Romeo And Juliet (Shakespeare Classics) by William Shakespeare

Act 3 • Scene 1
but you would quarrel over that? Your
head is as full of quarrels as an egg is full
of meat. And yet your head has been
beaten like an egg for quarreling. You
have quarreled with a man for coughing
in the street because he woke up your
dog. You quarreled with a tailor for
wearing his new coat before Easter. And
yet you tell me not to quarrel!
BENVOLIO: Ha! If I quarreled as much as you,
my life would not last another hour!
MERCUTIO: You said it, not I!
BENVOLIO: By my head, here come the Capulets.
MERCUTIO: By my heel, I do not care.
(Tybalt and others enter.)
TYBALT (to his friends): Stay close, for I will
speak to them.
(to Benvolio and Mercutio): Gentlemen, good
day. A word with one of you?
MERCUTIO: Just a word? How about a word and
a fight?
TYBALT: You shall find me ready for that, sir, if
you give me a reason.
MERCUTIO: Can’t you find a reason without my
giving you one?
TYBALT: Mercutio, you are one of Romeo’s
band—
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