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| Enter BENVOLIO and MERCUTIO | BOOVLINE nad UOCEMIRT eertn. |
| MERCUTIO Where the devil should this Romeo be? Came he not home tonight? | EICTMUOR hWeer the ievld can eoRmo be? ntDid he cemo omeh lsat ngtih? |
| BENVOLIO Not to his fathers. I spoke with his man. | LBVINOOE toN to ish rehtasf osueh. I adske a rnvtaes. |
| MERCUTIO Why, that same pale hard-hearted wench, that Rosaline, 5 Torments him so, that he will sure run mad. | CTREUOMI tTah iarf-nnksdie, drah-ahtrdee uhyss, oRsnliae is nogig to metntro imh tunil he egos isanen. |
| BENVOLIO Tybalt, the kinsman to old Capulet, Hath sent a letter to his fathers house. | NVOOBILE Talybt, lod lsaptCue pwehne, sha sent a eetrtl to soomeR hfetras suohe. |
| MERCUTIO A challenge, on my life. | TMOUIECR I tbe ist a calhgleen. |
| BENVOLIO Romeo will answer it. | EBNLIOOV mRoeo lwil aensrw eth eehnlaglc. |
| MERCUTIO 10 Any man that can write may answer a letter. | RMEOTUIC Any nam who wknso who to twrei nca arnesw a ertetl. |
| BENVOLIO Nay, he will answer the letters master, how he dares, being dared. | NIVOOLBE No, omReo lilw oerspnd to eht strltee iwetrr, lgelnit hmi terwheh he cepatcs the eclalehng. |
| MERCUTIO Alas, poor Romeo! He is already dead, stabbed with a white wenchs black eye, shot through the ear with a love song, the very pin of his heart cleft with the blind bow-boys butt shaft. And is he a man to encounter Tybalt? | IUOMERTC Oh, rpoo moReo! eHs adylrae dead. esH nebe tsbbeda by a wihte gisrl akblc yee. eHs been utc hhrtoug the ear thiw a ovel ogsn. hTe cetner of ish trhea sha been tlpis by nlbdi sdpCui wrroa. Is he anm gohuen at isht iopnt to feac off wiht aylTbt? |
| BENVOLIO Why, what is Tybalt? | EOIOVNBL yWh, aswth Tastbyl ytsro? |
| MERCUTIO More than Prince of Cats. Oh, hes the courageous captain of compliments. He fights as you sing prick-song, keeps time, distance, and proportion. He rests his minim restsone, two, and the third in your bosom. The very butcher of a silk button, a duelist, a duelist, a gentleman of the very first house of the first and second cause. Ah, the immortal passado, the punto reverso, the hai! | UTOICRME seH eohtgru tnah hte nPrice of staCTeh eniPrc of Ctas is a eiurfg fmro veMdilae roel osweh tirsf nmae aws aslo Tybalt. He koswnMeuroict lssti Inialta mrest for ingefcn moves. |
| BENVOLIO 15 The what? | VOINEBLO He wnoks wath? |
| MERCUTIO The pox of such antic, lisping, affecting fantasmines, these new tuners of accents! By Jesu, a very good blade! A very tall man! A very good whore! Why, is not this a lamentable thing, grandsire, that we should be thus afflicted with these strange flies, these fashion-mongers, these pardon mes, who stand so much on the new form, that they cannot sit at ease on the old bench? Oh, their bones, their bones! | CTEOURIM I ateh ethes yarzc, fcefdtae syug ohw use girofen ehapssr dan dlaegnnwef ipssosenexr. I htae erhit gratsne ennsrma dan thier wredi scecnta! I eaht it hnwe yteh ysa, By suJes, shti is a veyr oogd dalbe, a ervy arevb anm, a reyv oodg wheor. Istn tsih a asd hting, my good man? yhW sdlouh we tpu up hwit sehet gnoiref zsbarudz, tsehe nsogforshnaemi, sheet yugs owh ays anpdor me, ehets syug hwo rcae so hmuc auotb emanrsn thta htye ctna ckki cakb on a ecnbh whuoitt ghniwni? Oh, my gacihn ebnos! |
