TPTT The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet: ACT V
Introduction
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
ACT IV
ACT V
SCENE I. Mantua. A street.
SCENE II. Friar Laurence's cell.
SCENE III. A churchyard; in it a tomb belonging to the Capulets.
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SCENE II. Friar Laurence's cell.
Enter FRIAR 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
5     Going to find a bare-foot 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
10    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,--
15    Nor get a messenger to bring it thee,
      So fearful were they of infection.
FRIAR LAURENCE
      Unhappy fortune! by my brotherhood,
      The letter was not nice but full of charge
      Of dear import, and the neglecting it
20    May do much danger. Friar John, go hence;
      Get me an iron crow, and bring it straight
      Unto my cell.
FRIAR JOHN
      Brother, I'll go and bring it thee.
Exit
FRIAR LAURENCE
      Now must I to the monument alone;
25    Within three hours will fair Juliet wake:
      She will beshrew me much that Romeo
      Hath had no notice of these accidents;
      But I will write again to Mantua,
      And keep her at my cell till Romeo come;
30    Poor living corse, closed in a dead man's tomb!
Exit
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