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Romeo and Juliet, IV. i

Jul. Amen!

Nurse. What!

Jul. Well, thou hast comforted me marvellous much.

Go in; and tell my lady I am gone,

Having displeas'd my father, to Laurence' cell,

To make confession and to be absolv'd.

Nurse. Marry, I will; and this is wisely done.

Exit.

Jul. Ancient damnation O most wicked fiend!

Is it more sin to wish me thus forsworn,

Or to dispraise my lord with that same tongue

Which she hath prais'd him with above compare

So many thousand times? Go, counsellor;

Thou and my bosom henceforth shall be twain.

I'll to the friar, to know his remedy:

If all else fail, myself have power to die.

 

''Fri. L''. On Thursday, sir? the time is very short.

Par. My father Capulet will have it so;

And I am nothing slow to slack his haste.

''Fri. L''. You say you do not know the lady's mind:

Uneven is the course, I like it not.

 3 to slack: i.e., so as to slack

5 Uneven: not straightforward

course: method of procedure