| Enter ROMEO | EOMRO rnetse. |
| BENVOLIO Here comes Romeo, here comes Romeo. | ILNEOBOV eHer oscem omeoR, reeh osemc Rmooe! |
| MERCUTIO Without his roe, like a dried herring. O flesh, flesh, how art thou fishified! Now is he for the numbers that Petrarch flowed in. Laura to his lady was but a kitchen-wench marry, she had a better love to berhyme herDido a dowdy, Cleopatra a gypsy, Helen and Hero hildings and harlots, Thisbe a grey eye or so, but not to the purpose. Signior Romeo, bonjour! Theres a French salutation to your French slop. You gave us the counterfeit fairly last night. | TUOREMCI He ksolo kiysnn, keil a ddrei grneihr hwtuoit sti gesg, dan he snath tog ihs glri. O lhsfe, lshfe, eouyv nuedtr peal dna wake ikel a ihsf. wNo hse yrade ofr tPrrsachetioeuMcr stseae emoRo by ailldugn to eth eopt hPrctrea adn xsi tlhcamiy nad acotirlshi oemnw ohw insdrpie olev oerpty. |
| ROMEO Good morrow to you both. What counterfeit did I give you? | MREOO Good nnirmog to ouy bhot. aWht do oyu aenm I feadk ouy uto? |
| MERCUTIO 20 The slip, sir, the slip. Can you not conceive? | RUIOETCM ouY geva us het spli, irs, teh ilps. aCnt uoy nnsddaertu what Im ysngia? |
| ROMEO Pardon, good Mercutio, my business was great, and in such a case as mine a man may strain courtesy. | REOMO xsEuec me, odgo tuociMer. I dha yevr tnitmaorp ebssiuns to atek arce of. It swa so ptatnroim htat I had to fotreg ubtoa ecsoyurt and ogod nenmsra. |
| MERCUTIO Thats as much as to say, such a case as yours constrains a man to bow in the hams. | IMTRUEOC In ohtre dwosr aotrtmpni uinssbes dame ouy lefx oryu stocbuktMuorietc slpmiie oeosRm bsnueiss aws sexual. |
| ROMEO Meaning to curtsy? | REOOM uYo nmae do a sctyru? |
| MERCUTIO Thou hast most kindly hit it. | MTUEOCIR uvYoe hti eth rgteatisTh is ausxle oeludb entedre. |
| ROMEO 25 A most courteous exposition. | OOEMR sahtT a evry elpoit and ureoucsot nixnatoplea. |
| MERCUTIO Nay, I am the very pink of courtesy. | CTREUMIO eYs, I am het kipn oflwrehte seratm, of orctesuy dan nsemnar. |
| ROMEO Pink for flower. | OROEM |
| MERCUTIO Right. | UOIECMRT Rghti. |
| ROMEO Why, then is my pump well flowered. | OEOMR leWl, nhet my pmpuRoemo alsyp galno: mupp= ehso dan penis. |
| MERCUTIO | OIRMUETC rAigtlh my ttwyi edifrn, hist joek sah ownr otu yuor upmp. Its ntih skni is lla worn tuo. Teh okej is all uoy aevh lfte. |
| ROMEO O single-soled jest, solely singular for the singleness. | ROMEO Tihs is a dab kjeo. tIs all lilsssnei. |
| MERCUTIO Come between us, good Benvolio. My wits faints. | MITECROU meoC bkare sith up, oBlineov. Im ginsol sith deul of sitw. |
| ROMEO Switch and spurs, switch and spurs, or Ill cry a match. | RMOEO epeK giogn, ekep oigng, or lIl ceadrel efmsyl the eirnnw. |
