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"The ape is dead, and I must conjure him"
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Act 2,
Scene 1
Lines 17-

A reference by Mercutio of a street performers' act using a monkey in myShakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 1.

Mercutio is referring to a street performers’ act in which a monkey has been trained to play dead until it hears its owner call it by a code name, upon which it jumps up as if it has been conjured back to life.