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Lest that thy love prove likewise variable.

Rom.	What shall I swear by?

Jul.	Do not swear at all; Or, if thou wilt, swear by thy gracious[C 1] self, Which is the god of my idolatry, And I'll believe thee.

Rom.	If my heart's dear[C 2] love—[C 3]115

Jul.

Well, do not swear. Although I joy in thee,[C 4] I have no joy of this contract[E 1] to-night; It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden, Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be Ere one can say "It lightens."[C 5][E 2] Sweet, good night! 120 This bud of love, by summer's ripening breath, May prove a beauteous flower when next we meet. Good night, good night! as sweet repose and rest Come to thy heart as that[E 3] within my breast!

Rom.	O, wilt thou leave me so unsatisfied? 125

Jul.	What satisfaction canst thou have to-night?

Rom.	The exchange of thy love's faithful vow for mine.

Jul.	I gave thee mine before thou didst request it; And yet I would it were to give again.

Rom.	Wouldst thou withdraw it? for what purpose, love? 130

Jul.	But to be frank,[E 4] and give it thee again.

1. 113. gracious] Q, F; glorious Q 1.
2. 115. hearts dear] Q, F; true heart's Q 1;
3. love—] F 2; love. Q, F.
4. 116. thee,] Q 5, Ff 2–4; thee: Q, F.
5. 120. say "It lightens."] Globe; say, it lightens, Q, F.

1. 117. contract] Rolfe: "Accented by Shakespeare on either syllable … The verb always on the second."
2. 120. "It lightens"} Steevens compares Midsummer Night's Dream, I. i. 145–148, and cites a parallel from Drayton, The Miracle of Moses.
3. 124. as that] Delius explains: "as to that heart within my breast."
4. 131. frank] bountiful, as in Sonnets, iv. 4.