Two Gentlemen of Verona The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] · William Shakespeare
SCENE II. _Verona. JULIA'S house._
_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. Keep this remembrance for thy Julia's sake. 5 [_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 Wherein I sigh not, Julia, for thy sake, 10 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; That tide will stay me longer than I should. 15 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. _Pro._ Go; I come, I come. 20 Alas! this parting strikes poor lovers dumb. [_Exeunt._ Notes: II, 2. 5: [Giving a ring] Rowe. 16: [Exit Julia] Rowe. 20: _I come, I come_] _I come_ Pope.
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