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Bal.	It doth so, holy sir; and there's my master, One that you love.

Fri.	One that you love. Who is it?

Bal.	One that you love. Who is it? Romeo.

Fri.	How long hath he been there?

Bal.	How long hath he been there? Full half an hour.130

Fri.	Go with me to the vault.

Bal.	Go with me to the vault. 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.

Fri.	Stay, then;[C 1] I'll go alone. Fear[C 2] comes upon me;135 O, much I fear some ill unlucky[C 3][E 1] thing.

Bal.	As I did sleep under this yew-tree[C 4] here, I dreamt[E 2] my master and another fought, And that my master slew him.

Fri.	And that my master slew him. Romeo![C 5][Advances.[C 6] Alack, alack, what blood is this which stains140 The stony entrance of this sepulchre? What mean these masterless and gory swords To lie discolour'd by this place of peace?[Enters the tomb.[C 7] Romeo! O, pale!—Who else? what, Paris too?

1. 135. Stay, then;] Hazlitt, Stay then Q, Stay, then F, Stay then, Q 5;
2. Fear] Q, Feares F.
3. 136. unlucky] F, unthriftie Q (alone).
4. 137. yew-tree] Pope, yong tree Q, young tree F.
5. 139. Romeo!] Rowe; Romeo. Q, F; Romeo? Hanmer.
6. Advances] Malone.
7. 143. Enters …] Capell, substantially.

1. 136. unlucky] Some editors, following Q, unthrifty.
2. 138. I dreamt] I fail to see any other "touch of nature" here than that Balthasar, who did not venture to his master's assistance, wishes to break the fact to the Friar rather than state it plainly.