Act Four, scene one Friar Laurence explains to Juliet how the drug will work: Friar Laurence : Take thou this vial, being then in bed, And this distilled liquor drink thou off: When presently through all thy veins shall run A cold and drowsy humour; for no pulse Shall keep his native progress but surcease; No warmth, no breath, shall testify thou liv'st The roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade To paly ashes; thy eyes' windows fall, Like death, when he shuts up the day of life; Each part, deprived of subtle government Shall, stiff and stark and cold, appear like death: And in this borrowed likeness of shrunk death Thou shalt continue two and forty hours, And then awake as from a pleasant sleep. Notes: this vial: cette fiole Retour au texte drowsy: (ici) assoupissant Retour au texte surcease: s'arrêter Retour au texte fade: faner Retour au texte eyes' windows: c'est-à-dire les paupières Retour au texte subtle government: gouvernement habile Retour au texte stiff and stark: raide et triste Retour au texte And in this borrowed likeness of shrunk death Thou shalt continue ...: et tu continueras sous cette apparence trompeuse de la mort flétrissante Retour au texte