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Enter LADY CAPULET and NURSE |
LADY CAPULET and the NURSE enter. |
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LADY CAPULET
Hold, take these keys, and fetch more spices, Nurse. |
LADY CAPULET
Wait. Take these keys and get more spices, Nurse. |
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NURSE
They call for dates and quinces in the pastry. |
NURSE
They’re calling for dates and quinces in the pastry kitchen. |
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Enter CAPULET |
CAPULET enters. |
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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. |
CAPULET
Come on, wake up, wake up, wake up! The second cock crowed. The curfew-bell rang. It’s three o’clock. Go get the baked meats, good Angelica. Don’t worry about 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. |
NURSE
Go, you old housewife, go. Go to bed, dear. You’ll be sick tomorrow because you’ve stayed up all night. |
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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. |
CAPULET
No, not at all. What? I’ve stayed up all night many times before for less important matters, and I’ve never gotten 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. |
LADY CAPULET
Yes, you’ve been a ladies’ man in your time. But I’ll make sure you don’t stay up any later now. |
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Exeunt LADY CAPULET and NURSE |
LADY CAPULET and the NURSE exit. |
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CAPULET
A jealous hood, a jealous hood! |
CAPULET
A jealous woman, a jealous woman! |
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Enter three or four SERVINGMEN with spits and logs and baskets |
Three or four SERVINGMEN enter with spits, logs, and baskets. |
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Now, fellow, What is there? |
Now, fellow, what have you got there? |
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FIRST SERVINGMAN
Things for the cook, sir, but I know not what. |
FIRST SERVINGMAN
Things for the cook, sir. But I don’t know what they are. |
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CAPULET
Make haste, make haste, sirrah. |
CAPULET
Hurry up, hurry up. |
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Exit FIRST SERVINGMAN |
The FIRST SERVINGMAN exits. |
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(to SECOND SERVINGMAN) Fetch drier logs. Call Peter. He will show thee where they are. |
(to SECOND SERVINGMAN) You, fetch logs that are drier than these. Call Peter, he’ll show you where they are. |
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SECOND SERVINGMAN
I have a head, sir, that will find out logs, And never trouble Peter for the matter. |
SECOND SERVINGMAN
I’m smart enough to find the logs myself without bothering Peter. |
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Exit SECOND SERVINGMAN |
The SECOND SERVINGMAN exits. |
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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
Right, and well said. That guy’s funny. He’s got a head full of logs. Goodness, it’s daylight. The count will be here soon with music. At least he said he would. I hear him coming near. |
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Music plays within |
Music plays offstage. |
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Nurse! Wife! What, ho? What, Nurse, I say! |
Nurse! Wife! What? Hey, Nurse! |
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Enter NURSE |
The NURSE returns. |
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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. |
Go wake Juliet. Go and get her dressed. I’ll go and chat with Paris. Hey, hurry up, hurry up! The bridegroom is already here. Hurry up, I say. |
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Exeunt |
They exit. |