Romeo and Juliet in the cell of Friar Lawrence: Romeo asks Juliet to allow Friar Lawrence to marry them. Stipple engraving by I.J. van den Berghe, 1794, after H.W. Bunbury.

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Lawrence, Friar (Fictitious character)

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Romeo and Juliet in the cell of Friar Lawrence: Romeo asks Juliet to allow Friar Lawrence to marry them. Stipple engraving by I.J. van den Berghe, 1794, after H.W. Bunbury.