According to Lady Capulet, why is Juliet being asked to marry now?

In
,discusses marriage with . Juliet is thirteen and will be fourteen in two weeks, so Lady Capulet
thinks it is high time for her to marry. Lady Capulet says many girls in Verona are married and
mothers at Juliet's age, and she also notes that she herself was married and probably had had a
child by the time she turned fourteen. Lady Capulet states:

Younger than you

Here in Verona, ladies of
esteem

Are made already mothers. By my count,

I
was your mother much upon these years

That you are now a
maid.

Lady Capulet goes on
to tell Juliet thatis interested in marrying her. He will be at the Capulet's masquerade ball
that night, and Lady Capulet says he would make fine husband. She states that he is handsome and
single, and she implies that he is well-to-doand for all these reasons, a good match for her
daughter. Lady Capulet believes that since her daughter is old enough to marry and has a
suitable suitor, now is the time to move ahead.