[Act III SCENE 1] Enter Mercutio, Benvolio and Men. Benvolio. I pray thee good Mercutio, let 's retire. The day is hot, the Capels are abroad, and if we meet we shall not scape a brawl, for now these hot | days is the mad blood stirring. | 4 | Mercutio. Thou art like one of these fellows that, when he enters the confines of a tavern, claps me his sword upon the table and says, 'God send me no need of thee'--and by the operation of the second cup draws him on the drawer, when indeed there is Benvolio. Am I like such a fellow? Mercutio. Come, come, thou art as hot a Jack in thy mood as any in Italy, and as soon moved to be moody and as soon moody to be moved. | Benvolio. And what to? | 15 | Mercutio. Nay, and there were two such we should have none shortly, for one would kill the other. Thou?--why thou wilt quarrel with a man that hath ____________________ | | SD Man servants. 1-2 I pray. . . abroad for text see II.3.4-6 N. 2 Capels stressed - - (see V.1.18). are Q1; Q2 omits. 6 me ethical dative. 8 by . . . cup when he feels the effect, of his second drink. 9 draws him draws his sword. drawer tapster, waiter. 12 Jack fellow. 13 mood temper. moved. . . moody in- clined to be angry. 14 moody . . . moved angry at being pro- voked. 16 and if. | -61- |