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124 ROMEO AND JULIET. 

Scene II. Friar Laurence's Cell. 
Enter Fkiar John. 
Friar John. Holy Franciscan friar ! brother, ho ! 

Enter Friar Laurence. 

Friar Laurence. This same should be the voice of Friar 
John. — 
Welcome from Mantua ; what says Romeo ? 
Or, if his mind be writ, give me his letter. 

Friar John. Going to find a barefoot brother out, 
One of our order, to associate me. 
Here in this city visiting the sick, 
And finding him, the searchers of the town, 
Suspecting that we both were in a house 
Where the infectious pestilence did reign, 
Seal'd up the doors, and would not let us forth ; 
So that my speed to Mantua there was stay'd. 

Friar Laurence. Who bare my letter, then, to Romeo ? 

Friar John. I could not send it, — here it is again, — 
ISTor get a messenger to bring it thee. 
So fearful were they of infection. 

Friar Laurence. Unhappy fortune! by my brother- 
hood. 
The letter was not nice, but full of charge 
Of dear import, and the neglecting it