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ROMEO AND JULIET. 13 

Will they not hear ? What, ho ! you men, you beasts, 

That quench the fire of your pernicious rage 

With purple fountains issuing from your veins, 

On pain of torture, from those bloody hands 

Throw your mistemper'd weapons to the ground, 

And hear the sentence of your moved prince. — 

Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word. 

By thee, old Capulet, and Montague, 

Have thrice disturbed the quiet of our streets, 

And made Verona's ancient citizens 

Cast by their grave beseeming ornaments. 

To wield old partisans, in hands as old, 

Canker'd with peace, to part your canker'd hate. 

If ever you disturb our streets again. 

Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace. 

For this time, all the rest depart away : 

You, Capulet, shall go along with me ; 

And, Montague, come you this afternoon, 

To know our further pleasure in this case, 

To old Freetown, our common judgment-place. 

Once more, on pain of death, all men depart. 

^Exeunt all but Montague, Lady 3Iontague, and Benvolio. 

Montague. Who set this ancient quarrel new abroach ? 
Speak, nephew, were you by when it began ? 

Benvolio. Here were the servants of your adversary 
And yours close fighting ere I did approach. 
I drew to part them : in the instant came