I beg for justice, which thou, prince, must give : Prince. Romeo slew him, he slew Mercutio; Who now the price of his dear blood doth owe? Mon. Not Romeo, prince; he was Mercutio's friend; His fault concludes but, what the law should end, The life of Tybalt. Prince. And, for that offence, Immediately we do exile him hence. I have an interest in your hates' proceeding; SCENE II. A room in Capulet's house. Enter JULIET. [Exeunt. Ju. Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds, ! That runaway's eyes may wink, and Romeo And learn me how to lose a winning match, Hood my unmann'd blood, bating in my cheeks, With thy black mantle; till strange love, grown bold, Think true love acted, simple modesty. Come, night! come, Romeo! come, thou day in night! For thou wilt lie upon the wings of night Whiter than new snow upon a raven's back.— Come, gentle night; come, loving, black-brow'd night; Give me my Romeo; and, when he shall die, And he will make the face of heaven so fine, 2 O, I have bought the mansion of a love, To an impatient child, that hath new robes, And may not wear them. O, here comes my nurse, Enter NURSE, with cords. And she brings news; and every tongue, that speaks But Romeo's name, speaks heavenly eloquence.Now, nurse, what news? What hast thou there? Nurse. Ah welladay! he's dead, he's dead, he's dead! We are undone, lady, we are undone !— Alack the day!—he's gone, he 's kill'd, he's dead! Ju. Can Heaven be so envious? Nurse. Romeo can, Though Heaven cannot.-O Romeo! Romeo!- Ju. What devil art thou, that dost torment me thus? This torture should be roar'd in dismal hell. In Shakspeare's time the affirmative particle'ay' was usually written I. Than the death-darting eye of cockatrice : I am not I, if there be such an I; Or those eyes shut, that make thee answer, I. Brief sounds determine of my weal or woe. Nurse. I saw the wound; I saw it with mine eyes, God save the mark !-here on his manly breast: Pale, pale as ashes, all bedaub'd in blood, Ju. O, break, my heart!-poor bankrupt, break at once! To prison, eyes! ne'er look on liberty! Vile earth, to earth resign; end motion here; Nurse. O Tybalt, Tybalt, the best friend I had! O courteous Tybalt! honest gentleman! That ever I should live to see thee dead! Ju. What storm is this that blows sc contrary? Is Romeo slaughter'd, and is Tybalt dead? My dear-loved cousin, and my dearer lord? Then, dreadful trumpet, sound the general doom: For who is living, if those two are gone? Nurse. Tybalt is gone, and Romeo banished: Romeo, that kill'd him, he is banished. Ju. O God! did Romeo's hand shed Tybalt's blood? Nurse. It did, it did; alas the day! it did. Ju. O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face! Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave? Beautiful tyrant! fiend angelical! Dove-feather'd raven! wolvish-ravening lamb! Just opposite to what thou justly seem'st, Nurse. There's no trust, No faith, no honesty in men; all perjured, All forsworn, all naught, all dissemblers. Ah, where 's my man? give me some aqua vitæ : These griefs, these woes, these sorrows make me old. Shame come to Romeo! Ju. Blister'd be thy tongue For such a wish! he was not born to shame: Upon his brow shame is ashamed to sit; For 'tis a throne where honor may be crown'd O, what a beast was I to chide at him! Nurse. Will you speak well of him that kill'd your cousin? Ju. Shall I speak ill of him that is my husband? Ah, poor my lord, what tongue shall smoothe thy name, When I, thy three-hours wife, have mangled it ?— But, wherefore, villain, didst thou kill my cousin? |