Wife, we scarce thought us blestThat God had lent us but this only child;But now I see this one is one too much,And that we have a curse in having her:Out on her, hilding!NurseGod in heaven bless her! Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMYou are to blame, my lord, to rate her so. CAPULETAnd why, my lady wisdom? Hold your tongue,Good prudence; smatter with your gossips, go. NurseI speak no treason. CAPULETO, God ye god-den. NurseMay not one speak?CAPULETPeace, you mumbling fool!Utter your gravity o'er a gossip's bowl;For here we need it not. LADY CAPULETYou are too hot. CAPULETGod's bread! It makes me mad:Day, night, hour, tide, time, work, play,Alone, in company, still my care hath beenTo have her match'd: and having now providedA gentleman of noble parentage,Of fair demesnes, youthful, and nobly train'd,Stuff'd, as they say, with honourable parts,Proportion'd as one's thought would wish a man;And then to have a wretched puling fool,A whining mammet, in her fortune's tender,To answer 'I'll not wed; I cannot love,I am too young; I pray you, pardon me. 'But, as you will not wed, I'll pardon you:Graze where you will you shall not house with me:Look to't, think on't, I do not use to jest. Thursday is near; lay hand on heart, advise:An you be mine, I'll give you to my friend;And you be not, hang, beg, starve, die inthe streets,For, by my soul, I'll ne'er acknowledge thee,Nor what is mine shall never do thee good:Trust to't, bethink you; I'll not be forsworn. Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMExitJULIETIs there no pity sitting in the clouds,That sees into the bottom of my grief?O, sweet my mother, cast me not away!Delay this marriage for a month, a week;Or, if you do not, make the bridal bedIn that dim monument where Tybalt lies. LADY CAPULETTalk not to me, for I'll not speak a word:Do as thou wilt, for I have done with thee. ExitJULIETO God!--O nurse, how shall this be prevented?My husband is on earth, my faith in heaven;How shall that faith return again to earth,Unless that husband send it me from heavenBy leaving earth? Comfort me, counsel me. Alack, alack, that heaven should practise stratagemsUpon so soft a subject as myself!What say'st thou?


Hold your tongue,Good prudence; smatter with your gossips, go. NurseI speak no treason. CAPULETO, God ye god-den. NurseMay not one speak?CAPULETPeace, you mumbling fool!Utter your gravity o'er a gossip's bowl;For here we need it not. LADY CAPULETYou are too hot. CAPULETGod's bread! It makes me mad:Day, night, hour, tide, time, work, play,Alone, in company, still my care hath beenTo have her match'd: and having now providedA gentleman of noble parentage,Of fair demesnes, youthful, and nobly train'd,Stuff'd, as they say, with honourable parts,Proportion'd as one's thought would wish a man;And then to have a wretched puling fool,A whining mammet, in her fortune's tender,To answer 'I'll not wed; I cannot love,I am too young; I pray you, pardon me. 'But, as you will not wed, I'll pardon you:Graze where you will you shall not house with me:Look to't, think on't, I do not use to jest. Thursday is near; lay hand on heart, advise:An you be mine, I'll give you to my friend;And you be not, hang, beg, starve, die inthe streets,For, by my soul, I'll ne'er acknowledge thee,Nor what is mine shall never do thee good:Trust to't, bethink you; I'll not be forsworn. Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMExitJULIETIs there no pity sitting in the clouds,That sees into the bottom of my grief?O, sweet my mother, cast me not away!Delay this marriage for a month, a week;Or, if you do not, make the bridal bedIn that dim monument where Tybalt lies. LADY CAPULETTalk not to me, for I'll not speak a word:Do as thou wilt, for I have done with thee. ExitJULIETO God!--O nurse, how shall this be prevented?My husband is on earth, my faith in heaven;How shall that faith return again to earth,Unless that husband send it me from heavenBy leaving earth? Comfort me, counsel me. Alack, alack, that heaven should practise stratagemsUpon so soft a subject as myself!What say'st thou? Hast thou not a word of joy?Some comfort, nurse. NurseFaith, here it is. Romeo is banish'd; and all the world to nothing,That he dares ne'er come back to challenge you;Or, 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. O, he's a lovely gentleman!Romeo's a dishclout to him: an eagle, madam,Hath not so green, so quick, so fair an eyeAs Paris hath.


It makes me mad:Day, night, hour, tide, time, work, play,Alone, in company, still my care hath beenTo have her match'd: and having now providedA gentleman of noble parentage,Of fair demesnes, youthful, and nobly train'd,Stuff'd, as they say, with honourable parts,Proportion'd as one's thought would wish a man;And then to have a wretched puling fool,A whining mammet, in her fortune's tender,To answer 'I'll not wed; I cannot love,I am too young; I pray you, pardon me. 'But, as you will not wed, I'll pardon you:Graze where you will you shall not house with me:Look to't, think on't, I do not use to jest. Thursday is near; lay hand on heart, advise:An you be mine, I'll give you to my friend;And you be not, hang, beg, starve, die inthe streets,For, by my soul, I'll ne'er acknowledge thee,Nor what is mine shall never do thee good:Trust to't, bethink you; I'll not be forsworn. Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMExitJULIETIs there no pity sitting in the clouds,That sees into the bottom of my grief?O, sweet my mother, cast me not away!Delay this marriage for a month, a week;Or, if you do not, make the bridal bedIn that dim monument where Tybalt lies. LADY CAPULETTalk not to me, for I'll not speak a word:Do as thou wilt, for I have done with thee. ExitJULIETO God!--O nurse, how shall this be prevented?My husband is on earth, my faith in heaven;How shall that faith return again to earth,Unless that husband send it me from heavenBy leaving earth? Comfort me, counsel me. Alack, alack, that heaven should practise stratagemsUpon so soft a subject as myself!What say'st thou? Hast thou not a word of joy?Some comfort, nurse. NurseFaith, here it is. Romeo is banish'd; and all the world to nothing,That he dares ne'er come back to challenge you;Or, 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. O, he's a lovely gentleman!Romeo's a dishclout to him: an eagle, madam,Hath not so green, so quick, so fair an eyeAs Paris hath. Beshrew my very heart,I think you are happy in this second match,For it excels your first: or if it did not,Your first is dead; or 'twere as good he were,As living here and you no use of him. JULIETSpeakest thou from thy heart?Nurse Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMAnd from my soul too;Or else beshrew them both. JULIETAmen!NurseWhat?JULIETWell, thou hast comforted me marvellous much. Go in: and tell my lady I am gone,Having displeased my father, to Laurence' cell,To make confession and to be absolved. NurseMarry, I will; and this is wisely done. ExitJULIETAncient damnation!


Comfort me, counsel me. Alack, alack, that heaven should practise stratagemsUpon so soft a subject as myself!What say'st thou? Hast thou not a word of joy?Some comfort, nurse. NurseFaith, here it is. Romeo is banish'd; and all the world to nothing,That he dares ne'er come back to challenge you;Or, 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. O, he's a lovely gentleman!Romeo's a dishclout to him: an eagle, madam,Hath not so green, so quick, so fair an eyeAs Paris hath. Beshrew my very heart,I think you are happy in this second match,For it excels your first: or if it did not,Your first is dead; or 'twere as good he were,As living here and you no use of him. JULIETSpeakest thou from thy heart?Nurse Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMAnd from my soul too;Or else beshrew them both. JULIETAmen!NurseWhat?JULIETWell, thou hast comforted me marvellous much. Go in: and tell my lady I am gone,Having displeased my father, to Laurence' cell,To make confession and to be absolved. NurseMarry, I will; and this is wisely done. ExitJULIETAncient damnation! O most wicked fiend!Is it more sin to wish me thus forsworn,Or to dispraise my lord with that same tongueWhich she hath praised him with above compareSo many thousand times? Go, counsellor;Thou and my bosom henceforth shall be twain. I'll to the friar, to know his remedy:If all else fail, myself have power to die. ExitACT IVSCENE I. Friar Laurence's cell. Enter FRIAR LAURENCE and PARISFRIAR LAURENCEOn Thursday, sir?


O most wicked fiend!Is it more sin to wish me thus forsworn,Or to dispraise my lord with that same tongueWhich she hath praised him with above compareSo many thousand times? Go, counsellor;Thou and my bosom henceforth shall be twain. I'll to the friar, to know his remedy:If all else fail, myself have power to die. ExitACT IVSCENE I. Friar Laurence's cell. Enter FRIAR LAURENCE and PARISFRIAR LAURENCEOn Thursday, sir? The time is very short. PARISMy father Capulet will have it so;And I am nothing slow to slack his haste. FRIAR LAURENCE Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMYou say you do not know the lady's mind:Uneven is the course, I like it not. PARISImmoderately she weeps for Tybalt's death,And therefore have I little talk'd of love;For Venus smiles not in a house of tears. Now, sir, her father counts it dangerousThat she doth give her sorrow so much sway,And in his wisdom hastes our marriage,To stop the inundation of her tears;Which, too much minded by herself alone,May be put from her by society:Now do you know the reason of this haste. FRIAR LAURENCE Aside I would I knew not why it should be slow'd. Look, sir, here comes the lady towards my cell. Enter JULIETPARISHappily met, my lady and my wife!JULIETThat may be, sir, when I may be a wife. PARISThat may be must be, love, on Thursday next. JULIETWhat must be shall be. FRIAR LAURENCEThat's a certain text. PARISCome you to make confession to this father?JULIETTo answer that, I should confess to you. PARISDo not deny to him that you love me. Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMJULIETI will confess to you that I love him. PARISSo will ye, I am sure, that you love me. JULIETIf I do so, it will be of more price,Being spoke behind your back, than to your face. PARISPoor soul, thy face is much abused with tears. JULIETThe tears have got small victory by that;For it was bad enough before their spite. PARISThou wrong'st it, more than tears, with that report. JULIETThat is no slander, sir, which is a truth;And what I spake, I spake it to my face. PARISThy face is mine, and thou hast slander'd it. JULIETIt may be so, for it is not mine own. Are you at leisure, holy father, now;Or shall I come to you at evening mass?FRIAR LAURENCEMy leisure serves me, pensive daughter, now. My lord, we must entreat the time alone. PARISGod shield I should disturb devotion!Juliet, on Thursday early will I rouse ye:Till then, adieu; and keep this holy kiss. Exit Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMJULIETO shut the door!


