what does scourage mean as it is used in the following lines from act V scene three of Romeo and Juliet?

Prince: this letter doth make good the Friars words, their course of love, the tidings of her death: and here he writes, that he did buy a poison of a pothecary, and therewithal came to this vault, to die, and lie with Juliet. Where be enemies? Capulet, Montague, see what a scourage is laid upon your hate, that heaven finds means to kill your joys with love

Inconvenience

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Punishment

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Punishment