Romeo and Juliet Folger Shakespeare Part 6

99 FTLN 1256 FTLN 1257 FTLN 1258 FTLN 1259 FTLN 1260 FTLN 1261 FTLN 1262 FTLN 1263 FTLN 1264 FTLN 1265 FTLN 1266 FTLN 1267 FTLN 1268 FTLN 1269 FTLN 1270 FTLN 1271 FTLN 1272 FTLN 1273 FTLN 1274 FTLN 1275 FTLN 1276 FTLN 1277 FTLN 1278 FTLN 1279 FTLN 1280 FTLN 1281 FTLN 1282 FTLN 1283 FTLN 1284 FTLN 1285 FTLN 1286 FTLN 1287 FTLN 1288 FTLN 1289 FTLN 1290 FTLN 1291 FTLN 1292 Romeo and Juliet ACT 2. SC. 4 Yea, is the worst well? Very well took, i’ faith, wisely, wisely. NURSE If you be he, sir, I desire some confidence with you. BENVOLIO She will indite him to some supper. MERCUTIO A bawd, a bawd, a bawd. So ho! ROMEO What hast thou found? MERCUTIO No hare, sir, unless a hare, sir, in a Lenten pie that is something stale and hoar ere it be spent. Singing. An old hare hoar, And an old hare hoar, Is very good meat in Lent. But a hare that is hoar Is too much for a score When it hoars ere it be spent. Romeo, will you come to your father’s? We’ll to dinner thither. ROMEO I will follow you. MERCUTIO Farewell, ancient lady. Farewell, lady, lady, lady. Mercutio and Benvolio exit. NURSE I pray you, sir, what saucy merchant was this that was so full of his ropery? ROMEO A gentleman, nurse, that loves to hear himself talk and will speak more in a minute than he will stand to in a month. NURSE An he speak anything against me, I’ll take him down, an he were lustier than he is, and twenty such jacks. An if I cannot, I’ll find those that shall. Scurvy knave, I am none of his flirt-gills; I am none of his skains-mates. To Peter. And thou must stand by too and suffer every knave to use me at his pleasure. PETER I saw no man use you at his pleasure. If I had, my weapon should quickly have been out. I warrant you, I dare draw as soon as another man, if I see occasion in a good quarrel, and the law on my side. MERCUTIO 130 135 140 145 150 155 160 101 FTLN 1293 FTLN 1294 FTLN 1295 FTLN 1296 FTLN 1297 FTLN 1298 FTLN 1299 FTLN 1300 FTLN 1301 FTLN 1302 FTLN 1303 FTLN 1304 FTLN 1305 FTLN 1306 FTLN 1307 FTLN 1308 FTLN 1309 FTLN 1310 FTLN 1311 FTLN 1312 FTLN 1313 FTLN 1314 FTLN 1315 FTLN 1316 FTLN 1317 Romeo and Juliet ACT 2. SC. 4 Now, afore God, I am so vexed that every part about me quivers. Scurvy knave! To Romeo. Pray you, sir, a word. And, as I told you, my young lady bid me inquire you out. What she bid me say, I will keep to myself. But first let me tell you, if you should lead her in a fool’s paradise, as they say, 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. ROMEO Nurse, commend me to thy lady and mistress. I protest unto thee— NURSE Good heart, and i’ faith I will tell her as much. Lord, Lord, she will be a joyful woman. ROMEO What wilt thou tell her, nurse? Thou dost not mark me. NURSE I will tell her, sir, that you do protest, which, as I take it, is a gentlemanlike offer. ROMEO Bid her devise Some means to come to shrift this afternoon, And there she shall at Friar Lawrence’ cell Be shrived and married. Here is for thy pains. Offering her money. NURSE No, truly, sir, not a penny. ROMEO Go to, I say you shall. NURSE 165 170 175 180 185 NURSE FTLN 1318 This afternoon, sir? Well, she shall be there. ROMEO FTLN 1319 FTLN 1320 FTLN 1321 FTLN 1322 FTLN 1323 FTLN 1324 FTLN 1325 And stay, good nurse, behind the abbey wall. Within this hour my man shall be with thee And bring thee cords made like a tackled stair, Which to the high topgallant of my joy Must be my convoy in the secret night. Farewell. Be trusty, and I’ll quit thy pains. Farewell. Commend me to thy mistress. 190 195 103 Romeo and Juliet ACT 2. SC. 5 NURSE FTLN 1326 FTLN 1327 FTLN 1328 FTLN 1329 Now, God in heaven bless thee! Hark you, sir. What sayst thou, my dear nurse? ROMEO NURSE Is your man secret? Did you ne’er hear say “Two may keep counsel, putting one away”? 