Act 5 Scene 2

Friar Laurence learns of the misfortune that has delayed his letter to Romeo. He and Friar John hurry to the vault of the Capulets.
4	his mind be writ: he has written down his thoughts.
5	bare-foot brother: i.e. another Franciscan friar# members of the Order always travelled bare-foot, and in pairs.
6	associate: accompany.
8	searchers of the town: the town’s health officials, whose job was to view all dead bodies and cases of infectious illness. If the plague (“infectious pestilence”) was suspected, any contacts were put under house-arrest until the period of infection was over.
18	nice: formal.
charge: instructions.
19	import: importance.
21	crow: crowbar.
straight: immediately.
23	must I: I must go.
25	beshrew: curse.
26	accidents: happenings.