Volume 1 / Act 2 — II. 2 Scene II. Verona. Julia’s house.
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Enter Proteus and Julia.
Pro. Have patience, gentle Julia.
Jul. I must, where is no remedy.
Pro. When possibly I can, I will return.
Jul. If you turn not, you will return the sooner.
5 Keep this remembrance for thy Julia’s sake. Giving a ring.
Pro. Why, then, we’ll make exchange; here, take you this.
Jul. And seal the bargain with a holy kiss.
Pro. Here is my hand for my true constancy; And when that hour o’erslips me in the day 10 Wherein I sigh not, Julia, for thy sake, The next ensuing hour some foul mischance Torment me for my love’s forgetfulness! My father stays my coming; answer not; The tide is now:—nay, not thy tide of tears; 15 That tide will stay me longer than I should. Julia, farewell! Exit Julia. What, gone without a word? Ay, so true love should do: it cannot speak; For truth hath better deeds than words to grace it.
Enter Panthino.
Pan. Sir Proteus, you are stay’d for.
20 Pro. Go; I come, I come. Alas! this parting strikes poor lovers dumb. Exeunt.