Benvolio; Good morrow,162 cousin.163
Romeo; Is the day so young?
Benvolio; But new164 struck nine.
Romeo; Ay me! sad hours seem long.
Was that my father that went hence so fast?
Benvolio; It was.What sadness lengthens Romeo’s hours?
162 morning,day*
163 relative,any member of the larger family (often shortened to “coz”)*
164 newly,