Go, counsellor;Thou and my bosom henceforth shall be twain. I'll to the friar, to know his remedy:If all else fail, myself have power to die. ExitACT IVSCENE I. Friar Laurence's cell. Enter FRIAR LAURENCE and PARISFRIAR LAURENCEOn Thursday, sir? The time is very short. PARISMy father Capulet will have it so;And I am nothing slow to slack his haste. FRIAR LAURENCE Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMYou say you do not know the lady's mind:Uneven is the course, I like it not. PARISImmoderately she weeps for Tybalt's death,And therefore have I little talk'd of love;For Venus smiles not in a house of tears. Now, sir, her father counts it dangerousThat she doth give her sorrow so much sway,And in his wisdom hastes our marriage,To stop the inundation of her tears;Which, too much minded by herself alone,May be put from her by society:Now do you know the reason of this haste. FRIAR LAURENCE Aside I would I knew not why it should be slow'd. Look, sir, here comes the lady towards my cell. Enter JULIETPARISHappily met, my lady and my wife!JULIETThat may be, sir, when I may be a wife. PARISThat may be must be, love, on Thursday next. JULIETWhat must be shall be. FRIAR LAURENCEThat's a certain text. PARISCome you to make confession to this father?JULIETTo answer that, I should confess to you. PARISDo not deny to him that you love me. Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMJULIETI will confess to you that I love him. PARISSo will ye, I am sure, that you love me. JULIETIf I do so, it will be of more price,Being spoke behind your back, than to your face. PARISPoor soul, thy face is much abused with tears. JULIETThe tears have got small victory by that;For it was bad enough before their spite. PARISThou wrong'st it, more than tears, with that report. JULIETThat is no slander, sir, which is a truth;And what I spake, I spake it to my face. PARISThy face is mine, and thou hast slander'd it. JULIETIt may be so, for it is not mine own. Are you at leisure, holy father, now;Or shall I come to you at evening mass?FRIAR LAURENCEMy leisure serves me, pensive daughter, now. My lord, we must entreat the time alone. PARISGod shield I should disturb devotion!Juliet, on Thursday early will I rouse ye:Till then, adieu; and keep this holy kiss. Exit Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMJULIETO shut the door! And when thou hast done so,Come weep with me; past hope, past cure, past help!FRIAR LAURENCEAh, Juliet, I already know thy grief;It strains me past the compass of my wits:I hear thou must, and nothing may prorogue it,On Thursday next be married to this county. JULIETTell me not, friar, that thou hear'st of this,Unless thou tell me how I may prevent it:If, in thy wisdom, thou canst give no help,Do thou but call my resolution wise,And with this knife I'll help it presently. God join'd my heart and Romeo's, thou our hands;And ere this hand, by thee to Romeo seal'd,Shall be the label to another deed,Or my true heart with treacherous revoltTurn to another, this shall slay them both:Therefore, out of thy long-experienced time,Give me some present counsel, or, behold,'Twixt my extremes and me this bloody knifeShall play the umpire, arbitrating thatWhich the commission of thy years and artCould to no issue of true honour bring. Be not so long to speak; I long to die,If what thou speak'st speak not of remedy. FRIAR LAURENCEHold, daughter: I do spy a kind of hope,Which craves as desperate an execution. As that is desperate which we would prevent. If, rather than to marry County Paris,Thou hast the strength of will to slay thyself,Then is it likely thou wilt undertakeA thing like death to chide away this shame,That copest with death himself to scape from it:And, if thou darest, I'll give thee remedy. JULIETO, bid me leap, rather than marry Paris,From off the battlements of yonder tower;Or walk in thievish ways; or bid me lurkWhere serpents are; chain me with roaring bears;Or shut me nightly in a charnel-house,O'er-cover'd quite with dead men's rattling bones, Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMWith reeky shanks and yellow chapless skulls;Or bid me go into a new-made graveAnd hide me with a dead man in his shroud;Things that, to hear them told, have made me tremble;And I will do it without fear or doubt,To live an unstain'd wife to my sweet love. FRIAR LAURENCEHold, then; go home, be merry, give consentTo marry Paris: Wednesday is to-morrow:To-morrow night look that thou lie alone;Let not thy nurse lie with thee in thy chamber:Take thou this vial, being then in bed,And this distilled liquor drink thou off;When presently through all thy veins shall runA cold and drowsy humour, for no pulseShall keep his native progress, but surcease:No warmth, no breath, shall testify thou livest;The roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fadeTo paly ashes, thy eyes' windows fall,Like death, when he shuts up the day of life;Each part, deprived of supple government,Shall, stiff and stark and cold, appear like death:And in this borrow'd likeness of shrunk deathThou shalt continue two and forty hours,And then awake as from a pleasant sleep. Now, when the bridegroom in the morning comesTo rouse thee from thy bed, there art thou dead:Then, as the manner of our country is,In thy best robes uncover'd on the bierThou shalt be borne to that same ancient vaultWhere all the kindred of the Capulets lie. In the mean time, against thou shalt awake,Shall Romeo by my letters know our drift,And hither shall he come: and he and IWill watch thy waking, and that very nightShall Romeo bear thee hence to Mantua. And this shall free thee from this present shame;If no inconstant toy, nor womanish fear,Abate thy valour in the acting it. JULIETGive me, give me!


Friar Laurence's cell. Enter FRIAR LAURENCE and PARISFRIAR LAURENCEOn Thursday, sir? The time is very short. PARISMy father Capulet will have it so;And I am nothing slow to slack his haste. FRIAR LAURENCE Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMYou say you do not know the lady's mind:Uneven is the course, I like it not. PARISImmoderately she weeps for Tybalt's death,And therefore have I little talk'd of love;For Venus smiles not in a house of tears. Now, sir, her father counts it dangerousThat she doth give her sorrow so much sway,And in his wisdom hastes our marriage,To stop the inundation of her tears;Which, too much minded by herself alone,May be put from her by society:Now do you know the reason of this haste. FRIAR LAURENCE Aside I would I knew not why it should be slow'd. Look, sir, here comes the lady towards my cell. Enter JULIETPARISHappily met, my lady and my wife!JULIETThat may be, sir, when I may be a wife. PARISThat may be must be, love, on Thursday next. JULIETWhat must be shall be. FRIAR LAURENCEThat's a certain text. PARISCome you to make confession to this father?JULIETTo answer that, I should confess to you. PARISDo not deny to him that you love me. Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMJULIETI will confess to you that I love him. PARISSo will ye, I am sure, that you love me. JULIETIf I do so, it will be of more price,Being spoke behind your back, than to your face. PARISPoor soul, thy face is much abused with tears. JULIETThe tears have got small victory by that;For it was bad enough before their spite. PARISThou wrong'st it, more than tears, with that report. JULIETThat is no slander, sir, which is a truth;And what I spake, I spake it to my face. PARISThy face is mine, and thou hast slander'd it. JULIETIt may be so, for it is not mine own. Are you at leisure, holy father, now;Or shall I come to you at evening mass?FRIAR LAURENCEMy leisure serves me, pensive daughter, now. My lord, we must entreat the time alone. PARISGod shield I should disturb devotion!Juliet, on Thursday early will I rouse ye:Till then, adieu; and keep this holy kiss. Exit Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMJULIETO shut the door! And when thou hast done so,Come weep with me; past hope, past cure, past help!FRIAR LAURENCEAh, Juliet, I already know thy grief;It strains me past the compass of my wits:I hear thou must, and nothing may prorogue it,On Thursday next be married to this county. JULIETTell me not, friar, that thou hear'st of this,Unless thou tell me how I may prevent it:If, in thy wisdom, thou canst give no help,Do thou but call my resolution wise,And with this knife I'll help it presently. God join'd my heart and Romeo's, thou our hands;And ere this hand, by thee to Romeo seal'd,Shall be the label to another deed,Or my true heart with treacherous revoltTurn to another, this shall slay them both:Therefore, out of thy long-experienced time,Give me some present counsel, or, behold,'Twixt my extremes and me this bloody knifeShall play the umpire, arbitrating thatWhich the commission of thy years and artCould to no issue of true honour bring. Be not so long to speak; I long to die,If what thou speak'st speak not of remedy. FRIAR LAURENCEHold, daughter: I do spy a kind of hope,Which craves as desperate an execution. As that is desperate which we would prevent. If, rather than to marry County Paris,Thou hast the strength of will to slay thyself,Then is it likely thou wilt undertakeA thing like death to chide away this shame,That copest with death himself to scape from it:And, if thou darest, I'll give thee remedy. JULIETO, bid me leap, rather than marry Paris,From off the battlements of yonder tower;Or walk in thievish ways; or bid me lurkWhere serpents are; chain me with roaring bears;Or shut me nightly in a charnel-house,O'er-cover'd quite with dead men's rattling bones, Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMWith reeky shanks and yellow chapless skulls;Or bid me go into a new-made graveAnd hide me with a dead man in his shroud;Things that, to hear them told, have made me tremble;And I will do it without fear or doubt,To live an unstain'd wife to my sweet love. FRIAR LAURENCEHold, then; go home, be merry, give consentTo marry Paris: Wednesday is to-morrow:To-morrow night look that thou lie alone;Let not thy nurse lie with thee in thy chamber:Take thou this vial, being then in bed,And this distilled liquor drink thou off;When presently through all thy veins shall runA cold and drowsy humour, for no pulseShall keep his native progress, but surcease:No warmth, no breath, shall testify thou livest;The roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fadeTo paly ashes, thy eyes' windows fall,Like death, when he shuts up the day of life;Each part, deprived of supple government,Shall, stiff and stark and cold, appear like death:And in this borrow'd likeness of shrunk deathThou shalt continue two and forty hours,And then awake as from a pleasant sleep. Now, when the bridegroom in the morning comesTo rouse thee from thy bed, there art thou dead:Then, as the manner of our country is,In thy best robes uncover'd on the bierThou shalt be borne to that same ancient vaultWhere all the kindred of the Capulets lie. In the mean time, against thou shalt awake,Shall Romeo by my letters know our drift,And hither shall he come: and he and IWill watch thy waking, and that very nightShall Romeo bear thee hence to Mantua. And this shall free thee from this present shame;If no inconstant toy, nor womanish fear,Abate thy valour in the acting it. JULIETGive me, give me! O, tell not me of fear!FRIAR LAURENCEHold; get you gone, be strong and prosperousIn this resolve: I'll send a friar with speedTo Mantua, with my letters to thy lord. Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMJULIETLove give me strength!


