28. [A hall, a hall!] This exclamation occurs frequently in the old comedies, and is = make room. Cf. Doctor Dodypoll, 1600: "Room! room! a hall! a hall!" and Jonson, Tale of a Tub: "Then cry, a hall! a hall!"
29. [Turn the tables up.] The tables in that day were flat leaves hinged together and placed on trestles; when removed they were therefore turned up (Steevens).
30. [The fire.] S. appears to have forgotten that the time was in summer. See p. 19 above.
32. [Cousin.] The "uncle Capulet" of i. 2. 70. The word was often used loosely = kinsman in S. Cf. iii. 1. 143 below: "Tybalt, my cousin! O my brother's child!"
37. [Nuptial.] The regular form in S. In the 1st folio nuptials occurs only in Per. v. 3. 80.
43. [What lady is that,] etc. Cf. Brooke's poem:—
"At length he saw a mayd, right fayre of perfect shape:
Which Theseus, or Paris would haue chosen to their rape.
Whom erst he neuer sawe, of all she pleasde him most: