RoMeO [Aside] Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this?
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16 owes: owns 17 doff: discard
JuLiEt ’Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. What’s Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot, Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part Belonging to a man. O, be some other name! What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet. So Romeo would, were he not Romeo called, Retain that dear perfection which he owes16 Without that title. Romeo, doff17
thy name –
And for that name, which is no part of thee, Take all myself.
RoMeO 50 18 Henceforth: From now on
Call me but love, and I’ll be new baptized. Henceforth,18