAPU$ET

Well get you gone. 1% Thursday be it, then. o you to Kuliet ere you go to bed.

0re"are her, wife, against this wedding day.

Farewell, my lord.?ight to my chamber, ho;

= !fore me; It is so very late,

That we may call it early by and by. ood

night.

Exeunt

Act , Scene &

I "romise you, but for your

com"any, I would have been

abed an hour ago. havent had

time to convince our daughter to

marry you. ?isten, she loved her

cousin Tybalt dearly, and so did I.

Well, we were all born to die. Its

very late, she wont be coming

downstairs tonight. 3elieve me, if

you werent here visiting me, I

myself would have gone to bed

an hour



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NURSE

4our lady mother is coming to your

chamber.

Enter ROMEO and JULIET aloft

.U$%ET

Wilt thou be gone5 It is not yet near day.

It was the nightingale, and not the lark,

That "ierced the fearful hollow of thine ear.

-ightly she sings on yon "omegranate tree.

3elieve me, love, it was the nightingale.

ROMEO

It was the lark, the herald of the morn,

-o nightingale. ?ook, love, what envious streaks

$o lace the severing clouds in yonder east.

-ights candles are burnt out, and :ocund

day &' tands ti"toe on the misty mountain to"s.

must be gone and live, or stay and die.

.U$%ET

4on light is not daylight, I know it, I.

It is some meteor that the sun

e+hales To be to thee this night a

torchbearer, & !nd light thee on thy way to

/antua.

Therefore stay yet. Thou needst not to be gone.ROMEO

?et me be ta%en. ?et me be "ut to death.

am content, so thou wilt have it so.

Ill say yon grey is not the mornings eye.

%Tis but the "ale refle+ of Cynthias brow.

-or that is not the lark, whose notes dobeat The vaulty heaven so high above our

heads.

have more care to stay than will to go.

Come, death, and welcome; Kuliet wills it

so. 6 <ow is t, my soul5 ?ets talk. It is not

day.

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It is, it is. <ie hence; 3e gone, away;

It is the lark that sings so out of tune,

training harsh discords and un"leasing shar"s.

ome say the lark makes sweet division.

This doth not so, for she divideth us.

ome say the lark and loathd toad change eyes.

1h, now I would they had changed voices too,

ince arm from arm that voice doth us affray,

<unting thee hence with hunts#u" to the

day. = 1, now be gone. /ore light and light it

grows.

ROMEO

/ore light and light, more dark and dark our woes;

RO

/o

Enter NURSE

NURSE

/adam.

NU

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-urse5

.U

NURSE

@' The day is broke. 3e wary, look about. bro

Exit NURSE

.U$%ET

Then, window, let day in and let life out.

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win

ROMEO

Farewell, farewell. 1ne kiss, and Ill descend.

RO

Far

dow

"iss. ROMEO goes down

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!rt thou gone so, love, lord5 !y, husband,

friend, I must hear from thee every day in the hour,

@ For in a minute there are many days. 1h, by this

count I shall be much in years 9re I again behold

my Aomeo.

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day

1h

see

ROMEO Farewell;

I will omit no o""ortunity

That may convey my greetings, love, to thee.

ROFar

lov

.U$%ET

' 1h, thinkst thou we shall ever meet again5

.U

1h

ROMEO

I doubt it not, and all these woes shall serve For

sweet discourses in our time to come.

RO

I ha

sto

.U$%ET

1 od, I have an ill#divining soul.

/ethinks I see thee now, thou art so

low !s one dead in the bottom of a tomb.

9ither my eyesight fails, or thou lookst "ale.

.U

1h

-o

someye

ROMEO

!nd trust me, love, in my eye so do you.

$ry sorrow drinks our blood. !dieu, adieu;

RO

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a

o

Exit ROMEO



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.U$%ET

1 fortune, fortune; !ll men call thee fickle.B' If thou art fickle, what dost thou with him

That is renowned for faith5 3e fickle, fortune,

For then, I ho"e, thou wilt not kee" him long,

3ut send him back.

$A(Y CAPU$ET

(from within) <o, daughter, are you u"5

4our mother is coming to your bedroom. $ay has

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.U$%ET

B Who is t that calls5 Is it my lady mother5 Is

she not down so late or u" so early5

.U$%ET

Whos that calling5 Is it my mother5 Isnt she u"

very late5 1r is she u" very early5 What strange

What unaccustomed cause "rocures her hither5 reason could she have for coming here5

Enter LADY CAPULET LADY CAPULET enters.


Why, how now, Kuliet5 Whats going on, Kuliet5

.U$%ET .U$%ET

/adam, I am not well. /adam, I am not well.


9vermore wee"ing for your cousins death5 Will you cry about your cousins death forever5

E' What, wilt thou wash him from his grave with tears5 !re you trying to wash him out of his grave with

!n if thou couldst, thou couldst not make him live. tears5 If you could, you couldnt bring him back to

Therefore, have done. ome grief shows much of life. o sto" crying. ! little bit of grief shows a lot

love, of love. 3ut too much grief makes you look stu"id.

3ut much of grief shows still some want of wit.

.U$%ET .U$%ET

4et let me wee" for such a feeling loss. ?et me kee" wee"ing for such a great loss.


E o shall you feel the loss, but not the friend 4ou will feel the loss, but the man you wee" for

Which you wee" for. will feel nothing.

.U$%ET .U$%ET

Feeling so the loss, Feeling the loss like this, I cant hel" but wee" for Cannot choose but ever

wee" the friend. him forever.


Well, girl, thou wee"st not so much for his death, Well, girl, youre wee"ing not for his death as

!s that the villain lives which slaughtered him. much as for the fact that the villain who killed himis still alive.

.U$%ET .U$%ET

G' What villain, madam5 What villain, madam5


That same villain, Aomeo. That villain, Aomeo.



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.U$%ET .U$%ET

(aside) Villain and he be many miles asunder. (speaking so that ?!$4 C!0D?9T can!t (to ?!$4

C!0D?9T ) od "ardon him; I do, with all hear)<es far from being a villain. (to ?!$4my heart, C!0D?9T ) /ay od "ardon him; I do, with all

!nd yet no man like he doth grieve my heart. my heart. !nd yet no man could make my heart

grieve like he does.


That is because the traitor murderer lives. Thats because the murderer is alive.

.U$%ET .U$%ET

G !y, madam, from the reach of these my hands. 4es, madam, he lies beyond my reach. I wish Would

none but I might venge my cousins death; that no one could avenge my cousins death e+ce"t me;


We will have vengeance for it, fear thou not. Well have revenge for it. $ont worry about that.Then wee" no more. Ill send to one in /antua, to" crying. Ill send a man to /antua, where

Where that same banished runagate doth live, that e+iled rogue is living. 1ur man will "oison

H' hall give him such an unaccustomed dram Aomeos drink, and Aomeo will :oin Tybalt in That he

shall soon kee" Tybalt com"any. death. !nd then, I ho"e, youll be satisfied. !nd then, I ho"e,

thou wilt be satisfied.

.U$%ET .U$%ET

Indeed, I never shall be satisfied

With Aomeo, till I behold himdead H

Is my "oor heart for a kinsman ve+ed.

/adam, if you could find out but a man

To bear a "oison, I would tem"er it,

That Aomeo should, u"on recei"t thereof,

oon slee" in 2uiet. 1h, how my heart abhors

&'' To hear him named, and cannot come to him.

$A(Y CAPU$ET

Find thou the means, and Ill find such a man.

3ut now Ill tell thee :oyful tidings, girl.

.U$%ET

&' !nd :oy comes well in such a needy time.

What are they, beseech your ladyshi"5

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$A(Y CAPU$ET Well, well, thou hast a careful father, child.

1ne who, to "ut thee from thy heaviness,

<ath sorted out a sudden day of :oy

&&' That thou e+"ectst not, nor I looked not for.

.U$%ET

/adam, in ha""y time, what day is that5

$A(Y CAPU$ET

/arry, my child, early ne+t Thursday morn,

The gallant, young, and noble gentleman,

The County 0aris, at aint 0eters Church,

&& hall ha""ily make thee there a :oyful bride.

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-ow, by aint 0eters Church and 0eter

too, <e shall not make me there a :oyful bride.

I wonder at this haste, that I must wed

9re he, that should be husband, comes to woo.

&6' I "ray you, tell my lord and father, madam,

I will not marry yet. !nd when I do, I swear

It shall be Aomeo, whom you know I hate,

Aather than 0aris. These are news indeed;

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whe

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new

$A(Y CAPU$ET

<ere comes your father. Tell him so yourself,

&6 !nd see how he will take it at your hands.

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<er

see

Enter CAPULET and NURSE To wreak the love I bore my cousin

D"on his body that slaughtered him;

Ill never be satisfied with Aomeo until I see him . .

. deaddead is how my "oor heart feels when I

think about my "oor cousin. /adam, if you can

find a man to deliver the "oison, Ill mi+ it myself

so that Aomeo will slee" 2uietly soon after he

drinks it. 1h, how I hate to hear "eo"le say his

name and not be able to go after him. I want to



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take the love I had for my cousin and take it out

on the body of the man who killed him.

CAPU$ET

When the sun sets the air doth dri**le

dew, 3ut for the sunset of my brothers son

It rains downright.

<ow now5 ! conduit, girl5 What, still in tears,

&=' 9vermore showering5 In one little body

Thou counterfeitst a bark, a sea, a wind,

For still thy eyes, which I may call the sea,

$o ebb and flow with tears. The bark thy body is,

CAPU$ET

When the sun sets, the air dri**les dew. 3ut at thedeath of my brothers son, it rains a down"our. What

are you, girl5 ome kind of fountain5 Why are you still

crying5 Will you cry forever5 In one little body you

seem like a shi", the sea, and the winds. 4our eyes,

which I call the sea, flow with tears. The shi" is your

body which is sailing on the salt flood of your tears.

ailing in this salt flood. The winds thy sighs,

&= Who, raging with thy tears, and they with them,

Without a sudden calm will overset

Thy tem"est#tossd body.<ow now, wife5 <ave

you delivered to her our decree5

Act , Scene &, Page *$A(Y CAPU$ET

!y, sir, but she will none, she gives you thanks.

