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Hamlet

Welcome, good friends. [To a young actor] Oh, my old friend!
Thy face is valanced since I saw thee last. Com'st
thou to beard me in Denmark? [To a young boy actor] What,
my young lady and mistress! By'r lady, your ladyship is nearer
heaven than when I saw you last, by the altitude of a chopine. 
Pray God your voice, like a piece of uncurrent gold, be not
cracked within the ring.  [To all]  Masters, you are all 
welcome. We'll e'en to't like French falconers — fly at
anything we see. We'll have a speech straight. Come, give
us a taste of your quality. Come, a passionate speech.

Capulet

Invite exactly as many guests as are written down here.

[Exit First Servant]

You, boy, go hire me twenty skilled cooks.

Second Servant

You won’t have any bad cooks, sir. I’ll test them to see if they can lick their fingers.

Capulet

How is that test supposed to work?

Juliet

Come on, sun, hurry up and set. I wish some god would whip you forward so the cloudy night would come immediately. Let night wanderers blink and miss us and let Romeo leap into my arms unseen. Lovers can see well enough to make love by the light of beauty, and if they can’t, it won’t matter in the dark of night anyway. If only night would come like a proper widow dressed in black and teach me how to gain something by losing my virginity.

Capulet

But Montague is legally bound to keep the peace by the Prince’s edict just as I am. This shouldn’t be difficult for two old guys like us.

Paris

It’s a pity that two men of such distinction as you are have lived in conflict for so long. But now, my lord, what do you think of my request?

Capulet

I’ll just repeat what I said before. My daughter is so young — not yet 14. We should wait at least two more years before she marries.

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