41. [Deck up her.] Such transpositions are not rare in S. The 1st quarto has "prepare up him" in 45 just below.
Scene III.—
5. [Cross.] Perverse. Cf. Hen. VIII. iii. 2. 214:—
"what cross devil
Made me put this main secret in the packet
I sent the king?"
8. [Behoveful.] Befitting; used by S. nowhere else.
15. [Thrills.] The ellipsis is somewhat peculiar from the fact that the relative is expressed in the next line. We should expect "thrilling" or "And almost."
23. [Lie thou there.] See on iv. 1. 54 above. Moreover, as Steevens notes, knives, or daggers, were part of the accoutrements of a bride. Cf. Dekker, Match me in London: "See at my girdle hang my wedding knives!" and King Edward III., 1599: "Here by my side do hang my wedding knives," etc. Dyce remarks that the omission of the word knife "is peculiarly awkward, as Juliet has been addressing the vial just before;" but S. wrote for the stage, where the action would make the reference perfectly clear.