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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 |
| 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
|
Enter
CAPULET ,
LADY CAPULET ,
NURSE , and two or three
SERVINGMEN
|
| CAPULET
(gives paper to FIRST SERVINGMAN
) So many guests invite as here are writ.
|
CAPULET
(gives paper to FIRST SERVINGMAN
) So many guests invite as here are writ.
|
|
Exit
FIRST SERVINGMAN
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Exit
FIRST SERVINGMAN
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|
(to SECOND SERVINGMAN
) Sirrah, go hire me twenty cunning cooks.
|
(to SECOND SERVINGMAN
) Sirrah, go hire me twenty cunning cooks.
|
| SECOND SERVINGMAN
You shall have none ill, sir, for I’ll try if they can lick their fingers.
|
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?
|
CAPULET
How canst thou try them so?
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| SECOND SERVINGMAN |
SECOND SERVINGMAN |
| CAPULET
Go, be gone.
We shall be much unfurnished for this time.
|
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.
|
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.
|
NURSE
See where she comes from shrift with merry look.
|
| CAPULET
How now, my headstrong? Where have you been gadding?
|
CAPULET
How now, my headstrong? Where have you been gadding?
|
| 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.
|
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.
|
| CAPULET
Send for the county. Go tell him of this.
I’ll have this knot knit up tomorrow morning.
|
CAPULET
Send for the county. Go tell him of this.
I’ll have this knot knit up tomorrow morning.
|
| 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.
|
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.
|
| CAPULET
Why, I am glad on ’t. This is well. Stand up.
|
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.
|
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.
|
| 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?
|
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?
|
| 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
|
| LADY CAPULET
We shall be short in our provision.
'Tis now near night.
|
LADY CAPULET
We shall be short in our provision.
'Tis now near night.
|
| 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.
|
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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