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Enter
LADY CAPULET and
NURSE
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Enter
LADY CAPULET and
NURSE
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| LADY CAPULET
Hold, take these keys, and fetch more spices, Nurse.
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LADY CAPULET
Hold, take these keys, and fetch more spices, Nurse.
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| NURSE
They call for dates and quinces in the pastry.
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NURSE
They call for dates and quinces in the pastry.
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Enter
CAPULET
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Enter
CAPULET
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| CAPULET
Come, stir, stir, stir! The second cock hath crowed.
The curfew bell hath rung. 'Tis three o'clock.—
5 Look to the baked meats, good Angelica.
Spare not for the cost.
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CAPULET
Come, stir, stir, stir! The second cock hath crowed.
The curfew bell hath rung. 'Tis three o'clock.—
Look to the baked meats, good Angelica.
Spare not for the cost.
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| NURSE
Go, you cot-quean, go.
Get you to bed, faith. You’ll be sick tomorrow
For this night’s watching.
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NURSE
Go, you cot-quean, go.
Get you to bed, faith. You’ll be sick tomorrow
For this night’s watching.
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| CAPULET
No, not a whit, what. I have watched ere now
10 All night for lesser cause, and ne'er been sick.
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CAPULET
No, not a whit, what. I have watched ere now
All night for lesser cause, and ne'er been sick.
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| LADY CAPULET
Ay, you have been a mouse-hunt in your time,
But I will watch you from such watching now.
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LADY CAPULET
Ay, you have been a mouse-hunt in your time,
But I will watch you from such watching now.
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Exeunt
LADY CAPULET and
NURSE
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Exeunt
LADY CAPULET and
NURSE
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| CAPULET
A jealous hood, a jealous hood!
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CAPULET
A jealous hood, a jealous hood!
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Enter three or four
SERVINGMEN with spits and logs and baskets
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Enter three or four
SERVINGMEN with spits and logs and baskets
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Now, fellow,
What is there?
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Now, fellow,
What is there?
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| FIRST SERVINGMAN
15 Things for the cook, sir, but I know not what.
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FIRST SERVINGMAN
Things for the cook, sir, but I know not what.
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| CAPULET
Make haste, make haste, sirrah.
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CAPULET
Make haste, make haste, sirrah.
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Exit
FIRST SERVINGMAN
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Exit
FIRST SERVINGMAN
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(to SECOND SERVINGMAN
) Fetch drier logs.
Call Peter. He will show thee where they are.
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(to SECOND SERVINGMAN
) Fetch drier logs.
Call Peter. He will show thee where they are.
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| SECOND SERVINGMAN
I have a head, sir, that will find out logs,
20 And never trouble Peter for the matter.
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SECOND SERVINGMAN
I have a head, sir, that will find out logs,
And never trouble Peter for the matter.
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Exit
SECOND SERVINGMAN
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Exit
SECOND SERVINGMAN
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| CAPULET
Mass, and well said. A merry whoreson, ha!
Thou shalt be loggerhead.—Good faith, ’tis day.
The county will be here with music straight,
For so he said he would. I hear him near.—
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CAPULET
Mass, and well said. A merry whoreson, ha!
Thou shalt be loggerhead.—Good faith, ’tis day.
The county will be here with music straight,
For so he said he would. I hear him near.—
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Music plays within
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Music plays within
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25 Nurse! Wife! What, ho? What, Nurse, I say!
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Nurse! Wife! What, ho? What, Nurse, I say!
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Enter
NURSE
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Enter
NURSE
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Go waken Juliet. Go and trim her up.
I’ll go and chat with Paris. Hie, make haste,
Make haste. The bridegroom he is come already.
Make haste, I say.
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Go waken Juliet. Go and trim her up.
I’ll go and chat with Paris. Hie, make haste,
Make haste. The bridegroom he is come already.
Make haste, I say.