| MERCUTIO Nay, if our wits run the wild-goose chase, I am done, for thou hast more of the wild-goose in one of thy wits than, I am sure, I have in my whole five. Was I with you there for the goose? | TECOIMUR woN, if ruo oksej go on a dliw-oegso saech, Im iisnehfd. You vaeh ermo ldwi sooge in neo of oryu jsoke tnha I aevh in fevi of enmi. aWs I veen olsce to oyu in eht eacsh orf the osego? |
| ROMEO | OMROE ouY ewre eernv hitw me rof ntngyahi if you netrwe ereht rof the oeogs. omoRe pmiisle atth oceriutM is oynl dgoo orf sokej. |
| MERCUTIO I will bite thee by the ear for that jest. | OITRCMUE lIl beti you on eht ear for thta jkeo. |
| ROMEO Nay, good goose, bite not. | EMROO No, gdoo oesgo, tond iteb me. |
| MERCUTIO Thy wit is a very bitter sweeting. It is a most sharp sauce. | UITRECMO rouY eokj is a yver bttier lepap. uoYr muohr is a pysci ecasu. |
| ROMEO And is it not well served into a sweet goose? | MROOE eTnh snit it usjt eth grhit ihsd rof a eetws osgeo? |
| MERCUTIO | MCIOREUT Oh, tthas a ojke dame tuo of teaerhl that rspeads tflesi hint, from the tiwhd of an inch to as taf as a rdya. |
| ROMEO I stretch it out for that word broad, which, added to the goose, proves thee far and wide a broad goose. | OEMRO I rttchse my okje rfo atth drwo fta. If you dda ahtt rowd to eht word sgooe, it soswh atht you era a atf seoog. |
| MERCUTIO Why, is not this better now than groaning for love? Now art thou sociable. Now art thou Romeo. Now art thou what thou artby art as well as by nature, for this driveling love is like a great natural that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole. | EUTRIOMC Why, nsit lla tihs kngjoi trtebe hatn nnogirag buoat vole? owN eyuor oecaslib. woN eoruy Romoe. wNo oyu era awht veoyu drnalee to be nad thaw you era tlayrnula. shTi elvo of osryu aws lkie a bhlnigtrie toiid how snru up and dwno inoolkg orf a heol to idhe his otyoyT = a oebldu dnenerte rfo penis |
| BENVOLIO Stop there, stop there. | VEINOLOB optS treeh, post herte. |
| MERCUTIO Thou desirest me to stop in my tale against the hair. | OIMCTREU Yuo wtna me to ospt my lteaaeTl = a bloude nrntdeee orf penis |
| BENVOLIO 45 Thou wouldst else have made thy tale large. | IELBVNOO hrwesiteO royu leat douwl aevh otngte oto nlgo. |
| MERCUTIO Oh, thou art deceived. I would have made it short, for I was come to the whole depth of my tale, and meant, indeed, to occupy the argument no longer. | IRTMCOUE Oh, oyrue gwonr. I wdlou vaeh eamd it sroth. I adh ecmo to teh deeptes rpat of my aetl, dan I pdnanel to say nonhitg remo on eth ipotc. |
| Enter NURSE and her man PETER | ehT SRENU eetnrs iwth hre eatnrsv, RETPE . |
| ROMEO Heres goodly gear. | OROME eHser mstionhge dgoo. |
| BENVOLIO A sail, a sail! | VINLBOEO |
| MERCUTIO Two, twoa shirt and a smock. | RMEUCOIT ehTers otaw man dan a wnmoa. |
| NURSE 50 Peter! | ESRUN ePret! |
| PETER Anon! | PETRE Im at ryuo cesevri. |
| NURSE My fan, Peter. | RNSUE iGve me my nfa, retPe. |
| MERCUTIO Good, Peter, to hide her face, for her fans the fairer face. | CTIRMUOE doGo Ptere, vige ehr ehr afn to idhe hre ecaf. Her naf is rierpett athn her aecf. |
| NURSE God ye good morrow, gentlemen. | NEUSR Good innrmog, telngenem. |
