Mer. He is wise;
And, on my life, hath stol'n him home to bed. 4
Ben. He ran this way, and leap'd this orchard wall:
Call, good Mercutio.
Mer. Nay, I'll conjure too.
Romeo! humours! madman! passion! lover!
Appear thou in the likeness of a sigh: 8
Speak but one rime and I am satisfied;
Cry but 'Ay me!' couple but 'love' and 'dove;'
Speak to my gossip Venus one fair word.
One nickname for her purblind son and heir, 12
Young Abraham Cupid, he that shot so true
When King Cophetua lov'd the beggar-maid.
He heareth not, he stirreth not, he moveth not;
The ape is dead, and I must conjure him. 16
I conjure thee by Rosaline's bright eyes,
By her high forehead, and her scarlet lip,
By her fine foot, straight leg, and quivering thigh,
And the demesnes that there adjacent lie, 20
That in thy likeness thou appear to us.
Ben. An if he hear thee, thou wilt anger him.
Mer. This cannot anger him: 'twould anger him
To raise a spirit in his mistress' circle 24
Of some strange nature, letting it there stand
Till she had laid it, and conjur'd it down;
That were some spite: my invocation
Is fair and honest, and in his mistress' name 28
I conjure only but to raise up him.
Ben. Come, he hath hid himself among these trees,
To be consorted with the humorous night:
6 conjure: summon by magical phrases
7 humours: whims
11 gossip: friend
12 purblind: totally blind
13 Abraham; cf. n.
15–16 Cf. n.
20 demesnes: regions
27 spite: injury
28 honest: decent
31 consorted: in company with
humorous: damp
