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Turn to another, this shall slay them both: Therefore, out of thy long-experienced[C 1] time,60 Give me some present counsel; or, behold, 'Twixt my extremes[E 1] and me this bloody knife Shall play the umpire, arbitrating that Which the commission[E 2] of thy years and art Could to no issue of true honour bring.65 Be not so long to speak; I long to die,[C 2] Of what thou speak'st speak not of remedy.

Fri.

Hold, daughter: I do spy a kind of hope, Which craves as desperate an execution[E 3] As that is desperate which we would prevent.70 If, rather than to marry County Paris, Thou hast the strength of will[C 3] to slay[C 4] thyself, Then is it likely thou wilt undertake A thing like death to chide away this shame, That copest with death himself to scape from[C 5] it;75 And, if[E 4] thou darest, I'll give thee remedy.

Jul.	O, bid me leap, rather than marry Paris, From off the battlements of yonder[C 6][E 5] tower; Or walk in thievish ways; or bid me lurk[C 7]

1. 60. long-experienced] hyphen Pope (F spells expetiens't).
2. 66. Be … die] Q, F; Speake not, be briefe: for I desire to die Q 1.
3. 72. of will] Q, F; or will Q 1;
4. slay] Q 1, Qq 4, 5; stay Q, F; lay F 2.
5. 75. from] Q, fro F.
6. 78. yonder] Q 1; any Q, F.
7. 79, 80. Or walk … bears] Q, F; Or chaine me to some steepie mountaines top. Where roaring Beares and savage Lions are: Q 1.

1. 62. extremes] extremities, straits, sufferings, as in Troilus and Cressida, IV. ii. 108.
2. 64. commission] authority, warrant, as often in Shakespeare.
3. 69. an execution] Walker conjectures that an is an interpolation.
4. 76. And, if] Delius conjectures An if.
5. 78. yonder] Ulrici considers any Q, F more vigorous—any tower, no matter how high.