Romeo and Juliet

Juliet

Had she affections and warm youthful blood,
She would be as swift in motion as a ball;
My words would bandy her to my sweet love,
And his to me. But old folks, many feign as they were dead;

Nurse

Doth not rosemary and Romeo begin both with a letter?

Romeo

Ay, nurse; what of that? Both with an ‘R’.                    

Nurse

Ah, mocker, that's the dog's name; ‘R’ is for the — No, I know

Romeo

Nurse, commend me to thy lady and mistress.  I protest
unto thee —

Nurse

Good heart, and, i' faith, I will tell her as much! Lord! Lord,
she will be a joyful woman!                                           

Romeo

What wilt thou tell her, nurse? Thou dost not mark me.

Nurse

I will tell her, sir, that you do protest, which, as I take it,
is a gentlemanlike offer.

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