Friar Lawrence:Holy Saint Francis, what a change is here! Is Rosaline, whom thou didst love so dear, So soon forsaken? Young men’s love then lies Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes. Jesu Maria, what a deal of brine Hath washed thy sallow cheeks for Rosaline! Rosaline! How much salt water thrown away in waste To season love that of it doth not taste! The sun not yet thy sighs from heaven clears, Thy old groans ring yet in my ancient ears. Lo, here upon thy cheek the stain doth sit an old tear that is not washed off yet. If e’er thou wast thyself and these woes thine, Thou and these woes were all for Rosaline.80And art thou changed? Pronounce this sentence then: Women may fall when there’s no strength in men.
Romeo:Then plainly know my heart’s dear love is set on the fair daughter of rich Capulet. As mine on hers, so hers is set on mine, And all combined, save what thou must combine By holy marriage. When and where and how We met, we wooed and made exchange of vow, I’ll tell thee as we pass, but this I pray: That thou consent to marry us today.
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Benvolio:O Romeo, Romeo, brave Mercutio is dead! That gallant spirit hath aspired the clouds, Which too untimely here did scorn the earth
Mercutio:No, 'tis not so deep as a well nor so wide as a church-door, but 'tis enough, 'twill serve . Ask me for tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man. I am prepared, I warrant, for this world . A plague o' both your houses! Zounds, a dog, a rate, a mouse, a cat to scratch a man to death! A braggart, a rogue, a villain that fights by the book of arithmetic ! Why the devil came you between us ? I was hurt under your arm.
Romeo:This day’s black fate on more days doth depend. This but begins the woe others must end
Tybalt:Thou, wretched boy, that didst consort him here shalt with him hence.
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Prince Esculas:Mercy but murders, pardoning those that kill. Bear hence this body, and attend our will. Else, when he is found, that hour is his last. Therefore use none. Let Romeo hence in haste, Nor tears nor prayers shall purchase out abuses. I will be deaf to pleading and excuses. That you shall all repent the loss of mine. But I'll amerce you with so strong a fine My blood for your rude brawls doth lie a-bleeding. I have an interest in your hate's proceeding; Immediately we do exile him hence. And for that offense
Benvolio:Tybalt here slain, whom Romeo’s hand did slay. Romeo, that spoke him fair, bade him be think How nice the quarrel was and urged withal Your high displeasure. All this uttered With gentle breath, calm look, knees humbly bowed, Could not take truce with the unruly spleen Of Tybalt deaf to peace, but that he tilts With piercing steel at bold Mercutio’s breast, Who, all as hot, turns deadly point to point, And, with a martial scorn, with one hand beats Cold death aside and with the other sends it back to Tybalt, whose dexterity ,Retorts it. Romeo, he cries aloud, “Hold, friends! Friends, part!” and, swifter than his tongue, His agile arm beats down their fatal points, And ’twixt them rushes—underneath whose arm An envious thrust from Tybalt hit the life Of stout Mercutio, and then Tybalt fled. But by and by comes back to Romeo, Who had but newly entertained revenge, And to ’t they go like lightning, for ere I Could draw to part them was stout Tybalt slain. And, as he fell, did Romeo turn and fly. This is the truth, or let Benvolio die.