Prologue
PROLOGUE.
Enter Chorus.
Chor. Now old desire doth in his death-bed lie,
And young affection gapes to be his heir;
That fair for which love groaned for and would
die,
With tender Juliet matched, is now not fair.
Now Romeo is belov'd and loves again,
Alike bewitched by the charm of looks,
But to his foe supposed he must complain,
And she steal love's sweet bait from fearful
hooks:
Being held a foe, he may not have access
To breathe such vows as lovers used to swear;
And she as much in love, her means much less
To meet her new-beloved any where:
But passion lends them power, time means, to
meet,
Tempering extremity with extreme sweet.
[Exit.
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