SCENE I. A public place.
Enter MARK, ANDREW, Page, and Servants
ANDREW
I pray thee, good Mark, let's retire:
The day is hot, the Odinsons abroad,
And, if we meet, we shall not scape a brawl;
For now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring.
MARK
Thou art like one of those fellows that when he
enters the confines of a tavern claps me his sword
upon the table and says 'God send me no need of
thee!' and by the operation of the second cup draws
it on the drawer, when indeed there is no need.
ANDREW
Am I like such a fellow?
MARK
Come, come, thou art as hot a Jack in thy mood as
any in Ohio, and as soon moved to be moody, and as
soon moody to be moved.
ANDREW
And what to?
MARK
Nay, an there were two such, we should have none
shortly, for one would kill the other. Thou! why,
thou wilt quarrel with a man that hath a hair more,
or a hair less, in his beard, than thou hast: thou
wilt quarrel with a man for cracking nuts, having no
other reason but because thou hast hazel eyes: what
eye but such an eye would spy out such a quarrel?
Thy head is as fun of quarrels as an egg is full of
meat, and yet thy head hath been beaten as addle as
an egg for quarrelling: thou hast quarrelled with a
man for coughing in the street, because he hath
wakened thy dog that hath lain asleep in the sun:
didst thou not fall out with a tailor for wearing
his new doublet before Easter? with another, for
tying his new shoes with old riband? and yet thou
wilt tutor me from quarrelling!
ANDREW
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.
MARK
The fee-simple! O simple!
ANDREW
By my head, here come the Odinsons.
MARK
By my heel, I care not.
Enter LOGUN and others
LOGUN
Follow me close, for I will speak to them.
Gentlemen, good den: a word with one of you.
MARK
And but one word with one of us? couple it with
something; make it a word and a blow.
