Act 1
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Enter LADY CAPULET and
NURSE
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LADY CAPULET and the
NURSE enter.
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LADY CAPULET Nurse, where’s my daughter? Call her forth to me.
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LADY CAPULET Nurse, where’s my daughter? Tell her to come to
me.
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NURSE Now, by my maidenhead at twelve year old
I bade her come. What, lamb! What, ladybird!
God forbid! Where’s this girl? What, Juliet!
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NURSE I swear to you by my virginity at age twelve, I already told her
to come. Come on! Where is she? What is she doing? What,
Juliet!
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Enter JULIET
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JULIET enters.
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JULIET
5How now, who calls?
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JULIET What is it? Who’s calling me?
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NURSE Your mother.
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NURSE Your mother.
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JULIET Madam, I am here. What is your will?
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JULIET Madam, I’m here. What do you want?
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LADY CAPULET This is the matter.—Nurse, give leave awhile,
We must talk in secret.—Nurse, come back again.
10I have remembered me. Thou’s hear our counsel.
Thou know’st my daughter’s of a pretty
age.
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LADY CAPULET I’ll tell you what’s the
matter—Nurse, leave us alone for a little while. We must
talk privately—Nurse, come back here. I just remembered,
you can listen to our secrets. You know how young my daughter
is.
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NURSE Faith, I can tell her age unto an hour.
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NURSE Yes, I know her age down to the hour.
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LADY CAPULET She’s not fourteen.
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LADY CAPULET She’s not even fourteen.
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NURSE I’ll lay fourteen of my teeth—and yet, to my
teen be it
spoken, I have but four—she is not fourteen. How long
is it
now to Lammastide?
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NURSE I’d bet fourteen of my own teeth—but,
I’m sorry to say, I only have four
teeth—she’s not fourteen. How long is it until
LammastideLammastide = August 1. Lammastide ? |
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LADY CAPULET A fortnight and odd days.
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LADY CAPULET Two weeks and a few odd days.
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