of Romeo and Iuliet.
350263But to reioyce in
splendor of mine owne.
351264Enter Capulets wife and Nurce. 352265Wife: Nurce wher's my daughter call her forth to
353267Nurce:Now by my maiden head at twelue yeare old I 354268bad her come, what Lamb, what Ladie bird, God forbid. 355269Wher's this girle? what Iuliet.
Enter Iuliet. 357270Iuliet: How now who cals?
359272Iul: Madame I am here, what is your will?
360273W: This is the matter. Nur
se giue leaue a while, we
361274mu
st talke in
secret. Nurce come back again I haue re
- 362275membred me, thou'
se heare our coun
saile. Thou know
363276e
st my daughters of a prettie age.
364277Nurce:Faith I can tell her age vnto a houre. 365278Wife: Shee's not fourteene.
366279Nnrce: Ile lay fourteene of my teeth, and yet to my 367280teene be it spoken, I haue but foure, shee's not fourteene. 369281How long is it now to Lammas-tide?
370282Wife: A fortnight and odde dayes.
371283Nurce: Euen or odde, of all dayes in the yeare come 372284Lammas
Eue at night shall she be fourteene. Su
san
and she 373285God rest all Christian soules were of an age. Well Su
san
is 374286with God, she was too good for me: But as I said on Lam
- 375287mas
Eue at night shall she be fourteene, that shall shee ma- 376288rie I remember it well. Tis since the Earth-quake nowe e- 377289leauen yeares, and she was weand I neuer shall forget it, of 378290all the daies of the yeare vpon that day: for I had then laid 379291wormewood to my dug, sitting in the sun vnder the Doue- 380292housewall. My Lord and you were then at Mantua,
nay I 381293do beare a braine: But as I said, when it did tast the worm- 382294wood on the nipple of my dug, & felt it bitter, pretty foole to