No Fear Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet
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Act 5, Scene 1, Page 2
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ROMEO
Is it e'en so? Then I defy you, stars!
Thou know’st my lodging. Get me ink and paper,
And hire post horses. I will hence tonight.
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ROMEO
Is it really true? Then I rebel against you, stars! You know where
I live. Get me some ink and paper, and hire some horses to ride. I
will leave here for Verona tonight.
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BALTHASAR
I do beseech you, sir, have patience.
Your looks are pale and wild, and do import
Some misadventure.
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BALTHASAR
Please, sir, have patience. You look pale and wild as if
you’re going to hurt yourself.
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ROMEO
Tush, thou art deceived.
Leave me and do the thing I bid thee do.
Hast thou no letters to me from the friar?
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ROMEO
Tsk, you’re wrong. Leave me and do what I told you to do.
Don’t you have a letter for me from the friar?
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BALTHASAR
No, my good lord.
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BALTHASAR
No, my good lord.
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ROMEO
No matter. Get thee gone,
And hire those horses. I’ll be with thee straight.
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ROMEO
No matter. Get on your way and hire those horses. I’ll be
with you right away.
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Exit BALTHASAR
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Well, Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight.
Let’s see for means. O mischief, thou art swift
To enter in the thoughts of desperate men!
I do remember an apothecary—
And hereabouts he dwells—which late I noted
In tattered weeds, with overwhelming brows,
Culling of simples. Meager were his looks,
Sharp misery had worn him to the bones,
And in his needy shop a tortoise hung,
An alligator stuffed, and other skins
Of ill-shaped fishes; and about his shelves
A beggarly account of empty boxes,
Green earthen pots, bladders and musty seeds,
Remnants of packthread and old cakes of roses,
Were thinly scattered to make up a show.
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Well, Juliet, I’ll lie with you tonight. Let’s
see how. Destructive thoughts come quickly to the minds of desperate
men! I remember a pharmacist who lives nearby. I remember he wears
shabby clothes and has bushy eyebrows. He makes drugs from herbs. He
looks poor and miserable and worn out to the bone. He had a tortoise
shell hanging up in his shop as well as a stuffed alligator and
other skins of strange fish. There were a few empty boxes on his
shelves, as well as green clay pots, and some musty seeds. There
were a few strands of string and mashed rose petals on
display.
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