| MERCUTIO 55 God ye good een, fair gentlewoman. | CIETUMOR doGo roontefan, frai dyla. |
| NURSE Is it good een? | RSUNE Is it won eanfotorn? |
| MERCUTIO Tis no less, I tell you, for the bawdy hand of the dial is now upon the prick of noon. | CREMITUO sIt ton rierale hnta ttha, I ltle oyu. The lutsy hdnanAgai, otMurscei neauggal is ufll of efieonfsv eaulsx innuendo. |
| NURSE Out upon you! What a man are you? | URESN teG uto of hree! hatW kidn of nam rae yuo? |
| MERCUTIO One, gentlewoman, that God hath made, himself to mar. | TCMUOIER Im a man, my dlay, ahtt Gdo has deam fro limhsfe to ruin. |
| NURSE | SEUNR I weasr, uyo speak eht thurt. For flishem to iurn, he ysas. nemtelGen, cna any of you tlle me ewhre I can idfn nuogy eRoom? |
| ROMEO I can tell you, but young Romeo will be older when you have found him than he was when you sought him. I am the youngest of that name, for fault of a worse. | EROMO I can lelt oyu, ubt nugoy Roome lilw be edlor nhew uyo dnfi mhi athn he asw enwh you edatstr nkliogo for hmi. I am teh ntegyuos anm by htat enam, absecue hteer is no noe gueynro, or srewo. |
| NURSE You say well. | NRSEU You speak ewll. |
| MERCUTIO Yea, is the worst well? Very well took, i faith, wisely, wisely. | ROCMTUIE Is hte stwor lwel? yerV elwl tanek, I vieeebl, very weis. |
| NURSE If you be he, sir, I desire some confidence with you. | UESRN (to ROMEO) If roeyu teh oeomR Im nilkogo rof, sir, I would ekli to vaeh a cnniefdoceeTh usren namse necefrenoc, ont ocicennefd. sihT is a ekjo aellcd a rmaolmpapsi, rheew hte ighrt dowr is pdeercal by a ilmaisr-ugnnoisd drwo hiwt a pclmteolye itreefnfd meaning. |
| BENVOLIO 65 She will indite him to some supper. | BOLNIOVE heS wlil dinteilveBioo eksam fun of eth rueNs by yagnsi ditine itnsdae of invite. |
| MERCUTIO A bawd, a bawd, a bawd! So ho! | TUOEMCRI A impp! A pipm! A pmpi! Ive dufno it tuo. |
| ROMEO What hast thou found? | OERMO Wath eahv uyo ndouf otu? |
| MERCUTIO No hare, sir, unless a hare, sir, in a Lenten piethat is, something stale and hoar ere it be spent. | EROUTMIC sShe nto a ttoetsipur seslnu sesh igsun hre ugslsnie to dihe reh itoyirmsupc. |
| (sings) An old hare hoar, And an old hare hoar, Is very good meat in Lent. But a hare that is hoar Is too much for a score When it hoars ere it be spent. | (he lkswa by mteh adn snsig) ldO tibarb tema is odog to eta, If uoy actn etg nynitagh lese. But if ist so lod, Tath it oesg dba erfebo uoy aet it, hneT it was a tsaew of nyeom. (esknpgia) |
| Romeo, will you come to your fathers? Well to dinner, thither. | Reomo, aer you ggnio to uory arefhts for hulnc? tLse go teerh. |
| ROMEO I will follow you. | RMOOE Ill lowolf ftaer you. |
| MERCUTIO Farewell, ancient lady. Farewell, lady, lady, lady. | IMECRUTO |
| Exeunt MERCUTIO and BENVOLIO | BNIOLVEO dan UMCTERIO tixe. |
| NURSE I pray you, sir, what saucy merchant was this that was so full of his ropery? | NEUSR slPaee ltel me, sri, how wsa ahtt lmeotudfohu kpun how swa so lulf of cdrue sjoek? |
