Act II, Scene 2

Verona. JULIA’S house.

[Enter PROTEUS and JULIA]

• Proteus. Have patience, gentle Julia.

• Julia. I must, where is no remedy.

• Proteus. When possibly I can, I will return.

• Julia. If you turn not, you will return the sooner.
  Keep this remembrance for thy Julia's sake. 570

[Giving a ring]

• Proteus. Why then, we'll make exchange; here, take you this.

• Julia. And seal the bargain with a holy kiss.

• Proteus. Here is my hand for my true constancy;
  And when that hour o'erslips me in the day 575
  Wherein I sigh not, Julia, for thy sake,
  The next ensuing hour some foul mischance
  Torment me for my love's forgetfulness!
  My father stays my coming; answer not;
  The tide is now: nay, not thy tide of tears; 580
  That tide will stay me longer than I should.
  Julia, farewell!
  [Exit JULIA]
  What, gone without a word?
  Ay, so true love should do: it cannot speak; 585
  For truth hath better deeds than words to grace it.

[Enter PANTHINO]

• Panthino. Sir Proteus, you are stay'd for.

• Proteus. Go; I come, I come.
  Alas! this parting strikes poor lovers dumb. 590

[Exeunt]