Romeo and Juliet

by: William Shakespeare

Act 1 Scene 3

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Enter LADY CAPULET and NURSE	LADY CAPULET and the NURSE enter.
LADY CAPULET Nurse, where’s my daughter? Call her forth to me.	LADY CAPULET Nurse, where’s my daughter? Tell her to come to me.
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!	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!
Enter JULIET	JULIET enters.
JULIET 5How now, who calls?	JULIET What is it? Who’s calling me?
NURSE Your mother.	NURSE Your mother.
JULIET Madam, I am here. What is your will?	JULIET Madam, I’m here. What do you want?
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.	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.
NURSE Faith, I can tell her age unto an hour.	NURSE Yes, I know her age down to the hour.
LADY CAPULET She’s not fourteen.	LADY CAPULET She’s not even fourteen.
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?	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 Lammastide Lammastide = August 1. Lammastide?
LADY CAPULET A fortnight and odd days.	LADY CAPULET Two weeks and a few odd days.

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