Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
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'Tis since the Nuptiall of Lucentio,
Come Pentycost as quickely as it will, Some fiue and twenty yeares, and then we Maskt 2. Cap. 'Tis more, 'tis more, his Sonne is elder sir: His Sonne is thirty 3. Cap. Will you tell me that? His Sonne was but a Ward two yeares agoe Rom. What Ladie is that which doth inrich the hand Of yonder Knight? Ser. I know not sir Rom. O she doth teach the Torches to burne bright: It seemes she hangs vpon the cheeke of night, As a rich Iewel in an aethiops eare: Beauty too rich for vse, for earth too deare: So shewes a Snowy Doue trooping with Crowes, As yonder Lady ore her fellowes showes; The measure done, Ile watch her place of stand, And touching hers, make blessed my rude hand. Did my heart loue till now, forsweare it sight, For I neuer saw true Beauty till this night Tib. This by his voice, should be a Mountague. Fetch me my Rapier Boy, what dares the slaue Come hither couer'd with an antique face, To fleere and scorne at our Solemnitie? Now by the stocke and Honour of my kin, |
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