&@' I would the fool were married to her grave;

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th

an

CAPU$ET

oft, take me with you, take me with you, wife.

<ow, will she none5 $oth she not give us thanks5

Is she not "roud5 $oth she not count her

blessed, Dnworthy as she is, that we have

wrought &@ o worthy a gentleman to be her bride5

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-ot "roud you have, but thankful that you have.

0roud can I never be of what I hate,

3ut thankful even for hate that is meant love.

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CAPU$ET

<ow, how, how, how5 Cho""ed logic; What is this5

&' 70roud,8 and 7I thank you,8 and 7I thank you not,8

!nd yet 7not "roud85 /istress minion you,

Thank me no thankings, nor "roud me no "rouds,

3ut fettle your fine :oints %gainst Thursday

ne+t To go with 0aris to aint 0eters Church,

& 1r I will drag thee on a hurdle thither.

1ut, you green sickness, carrion; 1ut, you baggage;

4ou tallow face;

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$A(Y CAPU$ET

Fie, fie; What, are you mad5

$A

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.U$%ET

ood Father, I beseech you on my knees,

<ear me with "atience but to s"eak a word.

.U

"a

The winds are your sighs. 4our sighs and your

tears are raging. Dnless you calm down, tears

and sighs will overwhelm your body and sink

your shi". o where do things stand, wife5 <ave

you told her our decision5

Act , Scene &, Page +

CAPU$ET

&B' <ang thee, young baggage; $isobedient wretch;

I tell thee what get thee to church o% Thursday,

1r never after look me in the face.

"eak not. Ae"ly not. $o not answer me.

/y fingers itch.Wife, we scarce thought us

blest

&B That od had lent us but this only child,

3ut now I see this one is one too

much !nd that we have a curse in

having her. 1ut on her, hilding;



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CAPU$ET

Forget about you, you worthless girl; 4ou disobedient

wretch; Ill tell you what. o to church on Thursday or

never look me in the face again. $ont say anything.

$ont re"ly. $ont talk back to me. ( KD?I9T rises)

I feel like sla""ing you. Wife, we never thought

ourselves blessed that od only gave us this one child.

3ut now I see that this one is one too many. We were

cursed when we had her. he

NURSE

od in heaven bless her;

CAPU$ET

&E' !nd why, my ?ady Wisdom5 <old your tongue,

ood "rudence. matter with your gossi"s, go.

NURSE

I s"eak no treason.

CAPU$ET 1h, od %i% good e%en.

NURSE

/ay not one s"eak5

CAPU$ET

0eace, you mumbling fool;

Dtter your gravity o%er a gossi"s bowl,

&E For here we need it not.

$A(Y CAPU$ET

4ou are too hot.

CAPU$ET

ods bread; It makes me mad.

$ay, night, hour, tide, time, work, "lay,

!lone, in com"any, still my care hath been

To have her matched. !nd having now "rovided&G' ! gentleman of noble "arentage,

1f fair demesnes, youthful, and nobly trained,

tuffed, as they say, with honorable "arts,

0ro"ortioned as ones thought would wish a man

!nd then to have a wretched "uling fool,

&G ! whining mammet, in her fortunes tender,

To answer 7Ill not wed,8 7I cannot love,8

7I am too young,8 7I "ray you, "ardon me.8

3ut, an you will not wed, Ill "ardon you.

ra*e where you will, you shall not house with me.

&H' ?ook to t, think on t, I do not use to :est.

Thursday is near. ?ay hand on heart, advise. !n you be mine, Ill give you to my friend.

!n you be not, hang, beg, starve, die in the

streets, For, by my soul, Ill ne%er acknowledge

thee, &H -or what is mine shall never do thee good.

Trust to t, bethink you. Ill not be forsworn.

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Exit CAPULET

4ou are to blame, my lord, to rate her so.

disgusts me, the little hussy;

NURSE

od in heaven bless her; /y lord, youre wrong

to berate her like that.

.U$%ET

Is there no "ity sitting in the clouds

That sees into the bottom of my

grief5 1 sweet my mother, cast

me not away;

6'' $elay this marriage for a month, a week.

1r, if you do not, make the bridal bed

.U$%ET

Is there no "ity in the sky that can see my

sadness5 1h, my sweet mother, dont throw

me out; $elay this marriage for a month, or a

week. 1r, if you dont delay, make my

wedding bed in the tomb where Tybalt lies.

In that dim monument where Tybalt lies.

$A(Y CAPU$ET

Talk not to me, for Ill not s"eak a word.

$o as thou wilt, for I have done with thee.



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$A(Y CAPU$ET

Exit LADY CAPULET

.U$%ET

6' 1 od;1 -urse, how shall this be "revented5

/y husband is on earth, my faith in heaven.

<ow shall that faith return again to earth,

Dnless that husband send it me from heaven

3y leaving earth5 Comfort me. Counsel me.

6&' !lack, alack, that heaven should "ractice stratagems

D"on so soft a sub:ect as myself.

What sayst thou5 <ast thou not a word of :oy5

ome comfort, -urse.

Act , Scene &, Page 1-NURSE

Faith, here it is.

Aomeo is banishd, and all the world to nothing 6&

That he dares ne%er come back to challenge you.

1r, if he do, it needs must be by stealth.

Then, since the case so stands as now it

doth, I think it best you married with the county.

1h, hes a lovely gentleman.

66' Aomeos a dishclout to him. !n eagle, madam,

<ath not so green, so 2uick, so fair an eye !s 0aris hath. 3eshrew my very heart,

I think you are ha""y in this second match,

For it e+cels your first. 1r if it did not,

66 4our first is dead, or twere as good he were, !s

living here and you no use of him.

.U$%ET

"eakest thou from thy heart5

NURSE

!nd from my soul too, else beshrew them both.

.U$%ET

!men;

NURSE

6=' What5

.U$%ET

Well, thou hast comforted me marvelous much.

o in, and tell my lady I am gone,

<aving dis"leased my father, to ?awrences cell To

make confession and to be absolved.

NURSE

6= /arry, I will, and this is wisely done.

NU

!l Exit NURSE

$ont talk to me, because I wont say a word. $o

as you "lease, because Im done worrying about





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.U$%ET

!ncient damnation; 1 most wicked fiend;

Is it more sin to wish me thus forsworn,

1r to dis"raise my lord with that same tongue

Which she hath "raised him with

above com"are 6@' o many thousand

times5 o, counselor.

Thou and my bosom henceforth shall be

twain.

Ill to the friar to know his remedy.

If all else fail, myself have "ower to die.

.U$%ET

Act ", Scene 1Enter FRIAR LAWRENCE and PARIS

/R%AR $ARENCE

1n Thursday, sir5 The time is very short.

PAR%S

/y father Ca"ulet will have it so,

!nd I am nothing slow to slack his haste.

/R%AR $ARENCE

4ou say you do not know the ladys mind. Dneven is the course. I like it not.

PAR%S

Immoderately she wee"s for Tybalts death,

!nd therefore have I little talked of

love, For Venus smiles not in a house of

tears.

-ow, sir, her father counts it dangerous

&' That she do give her sorrow so much sway,

!nd in his wisdom hastes our marriage

To sto" the inundation of her tears

Which, too much minded by herself

alone, /ay be "ut from her by society.& -ow do you know the reason of this haste.

/R%AR $ARENCE

(aside) I would I knew not why it should be slowed.

?ook, sir, here comes the lady toward my cell.

Enter JULIET

PAR%S

<a""ily met, my lady and my wife.

.U$%ET

That may be, sir, when I may be a wife.

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Th

PAR%S

6' That 7may be8 must be, love, on Thursday ne+t.

PA

Th

That damned old lady; 1h, that most wicked

fiend; Is it a worse sin for her to want me to

break my vows or for her to say bad things about

my husband after she "raised him so many

times before5 !way with you and your advice,

-urse. From now on, I will never tell you what I

feel in my heart. Im going to the Friar to find out

his solution. If everything else fails, at least I

have





.U$%ET

What must be shall be..U$%ET

What must be will be.

/R%AR $ARENCE

PAR%S

Come you to make confession to this Father5

.U$%ET

To answer that, I should confess to you.

PAR%S

6 $o not deny to him that you love me.

.U$%ET

I will confess to you that I love him.

PAR%S

o will ye, I am sure, that you love me.

.U$%ET

If I do so, it will be of more "rice

3eing s"oke behind your back than to your face.

PAR%S

=' 0oor soul, thy face is much abused with tears.

.U$%ET

The tears have got small victory by that,For it was bad enough before their s"ite.

PAR%S

Thou wrongst it more than tears with that re"or

.U$%ET

That is no slander, sir, which is a truth,

= !nd what I s"ake, I s"ake it to my face.

PAR%S

Thy face is mine, and thou hast slandered it.

.U$%ET

It may be so, for it is not mine own.

!re you at leisure, holy Father, now, 1r

shall I come to you at evening mass5

Act ", Scene 1, Page /R%AR $ARENCE

@' /y leisure serves me, "ensive daughter, now.

lord, we must entreat the time alone.

PAR%S

od shield I should disturb devotion; Kuliet,

on Thursday early will I rouse ye.

(kisses her) Till then, adieu, and kee" this holy k

Exit P

Thats a certain te+t.

/R%AR $ARENCE That is a certain truth.

.U$%ET

@ 1, shut the door; !nd when thou hast done so, Come

wee" with me, "ast ho"e, "ast cure, "ast hel".

.U$%ET

1h, shut the door, and after you shut it, come over here

and wee" with me. This mess is beyond ho"e, beyond

cure, beyond hel";

/R%AR $ARENCE

1 Kuliet, I already know thy grief.

It strains me "ast the com"ass of my

wits. I hear thou must, and nothing may

"rorogue it, ' 1n Thursday ne+t be married to

this county.

