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30 lent me counsel: advised me 31 pilot: navigator


32


such merchandise: valuable goods


RoMeO By love, who first did prompt me to inquire. He lent me counsel30 I am no pilot,31


and I lent him eyes. yet, wert thou as far


As that vast shore washed with the farthest sea, I would adventure for such merchandise.32


33


Fain…form: I would gladly follow tradition


34 compliment: customs/etiquette


35 perjuries: lies 36


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JuLiEt Thou know’st the mask of night is on my face, Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek For that which thou hast heard me speak tonight. Fain would I dwell on form33


– fain, fain deny


Jove: Jupiter, King of the Roman gods


37 perverse: obstinate 38


39 fond: foolish 40


41


So thou wilt woo: so you will continue to court me


’haviour light: behaviour lacks seriousness


cunning to be strange: cleverness by acting unapproachable


42 ware: aware 43


And not impute…love: and don’t think that I give away my love lightly


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What I have spoke – but farewell compliment!34 Dost thou love me? I know thou wilt say ‘Ay,’ And I will take thy word. Yet if thou swear’st, Thou mayst prove false. At lovers’ perjuries35 They say, Jove36


laughs. O gentle Romeo,


If thou dost love, pronounce it faithfully. Or if thou think’st I am too quickly won, I’ll frown and be perverse37 So thou wilt woo38


and say thee nay, – but else, not for the world.


In truth, fair Montague, I am too fond,39 And therefore thou mayst think my ’havior light.40 But trust me, gentleman, I’ll prove more true Than those that have more cunning to be strange.41 I should have been more strange, I must confess, But that thou overheard’st, ere I was ware,42 My true-love passion. Therefore pardon me, And not impute this yielding to light love,43 Which the dark night hath so discovered.


RoMeO Lady, by yonder blessed moon I vow, That tips with silver all these fruit-tree tops –


44 inconstant: unreliable 45 circled orb: orbit


46 Lest: in case


JuLiEt O, swear not by the moon, the inconstant44


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That monthly changes in her circled orb,45 Lest46


RoMeO What shall I swear by?


JuLiEt Do not swear at all – 47 my idolatry: my worship


Or, if thou wilt, swear by thy gracious self, Which is the god of my idolatry,47 And I’ll believe thee.


RoMeO If my heart’s dear love – 70 that thy love prove likewise variable. moon,


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