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EOMEO AND JULIET. 25 

Kay, I do bear a brain : — but, as I said, 

When it did taste tlie wormwood on the nipple 

Of my dug, and felt it bitter, pretty fool. 

To see it tetchy and fall out with the dug ! 

Shake, quoth the dove-house ; 'twas no need, I trow, 

To bid me trudge. 

And since that time it is eleven years ; 

For then she could stand alone ; nay, by the rood, 

She could have run and waddled all about. — 

God mark thee to his grace ! 

Thou wast the prettiest babe that e'er I nurs'd ; 

An I might live to see thee married once, 

I have my wish. 

Lady Capulet. Marry, that ' marry ' is the very theme 
I came to talk of. — Tell me, daughter Juliet, 
How stands your disposition to be married ? 

Juliet. It is an honor that I dream not of. 

Nurse. An honor ! were not I thine only nurse, 
I would say thou hadst suek'd wisdom from thy teat. 

Lady Capulet. Well, think of marriage now ; younger 
than you 
Here in Verona, ladies of esteem, 
Are made already mothers : by my count, 
I was your mother much upon these years 
That you are now a maid. Thus then in brief : 
The valiant Paris seeks you for his love. 

JSfurse. A man, young lady ! lady, such a man 
As all the world — why, he's a man of wax.