Romeo and Juliet · Act 4, Scene 4

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Enter Lady Capuletand Nurse.
LADY CAPULET and NURSE enter.
Lady Capulet

Hold, take these keys and fetch more spices, Nurse.

Lady Capulet

Wait, take these keys and get some more spices, Nurse.

Nurse

They call for dates and quinces in the pastry.

Nurse

They are asking for dates and quinces in the kitchen.

Enter Capulet.
CAPULET enters.
Capulet

Come, stir, stir, stir!

Capulet

Come on, get moving, get moving, get moving!

The second cock hath crow’d,

The second rooster has crowed.

The curfew bell hath rung,’tis three o’clock.

The curfew bell has rung. It’s three o’clock.

Look to the bak’d meats, good Angelica; Spare not for cost.

Go get the baked meats, good Angelica. Do not worry about the cost.

Nurse

Go, you cot-quean, go,

Nurse

Go, you cottage-housewife, go.

Get you to bed; faith, you’ll be sick tomorrow For this night’s watching.

Go to bed! God! You will be sick tomorrow from staying up all night.

Capulet

No, not a whit.

Capulet

No, not at all.

What! I have watch’d ere now All night for lesser cause, and ne’er been sick.

What! I have stayed up all night before too for lesser cause, and has never been sick.

Lady Capulet

Ay, you have been a mouse-hunt in your time;

Lady Capulet

Yes, you have been a woman-chaser in your time.

But I will watch you from such watching now.

But I will keep an eye on you to make sure you don’t stay up for those reasons anymore.

Exeunt Lady Capuletand Nurse.
LADY CAPULET and NURSE exit.
Capulet

A jealous-hood, a jealous-hood!

Capulet

A jealous-woman, a jealous-woman!

Enter Servants,with spits, logs and baskets.
SERVANTS enter with spits, logs and baskets.
Capulet

Now, fellow, what’s there?

Capulet

Now, fellow, what are you carrying?

First Servant

Things for the cook, sir; but I know not what.

First Servant

Things for the cook, sir. But I do not know what exactly.

Capulet

Make haste, make haste.

Capulet

Hurry up, hurry up.

Exit First Servant.
FIRST SERVANT exits.
Capulet

—Sirrah, fetch drier logs.

Capulet

Servant, fetch logs that are drier.

Call Peter, he will show thee where they are.

Call Peter. He will show you where they are.

Second Servant

I have a head, sir, that will find out logs

Second Servant

I have a head, sir, that will find out the logs.

And never trouble Peter for the matter.

And I do not have to trouble Peter for this matter.

SECOND SERVANT exits.
SECOND SERVANT exits.
Capulet

Mass and well said; a merry whoreson, ha.

Capulet

God and well said! A joking bastard, ha!

Thou shalt be loggerhead.

You must be a loggerhead.

—Good faith,’tis day.

In good faith, it is day already.

The County will be here with music straight, For so he said he would. I hear him near.

The Count will be here with musicians, for he said he would. I hear him coming.

Play music.
Music plays offstage.
Capulet

Nurse! Wife! What, ho! What, Nurse, I say!

Capulet

Nurse! Wife! Hey, hi! What, Nurse, I say!

Re-enter Nurse.
The Nurse enters.
Capulet

Go waken Juliet, go and trim her up.

Capulet

Go wake up Juliet. Go and get her dressed.

I’ll go and chat with Paris.

I will go and chat with Paris.

Hie, make haste, Make haste;

Hurry, hurry up, hurry up!

the bridegroom he is come already.

The bridegroom is already here.

Make haste I say.

Hurry up, I say.

Exeunt.
They exit.

End of Act 4, Scene 4

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