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What do the first two lines in Act 5 of Romeo and Juliet mean?
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Romeo says:
If I may trust the flattering truth of sleep
My dreams presage some joyful news at hand.
Romeo has been having dreams which, he thinks, foretell (that's what presage means) some good news. This is the meaning of the second line.
However, he is not ready to accept without question this apparent good news. By "flattering truth of sleep" he means that what we see in our dreams may just tell us what we want to hear--thus "flattering". So he is not sure he can trust his dreams. This is the meaning of the first line.
Taken together they mean something like "If my dreams aren't just telling me what I want to hear, they foretell good news."
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