<P> I take thee at thy word: Call me but love, and I'll be new baptized; Henceforth I never will be Romeo . </P> <P> Although it is one of the most famous quotes from the work of Shakespeare, no printing in Shakespeare's lifetime presents the text in the form known to modern readers: it is a skillful amalgam assembled by Edmond Malone, an editor in the eighteenth century . </P> <P> Romeo and Juliet was published twice, in two very different versions . The first version of 1597, named "Q1", is believed to have been an unauthorised pirate copy or bad quarto provided to the printer by actors off the books: a memorial reconstruction . It may also, separately, represent a version of the play improved and trimmed after rehearsals for more dramatic impact . </P> <P> It runs: </P>

Who said i would i were thy bird