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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,

1. 143. First Cit.] Malone; Citti Q, F.
2. 146. Enter … ] Capell substantially; Enter Prince, olde Mountague, Capulet, their wives and all Q, F.
3. 148. all] Q 1, F; all: Q.
4. 153. O prince … O] Q, F; Vnhappie sight? Ah Q 1; Unhappy sight! alas Pope, Malone (with ah me, for alas).

1. 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."
2. 148. discover] reveal, as in II. ii. 106.
3. 149. manage] conduct.
4. 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.