200 ROMEO FTLN 1330 FTLN 1331 FTLN 1332 FTLN 1333 FTLN 1334 FTLN 1335 FTLN 1336 FTLN 1337 FTLN 1338 FTLN 1339 FTLN 1340 FTLN 1341 FTLN 1342 FTLN 1343 FTLN 1344 FTLN 1345 FTLN 1346 FTLN 1347 FTLN 1348 Warrant thee, my man’s as true as steel. Well, sir, my mistress is the sweetest lady. Lord, Lord, when ’twas a little prating thing—O, there is a nobleman in town, one Paris, 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 Paris is the properer man, but I’ll warrant you, when I say so, she looks as pale as any clout in the versal world. Doth not rosemary and Romeo begin both with a letter? ROMEO Ay, nurse, what of that? Both with an R. NURSE Ah, mocker, that’s the dog’s name. R is for the—No, I know it begins with some other letter, and she hath the prettiest sententious of it, of you and rosemary, that it would do you good to hear it. ROMEO Commend me to thy lady. NURSE Ay, a thousand times.—Peter. PETER Anon. NURSE Before and apace. They exit. NURSE 205 210 215 Scene 5 Enter Juliet. JULIET FTLN 1349 FTLN 1350 FTLN 1351 FTLN 1352 FTLN 1353 The clock struck nine when I did send the Nurse. In half an hour she promised to return. Perchance she cannot meet him. That’s not so. O, she is lame! Love’s heralds should be thoughts, Which ten times faster glides than the sun’s beams, 5 105 FTLN 1354 FTLN 1355 FTLN 1356 FTLN 1357 FTLN 1358 FTLN 1359 FTLN 1360 FTLN 1361 FTLN 1362 FTLN 1363 FTLN 1364 FTLN 1365 Romeo and Juliet ACT 2. SC. 5 Driving back shadows over louring hills. Therefore do nimble-pinioned doves draw Love, And therefore hath the wind-swift Cupid wings. Now is the sun upon the highmost hill Of this day’s journey, and from nine till twelve Is three long hours, yet she is not come. Had she affections and warm youthful blood, She would be as swift in motion as a ball; My words would bandy her to my sweet love, And his to me. But old folks, many feign as they were dead, Unwieldy, slow, heavy, and pale as lead. 10 15 Enter Nurse and Peter. FTLN 1366 FTLN 1367 FTLN 1368 O God, she comes!—O, honey nurse, what news? Hast thou met with him? Send thy man away. NURSE Peter, stay at the gate. Peter exits. 20 JULIET FTLN 1369 FTLN 1370 FTLN 1371 FTLN 1372 FTLN 1373 Now, good sweet nurse—O Lord, why lookest thou sad? Though news be sad, yet tell them merrily. If good, thou shamest the music of sweet news By playing it to me with so sour a face. 25 NURSE FTLN 1374 FTLN 1375 I am aweary. Give me leave awhile. Fie, how my bones ache! What a jaunt have I! JULIET FTLN 1376 FTLN 1377 FTLN 1378 I would thou hadst my bones, and I thy news. Nay, come, I pray thee, speak. Good, good nurse, speak. 30 NURSE FTLN 1379 FTLN 1380 Jesu, what haste! Can you not stay awhile? Do you not see that I am out of breath? JULIET FTLN 1381 FTLN 1382 FTLN 1383 How art thou out of breath, when thou hast breath To say to me that thou art out of breath? The excuse that thou dost make in this delay 35 107 FTLN 1384 FTLN 1385 FTLN 1386 FTLN 1387 FTLN 1388 FTLN 1389 FTLN 1390 FTLN 1391 FTLN 1392 FTLN 1393 FTLN 1394 FTLN 1395 FTLN 1396 Romeo and Juliet ACT 2. SC. 5 Is longer than the tale thou dost excuse. Is thy news good or bad? Answer to that. Say either, and I’ll stay the circumstance. Let me be satisfied; is ’t good or bad? NURSE Well, you have made a simple choice. You know not how to choose a man. Romeo? No, not he. Though his face be better than any man’s, yet his leg excels all men’s, and for a hand and a foot and a body, though they be not to be talked on, yet they are past compare. He is not the flower of courtesy, but I’ll warrant him as gentle as a lamb. Go thy ways, wench. Serve God. What, have you dined at home? 40 45 JULIET FTLN 1397 FTLN 1398 No, no. But all this did I know before. What says he of our marriage? What of that? 50 NURSE FTLN 1399 FTLN 1400 FTLN 1401 FTLN 1402 FTLN 1403 Lord, how my head aches! What a head have I! It beats as it would fall in twenty pieces. My back o’ t’ other side! Ah, my back, my back! Beshrew your heart for sending me about To catch my death with jaunting up and down. 55 JULIET FTLN 1404 FTLN 1405 FTLN 1406 FTLN 1407 FTLN 1408 FTLN 1409 I’ faith, I am sorry that thou art not well. Sweet, sweet, sweet nurse, tell me, what says my love? NURSE Your love says, like an honest gentleman, and a courteous, and a kind, and a handsome, and, I warrant, a virtuous—Where is your mother? 