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| <H3>SCENE I. Before LEONATO'S house.</h3> | |
| <p><blockquote> | |
| <i>Enter LEONATO and ANTONIO</i> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech1><b>ANTONIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=1>If you go on thus, you will kill yourself:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=2>And 'tis not wisdom thus to second grief</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=3>Against yourself.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech2><b>LEONATO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=4> I pray thee, cease thy counsel,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=5>Which falls into mine ears as profitless</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=6>As water in a sieve: give not me counsel;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=7>Nor let no comforter delight mine ear</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=8>But such a one whose wrongs do suit with mine.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=9>Bring me a father that so loved his child,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=10>Whose joy of her is overwhelm'd like mine,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=11>And bid him speak of patience;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=12>Measure his woe the length and breadth of mine</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=13>And let it answer every strain for strain,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=14>As thus for thus and such a grief for such,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=15>In every lineament, branch, shape, and form:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=16>If such a one will smile and stroke his beard,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=17>Bid sorrow wag, cry 'hem!' when he should groan,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=18>Patch grief with proverbs, make misfortune drunk</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=19>With candle-wasters; bring him yet to me,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=20>And I of him will gather patience.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=21>But there is no such man: for, brother, men</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=22>Can counsel and speak comfort to that grief</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=23>Which they themselves not feel; but, tasting it,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=24>Their counsel turns to passion, which before</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=25>Would give preceptial medicine to rage,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=26>Fetter strong madness in a silken thread,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=27>Charm ache with air and agony with words:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=28>No, no; 'tis all men's office to speak patience</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=29>To those that wring under the load of sorrow,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=30>But no man's virtue nor sufficiency</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=31>To be so moral when he shall endure</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=32>The like himself. Therefore give me no counsel:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=33>My griefs cry louder than advertisement.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech3><b>ANTONIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=34>Therein do men from children nothing differ.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech4><b>LEONATO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=35>I pray thee, peace. I will be flesh and blood;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=36>For there was never yet philosopher</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=37>That could endure the toothache patiently,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=38>However they have writ the style of gods</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=39>And made a push at chance and sufferance.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech5><b>ANTONIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=40>Yet bend not all the harm upon yourself;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=41>Make those that do offend you suffer too.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech6><b>LEONATO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=42>There thou speak'st reason: nay, I will do so.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=43>My soul doth tell me Hero is belied;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=44>And that shall Claudio know; so shall the prince</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=45>And all of them that thus dishonour her.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech7><b>ANTONIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=46>Here comes the prince and Claudio hastily.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Enter DON PEDRO and CLAUDIO</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech8><b>DON PEDRO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=47>Good den, good den.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech9><b>CLAUDIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=48>Good day to both of you.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech10><b>LEONATO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=49>Hear you. my lords,--</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech11><b>DON PEDRO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=50>We have some haste, Leonato.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech12><b>LEONATO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=51>Some haste, my lord! well, fare you well, my lord:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=52>Are you so hasty now? well, all is one.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech13><b>DON PEDRO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=53>Nay, do not quarrel with us, good old man.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech14><b>ANTONIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=54>If he could right himself with quarreling,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=55>Some of us would lie low.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech15><b>CLAUDIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=56>Who wrongs him?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech16><b>LEONATO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=57>Marry, thou dost wrong me; thou dissembler, thou:--</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=58>Nay, never lay thy hand upon thy sword;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=59>I fear thee not.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech17><b>CLAUDIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=60> Marry, beshrew my hand,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=61>If it should give your age such cause of fear:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=62>In faith, my hand meant nothing to my sword.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech18><b>LEONATO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=63>Tush, tush, man; never fleer and jest at me:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=64>I speak not like a dotard nor a fool,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=65>As under privilege of age to brag</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=66>What I have done being young, or what would do</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=67>Were I not old. Know, Claudio, to thy head,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=68>Thou hast so wrong'd mine innocent child and me</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=69>That I am forced to lay my reverence by</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=70>And, with grey hairs and bruise of many days,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=71>Do challenge thee to trial of a man.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=72>I say thou hast belied mine innocent child;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=73>Thy slander hath gone through and through her heart,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=74>And she lies buried with her ancestors;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=75>O, in a tomb where never scandal slept,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=76>Save this of hers, framed by thy villany!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech19><b>CLAUDIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=77>My villany?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech20><b>LEONATO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=78> Thine, Claudio; thine, I say.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech21><b>DON PEDRO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=79>You say not right, old man.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech22><b>LEONATO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=80>My lord, my lord,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=81>I'll prove it on his body, if he dare,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=82>Despite his nice fence and his active practise,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=83>His May of youth and bloom of lustihood.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech23><b>CLAUDIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=84>Away! I will not have to do with you.