No Fear Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet
Get this No Fear to go!
Act 4, Scene 4
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Enter LADY CAPULET and
NURSE
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LADY CAPULET and the
NURSE enter. | |
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LADY CAPULET
Hold, take these keys, and fetch more spices, Nurse.
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LADY CAPULET
Wait. Take these keys and get more spices, Nurse.
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NURSE
They call for dates and quinces in the pastry.
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NURSE
They’re calling for dates and quinces in the pastry
kitchen.
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Enter CAPULET
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CAPULET enters. | |
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CAPULET
Come, stir, stir, stir! The second cock hath crowed.
The curfew bell hath rung. 'Tis three
o'clock.—
Look to the baked meats, good Angelica.
Spare not for the cost.
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CAPULET
Come on, wake up, wake up, wake up! The second cock crowed. The
curfew-bell rang. It’s three o'clock. Go get the
baked meats, good Angelica. Don’t worry about the
cost.
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NURSE
Go,
you cot-quean, go.
Get you to bed, faith. You’ll be sick tomorrow
For this night’s watching.
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NURSE
Go, you old housewife, go. Go to bed, dear. You’ll be
sick tomorrow because you’ve stayed up all night.
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CAPULET
No, not a whit, what. I have watched ere now
All night for lesser cause, and ne'er been sick.
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CAPULET
No, not at all. What? I’ve stayed up all night many times
before for less important matters, and I’ve never gotten
sick.
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LADY CAPULET
Ay, you have been a mouse-hunt in your time,
But I will watch you from such watching now.
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LADY CAPULET
Yes, you’ve been a ladies' man in your time. But
I’ll make sure you don’t stay up any later
now.
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Exeunt LADY CAPULET and
NURSE
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LADY CAPULET and the
NURSE exit. | |
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CAPULET
A jealous hood, a jealous hood!
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CAPULET
A jealous woman, a jealous woman!
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Enter three or four SERVINGMEN with
spits and logs and baskets | Three or four SERVINGMEN enter with
spits, logs, and baskets. | |
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Now,
fellow,
What is there?
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Now, fellow, what have you got there?
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