In Act 5, scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet, how does Romeo describe the Apothecary he remembers?

The quote you are looking for comes in Act V scene 1 just
after Romeo has sent Balthasar away to hire some horses. Romeo has clearly devised his
plan to die with Juliet, his wife, that very night, and needs some means of ending his
life so that he can commit suicide. He remembers seeing an Apothecary that he had seen
thereabouts, and he describes him as follows:

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I do remember an
apothecary,

And hereabouts 'a dwells, which late I
noted

In tattered weeds, with overwhelming
brows,

Culling of simples. Meager were his
looks,

Sharp misery had worn him to the
hones;

And in his needy shop a tortoise
hung,

An alligator stuffed, and other
skins

Of ill-shaped
fishes...

Key elements in the
description of the Apothecary therefore are the poor state of his appearance and
clothing and the way that he carried with him many different kinds of herbs. He is
obviously very thin and gaunt as his looks were "Meager" and his "misery" was evident.
Romeo therefore concludes that this would be the man to approach to buy his
poison.