Romeo and Juliet (Quarto 2, 1599) :: Internet Shakespeare Editions

Enter Sampson and Gregorie, with Swords and Bucklers, of the

¶_house of Capulet.

¶Samp. Gregorie, on my word weele not carrie Coles.

¶Greg. No, for then we should beCollyers.

¶Samp. I meane, and we be in choller, weele draw.

¶Greg. I while you liue, draw your necke out of choller.

10Samp. I strike quickly being moued.

¶Greg. But thou art not quickly moued to strike.

¶Samp. A dog of the house of Mountague moues me.

¶Grego. To moue is to stirre, and to be valiant, is to stand:

¶Therefore if thou art moued thou runst away.

15Samp. A dog of that houseshall moue me to stand:

¶I will take the wall of any man or maide of Mounta-

16.1gues.

¶ Grego. That shewes thee a weake slaue, for the weakest goes

¶to the wall.

¶ Samp. Tis true, & therfore women being the weaker vessels

20are euer thrust to the wall: therfore I wil push Mountagues men

¶from the wall, and thrust his maides to the wall.

¶ Greg. The quarell is betweene our maisters, and vs their

¶ Samp. Tis all one, I will shew my selfe a tyrant, when I haue

25fought with the men, I will be ciuil with the maides, I will cut

¶off their heads.

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Grego. The

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