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Fri.	Come, come with me, and we will make short work;35 For, by your leaves, you shall not stay alone Till holy church incorporate two in one.[Exeunt.

ACT III

SCENE I.—Verona. A public Place.^{[C 1]}

Enter Mercutio, Benvolio, Page, and Servants.^{[C 2]}

Ben.	I pray thee, good Mercutio, let's retire: The day is hot, the Capulets[C 3] abroad, [C 4] And, if[E 1] we meet, we shall not scape a brawl; For now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring.

Mer.	Thou art like one of those[C 5] fellows that when5 he enters the confines of a tavern claps me his sword[E 2] upon the table and says, "God send me no need of thee!" and by the operation of the second cup draws it[C 6][E 3] on the drawer, when in- deed there is no need.10

Ben.	Am I like such a fellow?

Mer.	Come, come, thou art as hot a Jack[E 4] in thy

1. A public Place] Capell.
2. Enter … ] Capell; Enter Mercutio, Benvolio, and men Q, F.
3. 2. Capulets] F, Capels Q, Capels are Q 1.
4. 3, 4.] verse Rowe; prose Q, F.
5. 5. those] Q 1; these Q, F.
6. 9. it] Q 1; him Q, F.

1. 3. And, if] Walker conjectured and Delius reads An if.
2. 6, 7. Claps me his sword] A brawler's proceeding; so, describing a swaggerer, How a Man may choose a good Wife from a bad, Hazlitt's Dodsley's Old Plays, ix. p. 36: "He that can clap his sword upon the board, He's a brave man."
3. 9. it] The him (ethical dative) of Q, F is preferred by many editors.
4. 12. Jack] See [[../../Act 2/Scene 4|ii. iv. 163.]]