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The Tragedie of Romeo and Iuliet.
French slop: you gaue vs the counterfait fairely last
night.
night.
Romeo.
Good morrow to you both, what counterfeit
did I giue you?
Good morrow to you both, what counterfeit
did I giue you?
Mer.
The slip sir, the slip, can you not conceiue?
The slip sir, the slip, can you not conceiue?
Rom.
Pardon Mercutio, my businesse was great, and in
such a case as mine, a man may straine curtesie.
Pardon Mercutio, my businesse was great, and in
such a case as mine, a man may straine curtesie.
Mer.
That's as much as to say, such a case as yours con
strains a man to bow in the hams.
That's as much as to say, such a case as yours con
strains a man to bow in the hams.
Rom.
Meaning to cursie.
Meaning to cursie.
Mer.
Thou hast most kindly hit it.
Thou hast most kindly hit it.
Rom.
A most curteous exposition.
A most curteous exposition.
Mer.
Nay, I am the very pinck of curtesie.
Nay, I am the very pinck of curtesie.
Rom.
Pinke for flower.
Pinke for flower.
Mer.
Right.
Right.
Rom.
Why then is my Pump well flowr'd.
Why then is my Pump well flowr'd.
Mer.
Sure wit, follow me this ieast, now till thou hast
worne out thy Pump, that when the single sole of it is
worne, the ieast may remaine after the wearing, sole-
singular.
Sure wit, follow me this ieast, now till thou hast
worne out thy Pump, that when the single sole of it is
worne, the ieast may remaine after the wearing, sole-
singular.
Rom.
O single sol'd ieast,
Soly singular for the singlenesse.
O single sol'd ieast,
Soly singular for the singlenesse.
Mer.
Come betweene vs good Benuolio, my wits faints.
Come betweene vs good Benuolio, my wits faints.
Rom.
Swits and spurs,
Swits and spurs, or Ile crie a match.
Swits and spurs,
Swits and spurs, or Ile crie a match.
Mer.
Nay, if our wits run the Wild-Goose chase, I am
done: For thou hast more of the Wild-Goose in one of
thy wits, then I am sure I haue in my whole fiue. Was I
with you there for the Goose?
Nay, if our wits run the Wild-Goose chase, I am
done: For thou hast more of the Wild-Goose in one of
thy wits, then I am sure I haue in my whole fiue. Was I
with you there for the Goose?
Rom.
Thou wast neuer with mee for any thing, when
thou wast not there for the Goose.
Thou wast neuer with mee for any thing, when
thou wast not there for the Goose.
Mer.
I will bite thee by the eare for that iest.
I will bite thee by the eare for that iest.
Rom.
Nay, good Goose bite not.
Nay, good Goose bite not.
Mer.
Thy wit is a very Bitter-sweeting,
It is a most sharpe sawce.
Thy wit is a very Bitter-sweeting,
It is a most sharpe sawce.
Rom.
And is it not well seru'd into a Sweet-Goose?
And is it not well seru'd into a Sweet-Goose?
Mer.
Oh here's a wit of Cheuerell, that stretches from
an ynch narrow, to an ell broad.
Oh here's a wit of Cheuerell, that stretches from
an ynch narrow, to an ell broad.
Rom.
I stretch it out for that word, broad, which added
to the Goose, proues thee farre and wide, abroad Goose.
I stretch it out for that word, broad, which added
to the Goose, proues thee farre and wide, abroad Goose.
Mer.
Why is not this better now, then groning for
Loue, now art thou sociable, now art thou Romeo: now art
thou what thou art, by Art as well as by Nature, for this
driueling Loue is like a great Naturall, that runs lolling
vp and downe to hid his bable in a hole.
Why is not this better now, then groning for
Loue, now art thou sociable, now art thou Romeo: now art
thou what thou art, by Art as well as by Nature, for this
driueling Loue is like a great Naturall, that runs lolling
vp and downe to hid his bable in a hole.
Ben.
Stop there, stop there.
Stop there, stop there.
Mer.
Thou desir'st me to stop in my tale against the haire.
Thou desir'st me to stop in my tale against the haire.
Ben.
Thou would'st else haue made thy tale large.
Thou would'st else haue made thy tale large.
Mer.
O thou art deceiu'd, I would haue made it short,
or I was come to the whole depth of my tale, and meant
indeed to occupie the argument no longer.
O thou art deceiu'd, I would haue made it short,
or I was come to the whole depth of my tale, and meant
indeed to occupie the argument no longer.
Enter Nurse and her man.
Rom.
Here's a goodly geare.
A sayle, a sayle.
Here's a goodly geare.
A sayle, a sayle.
Mer.
Two, two: a Shirt and a Smocke.
Two, two: a Shirt and a Smocke.
Nur.
Peter?
Peter?
Peter.
Anon.
Anon.
Nur.
My Fan Peter?
My Fan Peter?
Mer.
Good Peter to hide her face?
For her Fans the fairer face?
Good Peter to hide her face?
For her Fans the fairer face?
Nur.
God ye good morrow Gentlemen.
God ye good morrow Gentlemen.
Mer.
God ye gooden faire Gentlewoman.
God ye gooden faire Gentlewoman.
Nur.
Is it gooden?
Is it gooden?
Mer.
'Tis no lesse I tell you: for the bawdy hand of the
Dyall is now vpon the pricke of Noone.
'Tis no lesse I tell you: for the bawdy hand of the
Dyall is now vpon the pricke of Noone.
Nur.
Out vpon you: what a man are you?
Out vpon you: what a man are you?
Rom.
One Gentlewoman,
That God hath made, himselfe to mar.
