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ROMEO and JULIET:
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COMEDY.
ACT I.
THOUGH all this act lies in the city of Verona, the ſcenes are frequently changed: in the firſt ſcene, the theatre repreſents a ſtreet, in which is ſeen the front of a magnificent palace, the reſidence of Antonio, head of the faction of the Capulets.
Anſelmo and Romeo, young gentlemen of the faction of the Montagues, are diſcourſing about a feſtival that is given in this palace, where there is a ball and concert; the ſound of violins is heard; Romeo teſtifies a great deſire to be one of the party: his friend perſuades him from it, by remonſtrating to him, that ſuch a raſh ſtep will be attended with ſome ill conſequence.
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