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To-night she's[C 1] mew'd up[E 1] to her heaviness.

Cap.

Sir Paris, I will make a desperate tender[E 2] Of my child's love: I think she will be ruled In all respects by me; nay more, I doubt it not.— Wife, go you to her ere you go to bed;15 Acquaint her here of[C 2] my son Paris' love, And bid her, mark you me, on Wednesday next—[C 3] But, soft! what day is this?

Par.	But, soft! what day is this? Monday, my lord.

Cap.

Monday! ha, ha! Well, Wednesday is too soon; O' Thursday let it be:—o'[C 4] Thursday, tell her,20 She shall be married to this noble earl. Will you be ready? do you like this haste? We'll[E 3] keep[C 5] no great ado; a friend or two; For, hark you, Tybalt being slain so late, It may be thought we held him carelessly,25 Being our kinsman, if we revel much. Therefore we'll have some half a dozen friends, And there an end.—But what say you to Thursday?

Par.	My lord, I would that Thursday were to-morrow.

Cap.	Well, get you gone: o'[C 6] Thursday be it then.—30

1. 11. she's] Q, she is F.
2. 16. here of] Q 4; here, of Q, F; hereof, Q 3; here with Q 5.
3. 17. next—] Rowe; next, Q, F.
4. 20. O' … o] Capell; A … a Q, F.
5. 23. We'll keep] F, Well, keepe Q.
6. 30. o'] Capell; a Q, F.

1. 11. mew'd up] shut up, as in Richard III. I. i. 38. Mew, originally a cage; afterwards, as stated in R. Holmes, Academy of Armory and Blazon, "the place … in which the hawk is put during the time she casts … her feathers." The oldest meaning of the French word is to moult.
2. 12. desperate tender] bold, or adventurous, offer. Steevens cites from The Weakest goeth to the Wall, 1600: "Witness this desperate tender of mine honour."
3. 23. We'll] Mommsen argues in favour of Q Well, supposing that Capulet here replies to a gesture of horror, made by his wife at the suggestion that she can be so soon ready.