One Gentlewoman,
That God hath made, himselfe to mar.
Nur.
By my troth it is said, for himselfe to, mar quath
a Gentlemen, can any of you tel me where I may find
the young Romeo?
By my troth it is said, for himselfe to, mar quath
a Gentlemen, can any of you tel me where I may find
the young Romeo?
Romeo.
I can tell you: but young Romeo will be older
when you haue found him, then he was when you sought
him: I am the youngest of that name, for fault of a worse.
I can tell you: but young Romeo will be older
when you haue found him, then he was when you sought
him: I am the youngest of that name, for fault of a worse.
Nur.
You say well.
You say well.
Mer.
Yea is the worst well,
Very well tooke: Ifaith, wisely, wisely.
Yea is the worst well,
Very well tooke: Ifaith, wisely, wisely.
Nur.
If you be he sir,
I desire some confidence with you?
If you be he sir,
I desire some confidence with you?
Ben.
She will endite him to some Supper.
She will endite him to some Supper.
Mer.
A baud, a baud, a baud. So ho.
A baud, a baud, a baud. So ho.
Rom.
What hast thou found?
What hast thou found?
Mer.
No Hare sir, vnlesse a Hare sir in a Lenten pie,
that is something stale and hoare ere it be spent.
An old Hare hoare, and an old Hare hoare is very good
meat in Lent.
But a Hare that is hoare is too much for a score, when it
hoares ere it be spent,
Romeo will you come to your Fathers? Weele to dinner
thither.
No Hare sir, vnlesse a Hare sir in a Lenten pie,
that is something stale and hoare ere it be spent.
An old Hare hoare, and an old Hare hoare is very good
meat in Lent.
But a Hare that is hoare is too much for a score, when it
hoares ere it be spent,
Romeo will you come to your Fathers? Weele to dinner
thither.
Rom.
I will follow you.
I will follow you.
Mer.
Farewell auncient Lady:
Exit. Mercutio, Benuolio.Farewell Lady, Lady, Lady.
Farewell auncient Lady:
Exit. Mercutio, Benuolio.Farewell Lady, Lady, Lady.
Nur.
I pray you sir, what sawcie Merchant was this
that was so full of his roperie?
I pray you sir, what sawcie Merchant was this
that was so full of his roperie?
Rom.
A Gentleman Nurse, that loues to heare himselfe
talke, and will speake more in a minute, then he will stand
to in a Moneth.
A Gentleman Nurse, that loues to heare himselfe
talke, and will speake more in a minute, then he will stand
to in a Moneth.
Nur.
And a speake any thing against me, Ile take him
downe, & a were lustier then he is, and twentie such Iacks:
and if I cannot, Ile finde those that shall: scuruie knaue, I
am none of his flurt-gils, I am none of his skaines mates,
and thou must stand by too and suffer euery knaue to vse
me at his pleasure.
And a speake any thing against me, Ile take him
downe, & a were lustier then he is, and twentie such Iacks:
and if I cannot, Ile finde those that shall: scuruie knaue, I
am none of his flurt-gils, I am none of his skaines mates,
and thou must stand by too and suffer euery knaue to vse
me at his pleasure.
Pet.
I saw no man vse you at his pleasure: if I had, my
weapon should quickly haue beene out, I warrant you, I
dare draw assoone as another man, if I see occasion in a
good quarrell, and the law on my side.
I saw no man vse you at his pleasure: if I had, my
weapon should quickly haue beene out, I warrant you, I
dare draw assoone as another man, if I see occasion in a
good quarrell, and the law on my side.
Nur
Now afore God, I am so vext, that euery part about
me quiuers, skuruy knaue: pray you sir a word: and as I
told you, my young Lady bid me enquire you out, what
she bid me say, I will keepe to my selfe: but first let me
tell ye, if ye should leade her in a fooles paradise, as they
say, it were a very grosse kind of behauiour, as they say:
for the Gentlewoman is yong: & therefore, if you should
deale double with her, truely it were an ill thing to be
offered to any Gentlewoman, and very weake dealing.
Now afore God, I am so vext, that euery part about
me quiuers, skuruy knaue: pray you sir a word: and as I
told you, my young Lady bid me enquire you out, what
she bid me say, I will keepe to my selfe: but first let me
tell ye, if ye should leade her in a fooles paradise, as they
say, it were a very grosse kind of behauiour, as they say:
for the Gentlewoman is yong: & therefore, if you should
deale double with her, truely it were an ill thing to be
offered to any Gentlewoman, and very weake dealing.
Nur.
Nurse commend me to thy Lady and Mistresse, I
protest vnto thee.
Nurse commend me to thy Lady and Mistresse, I
protest vnto thee.
Nur.
Good heart, and yfaith I will tell her as much:
Lord, Lord she will be a ioyfull woman.
Good heart, and yfaith I will tell her as much:
Lord, Lord she will be a ioyfull woman.
Rom.
What wilt thou tell her Nurse? thou doest not
marke me?
What wilt thou tell her Nurse? thou doest not
marke me?
Nur.
I will tell her sir, that you do protest, which as I
take it, is a Gentleman-like offer.
I will tell her sir, that you do protest, which as I
take it, is a Gentleman-like offer.
Rom.
Bid her deuise some meanes to come to shrift this afternoone,
And there she shall at Frier Lawrence Cell
Be shriu'd and married: here is for thy paines.
Bid her deuise some meanes to come to shrift this afternoone,
And there she shall at Frier Lawrence Cell
Be shriu'd and married: here is for thy paines.
Nur.
No truly sir not a penny.
No truly sir not a penny.
Rom.
Go too, I say you shall.
Go too, I say you shall.
Nurse
