SAMPSON Let us take the law of our sides let them Then some Montagues enter, and the servants get serious. Gregory insults him by comparing his man-goods to a small piece of whitefish, dried and salted ( poor-john). Sampson rounds out his gutter-banter with a reference to his erect penis. GREGORY вЂ™Tis well thou art not fish if thou hadst, thou SAMPSON Me they shall feel while I am able to stand,ДЄnd вЂ™tis known I am a pretty piece of flesh. And yes, he plans to be 'civil' by taking their virginity. Sampson says after he's fought with the men, he'll be friendly with the ladies. GREGORYВ They must take it in sense that feel it. SAMPSONВ Ay, the heads of the maids, or their maidenheads. With the maids I will cut off their heads. When I have fought with the men, I will be civil Hey-it wouldn't be Shakespeare without a sex joke. He'll push the men toward the gutter and 'thrust' the women toward the wall. When Gregory says the weaker people always walk near the wall, Sampson says fine. GREGORYВ The quarrel is between our masters and us 20 I will push MontagueвЂ™s men from the wall and Weaker vessels, are ever thrust to the wall.

SAMPSONВ вЂ™Tis true, and therefore women, being the In fact, if he passes any Montagues on the street, he'll walk on the side closer to the wall so they have to walk in the gutter. Sampson says he won't take any sass from the Montagues. On the streets of Verona, two young Capulet servants, Sampson and Gregory, are hanging out and trash-talkingВ theВ Montagues. GREGORY That shows thee a weak slave, for the weakest Will take the wall of any man or maid of MontagueвЂ™s. SAMPSON A dog of that house shall move me to stand. Therefore if thou art moved thou runnвЂ™st 10 GREGORY To move is to stir, and to be valiant is to SAMPSON A dog of the house of Montague moves me. GREGORY But thou art not quickly moved to strike. GREGORY Ay, while you live, draw your neck out of SAMPSON I mean, an we be in choler, weвЂ™ll draw.

GREGORY No, for then we should be colliers.

SAMPSON Gregory, on my word weвЂ™ll not carry coals. Enter Sampson and Gregory, with swords and bucklers,

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