Act 2 Scene 5

The lovers meet at Friar Laurence’s cell.
1, 2	May heaven look favourably upon this act, so that the future (“after-hours”) does not 
reproach (“chide”) us by bringing sorrow.
4	countervail: equal.
6	Do thou but close our hands: all you have to do is join our hands.
8	but: only.
10	powder: gun-powder.
12	his: its.
13	Eating it destroys the desire for the honey.
15	tardy: late.
18	bestride: ride upon
gossamers: spiders’ webs.
19	idles: floats.
wanton: playful.
20	light: trivial
vanity: the pleasures of this world# see Ecclesiastes, 1:2 and 2:1.
21	ghostly: spiritual.
23	Juliet must give the greeting to Romeo as well as the Friar, otherwise he will be giving her 
excessive thanks# perhaps she kisses him.
26	blazon: describe (the metaphor is taken from heraldry).
27	neighbour: surrounding.
28	Unfold: express.
29	in either: from each other.
30	Conceit: imagination.
matter: substance, reality.
32	Those who can say how much money they have are not really rich.
34	sum up sum: add up the total.
36	by your leaves: with your permission.