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ROMEO AND JULIET.

PERSONS REPRESENTED. ESCALUS, Prince of VERONA.

MERCUTIO, kirisman to the Prince, and BALTHASAR, servant to ROMEO. LADY MONTAGUE, wife to MONTAGUE.
Paris, a young Nobleman, kinsman to friend to Romeo.

SAMPSON, !
servants to CAPULET.

LADY CAPULET, wife to CAPULET.
the Prince.
BENVOLIO, nephew to MONTAGUF., and GREGORY, I

JULIET, daughter to CapulET. MONTAGUE, heads of two Houses, at friend to ROMEO.

ABRAM, servant to MONTAGUE.

Nurse to JULIET.
CAPULET, variance with each other. TYBALT, nephew to LADY CAPULET. An Apothecary.

Citizens of VERONA ; several Men and
An old Man, uncle to CAPULET.
FRIAR LAURENCE, a Franciscan. Three Musicians.

Women, Relations to both Houses ;
Romeo, son to MONTAGUE.
FRIAR JOHN, of the same order.

Chorus. Boy; Page to PARIS; Peter; Maskers, Guards, Watchmon, and
and an Officer.

Attendants.
SCENE, during the greater part of the Play, in VeronA ; once, in the fifth Act, at MANTUA.

THE PROLOGUE.

CHORUS.
Two households, both alike in dignity,

Doth, with their death, bury their parents' strije.
(In fair Verona, where we lay our scene),

The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,

And the continuance of their parents' rage,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.

Which, but their children's end, nought could remoz'e,
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes

Is now the two hours' traffick of our stage;
A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;

The which if you with patient ears attend,
Vhose misadventur'd piteous overthrows

What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.

ACT I.

SCENE I.-A Public Place.
Enter SAMPSON and GREGORY, armed with swords Gre. They must take it in sense, that feel it.

ABR. Quarrel, sir ? no, sir,
and bucklers.

SAM. Me they shall feel, while I am able to stand : Sam. But if you do, sir, I am for you ; I serve as SAM. Gregory, o'my word, we'll not carry coals. and, 'tis known, I am a pretty piece of flesh.

good a man as you. GRE. No, for then we should be colliers.

GRE. 'Tis well, thou art not fish; if thou hadst, ABR. No better.
Sam. I mean, an we be in choler, we 'll draw. thou hadst been poor John. Draw thy tool ; here SAM. Well, sir.
GRE. Ay, while you live, draw your neck out o’the comes of the house of the Montagues.
collar.

Enter BENVOLIO, at a distance.
Sam. I strike quickly, being moved.

Enter ABRAM and another Servant of MONTAGUE. GRE. Say—better; here comes one of my master's Gre. But thou art not quickly moved to strike.

(Aside to SAMPSON. Sam. A dog of the house of Montague moves me.

Sam. My naked weapon is out ; quarrel, I will back kinsmen. thee.

SAM. Yes, better, sir. GRE. To move, is—to stir ; and to be valiant, is- Gre. How? turn thy back, and run?

ABR. You lie. to stand : therefore, if thou art moved, thou run'st away. Sam, Fear me not.

SAM. Draw, if you be men.—Gregory, remember SAM. A dog of that house shall move me to stand : Gre. No, marry; I fear thee !

thy swashing blow.

(They fight. I will take the wall of any man or maid of Montague's. Sam. Let us take the law of our sides ; let them

Ben. Part, fools; put up your swords; you know GRE. That shows thee a weak slave ; for the weak. begin.

not what you do.

[Beats down their suords. est goes to the wall. GRE. I will frown, as I pass by; and let them take

Enter TYBALT. Sam. True; and therefore women, being the weaker it as they list. vessels, are ever thrust to the wall : therefore I will Sam. Nay, as they dare. I will bite my thumb at Tyb. What, art thou drawn among these heartless push Montague's men from the wall, and thrust his them ; which is a disgrace to them, if they bear it.

hinds?
Gre. The quarrel is between our masters, and us
ABR. Do you bite your thumb at us, sir ?

Turn thee, Benvolio, look upon thy death.
SAM. I do bite my thumb, sir.

Ben. I do but keep the peace ; put up thy sword,
SAM. 'Tis all one, I will show myself a tyrant : when
ABR. Do you bite your thumb at us, sir ?

Or manage it to part these men with me.
Sam. Is the law of our side, if I say-ay?

TYB. What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the
I have fought with the men, I will be cruel with the

[Aside to GREGORY.

word, GRE. No.

As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee :

[They fight.
SAM. Ay, the heads of the maids, or their maiden- but I bite my thumb, sir.
SAM. No, sir, I do not bite my thumb at you, sir; Have at thee, coward !

Enter several Followers of both Houses, who join the
GRE. Do you quarrel, sir ?

fray; then enter Citizens, with clubs:

maids to the wall.

their men.

maids ; I will cut off their heads.

Gre. The heads of the maids ? heads; take it in what sense thou wilt.