Romeo And Juliet - ACT 3 SCENE 1?

Enter Tybalt, Petruchio, and others:

As Mercutio and Benvolio are exchanging witticisms about quarreling, Tybalt appears, looking for a quarrel with Romeo. Benvolio exclaims, "By my head, here come the Capulets" (3.1.35), and Mercutio responds, "By my heel, I care not" (3.1.36). Benvolio is alarmed, but Mercutio is tough; his "by my heel" implies that if it comes to a fight he's the one who's going to put his opponent under his heel.

Approaching Mercutio and Benvolio, Tybalt tells his followers to stay close to him, as though he feels the need for back-up in case there's trouble, but his words are polite: "Gentlemen, good den: a word with one of you" (3.1.38). In no mood for politeness, Mercutio answers, "And but one word with one of us? couple it with something; make it a word and a blow" (3.1.39-40). Tybalt says he'll do that if Mercutio gives him a reason, and Mercutio taunts him by asking if he can't find a reason on his own. Mercutio is trying to pick a fight, but he doesn't quite succeed because Tybalt is intent on catching up with Romeo. Tybalt says, "Mercutio, thou consort'st with Romeo,--" (3.1.45), only to be interrupted by Mercutio's exclamation, "Consort! what, dost thou make us minstrels?" (3.1.46). "Consort'st with" means "associate with," but it could also mean "sing in concert with"; Mercutio deliberately takes it in the second sense and acts highly insulted. Still trying to pick a fight, Mercutio draws his sword and says it's the fiddlestick to whose music Tybalt will dance.

Benvolio tries to calm things down by telling Mercutio and Tybalt that they shouldn't fight in public. He asks them to take the quarrel to some private place, or talk it out, or just walk away. Mercutio, however, has his hackles up and declares, "Men's eyes were made to look, and let them gaze; / I will not budge for no man's pleasure, I." (3.1.54-55).