/R%AR $ARENCE

1h, Kuliet, I already know about your sad

situation. Its a "roblem too hard for me to

solve. I hear that you must marry this count on

Thursday, and that nothing can delay it.

.U$%ET

Tell me not, Friar, that thou hearst of this, Dnless

thou tell me how I may "revent it.

If in thy wisdom thou canst give no hel",

$o thou but call my resolution wise,

!nd with this knife Ill hel" it "resently.

(shows him a knife)

od :oined my heart and Aomeos, thou our hands.

!nd ere this hand, by thee to Aomeo sealed,

hall be the label to another deed,

B' 1r my true heart with treacherous revolt

Turn to another, this shall slay them both.

Therefore out of thy long#e+"erienced time,

ive me some "resent counsel, or, behold,

%Twi+t my e+tremes and me this bloody knife

B hall "lay the um"ire, arbitrating that





Which the commission of thy years and art

Could to no issue of true honor bring.

3e not so long to s"eak. I long to die

If what thou s"eakst s"eak not of remedy.

.U$%ET

$ont tell me that youve heard about this marriage,

Friar, unless you can tell me how to "revent it. If you

who are so wise cant hel", "lease be kind enough to

call my solution wise.(she shows him a knife) !nd Ill

solve the "roblem now with this knife. od :oined my

heart to Aomeos. 4ou :oined our hands. !nd

before I who was married to Aomeo by you

am married to another man, Ill kill myself. 4ou are

wise and you have so much e+"erience. ive me

some advice about the current situation. 1r

watch. Caught between these two difficulties, Ill

act like a :udge with my bloody knife. I will truly

and honorably resolve the situation that you cant

fi+, des"ite your e+"erience and education. $ont

wait long to s"eak. I want to die if what you say

isnt another solution.

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G'

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H'

/R%AR $ARENCE

<old, daughter. I do s"y a kind of ho"e,

Which craves as des"erate an e+ecution !s

that is des"erate which we would "revent.

If, rather than to marry County 0aris,

Thou hast the strength of will to slay thyself, Then

is it likely thou wilt undertake

! thing like death to chide away this shame, That

co"est with death himself to sca"e from it. !n if

thou darest, Ill give thee remedy.

.U$%ET

1, bid me lea", rather than marry 0aris,

From off the battlements of yonder towerJ 1r

walk in thievish waysJ or bid me lurk

Where ser"ents areJ chain me with roaring bearsJ

1r shut me nightly in a charnel house,1%ercovered 2uite with dead mens rattling bones,

With reeky shanks and yellow cha"less skullsJ

1r bid me go into a new#made grave

!nd hide me with a dead man in his shroud

Things that, to hear them told, have made me

tremble

!nd I will do it without fear or doubt, To live

an unstained wife to my sweet love.

/R%AR $ARENCE

<old, then. o home, be merry. ive consent To

marry 0aris. Wednesday is tomorrow.

/R%AR $ARENCE

<old on, daughter, I see some ho"e. 3ut we must

act boldly because the situation is so des"erate.

If youve made u" your mind to kill yourself

instead of marrying Count 0aris, then youll

"robably be willing to try something like death to

solve this shameful "roblem. 4ou can wrestle with

death to esca"e from shame. !nd if you dare to

do it, Ill give you the solution.

.U$%ET

1h, you can tell me to :um" off the battle "osts of

any tower, or to walk down the crime#ridden

streets of a slum. 1r tell me to sit in a field full of

"oisonous snakes. Chain me u" with wild bears.

<ide me every night in a morgue full of dead

bodies with wet, smelly flesh and skulls without :awbones. 1r tell me to climb down into a freshly

dug grave, and hide me with a dead man in his

tomb. !ll those ideas make me tremble when I

hear them named. 3ut I will do them without fear

or dread in order to be a "ure wife to my sweet

love.

/R%AR $ARENCE

<old on, then. o home, be cheerful, and tell

them you agree to marry 0aris. Tomorrow is

Tomorrow night look that thou lie alone.

?et not the -urse lie with thee in thy chamber.

H (shows her a vial)

Take thou this vial, being then in bed,

!nd this distilld li2uor drink thou off,

When "resently through all thy veins shall run

! cold and drowsy humor, for no "ulse

&'' hall kee" his native "rogress, but surcease.

-o warmth, no breath shall testify thou livest.

The roses in thy li"s and cheeks shall fade

To "aly ashes, thy eyes% windows

fall ?ike death when he shuts u" the

day of life.

&' 9ach "art, de"rived of su""le government,

hall, stiff and stark and cold, a""ear like death.

!nd in this borrowed likeness of shrunk death

Thou shalt continue two and forty hours,

!nd then awake as from a "leasant slee". &&'

-ow, when the bridegroom in the morning comes

To rouse thee from thy bed, there art thou dead.





Then, as the manner of our country is,

In thy best robes uncovered on the bierThou shalt be borne to that same ancient

vault && Where all the kindred of the Ca"ulets lie.

In the meantime, against thou shalt awake,

hall Aomeo by my letters know our drift,

!nd hither shall he come, and he and I

Will watch thy waking, and that very night

&6' hall Aomeo bear thee hence to /antua.

!nd this shall free thee from this "resent shame,

If no inconstant toy, nor womanish fear, !bate

thy valor in the acting it.

Act ", Scene 1, Page &.U$%ET

ive me, give me; 1, tell not me of fear;

/R%AR $ARENCE

&6 (gives her a vial)

<old. et you gone. 3e strong and "ros"erous

In this resolve. Ill send a friar with s"eed To

/antua with my letters to thy lord.

.U$%ET

?ove give me strength, and strength shall hel" &='

afford.

Farewell, dear Father.

Exeunt, separately

Act ", Scene 2

Enter CAPULET , LADY CAPULET , NURSE ,

and two or three SERVINGMEN

Wednesday. Tomorrow night make sure that you

are alone. $ont let the -urse stay with you in

your bedroom. (showing her a vial) When youre

in bed, take this vial, mi+ its contents with li2uor,

and drink. Then a cold, slee"#inducing drug will

run through your veins, and your "ulse will sto".

4our flesh will be cold, and youll sto" breathing.

The red in your li"s and your cheeks will turn

"ale, and your eyes will shut. It will seem like

youre dead. 4ou wont be able to move, and your

body will be stiff like a cor"se. 4oull remain in this

deathlike state for forty#two hours, and then youll

wake u" as if from a "leasant slee". -ow, when

the bridegroom comes to get you out of bed on

Thursday morning, youll seem dead. Then, as

tradition demands, youll be dressed u" in your

best clothes, "ut in an o"en coffin, and carried to

the Ca"ulet family tomb. /eanwhile, Ill send

Aomeo word of our "lan. <ell come here, and

well kee" a watch for when you wake u". That

night, Aomeo will take you away to /antua. This

"lan will free you from the shameful situation that

troubles you now as long as you dont change

your mind, or become scared like a silly woman

and ruin your brave effort.

CAPU$ET

(gives paper to FIAT 9AVI-/!- ) o many

CAPU$ET

(giving the FIAT 9AVI-/!- a piece of

guests invite as here are writ. paper) Invite all the guests on this list.

Exit FIRST SERVINGMAN The FIRST SERVINGMAN exits.

(to 9C1-$ 9AVI-/!- ) irrah, go hire me twenty

cunning cooks.

(to 9C1-$ 9AVI-/!- ) 3oy, go hire twenty

skilled cooks.

SECON( SER#%NGMAN

4ou shall have none ill, sir, for Ill try if they can lick their

fingers.

SECON( SER#%NGMAN

4ou wont get any bad cooks from me. Ill test

them by making them lick their fingers.

CAPU$ET

<ow canst thou try them so5

CAPU$ET

<ow can you test them like that5

SECON( SER#%NGMAN

/arry, sir, tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers.

Therefore he that cannot lick his fingers goes not with

me.

SECON( SER#%NGMAN

9asy, sir. Its a bad cook who cant lick his own

fingers. o the cooks who cant lick their fingers

arent hired.



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CAPU$ET

o, be gone.

We shall be much unfurnished for this time.

CAPU$ET

o, get out of here.

Exit SECOND SERVINGMAN The SECOND SERVINGMAN exits.

What, is my daughter gone to Friar ?awrence5 Were un"re"ared for this wedding celebration.(tothe -DA9 ) What, has my daughter gone to see

Friar ?awrence5

NURSE

!y, forsooth.

NURSE

4es, thats true.

CAPU$ET

&' Well, he may chance to do some good on her.

! "eevish self#willed harlotry it is.

CAPU$ET

Well, theres a chance he may do her some good.

hes a stubborn little brat.

Enter JULIET

Act ", Scene 2, Page 2

JULIET enters.

NURSE

ee where she comes from shrift with merry look.

NURSE ?ook, shes come home from confession with a

ha""y look on her face.

CAPU$ET

<ow now, my headstrong5 Where have you been

gadding5

CAPU$ET

o, my headstrong daughter, where have you

been5

.U$%ET

Where I have learned me to re"ent the sin

& 1f disobedient o""osition

To you and your behests, and am

en:oined 3y holy ?awrence to fall

"rostrate here To beg your "ardon. (falls to

her knees) 0ardon, I beseech you;

6' <enceforward I am ever ruled by you.

.U$%ET

I went somewhere where I learned that being

disobedient to my father is a sin. <oly Father

?awrence instructed me to fall on my knees and

beg your forgiveness. (she kneels down) Forgive

me, I beg you. From now on Ill do whatever you

say.

CAPU$ET

end for the county. o tell him of this.

Ill have this knot knit u" tomorrow morning.

CAPU$ET

end for the Count. o tell him about this. Ill

make this wedding ha""en tomorrow morning.

.U$%ET

I met the youthful lord at ?awrence% cell,

!nd gave him what becomd love I

might, 6 -ot ste""ing o%er the bounds of

modesty.

.U$%ET

I met the young man at ?awrences cell. I treated

him with the "ro"er love, as well as I could, while

still being modest.

CAPU$ET CAPU$ET

.U$%ET -o, madam. We have culled such necessaries

!s are behooveful for our state tomorrow.