The time is very short. PARISMy father Capulet will have it so;And I am nothing slow to slack his haste. FRIAR LAURENCE Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMYou say you do not know the lady's mind:Uneven is the course, I like it not. PARISImmoderately she weeps for Tybalt's death,And therefore have I little talk'd of love;For Venus smiles not in a house of tears. Now, sir, her father counts it dangerousThat she doth give her sorrow so much sway,And in his wisdom hastes our marriage,To stop the inundation of her tears;Which, too much minded by herself alone,May be put from her by society:Now do you know the reason of this haste. FRIAR LAURENCE Aside I would I knew not why it should be slow'd. Look, sir, here comes the lady towards my cell. Enter JULIETPARISHappily met, my lady and my wife!JULIETThat may be, sir, when I may be a wife. PARISThat may be must be, love, on Thursday next. JULIETWhat must be shall be. FRIAR LAURENCEThat's a certain text. PARISCome you to make confession to this father?JULIETTo answer that, I should confess to you. PARISDo not deny to him that you love me. Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMJULIETI will confess to you that I love him. PARISSo will ye, I am sure, that you love me. JULIETIf I do so, it will be of more price,Being spoke behind your back, than to your face. PARISPoor soul, thy face is much abused with tears. JULIETThe tears have got small victory by that;For it was bad enough before their spite. PARISThou wrong'st it, more than tears, with that report. JULIETThat is no slander, sir, which is a truth;And what I spake, I spake it to my face. PARISThy face is mine, and thou hast slander'd it. JULIETIt may be so, for it is not mine own. Are you at leisure, holy father, now;Or shall I come to you at evening mass?FRIAR LAURENCEMy leisure serves me, pensive daughter, now. My lord, we must entreat the time alone. PARISGod shield I should disturb devotion!Juliet, on Thursday early will I rouse ye:Till then, adieu; and keep this holy kiss. Exit Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMJULIETO shut the door! And when thou hast done so,Come weep with me; past hope, past cure, past help!FRIAR LAURENCEAh, Juliet, I already know thy grief;It strains me past the compass of my wits:I hear thou must, and nothing may prorogue it,On Thursday next be married to this county. JULIETTell me not, friar, that thou hear'st of this,Unless thou tell me how I may prevent it:If, in thy wisdom, thou canst give no help,Do thou but call my resolution wise,And with this knife I'll help it presently. God join'd my heart and Romeo's, thou our hands;And ere this hand, by thee to Romeo seal'd,Shall be the label to another deed,Or my true heart with treacherous revoltTurn to another, this shall slay them both:Therefore, out of thy long-experienced time,Give me some present counsel, or, behold,'Twixt my extremes and me this bloody knifeShall play the umpire, arbitrating thatWhich the commission of thy years and artCould to no issue of true honour bring. Be not so long to speak; I long to die,If what thou speak'st speak not of remedy. FRIAR LAURENCEHold, daughter: I do spy a kind of hope,Which craves as desperate an execution. As that is desperate which we would prevent. If, rather than to marry County Paris,Thou hast the strength of will to slay thyself,Then is it likely thou wilt undertakeA thing like death to chide away this shame,That copest with death himself to scape from it:And, if thou darest, I'll give thee remedy. JULIETO, bid me leap, rather than marry Paris,From off the battlements of yonder tower;Or walk in thievish ways; or bid me lurkWhere serpents are; chain me with roaring bears;Or shut me nightly in a charnel-house,O'er-cover'd quite with dead men's rattling bones, Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMWith reeky shanks and yellow chapless skulls;Or bid me go into a new-made graveAnd hide me with a dead man in his shroud;Things that, to hear them told, have made me tremble;And I will do it without fear or doubt,To live an unstain'd wife to my sweet love. FRIAR LAURENCEHold, then; go home, be merry, give consentTo marry Paris: Wednesday is to-morrow:To-morrow night look that thou lie alone;Let not thy nurse lie with thee in thy chamber:Take thou this vial, being then in bed,And this distilled liquor drink thou off;When presently through all thy veins shall runA cold and drowsy humour, for no pulseShall keep his native progress, but surcease:No warmth, no breath, shall testify thou livest;The roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fadeTo paly ashes, thy eyes' windows fall,Like death, when he shuts up the day of life;Each part, deprived of supple government,Shall, stiff and stark and cold, appear like death:And in this borrow'd likeness of shrunk deathThou shalt continue two and forty hours,And then awake as from a pleasant sleep. Now, when the bridegroom in the morning comesTo rouse thee from thy bed, there art thou dead:Then, as the manner of our country is,In thy best robes uncover'd on the bierThou shalt be borne to that same ancient vaultWhere all the kindred of the Capulets lie. In the mean time, against thou shalt awake,Shall Romeo by my letters know our drift,And hither shall he come: and he and IWill watch thy waking, and that very nightShall Romeo bear thee hence to Mantua. And this shall free thee from this present shame;If no inconstant toy, nor womanish fear,Abate thy valour in the acting it. JULIETGive me, give me! O, tell not me of fear!FRIAR LAURENCEHold; get you gone, be strong and prosperousIn this resolve: I'll send a friar with speedTo Mantua, with my letters to thy lord. Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMJULIETLove give me strength! And strength shall help afford. Farewell, dear father!ExeuntSCENE II.


And when thou hast done so,Come weep with me; past hope, past cure, past help!FRIAR LAURENCEAh, Juliet, I already know thy grief;It strains me past the compass of my wits:I hear thou must, and nothing may prorogue it,On Thursday next be married to this county. JULIETTell me not, friar, that thou hear'st of this,Unless thou tell me how I may prevent it:If, in thy wisdom, thou canst give no help,Do thou but call my resolution wise,And with this knife I'll help it presently. God join'd my heart and Romeo's, thou our hands;And ere this hand, by thee to Romeo seal'd,Shall be the label to another deed,Or my true heart with treacherous revoltTurn to another, this shall slay them both:Therefore, out of thy long-experienced time,Give me some present counsel, or, behold,'Twixt my extremes and me this bloody knifeShall play the umpire, arbitrating thatWhich the commission of thy years and artCould to no issue of true honour bring. Be not so long to speak; I long to die,If what thou speak'st speak not of remedy. FRIAR LAURENCEHold, daughter: I do spy a kind of hope,Which craves as desperate an execution. As that is desperate which we would prevent. If, rather than to marry County Paris,Thou hast the strength of will to slay thyself,Then is it likely thou wilt undertakeA thing like death to chide away this shame,That copest with death himself to scape from it:And, if thou darest, I'll give thee remedy. JULIETO, bid me leap, rather than marry Paris,From off the battlements of yonder tower;Or walk in thievish ways; or bid me lurkWhere serpents are; chain me with roaring bears;Or shut me nightly in a charnel-house,O'er-cover'd quite with dead men's rattling bones, Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMWith reeky shanks and yellow chapless skulls;Or bid me go into a new-made graveAnd hide me with a dead man in his shroud;Things that, to hear them told, have made me tremble;And I will do it without fear or doubt,To live an unstain'd wife to my sweet love. FRIAR LAURENCEHold, then; go home, be merry, give consentTo marry Paris: Wednesday is to-morrow:To-morrow night look that thou lie alone;Let not thy nurse lie with thee in thy chamber:Take thou this vial, being then in bed,And this distilled liquor drink thou off;When presently through all thy veins shall runA cold and drowsy humour, for no pulseShall keep his native progress, but surcease:No warmth, no breath, shall testify thou livest;The roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fadeTo paly ashes, thy eyes' windows fall,Like death, when he shuts up the day of life;Each part, deprived of supple government,Shall, stiff and stark and cold, appear like death:And in this borrow'd likeness of shrunk deathThou shalt continue two and forty hours,And then awake as from a pleasant sleep. Now, when the bridegroom in the morning comesTo rouse thee from thy bed, there art thou dead:Then, as the manner of our country is,In thy best robes uncover'd on the bierThou shalt be borne to that same ancient vaultWhere all the kindred of the Capulets lie. In the mean time, against thou shalt awake,Shall Romeo by my letters know our drift,And hither shall he come: and he and IWill watch thy waking, and that very nightShall Romeo bear thee hence to Mantua. And this shall free thee from this present shame;If no inconstant toy, nor womanish fear,Abate thy valour in the acting it. JULIETGive me, give me! O, tell not me of fear!FRIAR LAURENCEHold; get you gone, be strong and prosperousIn this resolve: I'll send a friar with speedTo Mantua, with my letters to thy lord. Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMJULIETLove give me strength! And strength shall help afford. Farewell, dear father!ExeuntSCENE II. Hall in Capulet's house. Enter CAPULET, LADY CAPULET, Nurse, and two ServingmenCAPULETSo many guests invite as here are writ. Exit First ServantSirrah, go hire me twenty cunning cooks. Second ServantYou shall have none ill, sir; for I'll try if theycan lick their fingers. CAPULETHow canst thou try them so?Second ServantMarry, sir, 'tis an ill cook that cannot lick hisown fingers: therefore he that cannot lick hisfingers goes not with me. CAPULETGo, be gone. Exit Second ServantWe shall be much unfurnished for this time. What, is my daughter gone to Friar Laurence?NurseAy, forsooth. CAPULETWell, he may chance to do some good on her:A peevish self-will'd harlotry it is. Nurse Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMSee where she comes from shrift with merry look. Enter JULIETCAPULETHow now, my headstrong!


O, tell not me of fear!FRIAR LAURENCEHold; get you gone, be strong and prosperousIn this resolve: I'll send a friar with speedTo Mantua, with my letters to thy lord. Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMJULIETLove give me strength! And strength shall help afford. Farewell, dear father!ExeuntSCENE II. Hall in Capulet's house. Enter CAPULET, LADY CAPULET, Nurse, and two ServingmenCAPULETSo many guests invite as here are writ. Exit First ServantSirrah, go hire me twenty cunning cooks. Second ServantYou shall have none ill, sir; for I'll try if theycan lick their fingers. CAPULETHow canst thou try them so?Second ServantMarry, sir, 'tis an ill cook that cannot lick hisown fingers: therefore he that cannot lick hisfingers goes not with me. CAPULETGo, be gone. Exit Second ServantWe shall be much unfurnished for this time. What, is my daughter gone to Friar Laurence?NurseAy, forsooth. CAPULETWell, he may chance to do some good on her:A peevish self-will'd harlotry it is. Nurse Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMSee where she comes from shrift with merry look. Enter JULIETCAPULETHow now, my headstrong! Where have you been gadding?JULIETWhere I have learn'd me to repent the sinOf disobedient oppositionTo you and your behests, and am enjoin'dBy holy Laurence to fall prostrate here,And beg your pardon: pardon, I beseech you!Henceforward I am ever ruled by you. CAPULETSend for the county; go tell him of this:I'll have this knot knit up to-morrow morning. JULIETI met the youthful lord at Laurence' cell;And gave him what becomed love I might,Not step o'er the bounds of modesty. CAPULETWhy, I am glad on't; this is well: stand up:This is as't should be.


And strength shall help afford. Farewell, dear father!ExeuntSCENE II. Hall in Capulet's house. Enter CAPULET, LADY CAPULET, Nurse, and two ServingmenCAPULETSo many guests invite as here are writ. Exit First ServantSirrah, go hire me twenty cunning cooks. Second ServantYou shall have none ill, sir; for I'll try if theycan lick their fingers. CAPULETHow canst thou try them so?Second ServantMarry, sir, 'tis an ill cook that cannot lick hisown fingers: therefore he that cannot lick hisfingers goes not with me. CAPULETGo, be gone. Exit Second ServantWe shall be much unfurnished for this time. What, is my daughter gone to Friar Laurence?NurseAy, forsooth. CAPULETWell, he may chance to do some good on her:A peevish self-will'd harlotry it is. Nurse Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMSee where she comes from shrift with merry look. Enter JULIETCAPULETHow now, my headstrong! Where have you been gadding?JULIETWhere I have learn'd me to repent the sinOf disobedient oppositionTo you and your behests, and am enjoin'dBy holy Laurence to fall prostrate here,And beg your pardon: pardon, I beseech you!Henceforward I am ever ruled by you. CAPULETSend for the county; go tell him of this:I'll have this knot knit up to-morrow morning. JULIETI met the youthful lord at Laurence' cell;And gave him what becomed love I might,Not step o'er the bounds of modesty. CAPULETWhy, I am glad on't; this is well: stand up:This is as't should be. Let me see the county;Ay, marry, go, I say, and fetch him hither. Now, afore God!


