14321411Ben. I pray thee good Mercutio lets retire,

14331412The day is hot, the Capels abroad:

14341413And if we meete we shall not scape a brawle, for now these hot

14351414daies, is the mad blood stirring.

14361415 Mer. Thou art like one of these fellowes, that when he enters

14371416the confines of a Tauerne, claps me his sword vpon the table,

14381417and sayes, God send me no need of thee: and by the operation

14391418of the second cup, draws him on the drawer, when indeed there

14401419is no need.

14411420Ben. Am I like such a fellow?

14421421 Mer. Come, come, thou art as hot a Iacke in thy moode as

14431422any in Italie: and assoone moued to be moodie, and assoone

14441423moodie to be moued.

14451424Ben. And what too?

14461425 Mer. Nay and there were two such, we should haue none

14471426shortly, for one would kill the other: thou, why thou wilt

14481427quarell with a man that hath a haire more, or a haire lesse in his

14491428beard, then thou hast: thou wilt quarell with a man for cracking

14501429Nuts, hauing no other reason, but because thou hast hasel eyes:

14511430what eye, but such an eye wold spie out such a quarrel? thy head

14521431is as full of quarelles, as an egge is full of meate, and yet thy

14531432head hath bene beaten as addle as an egge for quarelling: thou

14541433hast quareld with a man for coffing in the streete, because hee

14551434hath wakened thy dogge that hath laine asleep in the sun. Didst

14571435thou not fall out with a taylor for wearing his new doublet be-

14581436fore Easter, with an other for tying his new shooes with olde ri-

14591437band, and yet thou wilt tuter me from quarelling?

14611438 Ben. And I were so apt to quarell as thou art, any man should

14621439buy the fee-simple of my life for an houre and a quarter.

14641440Mer. The fee-simple, ô simple.

14661442Ben. By my head here comes the Capulets.

14671443Mer. By my heele I care not.

14681444Tybalt. Follow me close, for I will speake to them.

14691445Gentlemen, Good den, a word with one of you.