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Rom.	O, thou wilt speak again of banishment.

Fri.	I'll give thee armour to keep off that[C 1] word; Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy,55 To comfort thee, though thou art banished.

Rom.	Yet "banished"? Hang up philosophy! Unless philosophy can make a Juliet, Displant a town, reverse a prince's doom, It helps not, it prevails not: talk no more.60

Fri.	O, then I see that madmen have no ears.

Rom.	How should they, when that[C 2] wise men have no eyes?

Fri.	Let me dispute[C 3] with thee of thy estate.[E 1]

Rom.

Thou canst not speak of that[C 4] thou dost not feel: Wert thou as young as I, Juliet thy[C 5] love,65 An hour but married, Tybalt murdered, Doting like me, and like me banished, Then mightst thou speak, then mightst thou tear thy hair, And fall upon the ground, as I do now, Taking the measure of an unmade grave.[E 2]70

[Knocking within.^{[C 6]}

Fri.	Arise; one knocks; good Romeo, hide thyself.

Rom.	Not I; unless the breath of heart-sick groans, Mist-like, infold me from the search of eyes.

[Knocking.

Fri.	Hark, how they knock! Who's there? Romeo arise;

1. 54. keep off that] Q, F; beare off this Q 1.
2. 62. that] Q, omitted F.
3. 63. dispute] Q 1, Q; dispaire F.
4. 64. that] Q, F; what Q 1.
5. 65. as I, Juliet thy] Q 1, Q; as Iuliet my F.
6. 70. Knocking …] Enter Nurse, and knocke Q (so F with "knockes").

1. 63. dispute … estate] discuss with you concerning your present state of affairs.
2. 70. measure … grave] So As You Like It, II. vi. 2: "Here lie I down, and measure out my grave."