Romeo and Juliet Capulet Act 1 Scene 5

Capulet on lines 18 through 47 of Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Scene 5

Welcome, gentlemen. Ladies that have their toes

Unplagued with corns will wake a bout with you

Unplagued with corns will walk a bout with you

Ah, my mistresses, which of you all

Ah, my mistresses, which of you all

Will now deny to dance? She that makes dainty,

Will now deny to dance? She that makes dainty,

She, I’ll swear, hath corns. Am I come near you now?

She, I’ll swear, hath corns. Am I come near you now?

Welcome, gentlemen. I have seen the day that I have worn a visor and could tell A whispering tale in a fair lady’s ear, Such as would please.

Welcome, gentlemen. I have seen the day that I have worn a visor and could tell A whispering tale in a fair lady’s ear, Such as would please.

‘Tis gone, ‘tis gone, ‘tis gone.

‘Tis gone, ‘tis gone, ‘tis gone.

You are welcome gentlemen. Come musicians, play. A hall, a hall, give room! and foot it girls. more light, you knaves, and turn the tables up, and quench the fire; the room is grown too hot.

You are welcome gentlemen. Come musicians, play. A hall, a hall, give room! and foot it girls. more light, you knaves, and turn the tables up, and quench the fire; the room is grown too hot.

Ah, sirrah, this unlooked for sport comes well. Nay, sit, nay, sit, good cousin Capulet, for you and I are past our dancing days.

Ah, sirrah, this unlooked for sport comes well. Nay, sit, nay, sit, good cousin Capulet, for you and I are past our dancing days.

How long is’t now since last yourself and I were in a mask?

(Q) By’r Lady, thirty years.

What, man, ‘tis not so much, ‘tis not so much. ‘Tis since the nuptial of Lucentio, Come Pertecost as quickly as it will, Some five and twenty years, an

(QQQQQ) ‘Tis more, ‘tis more. His son is elder, sir. His son is thirty.

Will you tell me that? his son was but a ward two years ago.