But look thou stay not till the watch be set,
For then thou canst not pass to Mantua; 148
Where thou shalt live, till we can find a time
To blaze your marriage, reconcile your friends,
Beg pardon of the prince, and call thee back
With twenty hundred thousand times more joy
Than thou went'st forth in lamentation. 153
Go before, nurse: commend me to thy lady;
And bid her hasten all the house to bed,
Which heavy sorrow makes them apt unto: 156
Romeo is coming.
Nurse. O Lord! I could have stay'd here all the night
To hear good counsel: O! what learning is.
My lord, I'll tell my lady you will come. 160
Rom. Do so, and bid my sweet prepare to chide.
Nurse. Here, sir, a ring she bid me give you, sir.
Hie you, make haste, for it grows very late. [Exit.]
Rom. How well my comfort is reviv'd by this! 164
Fri. L. Go hence; good-night; and here stands all your state:
Either be gone before the watch be set,
Or by the break of day disguis'd from hence:
Sojourn in Mantua; I'll find out your man, 168
And he shall signify from time to time
Every good hap to you that chances here.
Give me thy hand; 'tis late: farewell; good-night.
Rom. But that a joy past joy calls out on me,
It were a grief so brief to part with thee: 173
Farewell. Exeunt.
147 watch: guard
150 blaze: make public
156 apt unto: ready for
165 stands all your state: all your fortune depends
173 so brief: in such rude haste
