II.ii.39 (47,7) Thou art thyself, though not a Montague] I think the true reading is,
Thou art thyself, then not a Montague.
Thou art a being of peculiar excellence, and hast none of the malignity of the family, from which thou hast thy name.—Hanmer reads,
Thour't not thyself so, though a Montague.
II.iii.15 (53,6) the powerful grace, that lies/In plants] Efficacious virtue.
II.iii.27 (53,7) Two such opposed foes encamp them still] [W: opposed kin] Foes may be the right reading, or kings, but I think kin can hardly be admitted. Two kings are two opposite powers, two contending potentates, in both the natural and moral world. The word encamp is proper to commanders. (see 1765, VIII, 46, 2)
II.iv.20 (57,3) courageous captain of compliments] A complete master of all the laws of ceremony, the principal man in the doctrine of punctilio.
"A man of compliments, whom right and wrong
"Have chose as umpire;"
says our author of Don Armado, the Spaniard, in Love's Labour Lost.