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ROMEO AND JULIET
[ACT IV.
Where serpents are; chain me with roaring bears;80 |
Fri. | Hold, then; go home, be merry, give consent To marry Paris: Wednesday is to-morrow:90 To-morrow night look that thou lie alone, Let not thy nurse[C 5] lie with thee in thy chamber: Take thou[E 2] this vial, being then in bed,[E 3] And this distilled[C 6] liquor drink thou off; When presently through all thy veins shall run95 A cold and drowsy humour; for no pulse Shall keep his native progress, but surcease;[E 4] No warmth, no breath,[C 7] shall testify thou livest; |
- ↑ 83. reeky] reeking with malodorous vapours; strictly smoky, and hence foul; see note on Hamlet (ed. Dowden), III. iv. 184.
- ↑ 93. Take thou] Shakespeare in what follows derives much from Brooke's poem.
- ↑ 89–93. Hold … bed] Q 1 reads:
"Hold Iuliet, hie thee home, get thee to bed,
Let not thy Nurse lye with thee in thy Chamber:
And when thou art alone, take thou this Violl." - ↑ 96, 97. A cold … surcease] Q 1 reads:
"A dull and heavie slumber, which shall seaze
Each vitall spirit: for no Pulse shall keepe
His naturall progresse, but surcease to beate:"