Was emptied quite; and they whose wrath no wisdom could asswage,
  Nor threatning of the prince, ne mynd of murthers donne
  At length (so mighty Jove it would) by pitye they are wonne."
And then the poem, like the play, ends with a reference to the
monumental honour done to the lovers:  
"And lest that length of time might from our myndes remove
  The memory of so perfect, sound, and so approved love,
  The bodies dead, removed from vaulte where they did dye,
  In stately tombe, on pillers great of marble, rayse they hye.
  On every syde above were set, and eke beneath,
  Great store of cunning Epitaphes, in honor of theyr death.
  And even at this day the tombe is to be seene;
  So that among the monumentes that in Verona been,
  There is no monument more worthy of the sight,
  Then is the tombe of Juliet and Romeus her knight."
ROMEO AND JULIET _DRAMATIS PERSONÆ_  
ESCALUS, prince of Verona.  
PARIS, a young nobleman, kinsman to the prince.  
MONTAGUE, }  
CAPULET, } heads of two houses at variance with each other.
An old man of the Capulet family.  
ROMEO, son to Montague.  
MERCUTIO, kinsman to the prince, and friend to Romeo.  
BENVOLIO, nephew to Montague, and friend to Romeo.  
TYBALT, nephew to Lady Capulet.  
FRIAR LAURENCE, }  
FRIAR JOHN, } Franciscans.  
BALTHASAR, servant to Romeo.  
SAMPSON, }  
GREGORY, } servants to Capulet.  
PETER, servant to Juliet's nurse.  
ABRAM, servant to Montague.  
An Apothecary.  
Three Musicians.  
Page to Paris; another Page; an Officer.  
LADY MONTAGUE, wife to Montague.  
LADY CAPULET, wife to Capulet.  
JULIET, daughter to Capulet.  
Nurse to Juliet.  
Citizens of Verona; Kinsfolk of both houses; Maskers, Guards, Watchmen,

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