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Live, and be prosperous; and farewell, good fellow.

Bal.	[Aside.[C 1]] For all this same, I'll hide me hereabout: His looks I fear, and his intents I doubt.[Retires.[C 2]

Rom.	Thou detestable[E 1] maw, thou womb of death,45 Gorged with the dearest morsel of the earth, Thus I enforce thy rotten jaws to open, [Opens the tomb.[C 3][E 2] And, in despite,[E 3] I'll cram thee with more food!

Par.

This is that banish'd haughty Montague, That murder'd my love's cousin, with which grief50 It is supposed the fair creature died; And here is come to do some villanous shame To the dead bodies: I will apprehend him.—[Comes forward.[C 4] Stop thy unhallow'd toil, vile Montague! Can vengeance be pursued further than death?55 Condemned villain, I do apprehend thee: Obey, and go with me; for thou must die.

Rom.	I must indeed; and therefore came I hither. Good gentle youth, tempt not a desperate man; Fly hence and leave me: think upon these[C 5] gone;60 Let them affiright thee. I beseech thee, youth,

1. 43. [Aside]] Capell.
2. 44. Retires] Hanmer, Exit F 2.
3. 47. Opens …] Capell substantially; Cambridge after line 48.
4. 53. Comes forward] draws and rushes forward Capell (after line 54).
5. 60. these] Q, those F.

1. 45. detestable] accented as in [[../../Act 4/Scene 5|IV. v. 56]].
2. 47. Opens the tomb] Daniel supposes that the tomb was placed in the space under the gallery at the back of the stage proper. Malone thinks a trap-door may have been opened, and that Romeo may have brought Juliet up in his arms from the vault beneath the stage.
3. 48. despite] Keightley conjectures requite.