Hall in Capulet's house. Enter CAPULET, LADY CAPULET, Nurse, and two ServingmenCAPULETSo many guests invite as here are writ. Exit First ServantSirrah, go hire me twenty cunning cooks. Second ServantYou shall have none ill, sir; for I'll try if theycan lick their fingers. CAPULETHow canst thou try them so?Second ServantMarry, sir, 'tis an ill cook that cannot lick hisown fingers: therefore he that cannot lick hisfingers goes not with me. CAPULETGo, be gone. Exit Second ServantWe shall be much unfurnished for this time. What, is my daughter gone to Friar Laurence?NurseAy, forsooth. CAPULETWell, he may chance to do some good on her:A peevish self-will'd harlotry it is. Nurse Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMSee where she comes from shrift with merry look. Enter JULIETCAPULETHow now, my headstrong! Where have you been gadding?JULIETWhere I have learn'd me to repent the sinOf disobedient oppositionTo you and your behests, and am enjoin'dBy holy Laurence to fall prostrate here,And beg your pardon: pardon, I beseech you!Henceforward I am ever ruled by you. CAPULETSend for the county; go tell him of this:I'll have this knot knit up to-morrow morning. JULIETI met the youthful lord at Laurence' cell;And gave him what becomed love I might,Not step o'er the bounds of modesty. CAPULETWhy, I am glad on't; this is well: stand up:This is as't should be. Let me see the county;Ay, marry, go, I say, and fetch him hither. Now, afore God! This reverend holy friar,Our whole city is much bound to him. JULIETNurse, will you go with me into my closet,To help me sort such needful ornamentsAs you think fit to furnish me to-morrow?LADY CAPULETNo, not till Thursday; there is time enough. CAPULETGo, nurse, go with her: we'll to church to-morrow. Exeunt JULIET and NurseLADY CAPULET Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMWe shall be short in our provision:'Tis now near night. CAPULETTush, I will stir about,And all things shall be well, I warrant thee, wife:Go thou to Juliet, help to deck up her;I'll not to bed to-night; let me alone;I'll play the housewife for this once.


Where have you been gadding?JULIETWhere I have learn'd me to repent the sinOf disobedient oppositionTo you and your behests, and am enjoin'dBy holy Laurence to fall prostrate here,And beg your pardon: pardon, I beseech you!Henceforward I am ever ruled by you. CAPULETSend for the county; go tell him of this:I'll have this knot knit up to-morrow morning. JULIETI met the youthful lord at Laurence' cell;And gave him what becomed love I might,Not step o'er the bounds of modesty. CAPULETWhy, I am glad on't; this is well: stand up:This is as't should be. Let me see the county;Ay, marry, go, I say, and fetch him hither. Now, afore God! This reverend holy friar,Our whole city is much bound to him. JULIETNurse, will you go with me into my closet,To help me sort such needful ornamentsAs you think fit to furnish me to-morrow?LADY CAPULETNo, not till Thursday; there is time enough. CAPULETGo, nurse, go with her: we'll to church to-morrow. Exeunt JULIET and NurseLADY CAPULET Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMWe shall be short in our provision:'Tis now near night. CAPULETTush, I will stir about,And all things shall be well, I warrant thee, wife:Go thou to Juliet, help to deck up her;I'll not to bed to-night; let me alone;I'll play the housewife for this once. What, ho!They are all forth. Well, I will walk myselfTo County Paris, to prepare him upAgainst to-morrow: my heart is wondrous light,Since this same wayward girl is so reclaim'd. ExeuntSCENE III.


This reverend holy friar,Our whole city is much bound to him. JULIETNurse, will you go with me into my closet,To help me sort such needful ornamentsAs you think fit to furnish me to-morrow?LADY CAPULETNo, not till Thursday; there is time enough. CAPULETGo, nurse, go with her: we'll to church to-morrow. Exeunt JULIET and NurseLADY CAPULET Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMWe shall be short in our provision:'Tis now near night. CAPULETTush, I will stir about,And all things shall be well, I warrant thee, wife:Go thou to Juliet, help to deck up her;I'll not to bed to-night; let me alone;I'll play the housewife for this once. What, ho!They are all forth. Well, I will walk myselfTo County Paris, to prepare him upAgainst to-morrow: my heart is wondrous light,Since this same wayward girl is so reclaim'd. ExeuntSCENE III. Juliet's chamber. Enter JULIET and NurseJULIETAy, those attires are best: but, gentle nurse,I pray thee, leave me to my self to-night,For I have need of many orisonsTo move the heavens to smile upon my state,Which, well thou know'st, is cross, and full of sin. Enter LADY CAPULETLADY CAPULETWhat, are you busy, ho? Need you my help?JULIETNo, madam; we have cull'd such necessariesAs are behoveful for our state to-morrow:So please you, let me now be left alone,And let the nurse this night sit up with you;For, I am sure, you have your hands full all,In this so sudden business. LADY CAPULETGood night:Get thee to bed, and rest; for thou hast need. Exeunt LADY CAPULET and NurseJULIET Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMFarewell!


Well, I will walk myselfTo County Paris, to prepare him upAgainst to-morrow: my heart is wondrous light,Since this same wayward girl is so reclaim'd. ExeuntSCENE III. Juliet's chamber. Enter JULIET and NurseJULIETAy, those attires are best: but, gentle nurse,I pray thee, leave me to my self to-night,For I have need of many orisonsTo move the heavens to smile upon my state,Which, well thou know'st, is cross, and full of sin. Enter LADY CAPULETLADY CAPULETWhat, are you busy, ho? Need you my help?JULIETNo, madam; we have cull'd such necessariesAs are behoveful for our state to-morrow:So please you, let me now be left alone,And let the nurse this night sit up with you;For, I am sure, you have your hands full all,In this so sudden business. LADY CAPULETGood night:Get thee to bed, and rest; for thou hast need. Exeunt LADY CAPULET and NurseJULIET Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMFarewell! God knows when we shall meet again. I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins,That almost freezes up the heat of life:I'll call them back again to comfort me:Nurse! What should she do here?My dismal scene I needs must act alone. Come, vial. What if this mixture do not work at all?Shall I be married then to-morrow morning?No, no: this shall forbid it: lie thou there. Laying down her daggerWhat if it be a poison, which the friarSubtly hath minister'd to have me dead,Lest in this marriage he should be dishonour'd,Because he married me before to Romeo?I fear it is: and yet, methinks, it should not,For he hath still been tried a holy man. How if, when I am laid into the tomb,I wake before the time that RomeoCome to redeem me?


Need you my help?JULIETNo, madam; we have cull'd such necessariesAs are behoveful for our state to-morrow:So please you, let me now be left alone,And let the nurse this night sit up with you;For, I am sure, you have your hands full all,In this so sudden business. LADY CAPULETGood night:Get thee to bed, and rest; for thou hast need. Exeunt LADY CAPULET and NurseJULIET Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMFarewell! God knows when we shall meet again. I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins,That almost freezes up the heat of life:I'll call them back again to comfort me:Nurse! What should she do here?My dismal scene I needs must act alone. Come, vial. What if this mixture do not work at all?Shall I be married then to-morrow morning?No, no: this shall forbid it: lie thou there. Laying down her daggerWhat if it be a poison, which the friarSubtly hath minister'd to have me dead,Lest in this marriage he should be dishonour'd,Because he married me before to Romeo?I fear it is: and yet, methinks, it should not,For he hath still been tried a holy man. How if, when I am laid into the tomb,I wake before the time that RomeoCome to redeem me? There's a fearful point!Shall I not, then, be stifled in the vault,To whose foul mouth no healthsome air breathes in,And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes?Or, if I live, is it not very like,The horrible conceit of death and night,Together with the terror of the place,-As in a vault, an ancient receptacle,Where, for these many hundred years, the bonesOf all my buried ancestors are packed:Where bloody Tybalt, yet but green in earth,Lies festering in his shroud; where, as they say,At some hours in the night spirits resort;-Alack, alack, is it not like that I,So early waking, what with loathsome smells,And shrieks like mandrakes' torn out of the earth,That living mortals, hearing them, run mad:-O, if I wake, shall I not be distraught,Environed with all these hideous fears?And madly play with my forefather's joints?And pluck the mangled Tybalt from his shroud?And, in this rage, with some great kinsman's bone,As with a club, dash out my desperate brains?O, look!


God knows when we shall meet again. I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins,That almost freezes up the heat of life:I'll call them back again to comfort me:Nurse! What should she do here?My dismal scene I needs must act alone. Come, vial. What if this mixture do not work at all?Shall I be married then to-morrow morning?No, no: this shall forbid it: lie thou there. Laying down her daggerWhat if it be a poison, which the friarSubtly hath minister'd to have me dead,Lest in this marriage he should be dishonour'd,Because he married me before to Romeo?I fear it is: and yet, methinks, it should not,For he hath still been tried a holy man. How if, when I am laid into the tomb,I wake before the time that RomeoCome to redeem me? There's a fearful point!Shall I not, then, be stifled in the vault,To whose foul mouth no healthsome air breathes in,And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes?Or, if I live, is it not very like,The horrible conceit of death and night,Together with the terror of the place,-As in a vault, an ancient receptacle,Where, for these many hundred years, the bonesOf all my buried ancestors are packed:Where bloody Tybalt, yet but green in earth,Lies festering in his shroud; where, as they say,At some hours in the night spirits resort;-Alack, alack, is it not like that I,So early waking, what with loathsome smells,And shrieks like mandrakes' torn out of the earth,That living mortals, hearing them, run mad:-O, if I wake, shall I not be distraught,Environed with all these hideous fears?And madly play with my forefather's joints?And pluck the mangled Tybalt from his shroud?And, in this rage, with some great kinsman's bone,As with a club, dash out my desperate brains?O, look! Methinks I see my cousin's ghostSeeking out Romeo, that did spit his bodyUpon a rapier's point: stay, Tybalt, stay!Romeo, I come! This do I drink to thee. She falls upon her bed, within the curtainsSCENE IV.


There's a fearful point!Shall I not, then, be stifled in the vault,To whose foul mouth no healthsome air breathes in,And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes?Or, if I live, is it not very like,The horrible conceit of death and night,Together with the terror of the place,-As in a vault, an ancient receptacle,Where, for these many hundred years, the bonesOf all my buried ancestors are packed:Where bloody Tybalt, yet but green in earth,Lies festering in his shroud; where, as they say,At some hours in the night spirits resort;-Alack, alack, is it not like that I,So early waking, what with loathsome smells,And shrieks like mandrakes' torn out of the earth,That living mortals, hearing them, run mad:-O, if I wake, shall I not be distraught,Environed with all these hideous fears?And madly play with my forefather's joints?And pluck the mangled Tybalt from his shroud?And, in this rage, with some great kinsman's bone,As with a club, dash out my desperate brains?O, look! Methinks I see my cousin's ghostSeeking out Romeo, that did spit his bodyUpon a rapier's point: stay, Tybalt, stay!Romeo, I come! This do I drink to thee. She falls upon her bed, within the curtainsSCENE IV. Hall in Capulet's house. Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMEnter LADY CAPULET and NurseLADY CAPULETHold, take these keys, and fetch more spices, nurse. NurseThey call for dates and quinces in the pastry. Enter CAPULETCAPULETCome, stir, stir, stir! The second cock hath crow'd,The curfew-bell hath rung, 'tis three o'clock:Look to the baked meats, good Angelica:Spare not for the cost. NurseGo, you cot-quean, go,Get you to bed; faith, You'll be sick to-morrowFor this night's watching. CAPULETNo, not a whit: what!


