Note to Romeo and Juliet, 1.1.82: "Profaners of this neighbor-stained steel"


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Profaners of this neighbor-stained steel: By staining their steel with the blood of their neighbors, they have profaned the steel [profaned their weapons] as their weapons should be consecrated to the defense of the entire community.