Act 4 Scene 4

The Capulet household is excited as they prepare for the wedding. The Nurse is sent to wake Juliet and finds her apparently dead. The whole household (including the County Paris) join in lamentation.
2	pastry: the room where pastry (the “bak’d meats” referred to in line 5) is made.
4	curfew bell: the bell rang at night (when the watch was set — see 3, 3, 147) and again in the morning (when the watch went off duty).
5	Angelica: perhaps a teasing name for the Nurse.
6	spare not for cost: don’t think about the expense.
cot-quean: man who interferes in the woman’s job (i.e. housework).
8	watching: keeping awake.
9	whit: bit.
11	mouse-hunt: woman-chaser.
12	watch: prevent
13	hood: woman.
13s.d.	spits: iron bars for roasting meat over fire.
17	I know how to find logs.
19	Mass: by the mass.
whoreson: bastard.
20	loggerhead: blockhead.
21	straight: immediately.
24	trim: dress.
28	Fast: i.e. fast asleep.
29	slug-a-bed: lazy person.
31	You . . . now: make sure that you get as much sleep now as you can.
32	I warrant: I’m sure.
33	set up his rest: made up his mind.
37	take: find.
38	fright you up: frighten you into getting up.
39	down again: lying down again (i.e. having got dressed).
53	is settled: has ceased to flow.
55	untimely: early.
67	living: property.
68	thought long: waited for a long time.
this morning’s face: the dawn of this day.
76	lasting: everlasting.
pilgrimage: progress (from year to year).
78	solace: find solace.
73	not . . . death: Juliet is no longer the County’s “life”, but she is still his love, even though she is dead.
87	Uncomfortable: grievous.
88	solemnity: ceremony.
92	confusion . . . confusions: the remedy (“cure”) for disaster (“Confusion”) is not to be found in these noisy outcries (“confusions”).
94	Had part: shared.
98	promotion: i.e. to a higher social status.
106	rosemary: the herb of remembrance, worn at weddings and funerals.
109	fond: foolish.
110	Reason laughs at grief, although grief is natural.
114	cheer: banquet.
117	contrary: opposite.
121	lour: frown.
122	Move: anger.
crossing: frustrating.
123	put up: put away (in their cases).
126	pitiful case: sorrowful state of affairs.
127	case: the Musician speaks as though the Nurse refers to his instrument-case.
128	“Heart’s ease”: a popular tune of the time.
131	“My heart is full”: the first line of another popular song.
132	dump: sad tune (a “merry dump” would be impossible).
140	gleek: gesture of scorn.
give you: call you.
141	minstrel: a term of contempt (see 3, 1, 45).
142	serving-creature: slave.
144	pate: head.
crotchets: (a) musical notes# (b) strange ideas.
145 	re . . . fa: notes on the musical scale.
note: take notice of.
146	An: if.
147	Put your dagger away and use some sense.
149	have at you: I attack you.
dry-beat: beat without drawing blood.
152ff	“When griping . . . : the opening of a lyric by Richard Edwardes (1523–66).
156	Minikin:
159	Prates: nonsense (literally, “he chatters”).
Rebec: a kind of fiddle.
161	sound for: play for.
162	Soundpost: wooden peg fixed below the bridge of a violin.
164	cry you mercy: sorry.
say: speak.
168	redress: comfort.
170	jack: scoundrel.
171	tarry: wait for.
stay dinner: stay to dinner.