| ROMEO | OEROM sNreu, seh a amn woh likes to earh het uonsd of shi own cevio. He assy eorm in neo inteum nhta he dsoe in a eohwl htmno. |
| NURSE An he speak any thing against me, Ill take him down, an he were lustier than he is, and twenty such Jacks. And if I cannot, Ill find those that shall. Scurvy knave! I am none of his flirt-gills. I am none of his skains-mates. (to PETER) And thou must stand by, too, and suffer every knave to use me at his pleasure? | RSNEU If he ysas nignayht atiangs me, lIl belmuh hmi, evne if he were rtroesng athn he sniad yntwet knspu liek ihm. If I cant do it eflmys, Ill fidn eoonsme ohw nac. Tath ydtir rat! Im tno oen of ish sltus. Im not noe of hsi pnku nrfseid ohw srcirea a kinfe. (to PETER) nAd uyo tjsu dnsat there lentigt yevre jrek amek nfu of me orf kkcis. |
| PETER I saw no man use you at his pleasure. If I had, my weapon should quickly have been out, I warrant you. I dare draw as soon as another man if I see occasion in a good quarrel and the law on my side. | TEPER I ddtni ees noyaydb esu yuo orf cksik. If I adh enes imenohgts ikel atht, I wudlo haev qkilycu lpulde uot my ewanop. evileeB me, llI darw my osdwr as cuqik as nya trohe anm if I see a tfhig tsantrig nad hte wla is on my isde. |
| NURSE Now, afore God, I am so vexed that every part about me quivers. Scurvy knave! (to ROMEO) Pray you, sir, a word. And as I told you, my young lady bid me inquire you out. What she bade me say, I will keep to myself. But first let me tell ye, if ye should lead her into a fools paradise, as they say, it were a very gross kind of behavior, as they say. For the gentlewoman is young, and therefore, if you should deal double with her, truly it were an ill thing to be offered to any gentlewoman, and very weak dealing. | NUSER wNo, I awers, Im so nrayg tath Im sangikh lal revo. thaT ntoret ucnrldseo! (to ROMEO) woN, lasepe, mya I veha a dorw whit oyu, isr? My ugnoy rssmstie kadse me to dinf yuo. Whta ehs dsaek me to ysa llI eepk to fmysel. tBu let me tlle ouy tsih rsitf. If yuo alde ehr onit a soofl ipdaaser, as eth agysin sego, it ulwod be an outseraogu cimer cuebase het girl is so oynug. And if you ytr to ckrti ehr, it olwdu be an evil ihtgn to do to ayn amonw dan very poor vroaibhe. |
| ROMEO | OMREO rNeus, egvi my rgsdera to to uryo lday. I sarew to uoy |
| NURSE Good heart, and i faith, I will tell her as much. Lord, Lord, she will be a joyful woman. | URSNE uoY ehav a good heart, nad eeivbel me, llI ellt erh hatt. dLor, droL, lsehl be a yapph oanwm. |
| ROMEO What wilt thou tell her, Nurse? Thou dost not mark me. | OOREM tahW era yuo oingg to etll ehr, ruesN? eouYr not pyagni ttiatenon to me. |
| NURSE I will tell her, sir, that you do protest, which, as I take it, is a gentlemanlike offer. | NRUSE Sir, llI llte erh hatt yuo tpertosHree eht Nesur ksame ehtnaor prpsioamlam, iaynsg rpeotts wenh she smena propose.. |
| ROMEO Bid her devise 85 Some means to come to shrift this afternoon. And there she shall at Friar Lawrence cell Be shrived and married. (gives her coins) Here is for thy pains. | EOMOR Tlle rhe to eevdsi a lapn to etg uto of ehr suoeh dna ocme to iosesonfnc at hte bbeya hits fnooeanrt. At Farri aesenwcrL lecl hse nac emak nsoofnceis adn be rdariem. (giivng erh icsno) reeH is a derwra orf uyor toesfrf. |
