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
The most excellent Tragedie,
383295to see it teachie and fall out with Dugge. Shake quoth the 384296Doue-house twas no need I trow to bid me trudge, and since 385297that time it is a leauen yeare: for then could Iuliet
stande 386298high lone, nay by the Roode, shee could haue wadled vp and 387299downe, for euen the day before shee brake her brow, and then 388300my husband God be with his soule, hee was a merrie man: 390301Dost thou fall forward Iuliet?
thou wilt fall backward when 391302thou hast more wit: wilt thou not Iuliet?
and by my holli- 392303dam, the pretty foole left crying and said I. To see how a 393304ieast shall come about, I warrant you if I should liue a hun- 394305dred yeare, I never should forget it, wilt thou not Iuliet?
395306and by my troth she stinted and cried I. 405307Iuliet: And
stint thou too, I prethee Nurce
say I.
406308Nurce:Well goe thy waies, God marke thee for his 407309grace, thou wert the prettiest Babe that euer I nurst, might 408310I but liue to see thee married once, I haue my wish. 409311Wife: And that
same marriage Nurce, is the Theame
410312I meant to talke of
: Tell me
Iuliet, how
stand you af
- 412314Iul: It is an honor that I dreame not o
ff.
413315Nurce: An honor! were not I thy onely Nurce, I 414316would say thou hadst suckt wisedome from thy Teat. 420317Wife: Well girle, the Noble Countie
Paris seekes
421319Nurce: A man young Ladie, Ladie such a man as all 422320the world, why he is a man of waxe. 423321Wife: Veronaes Summer hath not
such a
flower
424322Nurce: Nay he is a flower, in faith a very flower. 425323Wife: Well
Iuliet, how like you of
Paris loue.
443324Iuliet: Ile looke to like, if looking liking moue,
444325But no more deepe will I engage mine eye,
445326Then your con
sent giues
strength to make it
flie.
of Romeo and Iuliet.
447328Clowne: Maddam you are cald for, supper is readie, 448329the Nurce curst in the Pantrie, all thinges in extreamitie, 449330make hast for I must be gone to waite.