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Ben.	We talk here in the public haunt of men: Either withdraw unto some private place, Or reason[E 1] coldly of your grievances,55 Or else depart;[E 2] here all eyes gaze on us.

Mer.	Men's eyes were made to look, and let them gaze; I will not budge for no man's pleasure, I.

Enter Romeo.^{[C 1]}

Tyb.	Well, peace be with you, sir; here comes my man.

Mer.	But I'll be hang'd, sir, if he wear your livery:60 Marry, go before to field, he'll be your follower; Your worship in that sense may call him "man."

Tyb.	Romeo, the love[C 2][E 3] I bear thee can afford No better term than this, thou art a villain.

Rom.	Tybalt, the reason that I have to love thee65 Doth much excuse[E 4] the appertaining rage To such a greeting: villain am I none;[C 3] Therefore farewell; I see thou know'st me not.

Tyb.	Boy, this shall not excuse the injuries That thou hast done me; therefore turn and draw.

Rom.	I do protest I never injured[C 4] thee,70 But love[C 5] thee better than thou canst devise,

1. 58. Enter Romeo] after 59 Dyce and others; after 62 Staunton.
2. 63. love] Q, F; hate Q 1.
3. 67. villain … none] omitted Ff 2–4.
4. 71. injured] F, injuried Q.
5. 72. love] Q 1, Q; lov'd F.

1. 55. Or reason] Capell, followed by several editors, reads And reason; but the peace-loving and cool Benvolio proposes three courses of action. Shakespeare uses reason both for debate and speak.
2. 56. depart] may mean part, separate, as in 3 Henry VI. II. vi. 43, and in the Nut-Brown Maid: "we departe not so sone."
3. 63. love] Several editors prefer the unironical hate of Q 1, and it is true that Tybalt is not given to irony.
4. 66. excuse] Perhaps, accept an excuse from, and remit or dispense with the rage I feel, as appertaining to such a greeting. Perhaps, however, the rage is Tybalt's which Romeo's love excuses. Collier (MS.) has exceed.