The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 7 of 9]Shakespeare, William
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The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 7 of 9]
Shakespeare, William
English drama
_Rom_: This Gentleman the Princes neere Alie.
My very frend hath tane this mortall wound
In my behalfe, my reputation staind 80
With _Tibalts_ slaunder, _Tybalt_ that an houre
Hath beene my kinsman. Ah _Iuliet_
Thy beautie makes me thus effeminate,
And in my temper softens valors steele.
_Enter Benuolio._
_Ben_: Ah _Romeo Romeo_ braue _Mercutio_ is dead, 85
That gallant spirit hath a spir'd the cloudes,
Which too vntimely scornd the lowly earth.
_Rom_: This daies black fate, on more daies doth depend
This but begins what other dayes must end.
_Enter Tibalt._
_Ben_: Heere comes the furious _Tibalt_ backe againe. 90
_Rom_: A liue in tryumph and _Mercutio_ slaine?
Away to heauen respectiue lenity:
And fier eyed fury be my conduct now.
Now _Tibalt_ take the villaine backe againe,
Which late thou gau'st me: for _Mercutios_ soule, 95
Is but a little way aboue the cloudes,
And staies for thine to beare him company.
Or thou, or I, or both shall follow him.
_Fight, Tibalt falles._
_Ben: Romeo_ away, thou seest that _Tibalt's_ slaine,
The Citizens approach, away, begone
Thou wilt be taken.
_Rom_: Ah I am fortunes slaue.
_Exeunt._
_Enter Citizens._
_Watch_: Wher's he that slue _Mercutio, Tybalt_ that villaine?
_Ben_: There is that _Tybalt_. 105
Vp sirra goe with vs[1594].
_Enter Prince, Capolets wife._
_Pry_: Where be the vile beginners of this fray?
_Ben_: Ah Noble Prince I can discouer all
The most vnlucky mannage of this brawle.
Heere lyes the man slaine by yong R_omeo_, 110
That slew thy kinsman braue _Mercutio_.
_M: Tibalt, Tybalt_, O my brothers child,
Vnhappie sight? Ah the blood is spilt
Of my deare kinsman, Prince as thou art true:
For blood of ours, shed bloud of _Mountagew_. 115
_Pry_: Speake _Benuolio_ who began this fray?
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