Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Act 5 - Scene 2

Friar Laurence’s cell.

Friar John : Holy Franciscan friar! brother, ho!

Friar Laurence : This same should be the voice of Friar John. [p]Welcome from Mantua:
what says Romeo? [p]Or, if his mind be writ, give me his letter.

Friar John : Going to find a bare-foot brother out [p]One of our order, to
associate me, [p]Here in this city visiting the sick, [p]And finding
him, the searchers of the town, [p]Suspecting that we both were in a
house [p]Where the infectious pestilence did reign, [p]Seal'd up the
doors, and would not let us forth; [p]So that my speed to Mantua there
was stay'd.

Friar Laurence : Who bare my letter, then, to Romeo?

Friar John : I could not send it,--here it is again,-- [p]Nor get a messenger to
bring it thee, [p]So fearful were they of infection.

Friar Laurence : Unhappy fortune! by my brotherhood, [p]The letter was not nice but
full of charge [p]Of dear import, and the neglecting it [p]May do much
danger. Friar John, go hence; [p]Get me an iron crow, and bring it
straight [p]Unto my cell.

Friar John : Brother, I'll go and bring it thee.

Friar Laurence : Now must I to the monument alone; [p]Within three hours will fair
Juliet wake: [p]She will beshrew me much that Romeo [p]Hath had no
notice of these accidents; [p]But I will write again to Mantua, [p]And
keep her at my cell till Romeo come; [p]Poor living corse, closed in a
dead man's tomb!

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