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Romeo and Juliet, III. i

Mer. By my heel, I care not.

Tyb. Follow me close, for I will speak to them.

Gentlemen, good den! a word with one of you.

Mer. And but one word with one of us?

Couple it with something; make it a word and

a blow.

Tyb. You shall find me apt enough to that,

sir, an you will give me occasion.

Mer. Could you not take some occasion with-

out giving?

Tyb. Mercutio, thou consort'st with Romeo,—

Mer. Consort! What! dost thou make us

minstrels? an thou make minstrels of us, look

to hear nothing but discords: here's my fiddle-

stick; here's that shall make you dance.

'Zounds! consort!

Ben. We talk here in the public haunt of men:

Either withdraw unto some private place,

Or reason coldly of your grievances,

Or else depart; here all eyes gaze on us.

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.

Mer. But I'll be hang'd, sir, if he wear your livery:

Marry, go before to field, he'll be your follower;

Your worship in that sense may call him 'man.'

Tyb. Romeo, the love I bear thee can afford

No better term than this, thou art a villain.

 50 consort: with a play on the meaning, 'harmonious music'

54 'Zounds: oath, contracted from 'God's wounds'

63 field: battle