60 JULIET FTLN 1410 FTLN 1411 FTLN 1412 FTLN 1413 FTLN 1414 FTLN 1415 Where is my mother? Why, she is within. Where should she be? How oddly thou repliest: “Your love says, like an honest gentleman, Where is your mother?” NURSE O God’s lady dear, Are you so hot? Marry, come up, I trow. 65 109 FTLN 1416 FTLN 1417 ACT 2. SC. 6 Romeo and Juliet Is this the poultice for my aching bones? Henceforward do your messages yourself. JULIET FTLN 1418 Here’s such a coil. Come, what says Romeo? 70 NURSE FTLN 1419 FTLN 1420 FTLN 1421 FTLN 1422 FTLN 1423 FTLN 1424 FTLN 1425 FTLN 1426 FTLN 1427 FTLN 1428 FTLN 1429 FTLN 1430 Have you got leave to go to shrift today? I have. JULIET NURSE Then hie you hence to Friar Lawrence’ cell. There stays a husband to make you a wife. Now comes the wanton blood up in your cheeks; They’ll be in scarlet straight at any news. Hie you to church. I must another way, To fetch a ladder by the which your love Must climb a bird’s nest soon when it is dark. I am the drudge and toil in your delight, But you shall bear the burden soon at night. Go. I’ll to dinner. Hie you to the cell. 75 80 JULIET FTLN 1431 Hie to high fortune! Honest nurse, farewell. They exit. Scene 6 Enter Friar Lawrence and Romeo. FRIAR LAWRENCE FTLN 1432 FTLN 1433 So smile the heavens upon this holy act That after-hours with sorrow chide us not. ROMEO FTLN 1434 FTLN 1435 FTLN 1436 FTLN 1437 FTLN 1438 FTLN 1439 Amen, amen. But come what sorrow can, It cannot countervail the exchange of joy That one short minute gives me in her sight. Do thou but close our hands with holy words, Then love-devouring death do what he dare, It is enough I may but call her mine. FRIAR LAWRENCE FTLN 1440 These violent delights have violent ends 5 111 FTLN 1441 FTLN 1442 FTLN 1443 FTLN 1444 FTLN 1445 FTLN 1446 Romeo and Juliet ACT 2. SC. 6 And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which, as they kiss, consume. The sweetest honey Is loathsome in his own deliciousness And in the taste confounds the appetite. Therefore love moderately. Long love doth so. Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. 10 15 Enter Juliet. FTLN 1447 FTLN 1448 FTLN 1449 FTLN 1450 FTLN 1451 Here comes the lady. O, so light a foot Will ne’er wear out the everlasting flint. A lover may bestride the gossamers That idles in the wanton summer air, And yet not fall, so light is vanity. 20 JULIET FTLN 1452 Good even to my ghostly confessor. FRIAR LAWRENCE FTLN 1453 Romeo shall thank thee, daughter, for us both. JULIET FTLN 1454 As much to him, else is his thanks too much. ROMEO FTLN 1455 FTLN 1456 FTLN 1457 FTLN 1458 FTLN 1459 FTLN 1460 Ah, Juliet, if the measure of thy joy Be heaped like mine, and that thy skill be more To blazon it, then sweeten with thy breath This neighbor air, and let rich music’s tongue Unfold the imagined happiness that both Receive in either by this dear encounter. 25 JULIET FTLN 1461 FTLN 1462 FTLN 1463 FTLN 1464 FTLN 1465 Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, Brags of his substance, not of ornament. They are but beggars that can count their worth, But my true love is grown to such excess I cannot sum up sum of half my wealth. 30 FRIAR LAWRENCE FTLN 1466 FTLN 1467 FTLN 1468 Come, come with me, and we will make short work, For, by your leaves, you shall not stay alone Till Holy Church incorporate two in one. They exit. 35 ACT 3 Scene 1 Enter Mercutio, Benvolio, and their men. BENVOLIO FTLN 1469 FTLN 1470 FTLN 1471 FTLN 1472 FTLN 1473 FTLN 1474 FTLN 1475 FTLN 1476 FTLN 1477 FTLN 1478 FTLN 1479 FTLN 1480 FTLN 1481 FTLN 1482 FTLN 1483 FTLN 1484 FTLN 1485 FTLN 1486 FTLN 1487 FTLN 1488 FTLN 1489 FTLN 1490 FTLN 1491 I pray thee, good Mercutio, let’s retire. The day is hot, the Capels are abroad, And if we meet we shall not ’scape a brawl, For now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring. MERCUTIO Thou art like one of these fellows that, when he enters