Read the excerpt from Act IV, scene iv of Romeo and Juliet.Peter: Musicians! O! musicians, ‘Heart’s ease, Heart’s ease:’ O! an ye will have me live, play ‘Heart’s ease.’ First Musician: Why ‘Heart’s ease?’ Peter: O! musicians, because my heart itself plays ‘My heart is full of woe;’ O! play me some merry dump, to comfort me. Second Musician: Not a dump we; ’tis no time to play now.
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