Scene II. Friar Lawrence's Cell.
[Enter Friar John.]
FRIAR JOHN.
Holy Franciscan friar! brother, ho!
[Enter Friar Lawrence.]
FRIAR LAWRENCE.
This same should be the voice of Friar John.
Welcome from Mantua: what says Romeo?
Or, if his mind be writ, give me his letter.
FRIAR JOHN.
Going to find a barefoot brother out,
One of our order, to associate me,
Here in this city visiting the sick,
And finding him, the searchers of the town,
Suspecting that we both were in a house
Where the infectious pestilence did reign,
Seal'd up the doors, and would not let us forth;
So that my speed to Mantua there was stay'd.