Why, I am glad on t. This is well. tand u".

JULIET stands up

This is as t should be.?et me see the

county. !y, marry, go, I say, and fetch him

hither. -ow, afore od, this reverend holy

friar;

=' 1ur whole city is much bound to him.

.U$%ET -urse, will you go with me into my closet To

hel" me sort such needful ornaments !s

you think fit to furnish me tomorrow5

Act ", Scene 2, Page

.U$-urs

hel"

need

$A(Y CAPU$ET

-o, not till Thursday. There is time enough.

$A(

-o,



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CAPU$ET

= o, -urse. o with her. Well to church tomorrow.

Exeunt JULIET and NURSE

$A(Y CAPU$ET

We shall be short in our "rovision.

%Tis now near night.

CAPU$ET

Tush, I will stir about,

!nd all things shall be well, I warrant thee, wife.

o thou to Kuliet, hel" to deck u" her.

@' Ill not to bed tonight. ?et me alone.

Ill "lay the housewife for this once.

LADY CAPULET exits.What, ho5

They are all forth5Well, I will walk myself

To County 0aris, to "re"are him u"

!gainst tomorrow. /y heart is wondrous light

@ ince this same wayward girl is so reclaimed.

Exit

Act ", Scene Enter JULIET and NURSE

.U$%ET

!y, those attires are best. 3ut, gentle -urse,

I "ray thee, leave me to myself tonight,

For I have need of many orisons

To move the heavens to smile u"on my state,

Which, well thou knowst, is cross and full of sin.

Enter LADY CAPULET

$A(Y CAPU$ET

What, are you busy, ho5 -eed you my hel"5

o "lease you, let me now be left alone,

.U$%ET

$A(Y CAPU$ET

ood night.

et thee to bed and rest, for thou hast need.Exeunt LADY CAPULET and NURSE



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.U$%ET

Farewell;od knows when we shall meet

again. & I have a faint cold fear thrills through my

veins That almost free*es u" the heat of life. Ill

call them back again to comfort me. -urse;Whatshould she do here5

Act ", Scene , Page 2/y dismal scene I needs must act alone.

6' Come, vial. (holds out the vial)

What if this mi+ture do not work at all5

hall I be married then tomorrow morning5

-o, no. This shall forbid it. ?ie thou there.

(lays her knife down)

6 What if it be a "oison, which the friar

ubtly hath ministered to have me dead,

?est in this marriage he should be

dishonored 3ecause he married me before

to Aomeo5 I fear it is. !nd yet, methinks, it

should not, =' For he hath still been tried a holy

man.

<ow if, when I am laid into the tomb,

I wake before the time that Aomeo

Come to redeem me5 Theres a fearful "oint.

hall I not, then, be stifled in the vault

= To whose foul mouth no healthsome air breathes in,

!nd there die strangled ere my Aomeo comes5

1r, if I live, is it not very like

The horrible conceit of death and night,

Together with the terror of the "lace

@' !s in a vault, an ancient rece"tacle,

Where for these many hundred years the bones

1f all my buried ancestors are "ackedJ

Where bloody Tybalt, yet but green in earth,

?ies festering in his shroudJ where, as they

say, @ !t some hours in the night s"irits resort5

!lack, alack, is it not like that I,

o early waking, what with loathsome smells,

!nd shrieks like mandrakes torn out of the earth, That

living mortals, hearing them, run mad5

-o, madam, weve figured out the best things for

me to wear tomorrow at the ceremony. o if its

okay with you, Id like to be left alone now. ?et the

&' !nd let the -urse this night sit u" with you. For,

I am sure, you have your hands full all In this so

sudden business.

-urse sit u" with you tonight. Im sure you have

your hands full "re"aring for the sudden

festivities.

Act ", Scene , Page ' 1h, if I wake, shall I not be distraught,

9nvirond with all these hideous fears,

!nd madly "lay with my forefathers

:oints, If I wake u" too early, wont I go insane

with all these horrible, frightening things

around me, start "laying with my ancestors%

bones, and "ull

!nd "luck the mangled Tybalt from his

shroud,

!nd, in this rage, with some great

kinsmans bone, !s with a club, dash out my

des"erate brains5

1h, look; /ethinks I see my cousins ghost

eeking out Aomeo, that did s"it his

body D"on a ra"iers "oint. tay, Tybalt,

stay;



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he drinks and falls down on the bed, hidden by

the bed curtains

Act ", Scene "Enter LADY CAPULET and NURSE

$A(Y CAPU$ET

<old, take these keys, and fetch more s"ices, -urse.

NURSE

They call for dates and 2uinces in the "astry.

Enter CAPULET

CAPU$ET Come, stir, stir, stir; The second cock hath

crowed. The curfew bell hath rung. %Tis three

o%clock. ?ook to the baked meats, good !ngelica.

"are not for the cost.

NURSE

o, you cot#2uean, go.

et you to bed, faith. 4oull be sick tomorrow For

this nights watching.

CAPU$ET

-o, not a whit, what. I have watched ere now

&' !ll night for lesser cause, and ne%er been sick.

$A(Y CAPU$ET

!y, you have been a mouse#hunt in your time, 3ut

I will watch you from such watching now.

Exeunt LADY CAPULET and NURSE

CAPU$ET

! :ealous hood, a :ealous hood;

Enter three or four SERVINGMEN with spits and

logs and baskets

-ow, fellow,

What is there5

Act ", Scene ", Page 2/%RST SER#%NGMAN

& Things for the cook, sir, but I know not what.

CAPU$ET

/ake haste, make haste, sirrah.

Exit FIRST SERVINGMAN

Aomeo, Aomeo, Aomeo; <eres drink. I drink

to thee.

Tybalts cor"se out of his death shroud5 Will I

grab one of my dead ancestors bones and bash

in my own skull5 1h, look; I think I see my cousin

Tybalts ghost. <es looking for Aomeo because

Aomeo killed him with his sword. Wait, Tybalt,

wait; Aomeo, Aomeo, Aomeo; <eres a drink. I

drink to you.



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(to 9C1-$ 9AVI-/!- ) Fetch drier

logs. Call 0eter. <e will show thee where

they are.

SECON( SER#%NGMAN

I have a head, sir, that will find out

logs, 6' !nd never trouble 0eter for the

matter.Exit SECOND SERVINGMAN

CAPU$ET

/ass, and well said. ! merry whoreson, ha;

Thou shalt be loggerhead.ood faith, tis day.

The county will be here with music straight,

For so he said he would. I hear him near.

usic plays within

6 -urse; Wife; What, ho5 What, -urse, I say;

Enter NURSE

o waken Kuliet. o and trim her u".

Ill go and chat with 0aris. <ie, make haste,

/ake haste. The bridegroom he is come already.

/ake haste, I say.

Exeunt

Act ", Scene &Enter NURSE

NURSE

/istress; What, mistress; Kuliet;Fast, I warrant

her, she.Why, lamb; Why, lady; Fie, you slug#a#bed.

Why, love, I say. /adam; weet#heart; Why, bride;

What, not a word5 4ou take your "ennyworths now.

lee" for a week, for the ne+t night, I warrant,

The County 0aris hath set u" his rest

That you shall rest but little.od forgive me,

/arry, and amen. <ow sound is she aslee";

&' I must needs wake her./adam, madam, madam;

!y, let the county take you in your bed.

<ell fright you u", i% faith. Will it not be5

(opens the bed curtains)

What, dressed and in your clothes, and down again5& I must needs wake you. ?ady, lady, lady;

!las, alas; <el", hel"; /y ladys dead;

1h, welladay, that ever I was born; ome

a2ua vitae, ho;/y lord; /y lady;Enter LADY CAPULET

$A(Y CAPU$ET

What noise is here5

NURSE

1 lamentable day;

NU

1h,

$A(Y CAPU$ET

What is the matter5

$A(

Wh

(to 9C1-$ 9AVI-/!- ) 4ou, fetch logs thatare drier than these. Call 0eter, hell show you

NURSE

?ook, look. 1 heavy day;

NURSE

?ook, look; 1h, what a sad day;



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Act ", Scene &, Page 2

$A(Y CAPU$ET

Enter CAPULET

CAPU$ET

For shame, bring Kuliet forth. <er lord is come.

NURSE

hes dead, deceased, shes dead. !lack the day;

$A(Y CAPU$ET

6 !lack the day. hes dead, shes dead, shes dead;

CAPU$ET

<a5 ?et me see her. 1ut, alas; hes cold.

<er blood is settled, and her :oints are stiff.

?ife and these li"s have long been se"arated.

$eath lies on her like an untimely frost

=' D"on the sweetest flower of all the field.

NURSE

1 lamentable day;

$A(Y CAPU$ET

1 woeful time.

CAPU$ET

$eath, that hath ta%en her hence to make me wail, Ties

u" my tongue and will not let me s"eak.

Enter FRIAR LAWRENCE , County PAR

and MUSICIA

/R%AR $ARENCE

Come, is the bride ready to go to church5

CAPU$ET

= Aeady to go, but never to return.

1 son; The night before thy wedding day <ath

death lain with thy wife. There she lies,

Flower as she was, deflowered by him.

Act ", Scene &, Page $eath is my son#in#law. $eath is my heir.

@' /y daughter he hath wedded. I will die,

!nd leave him all. ?ife, living, all is $eaths.

PAR%S

<ave I thought long to see this mornings face, !n

doth it give me such a sight as this5

6' 1 me, 1 me; /y child, my only life,

Aevive, look u", or I will die with

thee; <el", hel"; Call hel".

$A(Y CAPU$ET

1h my, 1h my; /y child, my reason

for living, wake u", look u", or Ill diewith you; <el", hel"; Call for hel".

$A(Y CAPU$ET

!ccursed, unha""y, wretched, hateful day;

$A(Y CAPU$ET

!ccursed, unha""y, wretched, hateful day;

This is @ /ost miserable hour that e%er time

saw In lasting labor of his "ilgrimage.

