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ACT II. 

Scene I. A Lane hy the wall of Capulet''s Orchard. 

Enter Eomeo. 
Romeo. Can I go forward when my heart is here ? 
Turn back, dull earth, and find thy centre out. 

\_He climbs the wall, and leajys down ivithin it. 

Enter Benvolio and Mercutio. 

Benvolio. Eomeo ! my cousin Eomeo ! Eomeo ! 

Mercutio. He is wise ; 

And, on my life, hath stol'n him home to bed. 

Benvolio. He ran this way, and leap'd this orchard 
wall ; 
Call, good Mercutio. 

Mercutio. Nay, I'll conjure too. — 
Eomeo ! humors ! madman ! passion ! lover ! 
Appear thou in the likeness of a sigh ! 
Speak but one rhyme, and I am satisfied ; 
Cry but 'Ay me!' pronounce but 'love' and 'dove'; 
Speak to my gossip Venus one fair word, 
One nickname for her purblind son and heir, 
Young Abraham Cupid, he that shot so trim, 
When King Cophetna lov'd the beggar-maid! — 
He heareth not, he stirreth not, he moveth not ;