That he fhall foon keep Tybalt Company: -O, how my heart abhors To hear him nam'd,—and cannot come to him- La. Cap. Find thou the Means, and I'll find fuch a But now I'll tell thee joyful Tidings, Girl. ful. And joy comes well in fuch a needful time. What are they, I befeech your ladyship? La. Cap. Well, well, thou haft a careful father, child, One, who, to put thee from thy heaviness, Hath forted out a fudden day of joy, That thou expect'ft not, nor I look'd not for. Jul. Madam, (5) in happy time, what day is this? La. Cap Marry, my child, early next Thursday morn, The gallant, young, and noble gentleman, The County Paris, at St. Peter's church,, Shall happily make thee a joyful bride. Jul. Now, by St. Peter's church, and Peter too,, I wonder at this hafte, that I must wed It fhall be Romeo, whom you know I hate, La. Cap. Here comes your father, tell him so your felf, him a Dram which he is not not ufed to. ftake not, obferved, that in old books un ful, powerful, efficacious. hands. Though I have, if I mflamed fignifies wonder This phrafe was inter (5)-in bappy time,] A la bonne beure. jested,when the hearer was not quite fo well pleafed as the speaker. D:3. Enter Enter Capulet, and Nurfe. Cap. When the Sun fets, the Air doth drizzle Dew, But for the Sunset of my Brother's Son It rains downright. How now? a conduit, girl? what, still in tears ? Thou counterfeit'ft a bark, a fea, a wind; Thy tempeft-toffed body-How now, wife? La. Cap. Ay, Sir; but she will none, the gives you I would, the fool were married to her Grave! Cap. Soft, take me with you, take me with you, How, will the none? Doth the not give us thanks ? So worthy a gentleman to be her bridegroom? Proud can I never be of what I hate, But thankful even for hate, that is meant love. Cap. How now! how now! Chop Logick? What is this? Proud! and I thank you! and I thank you not! Out, you green-ficknefs carrion! Out, you baggage! La. Cap. Fy, fy, what, are you mad? Jul. Good father, I befeech you on my knees, Hear me with patience, but to speak a word. Cap. Hang thee, young baggage! difobedient wretch! I tell thee what, get thee to church o' Thursday, Or never after look me in the face. Speak not, reply not, do not answer me. My fingers itch. Wife, we fcarce thought us bleft, But now I fee this One is one too much, Nurfe. God in heav'n blefs her! You are to blame, my Lord, to rate her fo. Cap. And why? My lady Wifdom hold your tongue, Good Prudence, fmatter with your goffips, go. Nurfe. I fpeak no treafon-O, god-ye-good-denMay not one fpeak? Cap. Peace, peace, you mumbling fool; Utter your gravity o'er a goffip's bowl, For here we need it not. La. Cap. You are too hot. : Cap. It makes me mad day, night, hour, tide, work, play, Alone, in company, ftill my care hath been, To have her match'd; and having now provided Of fair demefns, youthful, and nobly-allied, A whining mammet, in her fortune's Tender, I am too young, -I pray you, pardon me If you be not, hang, beg, ftarve, die i' th' ftreets; Truft to't, bethink you, I'll not be forefworn. [Exit. Delay Delay this marriage for a month, a week; La. Cap. Talk not to me, for I'll not speak a word: Do as thou wilt, for I have done with thee. Exit. Jul. O God!-0 Nurse, how shall this be prevent ed? My Hufband is on Earth; my Faith in Heav'n; What fay'ft thou? haft thou not a word of Joy? Nurfe. Faith, here it is: Romeo is banish'd; all the world to nothing,. Romeo's a difh-clout to him; an eagle, Madam, Nurfe. And from my Soul too, Or elfe befhrew them both. Jul. Amen. Nurfe. What? Jul. Well, thou haft comforted me marvellous much; Go in, and tell my lady I am gone, Having difpleas'd my father, to Lawrence' To make confeffion, and to be abfolv'd. cell, Nurfe. Marry, I will; and this is wifely done. [Exit. (6) —fo keen,] Hanmer. In the other editions, so green. (7) As living bere,] Sir 7. Hanmer reads, as living hence; that is at a distance, in banishment, but bere may fignify, in this world. Jul Ful. Ancient Damnation! O moft wicked Fiend!.. Or to difpraise my Lord with that same tongue Thou and my If all elfe fail, myself have power to die. [Exit. A C T IV. SCENE I. The MONASTERY. Enter Friar Lawrence and Paris. FRIAR.. N Thursday, Sir? The time is very fhört. Par. Immoderately the weeps for Tybalt's death, Now do you know the reafon of this hafte ? Fri. I would, I knew not why it fhould be flow'd. Look, Sir, here comes the lady tow'rds my cell. [Afide. (8) And I am, &c.] His bafte fhall not be abated by my flowness,. It might be read, And I am nothing flow to back bis bafle. D5 Enter |