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Two households in Verona maintain an ancient grudge that leads to recurring civil conflict. Amidst this hostility, the children of these rival families become star-crossed lovers whose tragic deaths ultimately resolve their parents' strife.

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ACT I

Wilt thou not, Jule?’ and, by my holidame, The pretty wretch left crying, and said ‘Ay’. To see now how a jest shall come about. I warrant, and I should live a thousand years, I never should forget it. ‘Wilt thou not, Jule?’ quoth he; And, pretty fool, it stinted, and said ‘Ay.’

LADY CAPULET.

Enough of this; I pray thee hold thy peace.

NURSE.

Yes, madam, yet I cannot choose but laugh,

To think it should leave crying, and say ‘Ay’;

And yet I warrant it had upon it brow

A bump as big as a young cockerel’s stone;

A perilous knock, and it cried bitterly.

‘Yea,’ quoth my husband, ‘fall’st upon thy face?

Thou wilt fall backward when thou comest to age;

Wilt thou not, Jule?’ it stinted, and said ‘Ay’.

JULIET.

And stint thou too, I pray thee, Nurse, say I.

NURSE.

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