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- Act 5 Scene 2
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- 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 townÆs health
- officials, whose job was to view all dead bodies
- and cases of infectious illness. If the plague
- (ôinfectious pestilenceö) 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.
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