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Romeo and Juliet, II. iii

So soon to bid good morrow to thy bed:

Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,

And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;

But where unbruised youth with unstuff'd brain

Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign:

Therefore thy earliness doth me assure

Thou art up-rous'd with some distemperature;

Or if not so, then here I hit it right,

Our Romeo hath not been in bed to-night.

Rom. That last is true; the sweeter rest was mine.

''Fri. L''. God pardon sin! wast thou with Rosaline?

Rom. With Rosaline, my ghostly father? no;

I have forgot that name, and that name's woe.

''Fri. L''. That's my good son: but where hast thou been, then?

Rom. I'll tell thee, ere thou ask it me again.

I have been feasting with mine enemy,

Where on a sudden one hath wounded me,

That's by me wounded: both our remedies

Within thy help and holy physic lies:

I bear no hatred, blessed man; for, lo!

My intercession likewise steads my foe.

''Fri. L''. Be plain, good son, and homely in thy drift;

Riddling confession finds but riddling shrift.

Rom. Then plainly know my heart's dear love is set

On the fair daughter of rich Capulet:

As mine on hers, so hers is set on mine;

And all combin'd, save what thou must combine

By holy marriage: when and where and how

We met, we woo'd, and made exchange of vow,

I'll tell thee as we pass; but this I pray,

That thou consent to marry us to-day.

 37 unstuff'd: not overcharged

52 physic: healing art

54 steads: benefits

55 homely: plain

56 shrift: absolution

