12. [Balthasar.] Always accented by S. on the first syllable. The name occurs in C. of E., Much Ado, and M. of V.
17. [She is well.] See on iv. 5. 72 above.
18. [Capel's.] The early eds. have "Capels"; the modern ones generally "Capels'." The singular seems better here, on account of the omission of the article; but the plural in v. 3. 127: "the Capels' monument." S. uses this abbreviation only twice. Brooke uses Capel and Capulet indiscriminately. See quotation in note on i. 1. 28 above.
21. [Presently.] Immediately; the usual meaning in S. Cf. iv. 1. 54 and 95 above.
27. [Patience.] A trisyllable, as in v. 3. 221 and 261 below.
29. [Misadventure.] Mischance, misfortune; used by S. only here and in v. 3. 188 below. Misadventured occurs only in prol. 7 above.
36. [In.] Into; as often. Cf. v. 3. 34 below.
37. [I do remember,] etc. Joseph Warton objects to the detailed description here as "improperly put into the mouth of a person agitated with such passion." "But," as Knight remarks, "the mind once made up, it took a perverse pleasure in going over every circumstance that had suggested the means of mischief. All other thoughts had passed out of Romeo's mind. He had nothing left but to die; and everything connected with the means of death was seized upon by his imagination with an energy that could only find relief in words. S. has exhibited the same knowledge of nature in his sad and solemn poem of R. of L., where the injured wife, having resolved to wipe out her stain by death,
"'calls to mind where hangs a piece
Of skilful painting, made for Priam's Troy.'