The most lamentable Tragedie
¶fir
st and
second cau
se, ah the immortall Pa
ssado, the Punto re-
¶ Mer. The Pox of
such antique li
sping affecting phantacies,
¶the
se new tuners of accent: by Ie
su a very good blade, a very
¶tall man, a very good whore. Why is not this a
lamētable thing
1135graund
sir, that we
should be thus afflicted with the
se
straunge
¶flies: the
se fa
shion-mongers, the
se pardons mees, who
stand
so
¶much on the new forme, that they cannot
sit at ea
se on the old
¶bench. O their bones, their bones.
¶Ben. Here comes
Romeo, here comes
Romeo.
¶ Mer. Without his Roe, like a dried Hering, O fle
sh, fle
sh,
¶how art thou fi
shified? now is he for the numbers that Petrach
¶flowed in:
Laura to his Lady, was a kitchin wench, marrie
1145she had a better loue to berime her: Dido a dowdie, Cleopatra
¶a Gip
sie,
Hellen and
Hero, hildings and harlots:
Thisbie a grey
¶eye or
so, but not to the purpo
se. Signior
Romeo, Bonieur, theres
¶a French
salutation to your French
slop: you gaue vs the coun-
¶terfeit fairly la
st night.
¶ Ro. Goodmorrow to you both, what counterfeit did I giue
¶Mer. The
slip
sir, the
slip, can you not conceiue?
¶ Ro. Pardon good
Mercutio,my bu
sine
sse was great, and in
1155such a ca
se as mine, a man may
straine curte
sie.
¶ Mer. Thats as much as to
say,
such a ca
se as yours, con
strains
¶a man to bow in the hams.
¶Mer. Thou ha
st mo
st kindly hit it.
1160Ro. A mo
st curtuous expo
sition.
¶Mer. Nay I am the very pinck of curte
sie.
¶Ro. Why then is my pump well flowerd.
1165 Mer. Sure wit follow me this iea
st, now till thou ha
st worne
¶out thy pump, that when the
single
sole of it is worne, the iea
st
¶may remaine after the wearing,
soly
singular.