3ut one, "oor one, one "oor and loving child,

NURSE

' 1 woe; 1 woeful, woeful, woeful day;

/ost lamentable day, most woefulday That ever, ever, I did yet behold;

1 day, 1 day, 1 day, 1 hateful day;

-ever was seen so black a day as this.

1 woeful day, 1 woeful day;PAR%S

3eguiled, divorcd, wrongd, s"ited, slain;

/ost detestable $eath, by thee beguiled,

3y cruel, cruel thee 2uite overthrown;

1 love; 1 life; -ot life, but love in death.

CAPU$ET

B' $es"ised, distressd, hated, martyred, killed;

Dncomfortable time, why camest thou

now To murder, murder our solemnity5

1 child, 1 child; /y soul, and not my

child; $ead art thou; !lack, my child is

dead, B !nd with my child my :oys are

buried.

CAP

$es

Why

have

soul

child

my :

/R%AR $ARENCE

0eace, ho, for shame; Confusions cure lives not

In these confusions. <eaven and yourself<ad "art in this fair maid. -ow heaven hath all,

Act ", Scene &, Page "

/R%A

3e 2

yellin

hel"





!nd all the better is it for the maid.

E' 4our "art in her you could not kee" from death,

3ut heaven kee"s his "art in eternal life.

The most you sought was her "romotion,

For twas your heaven she should be advanced. !nd wee" ye now, seeing she is advanced

E !bove the clouds, as high as heaven itself5

1h, in this love, you love your child so ill That

you run mad, seeing that she is well.

hes not well married that lives married

long, 3ut shes best married that dies married

young.

G' $ry u" your tears and stick your rosemary

1n this fair corse, and, as the custom

is, !nd in her best array, bear her to

church. For though some nature bids us all

lament, 4et natures tears are reasons

merriment.

3ut one thing to re:oice and solace in, !nd

cruel death hath catched it from my sight; the

most miserable hour of all time; I had only one

child, one "oor child, one "oor and loving

child, the one thing I had to re:oice and comfort

myself, and cruel $eath has stolen it from me;

CAPU$ET

G !ll things that we ordained festival

Turn from their office to black funeral.

1ur instruments to melancholy bells,

1ur wedding cheer to a sad burial feast.

1ur solemn hymns to sullen dirges change,

H' 1ur bridal flowers serve for a buried corse,

CAPU$ET

!ll the things that we "re"ared for the wedding

"arty will now be used for the funeral. 1ur ha""y

music will now be sad. 1ur wedding ban2uet will

become a sad burial feast. 1ur celebratory

hymns will change to sad funeral marches. 1ur

bridal flowers will cover a buried cor"se. !nd

/%RST MUS%C%AN

&&' Then I will give you the serving creature.

Act ", Scene &, Page ) !nd all things change them to the contrary.

/R%AR $ARENCE

ir, go you in, and, madam, go with himJ !nd go, ir 0aris. 9very one

"re"are To follow this fair corse

unto her grave.

The heavens do lour u"on you for some ill.

/ove them no more by crossing their high will.Exeunt CAPULET , LADY CAPULET , PARIS

and FRIAR LAWRENCE

/%RST MUS%C%AN

Faith, we may "ut u" our "i"es and be gone.

Act ", Scene &, Page &

/%R

We

NURSE

<onest good fellows, ah, "ut u", "ut u", For,

well you know, this is a "itiful case.

NU

<o

aw

Exit

/%RST MUS%C%AN

!y, by my troth, the case may be amended.

/%

4e

Enter PETER

PETER

/usicians, 1 musicians, 7<earts 9ase,8 7<earts

9ase.8 1, an you will have me live, "lay 7<earts

9ase.8

PE

/

7<

7<

/%RST MUS%C%AN

Why 7<earts ease58

/%

W

PETER

1 musicians, because my heart itself "lays 7/y

<eart is Full.8 1, "lay me some merry dum" to

comfort me.

PE

1

<e

sa

/%RST MUS%C%AN

-ot a dum", we. %Tis no time to "lay now.

/%

-o

PETER

4ou will not then5

PE

4o

/%RST MUS%C%AN

-o.

/%

-o

PETER

will then give it you soundly.

PE

Th





/%RST MUS%C%AN

What will you give us5PETER

-o money, on my faith, but the gleek. I will give you the

minstrel.

/%RST MUS%C%AN

Then Ill call you a serving#creature.

PETER

/%RST MUS%C%AN

!n you re us and fa us, you note us.

SECON( MUS%C%AN

0ray you, "ut u" your dagger and "ut out your wit.

PETER

Then have at you with my wit. I will dry#beat you with

an iron wit and "ut u" my iron dagger. !nswer me like

men.

(sings)

/hen griping grief the heart doth wound

#nd doleful dumps the mind oppress, Then

music with her silver sound2

(speaks) Why 7silver sound85 Why 7music with her silver

sound85 What say you, imon Catling5

/%RST MUS%CAN

&6' /arry, sir, because silver hath a sweet sound.

PETER

0rates.What say you, <ugh Aebeck5

SECON( MUS%C%AN

I say, 7silver sound8 because musicians sound for silver.

PETER

0rates too.What say you, Kames ound"ost5

TH%R( MUS%C%AN

Faith, I know not what to say.

Act ", Scene &, Page *PETER

&6 1h, I cry you mercy, you are the singer. I will say for

you. It is 7music with her silver sound8 because

musicians have no gold for sounding.

(sings)

Then music with her silver sound /ith speedy help doth lend redress.

(s

Thm

Exit PETER

/%RST MUS%C%AN

What a "estilent knave is this same;

/%

W

SECON( MUS%C%AN

<ang him, Kack; Come, well in here, tarry for the

mourners and stay dinner.

SE

Fo

W

Exeunt

Then will I lay the serving creatures dagger

on your "ate. I will carry no crotchets. Ill re

you, Ill fa you. $o you note me5

PETER

Then Ill smack you on the head with the

servingcreatures knife. I wont mess around. Ill

make you sing. $o you hear me5





Act &, Scene 1Enter ROMEO ROMEO enters.

ROMEO

If I may trust the flattering truth of slee",

/y dreams "resage some :oyful news at hand.

/y bosoms lord sits lightly in his throne,

!nd all this day an unaccustomed s"irit

?ifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts.

I dreamt my lady came and found me dead

trange dream, that gives a dead man leave to

think

!nd breathed such life with kisses in my

li"s &' That I revived and was an em"eror.

!h me; <ow sweet is love itself "ossessed

When but loves shadows are so rich in :oy;

ROMEO

If I can trust my dreams, then some :oyful news is

coming soon. ?ove rules my heart, and all daylong a strange feeling has been making me

cheerful. I had a dream that my lady came and

found me dead. Its a strange dream that lets a

dead man think; he came and brought me back

to life by kissing my li"s. I rose from the dead and

was an em"eror. 1h my; <ow sweet it it would be

to actually have the woman I love, when merely

thinking about love makes me so ha""y.

Enter ROMEO !s man BALTHASAR ROMEO !s servant BALTHASAR enters.

-ews from Verona;<ow now, 3althasar5$ost thou not bring me letters from the friar5

<ow doth my lady5 Is my father well5

& <ow fares my Kuliet5 That I ask again, For

nothing can be ill if she be well.

$o you have news from Verona;What is it,3althasar5 $o you bring me a letter from the friar5

<ow is my wife5 Is my father well5 <ow is my

Kuliet5 I ask that again because nothing can be

wrong if she is well.

!A$THASAR

Then she is well, and nothing can

be ill. <er body slee"s in Ca"els%

monument, !nd her immortal "art with

angels lives. 6' I saw her laid low in her

kindreds vault !nd "resently took "ost to

tell it you. 1, "ardon me for bringing these

ill news, ince you did leave it for my office,sir.

Act &, Scene 1, Page 2

!A$THASAR

Then she is well, and nothing is wrong. <er body

slee"s in the Ca"ulet tomb, and her immortal soul

lives with the angels in heaven. I saw her buried

in her familys tomb, and then I came here to tell

you the news. 1h, "ardon me for bringing this bad

news, but you told me it was my :ob, sir.

ROMEO

Is it e%en so5 Then I defy you, stars;

6 Thou knowst my lodging. et me ink and "a"er, !nd

hire "ost horses. I will hence tonight.

ROMEO

Is it really true5 Then I rebel against you, stars;

4ou know where I live. et me some ink and

"a"er, and hire some horses to ride. I will leave

here for Verona tonight.

!A$THASAR

I do beseech you, sir, have "atience. 4our

looks are "ale and wild, and do im"ort

ome misadventure.

!A$THASAR

0lease, sir, have "atience. 4ou look "ale and wild

as if youre going to hurt yourself.

ROMEO

=' Tush, thou art deceived.

?eave me and do the thing I bid thee do.

<ast thou no letters to me from the friar5

ROMEO

Tsk, youre wrong. ?eave me and do what I told

you to do. $ont you have a letter for me from the

friar5

!A$THASAR

-o, my good lord.

!A$THASAR

-o, my good lord.





ROMEO

-o matter. et thee gone,= !nd hire those horses. Ill be with thee straight.

ROMEO

-o matter. et on your way and hire those horses.Ill be with you right away.

Exit BALTHASAR BALTHASAR exits.

Well, Kuliet, I will lie with thee tonight. Well, Kuliet, Ill lie with you tonight. ?ets see how.

?ets see for means. 1 mischief, thou art swift

To enter in the thoughts of des"erate men;

I do remember an a"othecary

@' !nd hereabouts he dwellswhich late I noted

In tattered weeds, with overwhelming brows,

Culling of sim"les. /eager were his looks,

har" misery had worn him to the bones,

!nd in his needy sho" a tortoise hung,

@ !n alligator stuffed, and other skins

1f ill#sha"ed fishesJ and about his shelves

! beggarly account of em"ty bo+es,

reen earthen "ots, bladders and musty

seeds, Aemnants of "ackthread and old cakes of

roses, ' Were thinly scattered to make u" a show.

Act &, Scene 1, Page $estructive thoughts come 2uickly to the minds of

des"erate men; I remember a "harmacist who lives

nearby. I remember he wears shabby clothes and

has bushy eyebrows. <e makes drugs from herbs.