the confines of a tavern, claps me his sword upon the table and says “God send me no need of thee” and, by the operation of the second cup, draws him on the drawer when indeed there is no need. BENVOLIO Am I like such a fellow? MERCUTIO Come, come, thou art as hot a jack in thy mood as any in Italy, and as soon moved to be moody, and as soon moody to be moved. BENVOLIO And what to? MERCUTIO Nay, an there were two such, we should have none shortly, for one would kill the other. Thou—why, thou wilt quarrel with a man that hath a hair more or a hair less in his beard than thou hast. Thou wilt quarrel with a man for cracking nuts, having no other reason but because thou hast hazel eyes. What eye but such an eye would spy out such a quarrel? Thy head is as full of quarrels as 115 5 10 15 20 117 FTLN 1492 FTLN 1493 FTLN 1494 FTLN 1495 FTLN 1496 FTLN 1497 FTLN 1498 FTLN 1499 FTLN 1500 FTLN 1501 FTLN 1502 FTLN 1503 Romeo and Juliet ACT 3. SC. 1 an egg is full of meat, and yet thy head hath been beaten as addle as an egg for quarreling. Thou hast quarreled with a man for coughing in the street because he hath wakened thy dog that hath lain asleep in the sun. Didst thou not fall out with a tailor for wearing his new doublet before Easter? With another, for tying his new shoes with old ribbon? And yet thou wilt tutor me from quarreling? BENVOLIO An I were so apt to quarrel as thou art, any man should buy the fee simple of my life for an hour and a quarter. MERCUTIO The fee simple? O simple! 25 30 35 Enter Tybalt, Petruchio, and others. FTLN 1504 FTLN 1505 FTLN 1506 FTLN 1507 FTLN 1508 FTLN 1509 FTLN 1510 FTLN 1511 FTLN 1512 FTLN 1513 FTLN 1514 FTLN 1515 FTLN 1516 FTLN 1517 FTLN 1518 BENVOLIO By my head, here comes MERCUTIO By my heel, I care not. TYBALT , to his companions the Capulets. Follow me close, for I will speak to them.— Gentlemen, good e’en. A word with one of you. MERCUTIO And but one word with one of us? Couple it with something. Make it a word and a blow. TYBALT You shall find me apt enough to that, sir, an you will give me occasion. MERCUTIO Could you not take some occasion without giving? TYBALT Mercutio, thou consortest with Romeo. MERCUTIO Consort? What, dost thou make us minstrels? An thou make minstrels of us, look to hear nothing but discords. Here’s my fiddlestick; here’s that shall make you dance. Zounds, consort! BENVOLIO FTLN 1519 FTLN 1520 FTLN 1521 FTLN 1522 We talk here in the public haunt of men. Either withdraw unto some private place, Or reason coldly of your grievances, Or else depart. Here all eyes gaze on us. 40 45 50 119 Romeo and Juliet ACT 3. SC. 1 MERCUTIO FTLN 1523 FTLN 1524 Men’s eyes were made to look, and let them gaze. I will not budge for no man’s pleasure, I. 55 Enter Romeo. TYBALT FTLN 1525 Well, peace be with you, sir. Here comes my man. MERCUTIO FTLN 1526 FTLN 1527 FTLN 1528 But I’ll be hanged, sir, if he wear your livery. Marry, go before to field, he’ll be your follower. Your Worship in that sense may call him “man.” 60 TYBALT FTLN 1529 FTLN 1530 Romeo, the love I bear thee can afford No better term than this: thou art a villain. ROMEO FTLN 1531 FTLN 1532 FTLN 1533 FTLN 1534 Tybalt, the reason that I have to love thee Doth much excuse the appertaining rage To such a greeting. Villain am I none. Therefore farewell. I see thou knowest me not. 65 TYBALT FTLN 1535 FTLN 1536 Boy, this shall not excuse the injuries That thou hast done me. Therefore turn and draw. ROMEO FTLN 1537 FTLN 1538 FTLN 1539 FTLN 1540 FTLN 1541 I do protest I never injured thee But love thee better than thou canst devise Till thou shalt know the reason of my love. And so, good Capulet, which name I tender As dearly as mine own, be satisfied. 70 MERCUTIO FTLN 1542 FTLN 1543 FTLN 1544 FTLN 1545 FTLN 1546 FTLN 1547 FTLN 1548 O calm, dishonorable, vile submission! Alla stoccato carries it away. He draws. Tybalt, you ratcatcher, will you walk? TYBALT What wouldst thou have with me? MERCUTIO Good king 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 75 80