No Fear Shakespeare: Romeo And Juliet: Act 2, scene iv

	ROMEO
	Good morrow to you both. What counterfeit did I give you?

ROMEO

Good morning to you both. What do you mean I faked you out?

	MERCUTIO
20	The slip, sir, the slip. Can you not conceive?

MERCUTIO

You gave us the slip, sir, the slip. Can't you understand what I'm saying?

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

ROMEO

Excuse me, good Mercutio. I had very important business to take care of. It was so important that I had to forget about courtesy and good manners.

	MERCUTIO
	That's as much as to say, such a case as yours constrains a man to bow in the hams.

MERCUTIO

In other words “important business” made you flex your buttocks .

	ROMEO
	Meaning “to curtsy”?

ROMEO

You mean do a curtsy?

	MERCUTIO
	Thou hast most kindly hit it.

MERCUTIO

You've hit the target , sir.

	ROMEO
25	A most courteous exposition.

ROMEO

That's a very polite and courteous explanation.

	MERCUTIO
	Nay, I am the very pink of courtesy.

MERCUTIO

Yes, I am the pink flower—the master, of courtesy and manners.

	ROMEO
	Pink for flower.

ROMEO

The pink flower .

	MERCUTIO
	Right.

MERCUTIO

Right.