Scene IV

Capylet’ House

Enter Lady Capulet and Nurse.

LADY:

Hold, take these keys and fetch more spices, Nurse.

LADY:

Hold on, take these keys and go get more spices, nurse.

NURSE:

They call for dates and quinces in the pastry.

NURSE:

They’re asking for dates and quinces in the pastry.

Enter Capulet.

CAP:

Come, stir, stir, stir! The second cock hath crow'd,
The curfew bell hath rung, 'tis three o'clock.
Look to the bak'd meats, good Angelica;(5)
Spare not for cost.

CAP:

Come on, let’s get going! The second rooster has crowed,
The curfew bell has rung, It’s three o'clock.
Take care of the baked meats, good Angelica.
Don’t worry about the cost.

NURSE:

Go, you cot-quean, go,
Get you to bed! Faith, you'll be sick to-morrow
For this night's watching.

NURSE:

Go, you husband acting like a housewife, go!
Go to bed. In faith, you'll be sick tomorrow
Because you stayed up all night, supervising.

CAP:

No, not a whit. What, I have watch'd ere now(10)
All night for lesser cause, and ne'er been sick.

CAP:

No, not a whit. what! I have supervised before now,
All night for lesser cause, and I’ve never been sick.

LADY:

Ay, you have been a mouse-hunt in your time;
But I will watch you from such watching now.

LADY:

Yeah, you have been a real weasel in your time,
But I will watch you to keep you from staying up all night now.

Exeunt Lady and Nurse.

CAP:

A jealous hood, a jealous hood!
Now, fellow, what is there?(15)

CAP:

A jealous spy, a jealous spy! Now, fellow,
What's there?

Enter three or four servingmen, with spits and logs and baskets.

FIRST SERVANT:

Things for the cook, sir; but I know not
what.

FIRST SERVANT:

Things for the cook, sir; but I don’t know what.

CAP:

Make haste, make haste. Exit First Servant. Sirrah,
fetch drier logs.
Call Peter; he will show thee where they are.(20)

CAP:

Hurry up, hurry up!.
Servant, go get drier logs.
Call Peter, he’ll show you where they are.

SECOND SERVANT:

I have a head, sir, that will find out logs
And never trouble Peter for the matter.

Exit Second Servant.

SECOND SERVANT:

I have a head, sir, that will find out where the logs are,
I don’t have to bother Peter.

CAP:

Mass, and well said; a merry whoreson, ha!
Thou shalt be loggerhead.Good faith,'tis day.
The County will be here with music straight,(25)
For so he said he would.

Play of music.

I hear him near.
Nurse! Wife! What, ho! What, nurse, I say!

Enter Nurse.

Go waken Juliet; go and trim her up.
I'll go and chat with Paris. Hie, make haste,(30)
Make haste! The bridegroom he is come already:
Make haste, I say.

Exeunt.

CAP:

By the Mass, well said; a merry bastard, ha!
You shall be a “logger-head.” Good faith, it’s morning.
The Count will be here soon with music,
Because he said he would. I hear him nearby.
Nurse! Wife! What, hello! What, nurse, I say! Go, wake up Juliet. Go and get her dressed.
I'll go and chat with Paris. Quickly, hurry,
Hurry. The bridegroom’s already here.
Hurry, I say.