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Romeo and Juliet, II. iv

Mer. Two, two; a shirt and a smock.

Nurse. Peter!

Peter. Anon!

Nurse. My fan, Peter.

Mer. Good Peter, to hide her face; for her

fan's the fairer face.

Nurse. God ye good morrow, gentlemen.

Mer. God ye good den, fair gentlewoman.

Nurse. Is it good den?

Mer. 'Tis no less, I tell you; for the bawdy

hand of the dial is now upon the prick of noon.

Nurse. Out upon you! what a man are you!

Rom. One, gentlewoman, that God hath

made for himself to mar.

Nurse. By my troth, it is well said; 'for him-

self to mar,' quoth a'?—Gentlemen, can any of

you tell me where I may find the young Romeo?

Rom. I can tell you; but young Romeo will

be older when you have found him than he was

when you sought him: I am the youngest of

that name, for fault of a worse.

Nurse. You say well.

Mer. Yea! is the worst well? very well took,

i' faith; wisely, wisely.

Nurse. If you be he, sir, I desire some con-

fidence with you.

Ben. She will indite him to some supper.

Mer. A bawd, a bawd, a bawd! So ho!

Rom. What hast thou found?

Mer. No hare, sir; unless a hare, sir, in a

 122 prick: point

126 By my troth: upon my word

136 confidence: misused for 'conference'

138 indite: consciously misused for 'invite'

141 hare: also slang for 'courtesan'

