SC. I.
ROMEO AND JULIET
97
Rom. | O, I am fortune's fool![E 1] |
Ben. | Why dost thou stay? |
[Exit Romeo.
Enter Citizens, etc.
First Cit.[C 1] | Which way ran he that kill'd Mercutio? Tybalt, that murderer, which way ran he? |
Ben. | There lies that Tybalt. |
First Cit. | Up, sir, go with me;145 I charge thee in the prince's name, obey. |
Enter Prince, attended; Montague, Capulet, their Wives, and others.[C 2]
Prince. | Where are the vile beginners of this fray? |
Ben. | O noble prince, I can discover[E 2] all[C 3] The unlucky manage[E 3] of this fatal brawl: There lies the man, slain by young Romeo,150 That slew thy kinsman, brave Mercutio. |
Lady Cap. | Tybalt, my cousin! O my brother's child! [C 4]O prince! O cousin![E 4] husband! O, the blood is spill'd Of my dear kinsman! Prince, as thou art true, |
- ↑ 142. fortune's fool] the sport or mock of fortune; so "fools of nature" in Hamlet, I. iv. 54. Johnson sees a reference to fools of the drama: "I am always running in the way of evil fortune like the Fool in the play." Q 1 has "fortunes slave."
- ↑ 148. discover] reveal, as in II. ii. 106.
- ↑ 149. manage] conduct.
- ↑ 153. cousin] Dyce's suggestion that cousin was here caught from the line above and inserted erroneously by the printer may be right. Several editors omit cousin.