This do I drink to thee. She falls upon her bed, within the curtainsSCENE IV. Hall in Capulet's house. Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMEnter LADY CAPULET and NurseLADY CAPULETHold, take these keys, and fetch more spices, nurse. NurseThey call for dates and quinces in the pastry. Enter CAPULETCAPULETCome, stir, stir, stir! The second cock hath crow'd,The curfew-bell hath rung, 'tis three o'clock:Look to the baked meats, good Angelica:Spare not for the cost. NurseGo, you cot-quean, go,Get you to bed; faith, You'll be sick to-morrowFor this night's watching. CAPULETNo, not a whit: what! I have watch'd ere nowAll night for lesser cause, and ne'er been sick. LADY CAPULETAy, you have been a mouse-hunt in your time;But I will watch you from such watching now. Exeunt LADY CAPULET and NurseCAPULETA jealous hood, a jealous hood!Enter three or four Servingmen, with spits, logs, and basketsNow, fellow,What's there?First ServantThings for the cook, sir; but I know not what. CAPULETMake haste, make haste. Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMExit First ServantSirrah, fetch drier logs:Call Peter, he will show thee where they are. Second ServantI have a head, sir, that will find out logs,And never trouble Peter for the matter. ExitCAPULETMass, and well said; a merry whoreson, ha!Thou shalt be logger-head. Good faith, 'tis day:The county will be here with music straight,For so he said he would: I hear him near. Music withinNurse! Wife! What, ho!


Good faith, 'tis day:The county will be here with music straight,For so he said he would: I hear him near. Music withinNurse! Wife! What, ho! What, nurse, I say!Re-enter NurseGo waken Juliet, go and trim her up;I'll go and chat with Paris: hie, make haste,Make haste; the bridegroom he is come already:Make haste, I say. ExeuntSCENE V. Juliet's chamber. Enter NurseNurseMistress! What, mistress! Juliet! Fast, I warrant her, she:Why, lamb! Why, lady! Fie, you slug-a-bed!Why, love, I say! Madam! Sweet-heart! Why, bride!What, not a word? You take your pennyworths now;Sleep for a week; for the next night, I warrant,The County Paris hath set up his rest,That you shall rest but little. God forgive me,Marry, and amen, how sound is she asleep!I must needs wake her. Madam, madam, madam!Ay, let the county take you in your bed;He'll fright you up, i' faith. Will it not be?Undraws the curtainsWhat, dress'd! And in your clothes! And down again! Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMI must needs wake you; Lady! Lady! Lady!Alas, alas! Help, help! My lady's dead!O, well-a-day, that ever I was born!Some aqua vitae, ho! My lord! My lady!Enter LADY CAPULETLADY CAPULETWhat noise is here?NurseO lamentable day!LADY CAPULETWhat is the matter?NurseLook, look! O heavy day!LADY CAPULETO me, O me! My child, my only life,Revive, look up, or I will die with thee!Help, help! Call help. Enter CAPULETCAPULETFor shame, bring Juliet forth; her lord is come. NurseShe's dead, deceased, she's dead; alack the day!LADY CAPULETAlack the day, she's dead, she's dead, she's dead!CAPULETHa!


O heavy day!LADY CAPULETO me, O me! My child, my only life,Revive, look up, or I will die with thee!Help, help! Call help. Enter CAPULETCAPULETFor shame, bring Juliet forth; her lord is come. NurseShe's dead, deceased, she's dead; alack the day!LADY CAPULETAlack the day, she's dead, she's dead, she's dead!CAPULETHa! Let me see her: out, alas! She's cold:Her blood is settled, and her joints are stiff;Life and these lips have long been separated:Death lies on her like an untimely frostUpon the sweetest flower of all the field. NurseO lamentable day! Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMLADY CAPULETO woful time!CAPULETDeath, that hath ta'en her hence to make me wail,Ties up my tongue, and will not let me speak. Enter FRIAR LAURENCE and PARIS, with MusiciansFRIAR LAURENCECome, is the bride ready to go to church?CAPULETReady to go, but never to return. O son! The night before thy wedding-dayHath Death lain with thy wife. There she lies,Flower as she was, deflowered by him. Death is my son-in-law, Death is my heir;My daughter he hath wedded: I will die,And leave him all; life, living, all is Death's. PARISHave I thought long to see this morning's face,And doth it give me such a sight as this?LADY CAPULETAccursed, unhappy, wretched, hateful day!Most miserable hour that e'er time sawIn lasting labour of his pilgrimage!But one, poor one, one poor and loving child,But one thing to rejoice and solace in,And cruel death hath catch'd it from my sight!NurseO woe! O woful, woful, woful day!Most lamentable day, most woful day,That ever, ever, I did yet behold!O day! O day! O day!


Alack! My child is dead;And with my child my joys are buried. FRIAR LAURENCEPeace, ho, for shame! Confusion's cure lives notIn these confusions. Heaven and yourselfHad part in this fair maid; now heaven hath all,And all the better is it for the maid:Your part in her you could not keep from death,But heaven keeps his part in eternal life. The most you sought was her promotion;For 'twas your heaven she should be advanced:And weep ye now, seeing she is advancedAbove the clouds, as high as heaven itself?O, in this love, you love your child so ill,That you run mad, seeing that she is well:She's not well married that lives married long;But she's best married that dies married young. Dry up your tears, and stick your rosemaryOn this fair corse; and, as the custom is,In all her best array bear her to church:For though fond nature bids us an lament,Yet nature's tears are reason's merriment. CAPULETAll things that we ordained festival,Turn from their office to black funeral;Our instruments to melancholy bells,Our wedding cheer to a sad burial feast,Our solemn hymns to sullen dirges change,Our bridal flowers serve for a buried corse,And all things change them to the contrary. FRIAR LAURENCESir, go you in; and, madam, go with him;And go, Sir Paris; every one prepareTo follow this fair corse unto her grave:The heavens do lour upon you for some ill;Move them no more by crossing their high will. Exeunt CAPULET, LADY CAPULET, PARIS, and FRIAR LAURENCEFirst Musician Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMFaith, we may put up our pipes, and be gone. NurseHonest goodfellows, ah, put up, put up;For, well you know, this is a pitiful case. ExitFirst MusicianAy, by my troth, the case may be amended. Enter PETERPETERMusicians, O, musicians, 'Heart's ease, Heart'sease:' O, an you will have me live, play 'Heart's ease. 'First MusicianWhy 'Heart's ease?'PETERO, musicians, because my heart itself plays 'Myheart is full of woe:' O, play me some merry dump,to comfort me. First MusicianNot a dump we; 'tis no time to play now. PETERYou will not, then?First MusicianNo. PETERI will then give it you soundly. First MusicianWhat will you give us?PETERNo money, on my faith, but the gleek;I will give you the minstrel. Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMFirst MusicianThen I will give you the serving-creature. PETERThen will I lay the serving-creature's dagger onyour pate.


My child is dead;And with my child my joys are buried. FRIAR LAURENCEPeace, ho, for shame! Confusion's cure lives notIn these confusions. Heaven and yourselfHad part in this fair maid; now heaven hath all,And all the better is it for the maid:Your part in her you could not keep from death,But heaven keeps his part in eternal life. The most you sought was her promotion;For 'twas your heaven she should be advanced:And weep ye now, seeing she is advancedAbove the clouds, as high as heaven itself?O, in this love, you love your child so ill,That you run mad, seeing that she is well:She's not well married that lives married long;But she's best married that dies married young. Dry up your tears, and stick your rosemaryOn this fair corse; and, as the custom is,In all her best array bear her to church:For though fond nature bids us an lament,Yet nature's tears are reason's merriment. CAPULETAll things that we ordained festival,Turn from their office to black funeral;Our instruments to melancholy bells,Our wedding cheer to a sad burial feast,Our solemn hymns to sullen dirges change,Our bridal flowers serve for a buried corse,And all things change them to the contrary. FRIAR LAURENCESir, go you in; and, madam, go with him;And go, Sir Paris; every one prepareTo follow this fair corse unto her grave:The heavens do lour upon you for some ill;Move them no more by crossing their high will. Exeunt CAPULET, LADY CAPULET, PARIS, and FRIAR LAURENCEFirst Musician Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMFaith, we may put up our pipes, and be gone. NurseHonest goodfellows, ah, put up, put up;For, well you know, this is a pitiful case. ExitFirst MusicianAy, by my troth, the case may be amended. Enter PETERPETERMusicians, O, musicians, 'Heart's ease, Heart'sease:' O, an you will have me live, play 'Heart's ease. 'First MusicianWhy 'Heart's ease?'PETERO, musicians, because my heart itself plays 'Myheart is full of woe:' O, play me some merry dump,to comfort me. First MusicianNot a dump we; 'tis no time to play now. PETERYou will not, then?First MusicianNo. PETERI will then give it you soundly. First MusicianWhat will you give us?PETERNo money, on my faith, but the gleek;I will give you the minstrel. Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMFirst MusicianThen I will give you the serving-creature. PETERThen will I lay the serving-creature's dagger onyour pate. I will carry no crotchets: I'll re you,I'll fa you; do you note me?First MusicianAn you re us and fa us, you note us. Second MusicianPray you, put up your dagger, and put out your wit. PETERThen have at you with my wit!


Confusion's cure lives notIn these confusions. Heaven and yourselfHad part in this fair maid; now heaven hath all,And all the better is it for the maid:Your part in her you could not keep from death,But heaven keeps his part in eternal life. The most you sought was her promotion;For 'twas your heaven she should be advanced:And weep ye now, seeing she is advancedAbove the clouds, as high as heaven itself?O, in this love, you love your child so ill,That you run mad, seeing that she is well:She's not well married that lives married long;But she's best married that dies married young. Dry up your tears, and stick your rosemaryOn this fair corse; and, as the custom is,In all her best array bear her to church:For though fond nature bids us an lament,Yet nature's tears are reason's merriment. CAPULETAll things that we ordained festival,Turn from their office to black funeral;Our instruments to melancholy bells,Our wedding cheer to a sad burial feast,Our solemn hymns to sullen dirges change,Our bridal flowers serve for a buried corse,And all things change them to the contrary. FRIAR LAURENCESir, go you in; and, madam, go with him;And go, Sir Paris; every one prepareTo follow this fair corse unto her grave:The heavens do lour upon you for some ill;Move them no more by crossing their high will. Exeunt CAPULET, LADY CAPULET, PARIS, and FRIAR LAURENCEFirst Musician Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMFaith, we may put up our pipes, and be gone. NurseHonest goodfellows, ah, put up, put up;For, well you know, this is a pitiful case. ExitFirst MusicianAy, by my troth, the case may be amended. Enter PETERPETERMusicians, O, musicians, 'Heart's ease, Heart'sease:' O, an you will have me live, play 'Heart's ease. 'First MusicianWhy 'Heart's ease?'PETERO, musicians, because my heart itself plays 'Myheart is full of woe:' O, play me some merry dump,to comfort me. First MusicianNot a dump we; 'tis no time to play now. PETERYou will not, then?First MusicianNo. PETERI will then give it you soundly. First MusicianWhat will you give us?PETERNo money, on my faith, but the gleek;I will give you the minstrel. Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMFirst MusicianThen I will give you the serving-creature. PETERThen will I lay the serving-creature's dagger onyour pate. I will carry no crotchets: I'll re you,I'll fa you; do you note me?First MusicianAn you re us and fa us, you note us. Second MusicianPray you, put up your dagger, and put out your wit. PETERThen have at you with my wit! I will dry-beat youwith an iron wit, and put up my iron dagger.


