Part 2 - Parallels between Bacon's Promus and Romeo and Juliet
(with special emphasis on Promus Folio 112)
(with special emphasis on Promus Folio 112)
Part 23
R&J Act 2.4.156 & 3.1.39-43
Peter: I dare draw as soon as another man, if I see occasion
in a good quarrel...
Mercutio: Couple it with something; make it a word and a blow.
Tybalt: You shall find me apt enough to that Sir, and you will
give me occasion.
Mercutio: Could you not take some occasion without giving?
in a good quarrel...
Mercutio: Couple it with something; make it a word and a blow.
Tybalt: You shall find me apt enough to that Sir, and you will
give me occasion.
Mercutio: Could you not take some occasion without giving?
Bacon's Promus entry 166 (Folio 86B):
"Nunc ipsa vocat res" ["Occasion now presents itself"; from Virgil, Aeneid ix 320]
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R&J Act 2.5.4-5
(Juliet impatiently awaits the Nurse's return with confirmation from Romeo of their marriage plans):
"Love's heralds should be thoughts
Which ten times faster glides than the sun's beams".
Which ten times faster glides than the sun's beams".
Bacon's Promus entry 22 (Folio 83):
[of love] "Atque animis illabere nostris" ["and glide into our minds"; from Aeneid 3.89]
Comment: "Glides" is not an obvious word in the context of the Shake-Speare line, so he probably had the Latin tag in mind.
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