{"id":9217,"date":"2025-09-02T17:54:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T21:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=9217"},"modified":"2025-09-02T18:01:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T22:01:07","slug":"a-midsummer-nights-dream-act-i-scene-i-11-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stateofshakespeare.com\/?page_id=9217","title":{"rendered":"Romeo and Juliet: Act I, Scene iv; First Folio"},"content":{"rendered":"

Romeo and Juliet.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Act 1, Scene 4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Romeo, Mercutio, Benvolio<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Rom.<\/i><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
545.\u00a0 Peace, peace, <\/span>Mercutio<\/i>\u00a0peace,<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/a>546.\u00a0 Thou talk’<\/span>s<\/span>t<\/span><\/span>\u00a0of nothing.<\/span><\/div>\n
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<\/a>Mer.<\/i><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
547.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 T<\/span>rue, I talke of dreames:<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/a>548.\u00a0 Which are the children of an idle braine,<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/a>549.\u00a0 Begot of nothing, but vaine phanta<\/span>s<\/span>i<\/span><\/span>e,<\/span><\/div>\n
550.\u00a0 Which is as thin of <\/span>s<\/span>ub<\/span>s<\/span>t<\/span><\/span>ance as the ayre,<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/a>551.\u00a0 And more incon<\/span>s<\/span>t<\/span><\/span>ant then the wind, who wooes<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/a>552.\u00a0 Euen now the frozen bo<\/span>s<\/span>ome of the North:<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/a>553.\u00a0 And being anger’d, pu<\/span>ff<\/span>es away from thence,<\/span><\/div>\n
554.\u00a0 Turning his <\/span>s<\/span>i<\/span><\/span>de to the dew dropping South.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Ben.<\/i><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
555.\u00a0 This wind you talke of blowes vs from our <\/span>s<\/span>elues,<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/a>556.\u00a0 Supper is done, and we <\/span>s<\/span>h<\/span><\/span>all come too late.<\/span><\/div>\n
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<\/a>Rom.<\/i><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
557.\u00a0 I feare too early, for my mind mi<\/span>s<\/span>giues,<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/a>558.\u00a0 Some con<\/span>s<\/span>equence yet hanging in the\u00a0<\/span>s<\/span>t<\/span><\/span>arres,<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/a>559.\u00a0 Shall bitterly begin his fearefull date<\/span><\/div>\n
560.\u00a0 With this nights reuels, and expire the tearme<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/a>561.\u00a0 Of a de<\/span>s<\/span>pi<\/span>s<\/span>ed life clos’d in my bre<\/span>s<\/span>t<\/span><\/span>:<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/a>562.\u00a0 By <\/span>s<\/span>ome vile forfeit of vntimely death.<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/a>563.\u00a0 But he that hath the <\/span>s<\/span>t<\/span><\/span>irrage of my cour<\/span>s<\/span>e,<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/a>564.\u00a0 Dire<\/span>ct<\/span>\u00a0my\u00a0<\/span>s<\/span>ute: on lu<\/span>s<\/span>t<\/span><\/span>ie Gentlemen.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Romeo and Juliet.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Act 1, Scene 4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Romeo, Mercutio, Benvolio (This text is featured in our interview with Bonnie J. Monte and Isaac Hickox-Young) Click here to open up a Modern Version Click here to open a Scanned Version Rom.\u00a0 545.\u00a0 Peace, peace, Mercutio\u00a0peace, 546.\u00a0 Thou talk’st\u00a0of nothing. 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