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| Enter Lady of the house, and Nurse. | Enter Lady Capulet and Nurse, with herbs | | RJ IV.iv.1 | |
| Lady. | LADY CAPULET | | | |
| Hold, / Take these keies, and fetch more spices Nurse. | Hold, take these keys and fetch more spices, Nurse. | | RJ IV.iv.1 | |
| Nur. | NURSE | | | |
| They call for Dates and Quinces in the Pastrie. | They call for dates and quinces in the pastry. | pastry (n.) pastry-making part of the kitchen | RJ IV.iv.2 | |
| Enter old Capulet. | Enter Capulet | | RJ IV.iv.3 | |
| Cap. | CAPULET | | | |
| Come, stir, stir, stir, The second Cocke hath Crow'd, | Come, stir, stir, stir! The second cock hath crowed. | | RJ IV.iv.3 | |
| The Curphew Bell hath rung, 'tis three a clocke: | The curfew bell hath rung. 'Tis three o'clock. | | RJ IV.iv.4 | |
| Looke to the bakte meates, good Angelica, | Look to the baked meats, good Angelica. | baked meats (n.)pies, pastries | RJ IV.iv.5 | |
| Spare not for cost. | Spare not for cost. | cost (n.)outlay, expense, expenditure | RJ IV.iv.6.1 | |
| Nur. | NURSE | | | |
| Go you Cot-queane, go, | Go, you cot-quean, go. | cot-quean (n.)man acting the housewife, meddler in household affairs | RJ IV.iv.6.2 | |
| Get you to bed, faith youle be sicke to morrow | Get you to bed! Faith, you'll be sick tomorrow | | RJ IV.iv.7 | |
| For this nights watching. | For this night's watching. | watching (n.)wakefulness, sleeplessness, vigilance | RJ IV.iv.8 | |
| Cap. | CAPULET | | | |
| No not a whit: what? I haue watcht ere now | No, not a whit. What! I have watched ere now | watch (v.)stay awake, keep vigil | RJ IV.iv.9 | |
| All night for lesse cause, and nere beene sicke. | All night for lesser cause, and ne'er been sick. | | RJ IV.iv.10 | |
| La. | LADY CAPULET | | | |
| I you haue bin a Mouse-hunt in your time, | Ay, you have been a mouse-hunt in your time. | mouse-hunt (n.)mouse-hunter; prowler, pursuer of women | RJ IV.iv.11 | |
| But I will watch you from such watching now. | But I will watch you from such watching now. | | RJ IV.iv.12 | |
| Exit Lady and Nurse. | Exeunt Lady Capulet and Nurse | | RJ IV.iv.12 | |
| Cap. | CAPULET | | | |
| A iealous hood, a iealous hood, | A jealous hood, a jealous hood! | hood (n.)[unclear meaning] head-covering, bonnet, mask | RJ IV.iv.13.1 | |
| | jealous-hood (n.)[unclear meaning] state of being jealous | | |
| Enter three or foure with spits, and logs, and | Enter three or four Servingmen with spits and logs and | | RJ IV.iv.13.1 | |
| baskets. | baskets | | RJ IV.iv.13.2 | |
| Now fellow, | Now, fellow, | | RJ IV.iv.13.2 | |
| what there? | What is there? | | RJ IV.iv.14 | |
| Fel. | FIRST SERVINGMAN | | | |
| Things for the Cooke sir, but I know not what. | Things for the cook, sir; but I know not what. | | RJ IV.iv.15 | |
| Cap. | CAPULET | | | |
| Make hast, make hast, | Make haste, make haste. | | RJ IV.iv.16.1 | |
| Exit First Servingman | | RJ IV.iv.16 | |
| sirrah, fetch drier Logs. | Sirrah, fetch drier logs. | | RJ IV.iv.16.2 | |
| Call Peter, he will shew thee where they are. | Call Peter. He will show thee where they are. | | RJ IV.iv.17 | |
| Fel. | SECOND SERVINGMAN | | | |
| I haue a head sir, that will find out logs, | I have a head, sir, that will find out logs | | RJ IV.iv.18 | |
| And neuer trouble Peter for the matter. | And never trouble Peter for the matter. | | RJ IV.iv.19 | |
| Cap. | CAPULET | | | |
| Masse and well said, a merrie horson, ha, | Mass! and well said. A merry whoreson, ha! | whoreson (n.)[son of a whore; serious or jocular term of abuse] fellow, bastard | RJ IV.iv.20 | |
| Thou shalt be loggerhead; | Thou shalt be loggerhead. | loggerhead (n.)blockhead, numbskull, dolt | RJ IV.iv.21.1 | |
| Exit Second Servingman | | RJ IV.iv.21 | |
| good Father, 'tis day. | Good Father! 'tis day. | | RJ IV.iv.21.2 | |
| The Countie will be here with Musicke straight, | The County will be here with music straight, | straight (adv.)straightaway, immediately, at once | RJ IV.iv.22 | |
| | county (n.)[title of rank] count | | |
| For so he said he would, | For so he said he would. | | RJ IV.iv.23.1 | |
| Play Musicke | Music plays | | RJ IV.iv.23 | |
| I heare him neere, | I hear him near. | | RJ IV.iv.23.2 | |
| Nurse, wife, what ho? what Nurse I say? | Nurse! Wife! What, ho! What, Nurse, I say! | | RJ IV.iv.24 | |
| Enter Nurse. | Enter Nurse | | RJ IV.iv.25.1 | |
| Go waken Iuliet, go and trim her vp, | Go waken Juliet. Go and trim her up. | trim up, trim (v.)decorate, array, deck out | RJ IV.iv.25 | |
| Ile go and chat with Paris: hie, make hast, | I'll go and chat with Paris. Hie, make haste, | hie (v.)hasten, hurry, speed | RJ IV.iv.26 | |
| Make hast, the Bridegroome, he is come already: | Make haste! The bridegroom he is come already. | | RJ IV.iv.27 | |
| Make hast I say. | Make haste, I say. | | RJ IV.iv.28 | |
| Exit Capulet | | RJ IV.iv.28 | |