SC. V.
ROMEO AND JULIET
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To fleer[E 1] and scorn at our solemnity[E 2]? 60 |
| Cap. | Why, how now, kinsman! wherefore storm you so? |
| Tyb. | Uncle, this is a Montague, our foe; A villain that is hither come in spite, 65 To scorn at our solemnity this night. |
| Cap. | Young Romeo is it?[C 1] |
| Tyb. | 'Tis he, that villain Romeo. |
| Cap. | Content thee, gentle coz, let him alone, He[C 2] bears him like a portly[E 3] gentleman; And, to say truth, Verona brags of him 70 To be a virtuous and well-govern'd youth: I would not for the wealth of all this[C 3] town Here in my house do him disparagement; Therefore be patient, take no note of him: It is my will, the which if thou respect, 75 Show a fair presence and put off these frowns, An ill-beseeming semblance for a feast. |
| Tyb. | It fits, when such a villain is a guest: I'll not endure him. |
| Cap. | He shall be endured: What, goodman boy! I say he shall: go to; 80 Am I the master here, or you? go to; You'll not endure him! God shall mend my soul, |
- ↑ 60. fleer] laugh mockingly, as in Much Ado, V. i. 58. Primarily to make a wry face; Palsgrave, Lesclarcissement: "I fleere, I make an evil countenance with the mouthe by uncoveryng of the tethe."
- ↑ 60. solemnity] dignified festivity (used specially of marriage festivities), frequent in Shakespeare. Compare solemn, as in Macbeth, III. i. 15: "To-night we hold a solemn supper."
- ↑ 69. portly] of dignity, as in Spenser, Sonnet v.: "portly pride" and "such portlinesse is honour."
