William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona
W. G. Clark, W. Aldis Wright, Ed.

SCENE II

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.
[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 (10)


Wherein I sigh not, Julia, for thy sake,

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.

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. (20)

Pro.
Go; I come, I come.

Alas! this parting strikes poor lovers dumb. [Exeunt.