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ROMEO AND JULIET
[ACT III.
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mood as any in Italy, and as soon moved to |
| Ben. | And what to?[C 1][E 2]15 |
| Mer. | Nay, an[C 2] 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 a hair more or a hair less in his beard than thou hast. Thou wilt quarrel with a man20 for cracking nuts, having no other reason but because thou hast hazel eyes; what eye, but such an eye, would spy out such a quarrel? Thy head is as full of quarrels as an egg is full of meat, and yet thy head hath been beaten25 as addle as an egg[E 3] for quarrelling. Thou hast quarrelled with a man for coughing in the street, because he hath wakened thy dog that hath lain asleep in the sun. Didst thou not fall out with a tailor for wearing his new30 doublet before Easter? with another, for tying his new shoes with old riband? and yet thou wilt tutor me from quarrelling![E 4] |
| Ben. | An[C 3] I were so apt to quarrel as thou art, any man should buy the fee-simple of my life for35 an hour and a quarter. |
- ↑ 14. moody] angry; "in thy mood," in thy ill humour (compare Two Gent. of Verona, IV. i. 51); "moody to be moved" means "angry to be aroused."
- ↑ 15. What to?] moved to what? Q, F have too, which Staunton retains, explaining what too? as what else? what more?
- ↑ 24, 25. as an egg …] So Gammer Gurton's Needle: "An egg is not so full of meat as she is full of lies," Hazlitt's Dodsley's Old Plays, iii. p. 240.
- ↑ 33. from quarrelling] Q 5 has for quarrelling, which some editors follow.