Heaven and yourselfHad part in this fair maid; now heaven hath all,And all the better is it for the maid:Your part in her you could not keep from death,But heaven keeps his part in eternal life. The most you sought was her promotion;For 'twas your heaven she should be advanced:And weep ye now, seeing she is advancedAbove the clouds, as high as heaven itself?O, in this love, you love your child so ill,That you run mad, seeing that she is well:She's not well married that lives married long;But she's best married that dies married young. Dry up your tears, and stick your rosemaryOn this fair corse; and, as the custom is,In all her best array bear her to church:For though fond nature bids us an lament,Yet nature's tears are reason's merriment. CAPULETAll things that we ordained festival,Turn from their office to black funeral;Our instruments to melancholy bells,Our wedding cheer to a sad burial feast,Our solemn hymns to sullen dirges change,Our bridal flowers serve for a buried corse,And all things change them to the contrary. FRIAR LAURENCESir, go you in; and, madam, go with him;And go, Sir Paris; every one prepareTo follow this fair corse unto her grave:The heavens do lour upon you for some ill;Move them no more by crossing their high will. Exeunt CAPULET, LADY CAPULET, PARIS, and FRIAR LAURENCEFirst Musician Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMFaith, we may put up our pipes, and be gone. NurseHonest goodfellows, ah, put up, put up;For, well you know, this is a pitiful case. ExitFirst MusicianAy, by my troth, the case may be amended. Enter PETERPETERMusicians, O, musicians, 'Heart's ease, Heart'sease:' O, an you will have me live, play 'Heart's ease. 'First MusicianWhy 'Heart's ease?'PETERO, musicians, because my heart itself plays 'Myheart is full of woe:' O, play me some merry dump,to comfort me. First MusicianNot a dump we; 'tis no time to play now. PETERYou will not, then?First MusicianNo. PETERI will then give it you soundly. First MusicianWhat will you give us?PETERNo money, on my faith, but the gleek;I will give you the minstrel. Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMFirst MusicianThen I will give you the serving-creature. PETERThen will I lay the serving-creature's dagger onyour pate. I will carry no crotchets: I'll re you,I'll fa you; do you note me?First MusicianAn you re us and fa us, you note us. Second MusicianPray you, put up your dagger, and put out your wit. PETERThen have at you with my wit! I will dry-beat youwith an iron wit, and put up my iron dagger. Answerme like men:'When griping grief the heart doth wound,And doleful dumps the mind oppress,Then music with her silver sound'-why 'silver sound'?


I will carry no crotchets: I'll re you,I'll fa you; do you note me?First MusicianAn you re us and fa us, you note us. Second MusicianPray you, put up your dagger, and put out your wit. PETERThen have at you with my wit! I will dry-beat youwith an iron wit, and put up my iron dagger. Answerme like men:'When griping grief the heart doth wound,And doleful dumps the mind oppress,Then music with her silver sound'-why 'silver sound'? Why 'music with her silversound'? What say you, Simon Catling?MusicianMarry, sir, because silver hath a sweet sound. PETERPretty! What say you, Hugh Rebeck?Second MusicianI say 'silver sound,' because musicians sound for silver. PETERPretty too! What say you, James Soundpost?Third MusicianFaith, I know not what to say. PETERO, I cry you mercy; you are the singer: I will sayfor you. It is 'music with her silver sound,'because musicians have no gold for sounding: Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PM'Then music with her silver soundWith speedy help doth lend redress. 'ExitFirst MusicianWhat a pestilent knave is this same!Second MusicianHang him, Jack! Come, we'll in here; tarry for themourners, and stay dinner. ExeuntACT VSCENE I. Mantua. A street. Enter ROMEOROMEOIf I may trust the flattering truth of sleep,My dreams presage some joyful news at hand:My bosom's lord sits lightly in his throne;And all this day an unaccustom'd spiritLifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts. I dreamt my lady came and found me dead-Strange dream, that gives a dead man leaveto think!-And breathed such life with kisses in my lips,That I revived, and was an emperor. Ah me! How sweet is love itself possess'd,When but love's shadows are so rich in joy!Enter BALTHASAR, bootedNews from Verona!--How now, Balthasar!Dost thou not bring me letters from the friar?How doth my lady?


Mantua. A street. Enter ROMEOROMEOIf I may trust the flattering truth of sleep,My dreams presage some joyful news at hand:My bosom's lord sits lightly in his throne;And all this day an unaccustom'd spiritLifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts. I dreamt my lady came and found me dead-Strange dream, that gives a dead man leaveto think!-And breathed such life with kisses in my lips,That I revived, and was an emperor. Ah me! How sweet is love itself possess'd,When but love's shadows are so rich in joy!Enter BALTHASAR, bootedNews from Verona!--How now, Balthasar!Dost thou not bring me letters from the friar?How doth my lady? Is my father well?How fares my Juliet? That I ask again;For nothing can be ill, if she be well. BALTHASARThen she is well, and nothing can be ill:Her body sleeps in Capel's monument,And her immortal part with angels lives. I saw her laid low in her kindred's vault,And presently took post to tell it you:O, pardon me for bringing these ill news, Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMSince you did leave it for my office, sir. ROMEOIs it even so?


How sweet is love itself possess'd,When but love's shadows are so rich in joy!Enter BALTHASAR, bootedNews from Verona!--How now, Balthasar!Dost thou not bring me letters from the friar?How doth my lady? Is my father well?How fares my Juliet? That I ask again;For nothing can be ill, if she be well. BALTHASARThen she is well, and nothing can be ill:Her body sleeps in Capel's monument,And her immortal part with angels lives. I saw her laid low in her kindred's vault,And presently took post to tell it you:O, pardon me for bringing these ill news, Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMSince you did leave it for my office, sir. ROMEOIs it even so? Then I defy you, stars!Thou know'st my lodging: get me ink and paper,And hire post-horses; I will hence to-night. BALTHASARI do beseech you, sir, have patience:Your looks are pale and wild, and do importSome misadventure. ROMEOTush, thou art deceived:Leave me, and do the thing I bid thee do. Hast thou no letters to me from the friar?BALTHASARNo, my good lord. ROMEONo matter: get thee gone,And hire those horses; I'll be with thee straight. Exit BALTHASARWell, Juliet, I will lie with thee to-night. Let's see for means: O mischief, thou art swiftTo enter in the thoughts of desperate men!I do remember an apothecary,-And hereabouts he dwells,--which late I notedIn tatter'd weeds, with overwhelming brows,Culling of simples; meagre were his looks,Sharp misery had worn him to the bones:And in his needy shop a tortoise hung,An alligator stuff'd, and other skinsOf ill-shaped fishes; and about his shelvesA beggarly account of empty boxes,Green earthen pots, bladders and musty seeds,Remnants of packthread and old cakes of roses,Were thinly scatter'd, to make up a show. Noting this penury, to myself I said'An if a man did need a poison now,Whose sale is present death in Mantua,Here lives a caitiff wretch would sell it him. 'O, this same thought did but forerun my need;And this same needy man must sell it me. As I remember, this should be the house. Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMBeing holiday, the beggar's shop is shut. What, ho!


Is my father well?How fares my Juliet? That I ask again;For nothing can be ill, if she be well. BALTHASARThen she is well, and nothing can be ill:Her body sleeps in Capel's monument,And her immortal part with angels lives. I saw her laid low in her kindred's vault,And presently took post to tell it you:O, pardon me for bringing these ill news, Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMSince you did leave it for my office, sir. ROMEOIs it even so? Then I defy you, stars!Thou know'st my lodging: get me ink and paper,And hire post-horses; I will hence to-night. BALTHASARI do beseech you, sir, have patience:Your looks are pale and wild, and do importSome misadventure. ROMEOTush, thou art deceived:Leave me, and do the thing I bid thee do. Hast thou no letters to me from the friar?BALTHASARNo, my good lord. ROMEONo matter: get thee gone,And hire those horses; I'll be with thee straight. Exit BALTHASARWell, Juliet, I will lie with thee to-night. Let's see for means: O mischief, thou art swiftTo enter in the thoughts of desperate men!I do remember an apothecary,-And hereabouts he dwells,--which late I notedIn tatter'd weeds, with overwhelming brows,Culling of simples; meagre were his looks,Sharp misery had worn him to the bones:And in his needy shop a tortoise hung,An alligator stuff'd, and other skinsOf ill-shaped fishes; and about his shelvesA beggarly account of empty boxes,Green earthen pots, bladders and musty seeds,Remnants of packthread and old cakes of roses,Were thinly scatter'd, to make up a show. Noting this penury, to myself I said'An if a man did need a poison now,Whose sale is present death in Mantua,Here lives a caitiff wretch would sell it him. 'O, this same thought did but forerun my need;And this same needy man must sell it me. As I remember, this should be the house. Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMBeing holiday, the beggar's shop is shut. What, ho! Apothecary!Enter ApothecaryApothecaryWho calls so loud?ROMEOCome hither, man.


That I ask again;For nothing can be ill, if she be well. BALTHASARThen she is well, and nothing can be ill:Her body sleeps in Capel's monument,And her immortal part with angels lives. I saw her laid low in her kindred's vault,And presently took post to tell it you:O, pardon me for bringing these ill news, Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMSince you did leave it for my office, sir. ROMEOIs it even so? Then I defy you, stars!Thou know'st my lodging: get me ink and paper,And hire post-horses; I will hence to-night. BALTHASARI do beseech you, sir, have patience:Your looks are pale and wild, and do importSome misadventure. ROMEOTush, thou art deceived:Leave me, and do the thing I bid thee do. Hast thou no letters to me from the friar?BALTHASARNo, my good lord. ROMEONo matter: get thee gone,And hire those horses; I'll be with thee straight. Exit BALTHASARWell, Juliet, I will lie with thee to-night. Let's see for means: O mischief, thou art swiftTo enter in the thoughts of desperate men!I do remember an apothecary,-And hereabouts he dwells,--which late I notedIn tatter'd weeds, with overwhelming brows,Culling of simples; meagre were his looks,Sharp misery had worn him to the bones:And in his needy shop a tortoise hung,An alligator stuff'd, and other skinsOf ill-shaped fishes; and about his shelvesA beggarly account of empty boxes,Green earthen pots, bladders and musty seeds,Remnants of packthread and old cakes of roses,Were thinly scatter'd, to make up a show. Noting this penury, to myself I said'An if a man did need a poison now,Whose sale is present death in Mantua,Here lives a caitiff wretch would sell it him. 'O, this same thought did but forerun my need;And this same needy man must sell it me. As I remember, this should be the house. Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMBeing holiday, the beggar's shop is shut. What, ho! Apothecary!Enter ApothecaryApothecaryWho calls so loud?ROMEOCome hither, man. I see that thou art poor:Hold, there is forty ducats: let me haveA dram of poison, such soon-speeding gearAs will disperse itself through all the veinsThat the life-weary taker may fall deadAnd that the trunk may be discharged of breathAs violently as hasty powder firedDoth hurry from the fatal cannon's womb. ApothecarySuch mortal drugs I have; but Mantua's lawIs death to any he that utters them. ROMEOArt thou so bare and full of wretchedness,And fear'st to die?


