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Romeo and Juliet
Seigneur Valentio and his cousin Tybalt; Lucio and the lively Helena."
A fair assembly. Whither should they come?
PETER Up.
ROMEO
Whither? To supper?
PETER
To our house.
ROMEO
Whose house?
PETER
My master's.
ROMEO
Indeed, I should have asked thee that before.
Act 1, scene 2
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ORIGINAL TEXT
PETER
Now I'll tell you without asking. My master is the great rich Capulet, and ifyou be not ofthe house ofMontagues, I pray come and crush a cup of wine. Rest you merry!
Exit PETER
BENVOLIO
At this same ancient feast of Capulet's
Sups the fair Rosaline whom thou so loves With all the admired beauties ofVerona.
Go thither, and with unattainted eye Compare her face with some that I shall show, And I will make thee think thy swan a crow.
ROMEO
When the devout religion of mine eye
Maintains such falsehood, then turn tears to fires, And these, who, often drowned, could never die, Transparent heretics, be burnt for liars!
One fairer than my love? The all-seeing sun Ne'er saw her match since first the world begun.