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Deny thy father and refuse thy name; Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, 35 And I'll no longer be a Capulet.

Rom.	[Aside] Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this?

Jul.

'Tis but thy name that is my enemy; Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.[E 1] What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot, 40 Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part Belonging to a man. O, be some other name![C 1]— What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name[C 2] would smell as sweet; So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd, 45 Retain that dear perfection which he owes[E 2] Without that title[C 3].—Romeo, doff[C 4][E 3] thy name, And for thy[C 5] name, which is no part of thee, Take all myself.

Rom.	I take thee at thy word:[E 4] Call me but love, and I'll be new baptized; 50 Henceforth I never will be Romeo.

Jul.	What man art thou, that, thus bescreen'd in night, So stumblest on my counsel?

1. 42. Nor arm … name] Malone; Q 1 has 41, omits 42; The rest Nor arme nor face, ô be some other name Belonging to a man.
2. 44. name] Q 1; word Q, F.
3. 47. title.—Romeo] tytle, Romeo Q, title Romeo, F;
4. doff] Q, F; part Q 1.
5. 48. thy] Q, F; that Q 1.

1. 39. Thou … Montague] Dyce has followed Malone's unhappy punctuation, "Thou art thyself though, not." The meaning is obviously: What's in a name? If you refuse the name Montague, you remain yourself.
2. 46. owes] possesses, as in Lear, I. i. 205.
3. 47. doff] Daniel pleads for Q 1 part, as characteristically playing with the word part of next line. He compares Sonnet cxiii.: "Doth part his function and is partly blind."
4. 49. I … word] Ought we not to pause after thee, making I take thee a response to Take all myself?