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ROMEO AND JULIET. 99 

What say'st thou ? hast thou not a word of joy ? 
Some comfort, nurse. 

^''urse. Faith, here 'tis. Eomeo 

Is banished, and all the world to nothing, 
That he dares ne'er come back to challenge you ; 
Or, if he do, it needs must be by stealth. 
Then, since the case so stands as now it doth, 
I think it best you married with the county. 
0, he's a lovely gentleman ! 
Romeo's a dishclout to him ; an eagle, madam, 
Hath not so green, so quick, so fair an eye 
As Paris hath. Beshrew my very heart, 
I think you are happy in this second match, 
For it excels your first; or if it did not. 
Your first is dead, or 'twere as good he were, 
As living here and you no use of him. 

Juliet. Speakest thou from thy heart ? 

Nurse. And from my soul too ; 

Or else beshrew them both. 

Juliet. Amen ! 

Nurse. What ? 

Juliet. Well, thou hast comforted me marvellous much. 
Go in, and tell my lady I am gone, 
Having displeas'd my father, to Laurence' cell. 
To make confession and to be absolv'd. 

Nurse. Marry, I will; and this is wisely done. \_Exit. 

Juliet. Ancient damnation ! most wicked fiend ! 



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