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Romeo and Juliet
[Prologue, 1]

Chorus

1

Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;
Whose misadventured piteous overthrows
Do with their death bury their parents' strife.
The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love,
And the continuance of their parents' rage,
Which, but their children's end, nought could remove,
Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage;
The which if you with patient ears attend,
What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.

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Romeo and Juliet
[I, 1]

(stage directions)

15

[Enter SAMPSON and GREGORY, of the house of Capulet, armed with swords and bucklers]

3

Romeo and Juliet
[I, 1]

Gregory

20

Ay, while you live, draw your neck out o' the collar.

4

Romeo and Juliet
[I, 1]

Sampson

23

A dog of the house of Montague moves me.

5

Romeo and Juliet
[I, 1]

Sampson

26

A dog of that house shall move me to stand: I will
take the wall of any man or maid of Montague's.

6

Romeo and Juliet
[I, 1]

Gregory

28

That shows thee a weak slave; for the weakest goes
to the wall.

7

Romeo and Juliet
[I, 1]

Sampson

30

True; and therefore women, being the weaker vessels,
are ever thrust to the wall: therefore I will push
Montague's men from the wall, and thrust his maids
to the wall.

8

Romeo and Juliet
[I, 1]

Gregory

34

The quarrel is between our masters and us their men.

9

Romeo and Juliet
[I, 1]

Sampson

35

'Tis all one, I will show myself a tyrant: when I
have fought with the men, I will be cruel with the
maids, and cut off their heads.

10

Romeo and Juliet
[I, 1]

Gregory

38

The heads of the maids?

11

Romeo and Juliet
[I, 1]

Sampson

39

Ay, the heads of the maids, or their maidenheads;
take it in what sense thou wilt.

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Romeo and Juliet
[I, 1]

Gregory

44

'Tis well thou art not fish; if thou hadst, thou
hadst been poor John. Draw thy tool! here comes
two of the house of the Montagues.

13

Romeo and Juliet
[I, 1]

Sampson

51

Let us take the law of our sides; let them begin.

14

Romeo and Juliet
[I, 1]

Sampson

60

[Aside to GREGORY] Is the law of our side, if I say
ay?

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Romeo and Juliet
[I, 1]

Benvolio

82

I do but keep the peace: put up thy sword,
Or manage it to part these men with me.

16

Romeo and Juliet
[I, 1]

Tybalt

84

What, drawn, and talk of peace! I hate the word,
As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee:
Have at thee, coward!
[They fight]
[Enter, several of both houses, who join the fray;
then enter Citizens, with clubs]

17

Romeo and Juliet
[I, 1]

First Citizen

90

Clubs, bills, and partisans! strike! beat them down!
Down with the Capulets! down with the Montagues!

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Romeo and Juliet
[I, 1]

Prince Escalus

101

Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace,
Profaners of this neighbour-stained steel,—
Will they not hear? What, ho! you men, you beasts,
That quench the fire of your pernicious rage
With purple fountains issuing from your veins,
On pain of torture, from those bloody hands
Throw your mistemper'd weapons to the ground,
And hear the sentence of your moved prince.
Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word,
By thee, old Capulet, and Montague,
Have thrice disturb'd the quiet of our streets,
And made Verona's ancient citizens
Cast by their grave beseeming ornaments,
To wield old partisans, in hands as old,
Canker'd with peace, to part your canker'd hate:
If ever you disturb our streets again,
Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.
For this time, all the rest depart away:
You Capulet; shall go along with me:
And, Montague, come you this afternoon,
To know our further pleasure in this case,
To old Free-town, our common judgment-place.
Once more, on pain of death, all men depart.

19

Romeo and Juliet
[I, 1]

Benvolio

127

Here were the servants of your adversary,
And yours, close fighting ere I did approach:
I drew to part them: in the instant came
The fiery Tybalt, with his sword prepared,
Which, as he breathed defiance to my ears,
He swung about his head and cut the winds,
Who nothing hurt withal hiss'd him in scorn:
While we were interchanging thrusts and blows,
Came more and more and fought on part and part,
Till the prince came, who parted either part.

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Romeo and Juliet
[I, 1]

Benvolio

139

Madam, an hour before the worshipp'd sun
Peer'd forth the golden window of the east,
A troubled mind drave me to walk abroad;
Where, underneath the grove of sycamore
That westward rooteth from the city's side,
So early walking did I see your son:
Towards him I made, but he was ware of me
And stole into the covert of the wood:
I, measuring his affections by my own,
That most are busied when they're most alone,
Pursued my humour not pursuing his,
And gladly shunn'd who gladly fled from me.