DAVE: Immoderatley she weeps for Tybalts death. Her father counts it dangerous that she doth give her sarrow so much sway, and in his wisdom hastes our marrige to stop the inundation of her tears. Happily met, my lady, and my wife.

JULIET: That may be, sir, when I may be a wife.

PARIS: That "may be," must be, love, on Thursday next.

JULIET: What must be, shall be.

FATHER LAWRENCE: Well, that's a certain text.

DAVE: Come you to make confession?

JULIET: Are you at leisure Holy Father, now? Or shall I come to you at evening mass?

FATHER LAWRENCE: My leisure serves me, pensive daughter now. We must entreat the time alone.

DAVE: God shield I should desturb devotion. Juliet, on Thursday early will I rouse thee, Till then, adieu, and keep this holy kiss.

JULIET: Tell me not, Father, that thou hearest of this, Unless thou tell me how I may prevent it.

FATHER LAWRENCE: It strains me past the compass of my wits.

JULIET: If in thy wisdom thou canst give no help Do thou but call my resolution wise, And with this I'll help it presently!

FATHER LAWRENCE: Hold Daughter!

JULIET: Be not so long to speak I long to die.

FATHER LAWRENCE: I do spy a kind of hope, Which craves as desprate and execution as that is desprate which we would prevent. If, rather than to marry Paris, Thou hast the strength of will to slay thyself, Then it is likely thou wilt undertake a thing like death, to chide away this shame. No warmth, no breath shall testify thou livest . Each part, deprived of supple government, shall stiff and stark and cold appear, like death. Now when the bridegroom in the morning comes to rouse thee from thy bed, there art thou dead. Thou shalt be borne to that same aincient vault where all he kindred to the capulet lie. In the meantime, against thou shalt awake, shall Romeo by my letters know our drift, and hither shall he come. And that very night shall Romeo bear thee hence to Mantua. Take thou this vial, being then in bed, and this distilling liquor drink thou off. I'll send my letters to thy lord post haste to Mantua.

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