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Enter CAPULET , LADY CAPULET , NURSE , and two or three SERVINGMEN
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Enter CAPULET , LADY CAPULET , NURSE , and two or three SERVINGMEN
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CAPULET (gives paper to FIRST SERVINGMAN) So many guests invite as here are writ.
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CAPULET (gives paper to FIRST SERVINGMAN) So many guests invite as here are writ.
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Exit FIRST SERVINGMAN
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Exit FIRST SERVINGMAN
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(to SECOND SERVINGMAN) Sirrah, go hire me twenty cunning cooks.
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(to SECOND SERVINGMAN) Sirrah, go hire me twenty cunning cooks.
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SECOND SERVINGMAN You shall have none ill, sir, for I’ll try if they can lick their fingers.
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SECOND SERVINGMAN You shall have none ill, sir, for I’ll try if they can lick their fingers.
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CAPULET How canst thou try them so?
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CAPULET How canst thou try them so?
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SECOND SERVINGMAN |
SECOND SERVINGMAN |
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CAPULET Go, be gone.
We shall be much unfurnished for this time.
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CAPULET Go, be gone.
We shall be much unfurnished for this time.
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Exit SECOND SERVINGMAN
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Exit SECOND SERVINGMAN
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What, is my daughter gone to Friar Lawrence?
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What, is my daughter gone to Friar Lawrence?
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NURSE Ay, forsooth.
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NURSE Ay, forsooth.
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CAPULET 10 Well, he may chance to do some good on her.
A peevish self-willed harlotry it is.
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CAPULET Well, he may chance to do some good on her.
A peevish self-willed harlotry it is.
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Enter JULIET
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Enter JULIET
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NURSE See where she comes from shrift with merry look.
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NURSE See where she comes from shrift with merry look.
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CAPULET How now, my headstrong? Where have you been gadding?
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CAPULET How now, my headstrong? Where have you been gadding?
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JULIET Where I have learned me to repent the sin
15 Of disobedient opposition
To you and your behests, and am enjoined
By holy Lawrence to fall prostrate here
To beg your pardon. (falls to her knees)
Pardon, I beseech you!
20 Henceforward I am ever ruled by you.
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JULIET Where I have learned me to repent the sin
Of disobedient opposition
To you and your behests, and am enjoined
By holy Lawrence to fall prostrate here
To beg your pardon. (falls to her knees)
Pardon, I beseech you!
Henceforward I am ever ruled by you.
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CAPULET Send for the county. Go tell him of this.
I’ll have this knot knit up tomorrow morning.
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CAPULET Send for the county. Go tell him of this.
I’ll have this knot knit up tomorrow morning.
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JULIET I met the youthful lord at Lawrence' cell,
And gave him what becomèd love I might,
25 Not stepping o'er the bounds of modesty.
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JULIET I met the youthful lord at Lawrence' cell,
And gave him what becomèd love I might,
Not stepping o'er the bounds of modesty.
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CAPULET Why, I am glad on ’t. This is well. Stand up.
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CAPULET Why, I am glad on ’t. This is well. Stand up.
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JULIET stands up
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JULIET stands up
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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!
30 Our whole city is much bound to him.
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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.
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JULIET Nurse, will you go with me into my closet
To help me sort such needful ornaments
As you think fit to furnish me tomorrow?
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JULIET Nurse, will you go with me into my closet
To help me sort such needful ornaments
As you think fit to furnish me tomorrow?
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LADY CAPULET No, not till Thursday. There is time enough.
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LADY CAPULET No, not till Thursday. There is time enough.
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CAPULET 35 Go, Nurse. Go with her. We’ll to church tomorrow.
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CAPULET Go, Nurse. Go with her. We’ll to church tomorrow.
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Exeunt JULIET and NURSE
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Exeunt JULIET and NURSE
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LADY CAPULET We shall be short in our provision.
'Tis now near night.
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LADY CAPULET We shall be short in our provision.
'Tis now near night.
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CAPULET Tush, I will stir about,
And all things shall be well, I warrant thee, wife.
Go thou to Juliet, help to deck up her.
40 I’ll not to bed tonight. Let me alone.
I’ll play the housewife for this once.
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CAPULET Tush, 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 tonight. Let me alone.
I’ll play the housewife for this once.
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LADY CAPULET exits.
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LADY CAPULET exits.
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—What, ho?
They are all forth?—Well, I will walk myself
To County Paris, to prepare him up
Against tomorrow. My heart is wondrous light
45 Since this same wayward girl is so reclaimed.
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—What, ho?
They are all forth?—Well, I will walk myself
To County Paris, to prepare him up
Against tomorrow. My heart is wondrous light
Since this same wayward girl is so reclaimed.
