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Abate thy valour in the acting it.120

Jul.	Give me,[E 1] give me! O, tell not me[C 1] of fear![C 2]

Fri.	Hold; get you gone: be strong and prosperous In this resolve. I'll send a friar with speed To Mantua, with my letters to thy lord.

Jul.	Love give me strength! and strength shall help afford.125 Farewell, dear father.[Exeunt.

SCENE II.—The Same. Hall^{[C 3]} in Capulet's house.

Enter^{[C 4]} Capulet, Lady Capulet, Nurse, and Servingmen.

Cap.	So many guests invite as here are writ.—[Exit[C 5] Servant. Sirrah, go hire me twenty cunning cooks.[E 2]

Second Serv.[C 6]

You shall have none ill, sir, for I'll try if they can lick their fingers.

Cap.	How canst thou try them so?5

1. 121. not me] Q, F; me not Qq 4, 5;
2. fear] Q, care F.
3. Hall …] Capell.
4. Enter …] substantially Q, F, which add after Servingmen "two or three."
5. 1. Exit] … omitted Q, F.
6. 3, 6. Second Serv.] Malone; Ser. Q, F.

I. iv. 75. "Inconstant toy" and "womanish dread" occur in Brooke's poem.

1. 121. Give me] Pope, followed by several editors, reads, "Give me, Oh give me, tell not me," and so Theobald, reading "tell me not." Lettsom's conjecture, "O give 't me, give 't me," is held by Dyce (comparing "'Give me,' quoth I," Macbeth, I. iii. 5) as unnecessary.
2. 2. twenty cunning cooks] The impetuous old Capulet characteristically forgets Tybalt's death, and his intention (III. iv. 27) that the wedding should be almost a private affair.