Once more, on pain of death, all men depart.Įxeunt all but Montague, Lady Montague, and Benvolio. To old Free-town, our common judgment-place. To know our farther pleasure in this case, Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace. Have thrice disturb’d the quiet of our streets,Ĭank’red with peace, to part your cank’red hate Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word, Throw your mistempered weapons to the ground,Īnd hear the sentence of your moved prince. On pain of torture, from those bloody hands With purple fountains issuing from your veins.

Benvolio tells her that he saw Romeo earlier. That quench the fire of your pernicious rage In the aftermath, Lady Montague asks Benvolio if hes seen Romeo, her son. Will they not hear?-What ho, you men, you beasts! Profaners of this neighbor-stained steel. (222 lines)Įnter Sampson and Gregory, with swords and bucklers, of the house of Capulet. Benvolio advises him to find some better-looking women to run after, but Romeo insists there are none. It quickly becomes apparent from Romeo’s hackneyed phrases that he believes himself to be deeply in love with a lady who has sworn to be chaste. Seeing Romeo arrive, his parents leave to give Benvolio a clear field. Romeo’s parents are concerned about his melancholy, and Benvolio promises to find to what’s going on.

Benvolio explains how the fight began, and is able to reassure his aunt that Romeo was not present. Montague, his wife and Benvolio are left alone as the others depart. The anarchy only ceases when the Prince himself arrives and orders an end to the fighting, threatening both Capulet and Montague with death if another battle erupts. Infuriated citizens begin hitting at the brawlers on both sides, as Capulet and Montague themselves enter the fray. Obedient to the Prince’s ruling against brawling, Benvolio tries to part them, but he is attacked by Tybalt, who calls him a coward for speaking of peace. (Sampson Gregory Abram Balthasar Benvolio Tybalt Citizens Capulet Lady Capulet Montague Lady Montague Prince Escalus Romeo)Ĭapulet’s servants pick a quarrel with Montague’s, which degenerates into a general brawl.

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