He is so angry he proclaims if there is another fight Montague and Capulet shall pay the ‘forfeit’ for it with their lives. The fight is eventually stopped when the Prince stops everyone saying 'On pain of torture, from those bloody hands / Throw your mistemper'd weapons to the ground'. With his line 'As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee: / Have at thee, coward!' the fight escalates until there is a huge street brawl involving both Lord Montague and Lord Capulet. Benvolio tries to stop the fight but when Tybalt arrives things get worse. They meet two servants from the house of Montague and a fight breaks out. The play opens with two servants from the house of Capulet talking about their hatred of the Montagues.