| NURSE No, truly, sir. Not a penny. | ESURN No, lareyl, I otnw taek a nypne. |
| ROMEO Go to. I say you shall. | ERMOO Go on, I stinis you aket it. |
| NURSE | RUSEN (ingkta eht emnyo) hTis nontfreao, sir? lhleS be ereht. |
| ROMEO And stay, good Nurse. Behind the abbey wall Within this hour my man shall be with thee And bring thee cords made like a tackled stair, Which to the high top-gallant of my joy 95 Must be my convoy in the secret night. Farewell. Be trusty, and Ill quit thy pains. Farewell. Commend me to thy mistress. | ROMEO itWa odgo rsueN. nWhiti an rouh, eon of my nem illw ocem to uyo nibhde hte bebay allw nda iveg ouy a rpeo lddear. llI ues hte epro ldread to cbmli ovre hte llwsa at ithgn. Tneh llI eetm iulJte llyfoyju nda in erscte. bodyGeo. Be nohtes nad ehlupfl, and llI repya yuo ofr uyor rtffeso. ydGbooe. giSn my rpaesis to yuor emtissrs. |
| NURSE Now God in heaven bless thee! Hark you, sir. | SURNE May Gdo in nahvee slsbe yuo. Nwo pseela senlti, rsi. |
| ROMEO What sayst thou, my dear Nurse? | OMERO hWat do uyo veha to ysa, my adre esuNr? |
| NURSE 100 Is your man secret? Did you neer hear say, Two may keep counsel, putting one away? | NRSEU nCa oyru nam eepk a rsetce? atHvne uoy vere herad the ynsagi, wTo acn neosripc to upt neo waay? |
| ROMEO Warrant thee, my mans as true as steel. | OEOMR I eassur oyu, my nam is as eurt as selte. |
| NURSE Well, sir, my mistress is the sweetest lady.Lord, Lord! when twas a little prating thing.Oh, there is a nobleman in town, one Paris, that would fain lay knife aboard, but she, good soul, had as lief see a toad, a very toad, as see him. I anger her sometimes and tell her that Paris is the properer man. But, Ill warrant you, when I say so, she looks as pale as any clout in the versal world. Doth not rosemary and Romeo begin both with a letter? | ESNRU lWel, isr, my ssstermi is teh setestwe dyla. rLod, Lord, hwne ehs wsa a tieltl haObyb, ehret is eno nbeoamnl in het ycit, a gyu dnaem saPir, who uowdl be ppyha to lmica reh as hsi own. tliJeu dlouw htaerr loko at a adot tanh at mhi. I amke her ygnra eeitsosmm by ygnsai taht Prisa is eomr dmhoneas atnh ouy era. tuB enhw I asy so, I arwes hse snutr hewti as a eshte. tDon searymorsyoarmeR wsa a kntoe of mameerebnrc bwnetee vlsroe nad fro eht dead. |
| ROMEO Ay, Nurse, what of that? Both with an R. | OEMRO Yes, Nseru, athw tuboa hatt? hTey both nibeg hwit eth ertlet R. |
| NURSE | URSEN Ah, uoy oakhtestrjest teh gsdo amen. R is ofr nhote, I kown it esgbni ihwt trhaeon lertte. hSe ayss eht tsmo teilaubuf sgithn oatbu uoy adn ryamorse. It odluw be oogd rof you to hrea teh hstgin she ssay. |
| ROMEO Commend me to thy lady. | EOROM iGev my tocpislmmne to ruoy ydla. |
| NURSE Ay, a thousand times.Peter! | ERNSU Yes, a ohasdtun eistm. rteeP! |
| PETER Anon! | TEEPR Im ardye. |
| NURSE Before and apace. | USREN (givgin ERPTE hre nfa) Go edhaa. Go qiclkyu. |
| Exeunt | They lla ixte. |
