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The letter was not nice,[E 1] but full of charge[E 2] Of dear import; and the neglecting it May do much danger. Friar John, go hence;20 Get me an iron crow, and bring it straight Unto my cell.

Fri. John.

Brother, I'll go and bring it thee.[Exit.

Fri. Lau.

Now must I to the monument alone; Within this three hours will fair Juliet wake:25 She will beshrew[E 3] me much that Romeo Hath had no notice of these accidents; But I will write again to Mantua, And keep her at my cell till Romeo come: Poor living corse, closed in a dead man's tomb!30[Exit.

SCENE III.—The Same. A churchyard;^{[C 1][E 4]} in it a monument belonging to the Capulets.

Enter^{[C 2]} Paris and his Page, bearing flowers and a torch.

Par.	Give me thy torch, boy: hence, and stand aloof[C 3]:— Yet put it out, for I would not be seen. Under yond yew-trees[C 4] lay thee all along,[C 5]

1. A churchyard …] Rowe (substantially).
2. Enter …] Capell (substantially); Enter Countie Paris and his Page with flowers and sweete water Q 1; Enter Paris and his Page Q, F.
3. 1. aloof] Q, aloft F.
4. 3. yond yew-trees] Pope; this Ew-tree Q 1; yond young trees Q, F;
5. along] Q, F; alone F 2.

1. 18. nice] trivial; see [[../../Act 3/Scene 1|III. i. 160]];
2. "full of charge," full of importance; so "parcels of charge," Winter's Tale, IV. iv. 261.
3. 26. beshrew] blame severely. Fuller, Holy and Profane State, IV. ix. 280: "He hath just cause to beshrew his fingers."
4. A churchyard …] Brooke in his poem "refers to the Italian custom of building large family tombs" (Rolfe).