No Fear Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare

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	Original Text	Modern Text
10	BENVOLIO An I were so apt to quarrel as thou art, any man should buy the fee simple of my life for an hour and a quarter.	BENVOLIO If I were in the habit of fighting the way you are, my life insurance rates would be sky high.
	MERCUTIO The fee simple? O simple!	MERCUTIO Your life insurance? That’s foolish.
	Enter TYBALT, PETRUCHIO, and other CAPULETS	TYBALT, PETRUCHIO, and CAPULETS enter.
	BENVOLIO By my head, here comes the Capulets.	BENVOLIO Oh great, here come the Capulets.
	MERCUTIO By my heel, I care not.	MERCUTIO Well, well, I don’t care.
15	TYBALT Follow me close, for I will speak to them. Gentlemen, good e'en. A word with one of you.	TYBALT (to PETRUCCIO and others) Follow me closely, I’ll talk to them. (to the MONTAGUES) Good afternoon, gentlemen. I’d like to have a word with one of you.
	MERCUTIO And but one word with one of us? Couple it with something. Make it a word and a blow.	MERCUTIO You just want one word with one of us? Put it together with something else. Make it a word and a blow.
	TYBALT You shall find me apt enough to that, sir, an you will give me occasion.	TYBALT You’ll find me ready enough to do that, sir, if you give me a reason.
	MERCUTIO Could you not take some occasion without giving?	MERCUTIO Can’t you find a reason without my giving you one?
	TYBALT Mercutio, thou consort’st with Romeo.	TYBALT Mercutio, you hang out with Romeo.