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 2Y
R&J Act 4.5.15
(The Nurse thinks Juliet to be dead):
"O welladay [alas] that ever I was born".
Bacon's Promus entry 1004 (Folio 104):
"Optimum non nasci" ["Better not to be born"; from Adagia 440]
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R&J Act 4.5.46-9
Lady Capulet: one poor and loving child,
But one thing to rejoice and solace in,
And cruel death hath catch'd it from my sight.
Nurse: O woe! O woeful, woeful, woeful day.
But one thing to rejoice and solace in,
And cruel death hath catch'd it from my sight.
Nurse: O woe! O woeful, woeful, woeful day.
Bacon's Promus entry 1654 (Folio 132):
"Nulsoulas humaine sans helas" ["No human solace without woe - alas!"]
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R&J Act 4.5.90
(Lord Capulet reflects that Juliet's proposed wedding is to become her funeral):
"And all things change them[selves] to the contrary".
Bacon's Promus entry 992 (Folio 103B):
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