Then I defy you, stars!Thou know'st my lodging: get me ink and paper,And hire post-horses; I will hence to-night. BALTHASARI do beseech you, sir, have patience:Your looks are pale and wild, and do importSome misadventure. ROMEOTush, thou art deceived:Leave me, and do the thing I bid thee do. Hast thou no letters to me from the friar?BALTHASARNo, my good lord. ROMEONo matter: get thee gone,And hire those horses; I'll be with thee straight. Exit BALTHASARWell, Juliet, I will lie with thee to-night. Let's see for means: O mischief, thou art swiftTo enter in the thoughts of desperate men!I do remember an apothecary,-And hereabouts he dwells,--which late I notedIn tatter'd weeds, with overwhelming brows,Culling of simples; meagre were his looks,Sharp misery had worn him to the bones:And in his needy shop a tortoise hung,An alligator stuff'd, and other skinsOf ill-shaped fishes; and about his shelvesA beggarly account of empty boxes,Green earthen pots, bladders and musty seeds,Remnants of packthread and old cakes of roses,Were thinly scatter'd, to make up a show. Noting this penury, to myself I said'An if a man did need a poison now,Whose sale is present death in Mantua,Here lives a caitiff wretch would sell it him. 'O, this same thought did but forerun my need;And this same needy man must sell it me. As I remember, this should be the house. Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMBeing holiday, the beggar's shop is shut. What, ho! Apothecary!Enter ApothecaryApothecaryWho calls so loud?ROMEOCome hither, man. I see that thou art poor:Hold, there is forty ducats: let me haveA dram of poison, such soon-speeding gearAs will disperse itself through all the veinsThat the life-weary taker may fall deadAnd that the trunk may be discharged of breathAs violently as hasty powder firedDoth hurry from the fatal cannon's womb. ApothecarySuch mortal drugs I have; but Mantua's lawIs death to any he that utters them. ROMEOArt thou so bare and full of wretchedness,And fear'st to die? Famine is in thy cheeks,Need and oppression starveth in thine eyes,Contempt and beggary hangs upon thy back;The world is not thy friend nor the world's law;The world affords no law to make thee rich;Then be not poor, but break it, and take this. ApothecaryMy poverty, but not my will, consents. ROMEOI pay thy poverty, and not thy will. ApothecaryPut this in any liquid thing you will,And drink it off; and, if you had the strengthOf twenty men, it would dispatch you straight. ROMEOThere is thy gold, worse poison to men's souls,Doing more murders in this loathsome world,Than these poor compounds that thou mayst not sell. Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMI sell thee poison; thou hast sold me none. Farewell: buy food, and get thyself in flesh. Come, cordial and not poison, go with meTo Juliet's grave; for there must I use thee. ExeuntSCENE II.


Apothecary!Enter ApothecaryApothecaryWho calls so loud?ROMEOCome hither, man. I see that thou art poor:Hold, there is forty ducats: let me haveA dram of poison, such soon-speeding gearAs will disperse itself through all the veinsThat the life-weary taker may fall deadAnd that the trunk may be discharged of breathAs violently as hasty powder firedDoth hurry from the fatal cannon's womb. ApothecarySuch mortal drugs I have; but Mantua's lawIs death to any he that utters them. ROMEOArt thou so bare and full of wretchedness,And fear'st to die? Famine is in thy cheeks,Need and oppression starveth in thine eyes,Contempt and beggary hangs upon thy back;The world is not thy friend nor the world's law;The world affords no law to make thee rich;Then be not poor, but break it, and take this. ApothecaryMy poverty, but not my will, consents. ROMEOI pay thy poverty, and not thy will. ApothecaryPut this in any liquid thing you will,And drink it off; and, if you had the strengthOf twenty men, it would dispatch you straight. ROMEOThere is thy gold, worse poison to men's souls,Doing more murders in this loathsome world,Than these poor compounds that thou mayst not sell. Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMI sell thee poison; thou hast sold me none. Farewell: buy food, and get thyself in flesh. Come, cordial and not poison, go with meTo Juliet's grave; for there must I use thee. ExeuntSCENE II. Friar Laurence's cell. Enter FRIAR JOHNFRIAR JOHNHoly Franciscan friar!


I see that thou art poor:Hold, there is forty ducats: let me haveA dram of poison, such soon-speeding gearAs will disperse itself through all the veinsThat the life-weary taker may fall deadAnd that the trunk may be discharged of breathAs violently as hasty powder firedDoth hurry from the fatal cannon's womb. ApothecarySuch mortal drugs I have; but Mantua's lawIs death to any he that utters them. ROMEOArt thou so bare and full of wretchedness,And fear'st to die? Famine is in thy cheeks,Need and oppression starveth in thine eyes,Contempt and beggary hangs upon thy back;The world is not thy friend nor the world's law;The world affords no law to make thee rich;Then be not poor, but break it, and take this. ApothecaryMy poverty, but not my will, consents. ROMEOI pay thy poverty, and not thy will. ApothecaryPut this in any liquid thing you will,And drink it off; and, if you had the strengthOf twenty men, it would dispatch you straight. ROMEOThere is thy gold, worse poison to men's souls,Doing more murders in this loathsome world,Than these poor compounds that thou mayst not sell. Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMI sell thee poison; thou hast sold me none. Farewell: buy food, and get thyself in flesh. Come, cordial and not poison, go with meTo Juliet's grave; for there must I use thee. ExeuntSCENE II. Friar Laurence's cell. Enter FRIAR JOHNFRIAR JOHNHoly Franciscan friar! Brother, ho!Enter FRIAR LAURENCEFRIAR LAURENCEThis same should be the voice of Friar John. Welcome from Mantua: what says Romeo?Or, if his mind be writ, give me his letter. FRIAR JOHNGoing to find a bare-foot brother outOne of our order, to associate me,Here in this city visiting the sick,And finding him, the searchers of the town,Suspecting that we both were in a houseWhere the infectious pestilence did reign,Seal'd up the doors, and would not let us forth;So that my speed to Mantua there was stay'd. FRIAR LAURENCEWho bare my letter, then, to Romeo?FRIAR JOHNI could not send it,--here it is again,-Nor get a messenger to bring it thee,So fearful were they of infection. FRIAR LAURENCEUnhappy fortune!


Famine is in thy cheeks,Need and oppression starveth in thine eyes,Contempt and beggary hangs upon thy back;The world is not thy friend nor the world's law;The world affords no law to make thee rich;Then be not poor, but break it, and take this. ApothecaryMy poverty, but not my will, consents. ROMEOI pay thy poverty, and not thy will. ApothecaryPut this in any liquid thing you will,And drink it off; and, if you had the strengthOf twenty men, it would dispatch you straight. ROMEOThere is thy gold, worse poison to men's souls,Doing more murders in this loathsome world,Than these poor compounds that thou mayst not sell. Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMI sell thee poison; thou hast sold me none. Farewell: buy food, and get thyself in flesh. Come, cordial and not poison, go with meTo Juliet's grave; for there must I use thee. ExeuntSCENE II. Friar Laurence's cell. Enter FRIAR JOHNFRIAR JOHNHoly Franciscan friar! Brother, ho!Enter FRIAR LAURENCEFRIAR LAURENCEThis same should be the voice of Friar John. Welcome from Mantua: what says Romeo?Or, if his mind be writ, give me his letter. FRIAR JOHNGoing to find a bare-foot brother outOne of our order, to associate me,Here in this city visiting the sick,And finding him, the searchers of the town,Suspecting that we both were in a houseWhere the infectious pestilence did reign,Seal'd up the doors, and would not let us forth;So that my speed to Mantua there was stay'd. FRIAR LAURENCEWho bare my letter, then, to Romeo?FRIAR JOHNI could not send it,--here it is again,-Nor get a messenger to bring it thee,So fearful were they of infection. FRIAR LAURENCEUnhappy fortune! By my brotherhood,The letter was not nice but full of chargeOf dear import, and the neglecting itMay do much danger.


Friar Laurence's cell. Enter FRIAR JOHNFRIAR JOHNHoly Franciscan friar! Brother, ho!Enter FRIAR LAURENCEFRIAR LAURENCEThis same should be the voice of Friar John. Welcome from Mantua: what says Romeo?Or, if his mind be writ, give me his letter. FRIAR JOHNGoing to find a bare-foot brother outOne of our order, to associate me,Here in this city visiting the sick,And finding him, the searchers of the town,Suspecting that we both were in a houseWhere the infectious pestilence did reign,Seal'd up the doors, and would not let us forth;So that my speed to Mantua there was stay'd. FRIAR LAURENCEWho bare my letter, then, to Romeo?FRIAR JOHNI could not send it,--here it is again,-Nor get a messenger to bring it thee,So fearful were they of infection. FRIAR LAURENCEUnhappy fortune! By my brotherhood,The letter was not nice but full of chargeOf dear import, and the neglecting itMay do much danger. Friar John, go hence;Get me an iron crow, and bring it straightUnto my cell. Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMFRIAR JOHNBrother, I'll go and bring it thee. ExitFRIAR LAURENCENow must I to the monument alone;Within three hours will fair Juliet wake:She will beshrew me much that RomeoHath had no notice of these accidents;But I will write again to Mantua,And keep her at my cell till Romeo come;Poor living corse, closed in a dead man's tomb!ExitSCENE III.


Brother, ho!Enter FRIAR LAURENCEFRIAR LAURENCEThis same should be the voice of Friar John. Welcome from Mantua: what says Romeo?Or, if his mind be writ, give me his letter. FRIAR JOHNGoing to find a bare-foot brother outOne of our order, to associate me,Here in this city visiting the sick,And finding him, the searchers of the town,Suspecting that we both were in a houseWhere the infectious pestilence did reign,Seal'd up the doors, and would not let us forth;So that my speed to Mantua there was stay'd. FRIAR LAURENCEWho bare my letter, then, to Romeo?FRIAR JOHNI could not send it,--here it is again,-Nor get a messenger to bring it thee,So fearful were they of infection. FRIAR LAURENCEUnhappy fortune! By my brotherhood,The letter was not nice but full of chargeOf dear import, and the neglecting itMay do much danger. Friar John, go hence;Get me an iron crow, and bring it straightUnto my cell. Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMFRIAR JOHNBrother, I'll go and bring it thee. ExitFRIAR LAURENCENow must I to the monument alone;Within three hours will fair Juliet wake:She will beshrew me much that RomeoHath had no notice of these accidents;But I will write again to Mantua,And keep her at my cell till Romeo come;Poor living corse, closed in a dead man's tomb!ExitSCENE III. A churchyard; in it a tomb belonging to the Capulets. Enter PARIS, and his Page bearing flowers and a torchPARISGive me thy torch, boy: hence, and stand aloof:Yet put it out, for I would not be seen. Under yond yew-trees lay thee all along,Holding thine ear close to the hollow ground;So shall no foot upon the churchyard tread,Being loose, unfirm, with digging up of graves,But thou shalt hear it: whistle then to me,As signal that thou hear'st something approach. Give me those flowers.