<e looks "oor and miserable and worn out to the

bone. <e had a tortoise shell hanging u" in his

sho" as well as a stuffed alligator and other skins

of strange fish. There were a few em"ty bo+es on

his shelves, as well as green clay "ots, and some

musty seeds. There were a few strands of string

and mashed rose "etals on dis"lay.

-oting this "enury, to myself I said,

7!n if a man did need a "oison now8

Whose sale is "resent death in /antua

7<ere lives a caitiff wretch would sell it him.8

1h, this same thought did but forerun my need,

!nd this same needy man must sell it me.

!s I remember, this should be the house.

3eing holiday, the beggars sho" is shut.What, ho; !"othecary;

-oticing all this "overty, I said to myself, 7If a man

needed some "oison8which they would

immediately kill you for selling in /antua7here is

a miserable wretch whod sell it to him.8 1h, this

idea came before I needed the "oison. 3ut this

same "oor man must sell it to me. !s I remember,

this should be the house. Todays a holiday, so the

beggars sho" is shut. <ey;

Enter APOTHECARY

APOTHECARY

Who calls so loud5

APO

Who

ROMEO

B' Come hither, man. I see that thou art "oor.

<old, there is forty ducats. ?et me have

! dram of "oison, such soon#s"eeding gear

!s will dis"erse itself through all the veinsThat the life#weary taker may fall dead,

B !nd that the trunk may be discharged of breath

!s violently as hasty "owder fired

$oth hurry from the fatal cannons womb.

ROM

Com

are f

some

takes

a can

APOTHECARY

uch mortal drugs I have, but /antuas law Is

death to any he that utters them.

APO

I hav

law t

0harmacist;

ROMEO

E' !rt thou so bare and full of wretchedness,

!nd fearst to die5 Famine is in thy cheeks.-eed and o""ression starveth in thine eyes.

Contem"t and beggary hangs u"on thy back.

The world is not thy friend nor the worlds law.

E The world affords no law to make thee rich.

Then be not "oor, but break it, and take this.

(holds out money)

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death.

ROMEO

4oure this "oor and wretched and still afraid to

die5 4our cheeks are thin because of hunger. I

can see in your eyes that youre starving. !nyone

can see that youre a beggar. The world is not

your friend, and neither is the law. The world

doesnt make laws to make you rich. o dont be

"oor. 3reak the law, and take this money. (he

holds out money)



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APOTHECARY

ROMEO

I "ay thy "overty and not thy will.

APOTHECARY G' (gives A1/91 poison) 0ut this in any li2uid thing you

will

!nd drink it offJ and, if you had the strength

1f twenty men, it would dis"atch you straight.

ROMEO

(gives !01T<9C!A4 money)

There is thy gold, worse "oison to mens souls,

G $oing more murder in this loathsome world,

Than these "oor com"ounds that thou mayst not sell.

I sell thee "oison. Thou hast sold me none.

Farewell. 3uy food, and get thyself in flesh.

Come, cordial and not "oison, go with me

H' To Kuliets grave, for there must I use thee.

Exeunt

Act &, Scene 2Enter FRIAR JOHN

/R%AR .OHN

<oly Franciscan Friar; 3rother, ho;

Enter FRIAR LAWRENCE

/R%AR $ARENCE

This same should be the voice of Friar Kohn.

Welcome from /antua. What says Aomeo5

1r, if his mind be writ, give me his letter.

/R%A

Tha

Wel

say5his l

/R%AR .OHN

oing to find a barefoot brother out,

1ne of our order, to associate me,

<ere in this city visiting the sick,

!nd finding him, the searchers of the town,

us"ecting that we both were in a house

&' Where the infectious "estilence did reign, ealed

u" the doors and would not let us forth. o that

my s"eed to /antua there was stayed.

/R%A

I we

acco

the

offic

that

2ua

refu

bec

/R%AR $ARENCE

Who bare my letter, then, to Aomeo5

/R%A

The

/R%AR .OHN

I could not send ithere it is

again & (gives FAI!A ?!WA9-C9 a

letter) -or get a messenger to bring it

thee, o fearful were they of infection.

/R%A

I co

?!W

to b

of s

/y "overty, but not my will, consents.

APOTHECARY

I agree because Im "oor, not because I want to.

/R%AR $ARENCE

Dnha""y fortune; 3y my brotherhood,

The letter was not nice but full of charge,

6' 1f dear im"ort, and the neglecting it

/R%AR $ARENCE

Dnha""y fortune; 3y my brotherhood, the

letter was not :ust a nice greeting. It was full

of very im"ortant information. Its very

dangerous that it /ay do much danger. Friar

Kohn, go hence. et me an iron crow and

bring it straight Dnto my cell.



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Act &, Scene 2, Page 2/R%AR .OHN 3rother, Ill go and bring it thee.

Exit FRIAR JOHN

/R%AR $ARENCE

-ow must I to the monument alone.

6 Within this three hours will fair Kuliet wake.

he will beshrew me much that Aomeo

<ath had no notice of these accidents.

3ut I will write again to /antua,

!nd kee" her at my cell till Aomeo come.

=' 0oor living corse, closed in a dead mans tomb;Exit

Act &, Scene Enter PARIS and his PAGE

PAR%S

ive me thy torch, boy. <ence, and stand

aloof. 4et "ut it out, for I would not be seen.

Dnder yon yew trees lay thee all along,

<olding thine ear close to the hollow ground

o shall no foot u"on the churchyard tread,

3eing loose, unfirm, with digging u" of graves,

3ut thou shalt hear it. Whistle then to me, !s

signal that thou hearst something a""roach.ive me those flowers. $o as I bid thee, go.

PAGE extinguishes torch, gives PARIS flowers

PAGE

&' (aside) I am almost afraid to stand alone

<ere in the churchyard. 4et I will adventure.

PAGE moves aside

PAR%S

(scatters flowers at KD?I9T% closed tomb) weet flower, with flowers thy bridal bed I strew

1 woe; Thy cano"y is dust and stones

& Which with sweet water nightly I will

dew.

1r, wanting that, with tears distilled by moans,

The obse2uies that I for thee will kee"

-ightly shall be to strew thy grave and wee".

PA

(hetom

you

sto

swe

ritu

you

PAGE whistles

hasnt been sent. Friar Kohn, go and get me an

iron crowbar. 3ring it straight back to my cell.

The boy gives warning something doth a""roach.

6' What cursd foot wanders this way tonight

To cross my obse2uies and true loves rite5 What

with a torch; /uffle me, night, awhile.

The boy is warning me that someone a""roaches.Who could be walking around here tonight5 Whos

ruining my rituals of true love5 Its someone with a

torch; I must hide in the darkness for awhile.

Act &, Scene , Page 2PARIS moves away from the tomb

Enter ROMEO and BALTHASAR



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ROMEO

ive me that mattock and the wrenching iron.

(takes them from 3!?T<!!A )

6 <old, take this letter. 9arly in the morningee thou deliver it to my lord and

father. (gives letter to 3!?T<!!A )

ive me the light.

(takes torch from 3!?T<!!A )

D"on thy life I charge thee,

=' Whate%er thou hearst or seest, stand all aloof,

!nd do not interru"t me in my course.

Why I descend into this bed of death

Is "artly to behold my ladys face,

3ut chiefly to take thence from her dead finger

= ! "recious ring, a ring that I must use

In dear em"loyment. Therefore hence, be gone.

3ut if thou, :ealous, dost return to "ry

In what I farther shall intend to do,

3y heaven, I will tear thee :oint by :oint

@' !nd strew this hungry churchyard with thy limbs.

The time and my intents are savage, wild,

/ore fierce and more ine+orable far

Than em"ty tigers or the roaring sea.!A$THASAR

@ I will be gone, sir, and not trouble you.

ROMEO

o shalt thou show me friendshi". Take thou that. (gives

3!?T<!!A money)

?ive and be "ros"erous, and farewell, good fellow.

Act &, Scene , Page !A$THASAR

(aside) For all this same, Ill hide me hereabout.

' <is looks I fear, and his intents I doubt.

BALTHASAR moves aside, falls asleep

ROMEO

Thou detestable maw, thou womb of death,

orged with the dearest morsel of the earth,

Thus I enforce thy rotten :aws to o"en,

!nd in des"ite Ill cram thee with more food; (begins to opens the tomb with his tools)

RO

(sp

dea

9ar

:aw

( A1

PARIS hides in

the darkness. ROMEO and BALTHASAR enter

with a

PAR%S

(aside) This is that banished haughty

/ontague, That murdered my loves cousin,

with which grief, It is su""osed the fair creature died.

tools)

PAR%S

(speaking so that A1/91 can!t hear) Its that

arrogant /ontague, the one whos been banished.

<es the one who murdered my loves !nd here is

come to do some villainous shame B' To the

dead bodies. I will a""rehend him.

(to A1/91 ) to" thy unhallowed toil, vile

/ontague;

Can vengeance be "ursued further than death5

B (to

Can

Con

com



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ROMEO

I must indeed, and therefore came I hither.ood gentle youth, tem"t not a des"erate man.

Fly hence and leave me. Think u"on these gone.

?et them affright thee. I beseech thee,

youth, E' 0ut not another sin u"on my head

3y urging me to fury. 1, be gone;

3y heaven, I love thee better than

myself, For I come hither armed

against myself. tay not, be gone. ?ive, and

hereafter say E ! madmans mercy bid thee

run away.

Act &, Scene , Page "PAR%S

I do defy thy commination

!nd a""rehend thee for a felon here.

ROMEO

Wilt thou "rovoke me5 Then have at thee, boy;

ROMEO and PARIS fight

PAGE

1 ?ord, they fight; I will go call the watch.

Exit PAGE PAR%S

G' (falls) 1h, I am slain; If thou be merciful, 1"en

the tomb. ?ay me with Kuliet.

PARIS dies

ROMEO

In faith, I will.?et me "eruse this face.

/ercutios kinsman, noble County 0aris.

