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SC. III.]
ROMEO AND JULIET
181

This is my daughter's jointure, for no more
Can I demand.

Mon. But I can give thee more:
For I will raise[C 1] her statue in pure gold;
That whiles[C 2] Verona by that name is known,
There shall no figure at such[C 3] rate be set300
As that of true[E 1] and faithful Juliet.
Cap. As rich shall Romeo[E 2] by his lady[C 4] lie;
Poor sacrifices of our enmity!
Prince. A glooming[C 5][E 3] peace this morning with it brings;
The sun, for sorrow, will not show his head:305
Go hence, to have more talk of these sad things;
Some shall be pardon'd, and some punished:[E 4]
For never was a story of more woe
Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.[Exeunt.
  1. 298. raise] F, raie Q.
  2. 299. whiles] Q, F; while Rowe.
  3. 300. such] Q, that F.
  4. 302. Romeo … lady] Q 1, F; Romeos … Ladies Q.
  5. 304. glooming] Q, F; gloomie Q 1.
  1. 301. true] Collier (MS.) fair.
  2. 302. Romeo] Several editors follow Q Romeo's and lady's. Theobald has Romeo's and lady.
  3. 304. glooming] The word is neither uncommon nor obsolete, but it dropped for a time out of literature; hence probably F 4 gloomy.
  4. 307. pardon'd … punished] In Brooke's poem the Nurse is banished, because she had hid the marriage; Romeo's servant is allowed to live free; the apothecary is hanged; Friar Lawrence is discharged, retires to a hermitage two miles from Verona, and, after five years, there dies.