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Exit
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Exit
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Original Text |
Modern Text |
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Enter CAPULET , LADY CAPULET , NURSE , and two or three SERVINGMEN
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Enter CAPULET , LADY CAPULET , NURSE , and two or three SERVINGMEN
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CAPULET (gives paper to FIRST SERVINGMAN) So many guests invite as here are writ.
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CAPULET (gives paper to FIRST SERVINGMAN) So many guests invite as here are writ.
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Exit FIRST SERVINGMAN
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Exit FIRST SERVINGMAN
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(to SECOND SERVINGMAN) Sirrah, go hire me twenty cunning cooks.
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(to SECOND SERVINGMAN) Sirrah, go hire me twenty cunning cooks.
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SECOND SERVINGMAN You shall have none ill, sir, for I’ll try if they can lick their fingers.
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SECOND SERVINGMAN You shall have none ill, sir, for I’ll try if they can lick their fingers.
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CAPULET How canst thou try them so?
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CAPULET How canst thou try them so?
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SECOND SERVINGMAN |
SECOND SERVINGMAN |
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CAPULET Go, be gone.
We shall be much unfurnished for this time.
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CAPULET Go, be gone.
We shall be much unfurnished for this time.
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Exit SECOND SERVINGMAN
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Exit SECOND SERVINGMAN
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What, is my daughter gone to Friar Lawrence?
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What, is my daughter gone to Friar Lawrence?
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NURSE Ay, forsooth.
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NURSE Ay, forsooth.
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CAPULET 10 Well, he may chance to do some good on her.
A peevish self-willed harlotry it is.
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CAPULET Well, he may chance to do some good on her.
A peevish self-willed harlotry it is.
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Enter JULIET
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Enter JULIET
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NURSE See where she comes from shrift with merry look.
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NURSE See where she comes from shrift with merry look.
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CAPULET How now, my headstrong? Where have you been gadding?
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CAPULET How now, my headstrong? Where have you been gadding?
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JULIET Where I have learned me to repent the sin
15 Of disobedient opposition
To you and your behests, and am enjoined
By holy Lawrence to fall prostrate here
To beg your pardon. (falls to her knees)
Pardon, I beseech you!
20 Henceforward I am ever ruled by you.
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JULIET Where I have learned me to repent the sin
Of disobedient opposition
To you and your behests, and am enjoined
By holy Lawrence to fall prostrate here
To beg your pardon. (falls to her knees)
Pardon, I beseech you!
Henceforward I am ever ruled by you.
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CAPULET Send for the county. Go tell him of this.
I’ll have this knot knit up tomorrow morning.
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CAPULET Send for the county. Go tell him of this.
I’ll have this knot knit up tomorrow morning.
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JULIET I met the youthful lord at Lawrence' cell,
And gave him what becomèd love I might,
25 Not stepping o'er the bounds of modesty.
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JULIET I met the youthful lord at Lawrence' cell,
And gave him what becomèd love I might,
Not stepping o'er the bounds of modesty.
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CAPULET Why, I am glad on ’t. This is well. Stand up.
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CAPULET Why, I am glad on ’t. This is well. Stand up.
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JULIET stands up
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JULIET stands up
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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!
30 Our whole city is much bound to him.
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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.
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JULIET Nurse, will you go with me into my closet
To help me sort such needful ornaments
As you think fit to furnish me tomorrow?
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JULIET Nurse, will you go with me into my closet
To help me sort such needful ornaments
As you think fit to furnish me tomorrow?
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LADY CAPULET No, not till Thursday. There is time enough.
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LADY CAPULET No, not till Thursday. There is time enough.
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CAPULET 35 Go, Nurse. Go with her. We’ll to church tomorrow.
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CAPULET Go, Nurse. Go with her. We’ll to church tomorrow.
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Exeunt JULIET and NURSE
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Exeunt JULIET and NURSE
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LADY CAPULET We shall be short in our provision.
'Tis now near night.
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LADY CAPULET We shall be short in our provision.
'Tis now near night.
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CAPULET Tush, I will stir about,
And all things shall be well, I warrant thee, wife.
Go thou to Juliet, help to deck up her.
40 I’ll not to bed tonight. Let me alone.
I’ll play the housewife for this once.
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CAPULET Tush, 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 tonight. Let me alone.
I’ll play the housewife for this once.
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LADY CAPULET exits.
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LADY CAPULET exits.
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—What, ho?
They are all forth?—Well, I will walk myself
To County Paris, to prepare him up
Against tomorrow. My heart is wondrous light
45 Since this same wayward girl is so reclaimed.
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—What, ho?
They are all forth?—Well, I will walk myself
To County Paris, to prepare him up
Against tomorrow. My heart is wondrous light
Since this same wayward girl is so reclaimed.
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Exit
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Exit
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