Forbear this outrage; In Verona streets :. The prince expressly hath forbid this bandying -hold, Tybalt; - good Mercutio. [Exeunt TYBALT and his Partizans. Mer. I am hurt ; A plague o' both the 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. you [Exit Page. 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, 't will serve : ask for me to-morrow, and shall find me a grave man. I am peppered, I warrant, for this world:A plague o' both your houses! 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 arithmetick! 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! They have made worm's meat of me: I have it, and soundly too: - Your houses! [Exeunt MERCUTIO and BENVOLIO Rom. This gentleman, the prince's near ally, My very friend, hath got his mortal hurt In my behalf; my reputation stain'd With Tybalt's slander, Tybalt, that an hour 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. Re-enter TYBALT. Ben. Here comes the furious Tybalt back again. Rom. Alive! in triumph! and Mercutio slain! Away to heaven, respective' lenity, And fire-ey'd fury be my conduct now! Shalt with him hence. Rom: This shall determine that. [They fight; TYBALT falls. Ben. Romeo, away, be gone! The citizens are up, and Tybalt slain: Stand not amaz’d: - the prince will doom thee death, 1 Cit. Which way ran he, that kill'd Mercutio? Tybalt, that murderer, which way ran he? 'Considerate. 2 Conductor. 3 Accompany. Ben. There lies that Tybalt. 1 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? Ben. O noble prince, I can discover all The unlucky manage of this fatal brawl: There lies the man slain by young Romeo, That slew thy kinsman, brave Mercutio. La. Cap. Tybalt, my cousin!-O my brother's child! Unhappy sight! ah me, the blood is spill'd Prin. Benvolio, who began this bloody fray? Ben. Tybalt, here slain, whom Romeo's hand did slay; Romeo that spoke him fair, bade him bethink bow'd, Could not take truce with the unruly spleen Retorts it: Romeo he cries aloud, Hold, friends! friends, part! and, swifter than his tongue, His agile arm beats down their fatal points, ✦ Just and upright. 5 Slight, unimportant. And 'twixt them rushes; underneath whose arm La. Cap. He is a kinsman to the Montague, Prin. Romeo slew him, he slew Mercutio; His fault concludes but, what the law should end, The life of Tybalt. Prin. And, for that offence, I have an interest in your hates' proceeding, Nor tears, nor prayers, shall purchase out abuses; ❝ Punish by fine. SCENE II. A Room in Capulet's House. Enter JULIET. Jul. Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds, Come, night!-Come, Romeo! come, thou day in night! For thou wilt lie upon the wings of night Give me my Romeo: and, when he shall die, Enter Nurse, with Cords. Here comes my nurse, And she brings news; and every tongue, that speaks But Romeo's name, speaks heavenly eloquence.Now, nurse, what news? What hast thou there, the |