51. [O' t'other.] On the other. Cf. i. 1. 44 above: "of our side."

52. [Beshrew.] A mild form of imprecation, often used playfully. Cf. iii. 5. 221, 227 below.

56-58. [Your love,] etc. Printed as prose by the Cambridge editors, Daniel, and some others.

66. [Coil.] Ado, "fuss." See Much Ado, iii. 3. 100, M.N.D. iii. 2. 339, etc.

72. [Straight at any news.] Capell explains it, "at such talk (of love and Romeo), any talk of that kind." Perhaps, as Dowden suggests, the meaning is, "It is their way to redden at any surprise."


Scene VI.—

9. [These violent delights,] etc. Malone compares R. of L. 894: "These violent vanities can never last." He might have added Ham. ii. 1. 102:—

"This is the very ecstasy of love,