If no unconstant toy,' nor womanish fear, Jul. Give me, give me! O, tell me not of fear. In this resolve. I'll send a friar with speed prosperous Jul. Love, give me strength! and strength shall help afford. Farewell, dear father! [Exeunt. SCENE II. A Room in Capulet's House. Enter CAPULET, LADY CAPULET, Nurse, and Servants. 2 Serv. You shall have none ill, sir; for I'll try if they can lick their fingers. Cap. How canst thou try them so? 2 Serv. Marry, sir, 'tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers; therefore he that cannot lick his fingers, goes not with me. Cap. Go, begone. [Exit Servant. We shall be much unfurnished for this time. What, is my daughter gone to friar Laurence? Nurse. Ay, forsooth. Cap. Well, he may chance to do some good on her; A peevish, self-willed harlotry it is. Enter JULIET. Nurse. See, where she comes from shrift 2 with merry look. Cap. How now, my headstrong? where have you been gadding? 1 If no fickle freak, no light caprice, no change of fancy, hinder the performance. 2 i. e. confession. Jul. Where I have learned me to repent the sin Of disobedient opposition Το you, and your behests; and am enjoined By holy Laurence to fall prostrate here, Cap. Send for the county; go tell him of this; Cap. Why, I am glad on't; this is well,-stand up; La. Cap. No, not till Thursday; there is time enough. morrow. Cap. Go, nurse, go with her ;—we'll to church to[Exeunt JULIET and Nurse. La. Cap. We shall be short in our provision; 'Tis now near night. Cap. Tush! I will stir about, And all things shall be well, I warrant thee, wife. I'll not to bed to-night;-let me alone; [Exeunt. 1 Becomed for becoming; one participle for another; a frequent practice with Shakspeare. 2 Thus the folio and the quartos 1599 and 1609. The oldest quarto reads, perhaps more grammatically: "All our whole city is much bound unto." SCENE III. Juliet's Chamber. Enter JULIET and Nurse. Jul. Ay, those attires are best.-But, gentle nurse, I pray thee, leave me to myself to-night; For I have need of many orisons To move the Heavens to smile upon my state, Enter LADY CAPULET. La. Cap. What, are you busy? Do you need my help? Jul. No, madam; we have culled such necessaries As are behoveful for our state to-morrow; So please you, let me now be left alone, And let the nurse this night sit up with you; La. Cap. Good night! Get thee to bed, and rest; for thou hast need. Jul. Farewell! again. [Exeunt LADY CAPULET and Nurse. God knows when we shall meet I have a faint, cold fear thrills through my veins, My dismal scene I needs must act alone.- What if this mixture do not work at all? No, no;-this shall forbid it ;-lie thou there.— [Laying down a dagger. 1 This speech received considerable additions after the first copy was published. 2 This stage direction has been supplied by the modern editions. The quarto of 1597 reads:-" Knife, lie thou there." "Daggers, or, as they were more commonly called, knives (says Mr. What if it be a poison, which the friar Come to redeem me? There's a fearful point! To whose foul mouth no healthsome air breathes in, the bones The horrible conceit of death and night, 1 So early waking,-what with loathsome smells, Gifford), were worn at all times by every woman in England; whether they were so worn in Italy, Shakspeare, I believe, never inquired, and I cannot tell."-Works of Ben Jonson, vol. v. p. 221. 1 To fester is to corrupt. 2 The mandrake (says Thomas Newton in his Herbal) has been idly represented as "a creature having life." Upon a rapier's point.-Stay, Tybalt, stay!— [She throws herself on the bed SCENE IV. Capulet's Hall. Enter LADY CAPULET and Nurse. La. Cap. Hold, take these keys, and fetch more spices, nurse. Nurse. They call for dates and quinces in the [Exit Nurse. pastry.1 Enter CAPULET. Cap. 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 cost. La. Cap. Go, go, you cot-quean,2 go, Get you to bed; 'faith, you'll be sick to-morrow For this night's watching.3 Cap. No, not a whit; what! I have watched ere now All night for lesser cause, and ne'er been sick. time; But I will watch you from such watching now. your [Exit LADY CAPULET. Cap. A jealous-hood, a jealous-hood!-Now, fellow, What's there? 1 The room where the pastry was made. 2 A man that troubles himself with women's affairs-probably cookquean. 3 This speech, which in the old copies is attributed to the nurse, should surely be given to lady Capulet. 4 The animal called the mouse-hunt is the weasel. The intrigues of this animal, like those of the cat kind, are usually carried on in the night. |