(Whose present sale is death in Mantua),

Here he might buy it. This thought of mine

Did but forerune my need; and hereabout he dwells.

Being holiday the beggar’s shop is shut.

What ho! Apothecary! Come forth I say.

Ap. Who calls? What would you, Sir?

Rom. Here’s twenty ducats.

Give me a dram of some such speeding gere

As will despatch the weary taker’s life

As suddenly as powder being fired