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THE MOST EXCELLENT AND LAMENTABLE
Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet.
Enter Sampſon and Gregorie, with Swords and Bucklers, of the Houſe of Capulet.
SAmp. Gregorie, on my word weele not carie Coles.
Greg. No, for then we ſhould be Collyers.
Samp. I meane, and we be in choller, weele draw.
Greg. I while you liue, drawe your Necke out of the Coller.
Samp. I ſtrike quickly being moued.
Greg. But thou art not quickly moued to ſtrike.
Samp. A dogge of the houſe of Mountague moues me.
Greg. To moue is to ſtirre, and to be valiant, is to ſtand, Therefore if thou art moued thou run'ſt away,
Samp. A dog of that houſe ſhall moue me to ſtand. I will take the wall of any Man or Maide of Mountagues,
Greg. That ſhewes thee a weake flaue, for the weakeſt goes to the wall.
Samp. Tis true, and therefore women being the weaker veſſels are euer thruſt to the wall: therefore I will puſh Mountagues men from the wall, and thruſt his Maides to the wall.
Greg. The quarrell is betweene our maſters, & vs their men.
Samp. Tis all one I will ſhew my ſelfe a tyrant, when I haue fought with the men, I will be cruell with the Maides, I will cut off their Heads,
Grego. The heads of the Maides,
