Project Gutenberg volunteers *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ROMEO AND JULIET *** THE TRAGEDY OF ROMEO AND JULIET by William Shakespeare Contents THE PROLOGUE. ACT I SCENE I. An open Gallery to Juliet’s Nurse. SAMPSON, servant to Romeo. PARIS, a young cockerel’s stone; A perilous knock, and it pricks like thorn. MERCUTIO. If