And, with a martial scorn, with one hand beats

Cold death aside, and with the other sends

It back to Tybalt, whose dexterity

[Retorts] it. Romeo he cries aloud,

'Hold, friends! friends, part!' and swifter than his tongue,

His agile arm beats down their fatal points,

And 'twixt them rushes, underneath whose arm

An [envious] thrust from Tybalt hit the life

Of stout Mercutio; and then Tybalt fled,

But [by and by] comes back to Romeo,