Answer:
He won't let Romeo get away with gate crashing the Capulet feast. Although he does put his weapon down, he does do so reluctantly, under his uncle's orders. He threatens revenge upon the young Montague. This, of course, foreshadows the tragic future of Romeo and Juliet (deaths of the two protagonists) as the Prologue at the beginning of act 1 states.
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