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Exeunt
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Exeunt
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Original Text |
Modern Text |
|
Enter
LADY CAPULET and
NURSE
|
Enter
LADY CAPULET and
NURSE
|
| LADY CAPULET
Hold, take these keys, and fetch more spices, Nurse.
|
LADY CAPULET
Hold, take these keys, and fetch more spices, Nurse.
|
| NURSE
They call for dates and quinces in the pastry.
|
NURSE
They call for dates and quinces in the pastry.
|
|
Enter
CAPULET
|
Enter
CAPULET
|
| CAPULET
Come, stir, stir, stir! The second cock hath crowed.
The curfew bell hath rung. 'Tis three o'clock.—
5 Look to the baked meats, good Angelica.
Spare not for the cost.
|
CAPULET
Come, stir, stir, stir! The second cock hath crowed.
The curfew bell hath rung. 'Tis three o'clock.—
Look to the baked meats, good Angelica.
Spare not for the cost.
|
| NURSE
Go, you cot-quean, go.
Get you to bed, faith. You’ll be sick tomorrow
For this night’s watching.
|
NURSE
Go, you cot-quean, go.
Get you to bed, faith. You’ll be sick tomorrow
For this night’s watching.
|
| CAPULET
No, not a whit, what. I have watched ere now
10 All night for lesser cause, and ne'er been sick.
|
CAPULET
No, not a whit, what. I have watched ere now
All night for lesser cause, and ne'er been sick.
|
| LADY CAPULET
Ay, you have been a mouse-hunt in your time,
But I will watch you from such watching now.
|
LADY CAPULET
Ay, you have been a mouse-hunt in your time,
But I will watch you from such watching now.
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Exeunt
LADY CAPULET and
NURSE
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Exeunt
LADY CAPULET and
NURSE
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| CAPULET
A jealous hood, a jealous hood!
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CAPULET
A jealous hood, a jealous hood!
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|
Enter three or four
SERVINGMEN with spits and logs and baskets
|
Enter three or four
SERVINGMEN with spits and logs and baskets
|
|
Now, fellow,
What is there?
|
Now, fellow,
What is there?
|
| FIRST SERVINGMAN
15 Things for the cook, sir, but I know not what.
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FIRST SERVINGMAN
Things for the cook, sir, but I know not what.
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| CAPULET
Make haste, make haste, sirrah.
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CAPULET
Make haste, make haste, sirrah.
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Exit
FIRST SERVINGMAN
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Exit
FIRST SERVINGMAN
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(to SECOND SERVINGMAN
) Fetch drier logs.
Call Peter. He will show thee where they are.
|
(to SECOND SERVINGMAN
) Fetch drier logs.
Call Peter. He will show thee where they are.
|
| SECOND SERVINGMAN
I have a head, sir, that will find out logs,
20 And never trouble Peter for the matter.
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SECOND SERVINGMAN
I have a head, sir, that will find out logs,
And never trouble Peter for the matter.
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Exit
SECOND SERVINGMAN
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Exit
SECOND SERVINGMAN
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| CAPULET
Mass, and well said. A merry whoreson, ha!
Thou shalt be loggerhead.—Good faith, ’tis day.
The county will be here with music straight,
For so he said he would. I hear him near.—
|
CAPULET
Mass, and well said. A merry whoreson, ha!
Thou shalt be loggerhead.—Good faith, ’tis day.
The county will be here with music straight,
For so he said he would. I hear him near.—
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Music plays within
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Music plays within
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25 Nurse! Wife! What, ho? What, Nurse, I say!
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Nurse! Wife! What, ho? What, Nurse, I say!
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Enter
NURSE
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Enter
NURSE
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Go waken Juliet. Go and trim her up.
I’ll go and chat with Paris. Hie, make haste,
Make haste. The bridegroom he is come already.
Make haste, I say.
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Go waken Juliet. Go and trim her up.
I’ll go and chat with Paris. Hie, make haste,
Make haste. The bridegroom he is come already.
Make haste, I say.
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Exeunt
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Exeunt
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