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ROMEO I stretch it out for that word “broad,”
which, added to the goose, proves thee far and wide a broad
goose.
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ROMEO I stretch my joke for that word “fat.” If
you add that word to the word “goose,” it
shows that you are a fat goose.
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MERCUTIO Why, is not this better now than groaning for love? Now art thou
sociable. Now art thou Romeo. Now art thou what thou
art—by 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.
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MERCUTIO Why, isn’t all this joking better than groaning about
love? Now you’re sociable. Now you’re Romeo. Now
you are what you’ve learned to be and what you are
naturally. This love of yours was like a blithering idiot who runs
up and down looking for a hole to hide his
toyToy = a double entendre for penis toy in. |
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BENVOLIO Stop there, stop there.
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BENVOLIO Stop there, stop there.
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MERCUTIO Thou desirest me to stop in my tale against the hair.
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MERCUTIO You want me to stop my
taleTale = a double entendre for penis tale before I’m done. |
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BENVOLIO
45Thou wouldst else have made thy tale large.
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BENVOLIO Otherwise your tale would have gotten too long.
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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.
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MERCUTIO Oh, you’re wrong. I would have made it short. I had come
to the deepest part of my tale, and I planned to say nothing more on
the topic.
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Enter NURSE and her man
PETER
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The NURSE enters with her servant,
PETER.
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ROMEO Here’s goodly gear.
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ROMEO Here’s something good.
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BENVOLIO A sail, a sail!
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MERCUTIO Two, two—a shirt and a smock.
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MERCUTIO There’s two—a man and a woman.
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NURSE
50Peter!
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NURSE Peter!
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