What said my man, when my betossd soul

G $id not attend him as we rode5 I think

<e told me 0aris should have married Kuliet.

aid he not so5 1r did I dream it so5

1r am I mad, hearing him talk of Kuliet,

To think it was so51, give me thy hand,

H' 1ne writ with me in sour misfortunes book.

Ill bury thee in a trium"hant grave.ROMEO opens the tomb to reveal JULIET inside

! grave5 1h, no. ! lantern, slaughtered youth,

Condemnd villain, I do a""rehend thee.

1bey and go with me, for thou must die.

cousin Tybalt. They think she died with grief

for that cousin. This guy has come

here to commit awful crimes against

the dead bodies. Ill catch him.



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For here lies Kuliet, and her beauty makes This

vault a feasting "resence full of light.

H $eath, lie thou there, by a dead man interred.

(lays 0!AI in the tomb)

Act &, Scene , Page &<ow oft when men are at the "oint of death

<ave they been merry, which their kee"ers call

! lightning before death; 1h, how may I &''

Call this a lightning51 my love, my wife; $eath,

that hath sucked the honey of thy breath, <ath

had no "ower yet u"on thy beauty.

Thou art not con2uered. 3eautys ensign yet

Is crimson in thy li"s and in thy cheeks,

&' !nd deaths "ale flag is not advancd there.

Tybalt, liest thou there in thy bloody

sheet5

1, what more favor can I do to thee,Than with that hand that cut thy youth in

twain To sunder his that was thine enemy5

&&' Forgive me, cousin.!h, dear Kuliet,

Why art thou yet so fair5 hall I believe

That unsubstantial death is amorous,

!nd that the lean abhorrd monster kee"s

Thee here in dark to be his "aramour5

&& For fear of that, I still will stay with thee,

!nd never from this "alace of dim night

$e"art again. <ere, here will I remain

With worms that are thy chamber maids. 1h, here

Will I set u" my everlasting rest,&6' !nd shake the yoke of inaus"icious stars

From this world#wearied flesh. 9yes, look your last.

!rms, take your last embrace. !nd, li"s, 1

you The doors of breath, seal with a righteous

kiss ! dateless bargain to engrossing death.

&6 (kisses KD?I9T, takes out the poison)

Come, bitter conduct, come, unsavoury guide.

Thou des"erate "ilot, now at once run on

The dashing rocks thy seasick, weary

bark.

<eres to my love; (drinks the poison) 1 true

&=' a"othecary,Thy drugs are 2uick. Thus with a kiss I die.

ROMEO dies

Act &, Scene , Page )

Enter FRIAR LAWRENCE with lantern, crow,

and spade

/R%AR $ARENCE

aint Francis be my s"eed; <ow oft tonight

<ave my old feet stumbled at graves;Whos there5

/R

a

myKuliet lies here, and her beauty fills this tomb with

light. $ead men, lie there. 4ou are being buried

by another dead man. (he lays 0!AI in the

tomb)

!A$THASAR

<eres one, a friend, and one that knows you well. there5

!A$THASAR

Im a friend, a friend who knows you well.

/R%AR $ARENCE

3liss be u"on you; Tell me, good my friend,



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&= What torch is yond that vainly lends his light To grubs

and eyeless skulls5 !s I discern, It burneth in the

Ca"els% monument.

/R%AR $ARENCE

Ca"ulet tomb.

!A$THASAR

It doth so, holy sir, and theres my master, 1ne

that you love.

!A$THASAR

That is where its burning, father. /y master is

there. The one you love.

/R%AR $ARENCE

Who is it5

/R%AR $ARENCE

Who is it5

!A$THASAR

Aomeo.

!A$THASAR

/R%AR $ARENCE

&@' <ow long hath he been there5

/R%AR $ARENCE

<ow long has he been there5

!A$THASAR

Full half an hour.

!A$THASAR

For a full half hour.

/R%AR $ARENCE

o with me to the vault.

/R%AR $ARENCE

o with me to the tomb.

!A$THASAR

I dare not, sir.

/y master knows not but I am gone hence,

!nd fearfully did menace me with death

If I did stay to look on his intents.

!A$THASAR

I dont dare, sir. /y master doesnt know Im still

here. <e threatened me with death if I stayed to

look at what he was doing.

/R%AR $ARENCE

&@ tay, then. Ill go alone. Fear comes u"on me.

1h, much I fear some ill unthrifty thing.

Act &, Scene , Page *

/R%AR $ARENCE

tay, then. Ill go alone. Im suddenly afraid. 1h,

Im very scared something awful has ha""ened.

!A$THASAR

!s I did slee" under this yew tree here,

I dreamt my master and another fought,

!nd that my master slew him.

!A$THASAR

!s I sle"t under this yew#tree here, I had a dream

that my master and someone else were fighting

and that my master killed him.

/R%AR $ARENCE

&' (approaches the tomb)

Aomeo;

!lack, alack, what blood is this, which stains

The stony entrance of the se"ulcher5

What mean these masterless and gory

swords To lie discolored by this "lace of

"eace5

& (looks inside the tomb)

Aomeo; 1, "ale;Who else5 What, 0aris too5

!nd stee"ed in blood5!h, what an unkind hour Is

guilty of this lamentable chance;

The lady stirs.

/R%AR $ARENCE

(approaching the tomb)

1h no; What is this blood that stains the stony

entrance of this tomb5 Why are these bloody

swords lying here, abandoned by their masters5-e+t to this "lace of "eace5

(he looks inside the tomb)

Who else5 What, 0aris too5 !nd hes covered in

blood5 !h, when did these horrible things

ha""en5 The ladys moving.

JULIET wakes





.U$%ET

&B' 1 comfortable Friar; Where is my lord5 I

do remember well where I should be,

!nd there I am. Where is my Aomeo5

.U$%ET

1h friendly friar; Where is my husband5 I

remember very well where I should be, and here I

am. Where is my Aomeo5

# noise sounds from outside the tombod bless you; Tell me, my good friend, what is that light

over there5 The one that vainly lights u" the darkness for

worms and skulls without eyes5 It looks to me like its

burning in the





/R%AR $ARENCE I hear some noise. ?ady, come from that nest 1f

death, contagion, and unnatural slee".

&B ! greater "ower than we can contradict <ath thwarted

our intents. Come, come away.

Thy husband in thy bosom there lies dead, !nd

0aris too. Come, Ill dis"ose of thee !mong a

sisterhood of holy nuns.

&E' tay not to 2uestion, for the watch is coming. Come,

go, good Kuliet. I dare no longer stay.

/R%AR $ARENCE I hear some noise. ?ady, come out of the

tomb. ! greater "ower than we can fight has

ruined our "lan. Come, come away. 4our

husband lies dead there, and 0aris too.

Come, Ill "lace you among the sisterhood of

holy nuns. $ont wait to ask 2uestions. The

watch is coming. Come, lets go, good Kuliet,

I dont dare stay any longer.

Act &, Scene , Page +.U$%ET

o, get thee hence, for I will not away.

.U$%ET

o, get out of here. Im not going anywhere.

Exit FRIAR LAWRENCE FRIAR LAWRENCE exits.

Whats here5 ! cu", closed in my true loves hand5

0oison, I see, hath been his timeless

end. &E 1 churl, drunk all, and left no friendly

dro" To hel" me after5 I will kiss thy li"s.

<a"ly some "oison yet doth hang on

them, To make me die with a restorative.

(kisses A1/91 )

&G' Thy li"s are warm.

Whats this here5 Its a cu", closed in my true

loves hand5 0oison, I see, has been the cause

of his death. <ow rude; <e drank it all, and didnt

leave any to hel" me afterward. I will kiss your

li"s. 0erha"s theres still some "oison on them,

to make me die with a medicinal kiss.(she

kisses A1/91 ) 4our li"s are warm.

Enter WATCHMEN and PARIS !s PAGE WATCHMEN and PARIS !s PAGE enter.

CH%E/ ATCHMAN

(to 0!9 ) ?ead, boy. Which way5

CH%E/ ATCHMAN

(coming to the 0!9 ) ?ead, boy. Which way5

.U$%ET

4ea, noise5 Then Ill be brief. 1 ha""y dagger, This

is thy sheath. There rust and let me die.

(stabs herself with A1/91!s dagger and dies)

.U$%ET

1h, noise5 Then Ill be 2uick. 1h, good, a knife;

/y body will be your sheath.

Aust inside my body and let me die.

(she stabs herself with A1/91!s dagger and

dies)

PAGE

&G This is the "lace. There, where the torch doth burn.

PAGE

This is the "lace. There, where the torch is

burning.

CH%E/ ATCHMAN

The ground is bloody.earch about the churchyard.

o, some of you. Whoe%er you find, attach.

CH%E/ ATCHMAN

The ground is bloody. earch the graveyard. o,

some of you, arrest whoever you find.

Exeunt some WATCHMEN ome WATCHMEN exit.

0itiful sight; <ere lies the county slain,

!nd Kuliet bleeding, warm and newly dead,

&H' Who here hath lain these two days buried.

o, tell the 0rince. Aun to the Ca"ulets.

Aaise u" the /ontagues.

ome others search.

This is a "itiful sight; The count is dead. Kuliet is

bleeding. <er body is warm, and she seems to

have been dead only a short time, even though

she has been buried for two days. o, tell the

0rince. Aun to the Ca"ulets. Wake u" the

/ontagues. <ave some others search.





Exeunt more WATCHMEN

Act &, Scene , Page

ome other WATCHMEN exit in several

directions.

We see the ground whereon these woes do lie, We see the cause of all this "ain. 3ut well have



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&H 3ut the true ground of all these "iteous

woes We cannot without circumstance

descry.

*eenter SECOND WATCHMAN withROMEO !s man BALTHASAR

The SECOND WATCHMAN reenterswithBALTHASAR .

SECON( ATCHMAN

<eres Aomeos man. We found him in the churchyard.

SECON( ATCHMAN

<eres Aomeos man. We found him in the

churchyard.

CH%E/ ATCHMAN

<old him in safety till the 0rince come hither.

