Mer. Men's eyes were made to look, and let them gaze; I will not budge for no man's pleasure, I. Tyb. Well, peace be with you, sir! here comes my man. Enter ROMEO. Mer. But I'll be hang'd, sir, if he wear your livery: Mer. O calm, dishonourable, vile submission! [Draws. Tybalt, you rat-catcher, will you walk? Tyb. What wouldst thou have with me? Mer. Good king of cats, nothing, but one of your nine lives; that I mean to make bold withal, and, as you shall use me hereafter, dry-beat the rest of the eight. Will you pluck your sword out of his pilcher1 by the ears? make haste, lest mine be about your ears ere it be out. Tyb. I am for you. [Drawing. Rom. Gentle Mercutio, put thy rapier up. Mer. Come, sir, your passado. [They fight. Rom. Draw, Benvolio; beat down their weapons. Mer. [Exeunt TYBALT and his partisans. A plague o' both your houses!-I am sped: Ben. What, art thou hurt? Mer. Ay, ay, a scratch, a scratch; marry, 'tis enough.— Where is my page?—go, villain, fetch a surgeon. [Exit Page. and Rom. Courage, man; the hurt cannot be much. Mer. No, 'tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door; but 'tis enough, 'twill serve ask for me to-morrow, you shall find me a grave man. I am peppered, I warrant, for this world. A plague o' both your houses!-What, a dog, a rat, a mouse, a cat, to scratch a man to death! a braggart, a rogue, a villain, that fights by the book of arithmetic !—Why the devil came you between us? I was hurt under your arm. Rom. I thought all for the best. Mer. Help me into some house, Benvolio, Or I shall faint.-A plague o' both your houses, I have it, and soundly too :-your houses! [Exeunt MERCUTIO and BENVOLIO. Rom. This gentleman, the prince's near ally, Re-enter BENVOLIO. Ben. O Romeo, Romeo, brave Mercutio's dead! That gallant spirit hath aspir'd the clouds, Which too untimely here did scorn the earth. Rom. This day's black fate on more days doth depend; This but begins the woe, others must end. Ben. Here comes the furious Tybalt back again. Rom. Alive! in triumph! and Mercutio slain! Away to heaven, respective lenity, And fire-eyed fury be my conduct now! .Re-enter TYBALT. Now, Tybalt, take the villain back again, Tyb. Thou, wretched boy, that didst consort him here, Rom. Ben. Romeo, away, be This shall determine that. gone ! [They fight; TYBALT falls. The citizens are up, and Tybalt slain :— Stand not amazʼd :—the prince will doom thee death, If thou art taken :-hence, be gone, away! Rom. O, I am fortune's fool! Ben. Why dost thou stay? [Exit ROMEO. Enter Citizens, &c. First Cit. Which way ran he that kill'd Mercutio? Tybalt, that murderer, which way ran he? Ben. There lies that Tybalt. First Cit. Up, sir, go with me ; I charge thee in the prince's name, obey. Enter PRINCE attended; MONTAGUE, CAPULET, their Wives, and others. Prin. Where are the vile beginners of this fray? La. Cap. Tybalt, my cousin! O my brother's child! Prin. Benvolio, who began this bloody fray ? Ben. Tybalt, here slain, whom Romeo's hand did slay; With gentle breath, calm look, knees humbly bow'd- Retorts it: Romeo he cries aloud, 'Hold, friends! friends, part!' and swifter than his tongue, His agile arm beats down their fatal points, And 'twixt them rushes; underneath whose arm An envious thrust from Tybalt hit the life Of stout Mercutio, and then Tybalt fled : And, as he fell, did Romeo turn and fly :- La. Cap. He is a kinsman to the Montague, Prin. Romeo slew him, he slew Mercutio; Prin. And for that offence, Immediately we do exile him hence : I have an interest in your hate's proceeding, [Exeunt. SCENE II-CAPULET'S Garden. Enter JULIET. Jul. Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds, |