No Fear Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet
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Act 5, Scene 3, Page 6
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Enter FRIAR LAWRENCE with lantern,
crow, and spade |
FRIAR LAWRENCE enters with a lantern,
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FRIAR LAWRENCE
Saint Francis be my speed! How oft tonight
Have my old feet stumbled at graves!—Who’s
there?
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FRIAR LAWRENCE
Saint Francis, help me! How often tonight have my old feet
stumbled on gravestones! Who’s there?
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BALTHASAR
Here’s one, a friend, and one that knows you well.
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BALTHASAR
I’m a friend, a friend who knows you well.
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FRIAR LAWRENCE
Bliss be upon you! Tell me, good my friend,
What torch is yond that vainly lends his light
To grubs and eyeless skulls? As I discern,
It burneth in the Capels' monument.
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FRIAR LAWRENCE
God bless you! Tell me, my good friend, what is that light over
there? The one that vainly lights up the darkness for worms and
skulls without eyes? It looks to me like it’s burning in
the Capulet tomb.
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BALTHASAR
It doth so, holy sir, and there’s my master,
One that you love.
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BALTHASAR
That is where it’s burning, father. My master is there.
The one you love.
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FRIAR LAWRENCE
Who is it?
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FRIAR LAWRENCE
Who is it?
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BALTHASAR
Romeo.
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BALTHASAR
Romeo.
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FRIAR LAWRENCE
How long hath he been there?
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FRIAR LAWRENCE
How long has he been there?
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BALTHASAR
Full
half an hour.
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BALTHASAR
For a full half hour.
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FRIAR LAWRENCE
Go with me to the vault.
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FRIAR LAWRENCE
Go with me to the tomb.
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BALTHASAR
I
dare not, sir.
My master knows not but I am gone hence,
And fearfully did menace me with death
If I did stay to look on his intents.
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BALTHASAR
I don’t dare, sir. My master doesn’t know
I’m still here. He threatened me with death if I stayed to
look at what he was doing.
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FRIAR LAWRENCE
Stay, then. I’ll go alone. Fear comes upon me.
Oh, much I fear some ill unthrifty thing.
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FRIAR LAWRENCE
Stay, then. I’ll go alone. I’m suddenly afraid.
Oh, I’m very scared something awful has happened.
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