THE TRAGEDY OF ROMEO AND JULIET - 1

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William Shakespeare ACT I SCENE I. A public place.Enter Sampson and Gregory armed with swords and bucklers. SAMPSON.Gregory, on my word, we’ll not carry coals. GREGORY.No, for then we should be colliers. SAMPSON.I mean, if we be in choler, we’ll draw. GREGORY.Ay, while you live, draw your neck out o’ the collar. SAMPSON.I strike quickly, being moved. GREGORY.But thou art not quickly moved to strike. SAMPSON.A dog of the house of Montague moves me. GREGORY.To move is to stir; and to be valiant is to stand: therefore, if thou art moved, thou runn’st away. SAMPSON.A dog of that house shall