ROMEO AND JULIET

By William Shakespeare

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

ESCALUS prince of Verona. (PRINCE:)

PARIS a young nobleman, kinsman to the prince.

MONTAGUE | | heads of two houses at variance with each other.
CAPULET |

An old man, cousin to Capulet. (Second Capulet:)

ROMEO son to Montague.

MERCUTIO kinsman to the prince, and friend to Romeo.

BENVOLIO nephew to Montague, and friend to Romeo.

TYBALT nephew to Lady Capulet.

FRIAR LAURENCE | | Franciscans.
FRIAR JOHN |

BALTHASAR servant to Romeo.

SAMPSON | | servants to Capulet.
GREGORY |

PETER servant to Juliet's nurse.

ABRAHAM servant to Montague.

An Apothecary. (Apothecary:)

Three Musicians. (First Musician:) (Second …ver más…

GREGORY No, for then we should be colliers.

SAMPSON I mean, an we be in choler, we'll draw.

GREGORY Ay, while you live, draw your neck out o' the collar.

SAMPSON I strike quickly, being moved.

GREGORY But thou art not quickly moved to strike.

SAMPSON A dog of the house of Montague moves me.

GREGORY To move is to stir; and to be valiant is to stand: therefore, if thou art moved, thou runn'st away.

SAMPSON A dog of that house shall move me to stand: I will take the wall of any man or maid of Montague's.

GREGORY That shows thee a weak slave; for the weakest goes to the wall.

SAMPSON True; and therefore women, being the weaker vessels, are ever thrust to the wall: therefore I will push Montague's men from the wall, and thrust his maids to the wall.

GREGORY The quarrel is between our masters and us their men.

SAMPSON 'Tis all one, I will show myself a tyrant: when I have fought with the men, I will be cruel with the maids, and cut off their heads.

GREGORY The heads of the maids?

SAMPSON Ay, the heads of the maids, or their maidenheads; take it in what sense thou wilt.

GREGORY They must take it in sense that feel it.

SAMPSON Me they shall feel while I am able to stand: and 'tis known I am a pretty piece of flesh.

GREGORY 'Tis well thou art not fish; if thou hadst, thou hadst been poor John. Draw thy tool! here comes two of the house of the