By my brotherhood,The letter was not nice but full of chargeOf dear import, and the neglecting itMay do much danger. Friar John, go hence;Get me an iron crow, and bring it straightUnto my cell. Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMFRIAR JOHNBrother, I'll go and bring it thee. ExitFRIAR LAURENCENow must I to the monument alone;Within three hours will fair Juliet wake:She will beshrew me much that RomeoHath had no notice of these accidents;But I will write again to Mantua,And keep her at my cell till Romeo come;Poor living corse, closed in a dead man's tomb!ExitSCENE III. A churchyard; in it a tomb belonging to the Capulets. Enter PARIS, and his Page bearing flowers and a torchPARISGive me thy torch, boy: hence, and stand aloof:Yet put it out, for I would not be seen. Under yond yew-trees lay thee all along,Holding thine ear close to the hollow ground;So shall no foot upon the churchyard tread,Being loose, unfirm, with digging up of graves,But thou shalt hear it: whistle then to me,As signal that thou hear'st something approach. Give me those flowers. Do as I bid thee, go. PAGE Aside I am almost afraid to stand aloneHere in the churchyard; yet I will adventure. RetiresPARISSweet flower, with flowers thy bridal bed I strew,-O woe! Thy canopy is dust and stones;-Which with sweet water nightly I will dew,Or, wanting that, with tears distill'd by moans:The obsequies that I for thee will keepNightly shall be to strew thy grave and weep. The Page whistlesThe boy gives warning something doth approach. Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMWhat cursed foot wanders this way to-night,To cross my obsequies and true love's rite?What with a torch!


A churchyard; in it a tomb belonging to the Capulets. Enter PARIS, and his Page bearing flowers and a torchPARISGive me thy torch, boy: hence, and stand aloof:Yet put it out, for I would not be seen. Under yond yew-trees lay thee all along,Holding thine ear close to the hollow ground;So shall no foot upon the churchyard tread,Being loose, unfirm, with digging up of graves,But thou shalt hear it: whistle then to me,As signal that thou hear'st something approach. Give me those flowers. Do as I bid thee, go. PAGE Aside I am almost afraid to stand aloneHere in the churchyard; yet I will adventure. RetiresPARISSweet flower, with flowers thy bridal bed I strew,-O woe! Thy canopy is dust and stones;-Which with sweet water nightly I will dew,Or, wanting that, with tears distill'd by moans:The obsequies that I for thee will keepNightly shall be to strew thy grave and weep. The Page whistlesThe boy gives warning something doth approach. Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMWhat cursed foot wanders this way to-night,To cross my obsequies and true love's rite?What with a torch! Muffle me, night, awhile. RetiresEnter ROMEO and BALTHASAR, with a torch, mattock, cROMEOGive me that mattock and the wrenching iron. Hold, take this letter; early in the morningSee thou deliver it to my lord and father. Give me the light: upon thy life, I charge thee,Whate'er thou hear'st or seest, stand all aloof,And do not interrupt me in my course. Why I descend into this bed of death,Is partly to behold my lady's face;But chiefly to take thence from her dead fingerA precious ring, a ring that I must useIn dear employment: therefore hence, be gone:But if thou, jealous, dost return to pryIn what I further shall intend to do,By heaven, I will tear thee joint by jointAnd strew this hungry churchyard with thy limbs:The time and my intents are savage-wild,More fierce and more inexorable farThan empty tigers or the roaring sea. BALTHASARI will be gone, sir, and not trouble you. ROMEOSo shalt thou show me friendship.


Do as I bid thee, go. PAGE Aside I am almost afraid to stand aloneHere in the churchyard; yet I will adventure. RetiresPARISSweet flower, with flowers thy bridal bed I strew,-O woe! Thy canopy is dust and stones;-Which with sweet water nightly I will dew,Or, wanting that, with tears distill'd by moans:The obsequies that I for thee will keepNightly shall be to strew thy grave and weep. The Page whistlesThe boy gives warning something doth approach. Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMWhat cursed foot wanders this way to-night,To cross my obsequies and true love's rite?What with a torch! Muffle me, night, awhile. RetiresEnter ROMEO and BALTHASAR, with a torch, mattock, cROMEOGive me that mattock and the wrenching iron. Hold, take this letter; early in the morningSee thou deliver it to my lord and father. Give me the light: upon thy life, I charge thee,Whate'er thou hear'st or seest, stand all aloof,And do not interrupt me in my course. Why I descend into this bed of death,Is partly to behold my lady's face;But chiefly to take thence from her dead fingerA precious ring, a ring that I must useIn dear employment: therefore hence, be gone:But if thou, jealous, dost return to pryIn what I further shall intend to do,By heaven, I will tear thee joint by jointAnd strew this hungry churchyard with thy limbs:The time and my intents are savage-wild,More fierce and more inexorable farThan empty tigers or the roaring sea. BALTHASARI will be gone, sir, and not trouble you. ROMEOSo shalt thou show me friendship. Take thou that:Live, and be prosperous: and farewell, good fellow. BALTHASAR Aside For all this same, I'll hide me hereabout:His looks I fear, and his intents I doubt. RetiresROMEOThou detestable maw, thou womb of death,Gorged with the dearest morsel of the earth,Thus I enforce thy rotten jaws to open,And, in despite, I'll cram thee with more food!Opens the tomb Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMPARISThis is that banish'd haughty Montague,That murder'd my love's cousin, with which grief,It is supposed, the fair creature died;And here is come to do some villanous shameTo the dead bodies: I will apprehend him. Comes forwardStop thy unhallow'd toil, vile Montague!Can vengeance be pursued further than death?Condemned villain, I do apprehend thee:Obey, and go with me; for thou must die. ROMEOI must indeed; and therefore came I hither. Good gentle youth, tempt not a desperate man;Fly hence, and leave me: think upon these gone;Let them affright thee.


Thy canopy is dust and stones;-Which with sweet water nightly I will dew,Or, wanting that, with tears distill'd by moans:The obsequies that I for thee will keepNightly shall be to strew thy grave and weep. The Page whistlesThe boy gives warning something doth approach. Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMWhat cursed foot wanders this way to-night,To cross my obsequies and true love's rite?What with a torch! Muffle me, night, awhile. RetiresEnter ROMEO and BALTHASAR, with a torch, mattock, cROMEOGive me that mattock and the wrenching iron. Hold, take this letter; early in the morningSee thou deliver it to my lord and father. Give me the light: upon thy life, I charge thee,Whate'er thou hear'st or seest, stand all aloof,And do not interrupt me in my course. Why I descend into this bed of death,Is partly to behold my lady's face;But chiefly to take thence from her dead fingerA precious ring, a ring that I must useIn dear employment: therefore hence, be gone:But if thou, jealous, dost return to pryIn what I further shall intend to do,By heaven, I will tear thee joint by jointAnd strew this hungry churchyard with thy limbs:The time and my intents are savage-wild,More fierce and more inexorable farThan empty tigers or the roaring sea. BALTHASARI will be gone, sir, and not trouble you. ROMEOSo shalt thou show me friendship. Take thou that:Live, and be prosperous: and farewell, good fellow. BALTHASAR Aside For all this same, I'll hide me hereabout:His looks I fear, and his intents I doubt. RetiresROMEOThou detestable maw, thou womb of death,Gorged with the dearest morsel of the earth,Thus I enforce thy rotten jaws to open,And, in despite, I'll cram thee with more food!Opens the tomb Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMPARISThis is that banish'd haughty Montague,That murder'd my love's cousin, with which grief,It is supposed, the fair creature died;And here is come to do some villanous shameTo the dead bodies: I will apprehend him. Comes forwardStop thy unhallow'd toil, vile Montague!Can vengeance be pursued further than death?Condemned villain, I do apprehend thee:Obey, and go with me; for thou must die. ROMEOI must indeed; and therefore came I hither. Good gentle youth, tempt not a desperate man;Fly hence, and leave me: think upon these gone;Let them affright thee. I beseech thee, youth,Put not another sin upon my head,By urging me to fury: O, be gone!By heaven, I love thee better than myself;For I come hither arm'd against myself:Stay not, be gone; live, and hereafter say,A madman's mercy bade thee run away. PARISI do defy thy conjurations,And apprehend thee for a felon here. ROMEOWilt thou provoke me?


Muffle me, night, awhile. RetiresEnter ROMEO and BALTHASAR, with a torch, mattock, cROMEOGive me that mattock and the wrenching iron. Hold, take this letter; early in the morningSee thou deliver it to my lord and father. Give me the light: upon thy life, I charge thee,Whate'er thou hear'st or seest, stand all aloof,And do not interrupt me in my course. Why I descend into this bed of death,Is partly to behold my lady's face;But chiefly to take thence from her dead fingerA precious ring, a ring that I must useIn dear employment: therefore hence, be gone:But if thou, jealous, dost return to pryIn what I further shall intend to do,By heaven, I will tear thee joint by jointAnd strew this hungry churchyard with thy limbs:The time and my intents are savage-wild,More fierce and more inexorable farThan empty tigers or the roaring sea. BALTHASARI will be gone, sir, and not trouble you. ROMEOSo shalt thou show me friendship. Take thou that:Live, and be prosperous: and farewell, good fellow. BALTHASAR Aside For all this same, I'll hide me hereabout:His looks I fear, and his intents I doubt. RetiresROMEOThou detestable maw, thou womb of death,Gorged with the dearest morsel of the earth,Thus I enforce thy rotten jaws to open,And, in despite, I'll cram thee with more food!Opens the tomb Romeo and Juliet: Entire Playhttp: www-tech.mit.edu Shakespeare romeo juliet full.html1 18 2007 12:23 PMPARISThis is that banish'd haughty Montague,That murder'd my love's cousin, with which grief,It is supposed, the fair creature died;And here is come to do some villanous shameTo the dead bodies: I will apprehend him. Comes forwardStop thy unhallow'd toil, vile Montague!Can vengeance be pursued further than death?Condemned villain, I do apprehend thee:Obey, and go with me; for thou must die. ROMEOI must indeed; and therefore came I hither. Good gentle youth, tempt not a desperate man;Fly hence, and leave me: think upon these gone;Let them affright thee. I beseech thee, youth,Put not another sin upon my head,By urging me to fury: O, be gone!By heaven, I love thee better than myself;For I come hither arm'd against myself:Stay not, be gone; live, and hereafter say,A madman's mercy bade thee run away. PARISI do defy thy conjurations,And apprehend thee for a felon here. ROMEOWilt thou provoke me? Then have at thee, boy!They fightPAGEO Lord, they fight!