CH%E/ ATCHMAN

<old him in custody until the 0rince gets here.

*eenter THIRD WATCHMAN with FRIAR

LAWRENCE

The THIRD WATCHMAN reenters with FRIAR

LAWRENCE .

TH%R( ATCHMAN

<ere is a friar that trembles, sighs and wee"s.

6'' We took this mattock and this s"ade from him

!s he was coming from this churchyards side.

TH%R( ATCHMAN

<ere is a friar whos trembling, sighing and

wee"ing. We took this "icka+ and this shovel

from him, as he was walking from this side of thegraveyard.

CH%E/ ATCHMAN

! great sus"icion. tay the friar too.

CH%E/ ATCHMAN

Very sus"icious. <old the friar too.

Enter the PRINCE with ATTENDANTS The PRINCE enters with ATTENDANTS .

PR%NCE

What misadventure is so early u"

That calls our "erson from our morning rest5

PR%NCE

What crimes ha""en so early in the morning that I

have to wake u" before the usual time5

Enter CAPULET and LADY CAPULET CAPULET and LADY CAPULET enter.

CAPU$ET

6' What should it be that is so shrieked abroad5

CAPU$ET

Whats the "roblem, that they cry out so loud5

$A(Y CAPU$ET

1h, the "eo"le in the street cry 7Aomeo,8

ome 7Kuliet,8 and some 70aris,8 and all run

With o"en outcry toward our monument.

Act &, Scene , Page 1-

$A(Y CAPU$ET

ome "eo"le in the street are crying 7Aomeo.8

ome are crying 7Kuliet,8 and some are crying

70aris.8 Theyre all running in an o"en riot toward

our tomb.

PR%NCE

What fear is this which startles in our ears5

PR%NCE

Whats this awful thing that everyones crying

about5

CH%E/ ATCHMAN

6&' overeign, here lies the County 0aris slain, !nd

Aomeo dead, and Kuliet, dead before, Warmand new killed.

CH%E/ ATCHMAN

0rince, here lies Count 0aris killed. !nd Aomeo

dead. !nd Kuliet. he was dead before, but nowshes warm and hasnt been dead for long.

PR%NCE

earch, seek, and know how this foul murder comes.

PR%NCE

Investigate how this foul murder came about.

CH%E/ ATCHMAN

<ere is a friar, and slaughtered Aomeos man,

6& With instruments u"on them fit to o"en These

dead mens tombs.

CH%E/ ATCHMAN

<ere is a friar, and dead Aomeos man. Theyve

got tools on themtools they could use to o"en

these tombs.



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to investigate to discover the whole story.

CAPU$ET

1 heavens; 1 wife, look how our daughter bleeds;

This dagger hath mista%enfor, lo, his houseIs em"ty on the back of /ontague, 66'

!nd it mis#sheathd in my daughters bosom.

CAPU$ET

1h heavens; 1h wife, look at how our daughter bleeds;

That knife should be in its sheath on that /ontagues

back, but instead its mis#sheathed in my daughters

breast.

$A(Y CAPU$ET

Enter MONTAGUE

PR%NCE

Come, /ontague, for thou art early u"To see thy son and heir now early down.

MONTAGUE

66 !las, my liege, my wife is dead tonight.

rief of my sons e+ile hath sto""ed her breath.

What further woe cons"ires against mine age5

PR%NCE

?ook, and thou shalt see.

MONTAGUE

(to A1/91 ) 1 thou untaught; What manners is in

6=' this,To "ress before thy father to a grave5

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eal u" the mouth of outrage for a while,

Till we can clear these ambiguities

!nd know their s"ring, their head, their true descent,

!nd then will I be general of your woes,

6= !nd lead you even to death. /eantime forbear,

!nd let mischance be slave to "atience.

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/R%AR $ARENCE

I am the greatest, able to do least,

4et most sus"ected, as the time and "lace

6@' $oth make against me, of this direful murder.

!nd here I stand, both to im"each and "urge,

/yself condemnd and myself e+cused.

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PR%NCE

Then say at once what thou dost know in this.

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1 me; This sight of death is as a bell, That

warns my old age to a se"ulcher.

$A(Y CAPU$ET 1h my; This sight of death is like a bell that

warns me Im old and Ill die soon.

/R%AR $ARENCE

I will be brief, for my short date of breath

6@ Is not so long as is a tedious tale.

Aomeo, there dead, was husband to that Kuliet,

!nd she, there dead, that Aomeos faithful wife.

I married them, and their stol%n marriage day

Was Tybalts doomsday, whose untimely death

6' 3anished the new#made bridegroom from the city

For whom, and not for Tybalt, Kuliet "ined.

4ou, to remove that siege of grief from her,

3etrothed and would have married her "erforce

To County 0aris. Then comes she to me,

6 !nd with wild looks bid me devise some mean

To rid her from this second

marriage, 1r in my cell there would

she kill herself.

Then gave I her, so tutored by my art,

/R%AR $ARENCE

I will be brief because Im not going to live long

enough to tell a boring story. Aomeo, who lies

there dead, was the husband of that Kuliet. !nd

she, who lies there dead, was that Aomeos

faithful wife. I married themJ their secret wedding

day was the day Tybalt died. <is untimely death

caused the bridegroom to be banished from the

city. Kuliet was sad because Aomeo was gone,

not because of Tybalts death. To cure hersadness, you arranged a marriage for her with

Count 0aris. Then she came to me, and, looking

wild, she asked me to devise a "lan to get her out

of this second marriage. he threatened to kill

herself in my cell if I didnt hel" her. o I gave her

a slee"ing "otion that I had mi+ed with my

! slee"ing "otion, which so took effect

6B' !s I intended, for it wrought on her The form

of death.



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Act &, Scene , Page 12/eantime I writ to Aomeo,

That he should hither come as this dire night,

To hel" to take her from her borrowed grave,

3eing the time the "otions force should cease.

6B 3ut he which bore my letter, Friar Kohn,

Was stayed by accident, and yesternight

Aeturned my letter back. Then all alone

!t the "refi+d hour of her waking

Came I to take her from her kindreds vault,

6E' /eaning to kee" her closely at my cell

Till I conveniently could send to Aomeo,

3ut when I came, some minute ere the time

1f her awakening, here untimely lay Thenoble 0aris and true Aomeo dead.

6E he wakes, and I entreated her come forth,

!nd bear this work of heaven with "atience.

3ut then a noise did scare me from the tomb,

!nd she, too des"erate, would not go with

me, 3ut, as it seems, did violence on herself.

6G' !ll this I know, and to the marriage

<er -urse is "rivy. !nd if aught in this

/iscarried by my fault, let my old life

3e sacrificed some hour before his time

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6G We still have known thee for a holy man. Wheres

Aomeos man5 What can he say in this5

!A$THASAR

I brought my master news of Kuliets death,

!nd then in "ost he came from /antua

To this same "lace, to this same

monument.

6H' (shows a letter) This letter he early bid me give his

father,

!nd threatened me with death, going in the vault,

If I de"arted not and left him there.

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PR%NCE

ive me the letter. I will look on it.(takes letter from 3!?T<!!A )

6H Where is the countys "age, that raised the watch5

irrah, what made your master in this "lace5

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to everyone to be dead.

PAGE

<e came with flowers to strew his ladys

grave, !nd bid me stand aloof, and so I did.

!non comes one with light to o"e the tomb,

PAGE

<e came with flowers to s"read on his ladys

grave. !nd he asked me to stand far away and

leave him alone, and so I did. Then someone

='' !nd by and by my master drew on him, !nd

then I ran away to call the watch.



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with a torch came to o"en the tomb. o my master

drew on him. !nd then I ran away to call



the watch.

PR%NCE

(skims the letter) This letter doth make good the friars

words,

Their course of love, the tidings of her death.

=' !nd here he writes that he did buy a "oison1f a "oor %"othecary, and therewithal

Came to this vault to die and lie with Kuliet.

Where be these enemies5Ca"ulet; /ontague;

ee what a scourge is laid u"on your hate,

=&' That heaven finds means to kill your :oys with love;

!nd I, for winking at your discords, too

<ave lost a brace of kinsmen. !ll are "unished.

PR%NCE

(skimming the letter) This letter confirms the

friars account. It describes the course of their

love and mentions the news of her death. <ere he

writes that he bought "oison from a "oor

"harmacist. <e brought that "oison with him to

this vault to die and lie with Kuliet. Where are

these enemies5 Ca"ulet; /ontague; $o you see

what a great evil results from your hate5 <eaven

has figured out how to kill your :oys with love.

3ecause I looked the other way when your feud

flared u", Ive lost several members of my family

as well. 9veryone is "unished.

CAPU$ET

1 brother /ontague, give me thy hand.

This is my daughters :ointure, for no more

Can I demand.

CAPU$ET

1h, brother /ontague, give me your hand. This is

my daughters dowry. I can ask you for nothing

more.

MONTAGUE

3ut I can give thee more,

=& For I will raise her statue in "ure gold,

That whiles Verona by that name is known,

There shall no figure at such rate be set !s

that of true and faithful Kuliet.

MONTAGUE

3ut I can give you more. Ill raise her statue in

"ure gold. !s long as this city is called Verona,

there will be no figure "raised more than that of

true and faithful Kuliet.

CAPU$ET

!s rich shall Aomeos by his ladys lie,

=6' 0oor sacrifices of our enmity.

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CAPU$ET

The statue I will make of Aomeo to lie beside his

Kuliet will be :ust as rich. They were "oor

sacrifices of our rivalry;

PR%NCE

! glooming "eace this morning with it brings.

The sun, for sorrow, will not show his head.

o hence, to have more talk of these sad things.

ome shall be "ardoned, and some "unishd.

=6 For never was a story of more woe Than

this of Kuliet and her Aomeo.

PR%NCE

We settle a dark "eace this morning. The sun is

too sad to show itself. ?ets go, to talk about these

sad things some more. ome will be "ardoned,

and some will be "unished.

There was never a story more full of "ain than the

story of Aomeo and Kuliet.

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