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with a man for coughing in the street, because he hath wakened thy dog
that hath lain [25] asleep in the sun. Didst thou not fall out with a tailor for
wearing his new doublet before Easter; with another for tying his new
shoes with old riband? And yet thou wilt tutor me from quarrelling!
BENVOLIO
And I were so apt to quarrel as thou art, any [30] man should buy the fee
simple of my life for an hour and a quarter.
MERCUT IO
The fee simple! O simple!
Enter Tybalt, Petruchio and Others.
BENVOLIO
By my head, here comes the Capulets.
MERCUT IO
By my heel, I care not. [35]
T Y BALT
Follow me close, for I will speak to them.
Gentlemen, good e’en: a word with one of you.
MERCUT IO
And but one word with one of us? Couple it with something, make it a word
and a blow.
T Y BALT
You shall find me apt enough to that, sir, and [40] you will give me
occasion.
MERCUT IO
Could you not take some occasion without giving?
T Y BALT
Mercutio, thou consortest with Romeo.
MERCUT IO
Consort? What, dost thou make us minstrels? [45] And thou make
