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Work The work is either a play, poem, or sonnet. The sonnets are treated as single work with 154 parts.

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1

Romeo and Juliet
[I, 2]

Romeo

338

Stay, fellow; I can read.
[Reads]
'Signior Martino and his wife and daughters;
County Anselme and his beauteous sisters; the lady
widow of Vitravio; Signior Placentio and his lovely
nieces; Mercutio and his brother Valentine; mine
uncle Capulet, his wife and daughters; my fair niece
Rosaline; Livia; Signior Valentio and his cousin
Tybalt, Lucio and the lively Helena.' A fair
assembly: whither should they come?

2

Romeo and Juliet
[I, 4]

(stage directions)

495

[Enter ROMEO, MERCUTIO, BENVOLIO, with five or six
Maskers, Torch-bearers, and others]

3

Romeo and Juliet
[I, 4]

Romeo

596

Peace, peace, Mercutio, peace!
Thou talk'st of nothing.

4

Romeo and Juliet
[II, 1]

(stage directions)

799

[Enter BENVOLIO and MERCUTIO]

5

Romeo and Juliet
[II, 1]

Benvolio

803

He ran this way, and leap'd this orchard wall:
Call, good Mercutio.

6

Romeo and Juliet
[II, 4]

(stage directions)

1158

[Enter BENVOLIO and MERCUTIO]

7

Romeo and Juliet
[II, 4]

Romeo

1210

Pardon, good Mercutio, my business was great; and in
such a case as mine a man may strain courtesy.

8

Romeo and Juliet
[II, 4]

(stage directions)

1300

[Exeunt MERCUTIO and BENVOLIO]

9

Romeo and Juliet
[III, 1]

(stage directions)

1498

[Enter MERCUTIO, BENVOLIO, Page, and Servants]

10

Romeo and Juliet
[III, 1]

Benvolio

1499

I pray thee, good Mercutio, let's retire:
The day is hot, the Capulets abroad,
And, if we meet, we shall not scape a brawl;
For now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring.

11

Romeo and Juliet
[III, 1]

Tybalt

1542

Mercutio, thou consort'st with Romeo,—

12

Romeo and Juliet
[III, 1]

Romeo

1584

Gentle Mercutio, put thy rapier up.

13

Romeo and Juliet
[III, 1]

Romeo

1587

Draw, Benvolio; beat down their weapons.
Gentlemen, for shame, forbear this outrage!
Tybalt, Mercutio, the prince expressly hath
Forbidden bandying in Verona streets:
Hold, Tybalt! good Mercutio!

14

Romeo and Juliet
[III, 1]

(stage directions)

1592

[TYBALT under ROMEO's arm stabs MERCUTIO, and flies with his followers]

15

Romeo and Juliet
[III, 1]

(stage directions)

1615

[Exeunt MERCUTIO and BENVOLIO]

16

Romeo and Juliet
[III, 1]

Romeo

1630

Alive, in triumph! and Mercutio slain!
Away to heaven, respective lenity,
And fire-eyed fury be my conduct now!
[Re-enter TYBALT]
Now, Tybalt, take the villain back again,
That late thou gavest me; for Mercutio's soul
Is but a little way above our heads,
Staying for thine to keep him company:
Either thou, or I, or both, must go with him.

17

Romeo and Juliet
[III, 1]

First Citizen

1651

Which way ran he that kill'd Mercutio?
Tybalt, that murderer, which way ran he?

18

Romeo and Juliet
[III, 1]

Benvolio

1659

O noble prince, I can discover all
The unlucky manage of this fatal brawl:
There lies the man, slain by young Romeo,
That slew thy kinsman, brave Mercutio.

19

Romeo and Juliet
[III, 1]

Benvolio

1669

Tybalt, here slain, whom Romeo's hand did slay;
Romeo that spoke him fair, bade him bethink
How nice the quarrel was, and urged withal
Your high displeasure: all this uttered
With gentle breath, calm look, knees humbly bow'd,
Could not take truce with the unruly spleen
Of Tybalt deaf to peace, but that he tilts
With piercing steel at bold Mercutio's breast,
Who all as hot, turns deadly point to point,
And, with a martial scorn, with one hand beats
Cold death aside, and with the other sends
It back to Tybalt, whose dexterity,
Retorts it: Romeo he cries aloud,
'Hold, friends! friends, part!' and, swifter than
his tongue,
His agile arm beats down their fatal points,
And 'twixt them rushes; underneath whose arm
An envious thrust from Tybalt hit the life
Of stout Mercutio, and then Tybalt fled;
But by and by comes back to Romeo,
Who had but newly entertain'd revenge,
And to 't they go like lightning, for, ere I
Could draw to part them, was stout Tybalt slain.
And, as he fell, did Romeo turn and fly.
This is the truth, or let Benvolio die.

20

Romeo and Juliet
[III, 1]

Prince Escalus

1700

Romeo slew him, he slew Mercutio;
Who now the price of his dear blood doth owe?