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech24><b>LEONATO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=85>Canst thou so daff me? Thou hast kill'd my child:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=86>If thou kill'st me, boy, thou shalt kill a man.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech25><b>ANTONIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=87>He shall kill two of us, and men indeed:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=88>But that's no matter; let him kill one first;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=89>Win me and wear me; let him answer me.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=90>Come, follow me, boy; come, sir boy, come, follow me:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=91>Sir boy, I'll whip you from your foining fence;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=92>Nay, as I am a gentleman, I will.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech26><b>LEONATO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=93>Brother,--</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech27><b>ANTONIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=94>Content yourself. God knows I loved my niece;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=95>And she is dead, slander'd to death by villains,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=96>That dare as well answer a man indeed</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=97>As I dare take a serpent by the tongue:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=98>Boys, apes, braggarts, Jacks, milksops!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech28><b>LEONATO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=99>Brother Antony,--</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech29><b>ANTONIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=100>Hold you content. What, man! I know them, yea,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=101>And what they weigh, even to the utmost scruple,--</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=102>Scrambling, out-facing, fashion-monging boys,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=103>That lie and cog and flout, deprave and slander,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=104>Go anticly, show outward hideousness,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=105>And speak off half a dozen dangerous words,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=106>How they might hurt their enemies, if they durst;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=107>And this is all.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech30><b>LEONATO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=108>But, brother Antony,--</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech31><b>ANTONIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=109>Come, 'tis no matter:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=110>Do not you meddle; let me deal in this.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech32><b>DON PEDRO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=111>Gentlemen both, we will not wake your patience.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=112>My heart is sorry for your daughter's death:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=113>But, on my honour, she was charged with nothing</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=114>But what was true and very full of proof.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech33><b>LEONATO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=115>My lord, my lord,--</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech34><b>DON PEDRO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=116>I will not hear you.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech35><b>LEONATO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=117>No? Come, brother; away! I will be heard.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech36><b>ANTONIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=118>And shall, or some of us will smart for it.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exeunt LEONATO and ANTONIO</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech37><b>DON PEDRO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=119>See, see; here comes the man we went to seek.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Enter BENEDICK</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech38><b>CLAUDIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=120>Now, signior, what news?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech39><b>BENEDICK</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=121>Good day, my lord.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech40><b>DON PEDRO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=122>Welcome, signior: you are almost come to part</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=123>almost a fray.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech41><b>CLAUDIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=124>We had like to have had our two noses snapped off</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=125>with two old men without teeth.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech42><b>DON PEDRO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=126>Leonato and his brother. What thinkest thou? Had</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=127>we fought, I doubt we should have been too young for them.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech43><b>BENEDICK</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=128>In a false quarrel there is no true valour. I came</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=129>to seek you both.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech44><b>CLAUDIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=130>We have been up and down to seek thee; for we are</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=131>high-proof melancholy and would fain have it beaten</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=132>away. Wilt thou use thy wit?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech45><b>BENEDICK</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=133>It is in my scabbard: shall I draw it?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech46><b>DON PEDRO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=134>Dost thou wear thy wit by thy side?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech47><b>CLAUDIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=135>Never any did so, though very many have been beside</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=136>their wit. I will bid thee draw, as we do the</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=137>minstrels; draw, to pleasure us.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech48><b>DON PEDRO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=138>As I am an honest man, he looks pale. Art thou</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=139>sick, or angry?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech49><b>CLAUDIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=140>What, courage, man! What though care killed a cat,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=141>thou hast mettle enough in thee to kill care.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech50><b>BENEDICK</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=142>Sir, I shall meet your wit in the career, and you</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=143>charge it against me. I pray you choose another subject.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech51><b>CLAUDIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=144>Nay, then, give him another staff: this last was</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=145>broke cross.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech52><b>DON PEDRO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=146>By this light, he changes more and more: I think</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=147>he be angry indeed.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech53><b>CLAUDIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=148>If he be, he knows how to turn his girdle.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech54><b>BENEDICK</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=149>Shall I speak a word in your ear?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech55><b>CLAUDIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=150>God bless me from a challenge!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech56><b>BENEDICK</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=151>[Aside to CLAUDIO] You are a villain; I jest not:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=152>I will make it good how you dare, with what you</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=153>dare, and when you dare. Do me right, or I will</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=154>protest your cowardice. You have killed a sweet</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=155>lady, and her death shall fall heavy on you. Let me</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=156>hear from you.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech57><b>CLAUDIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=157>Well, I will meet you, so I may have good cheer.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech58><b>DON PEDRO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=158>What, a feast, a feast?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech59><b>CLAUDIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=159>I' faith, I thank him; he hath bid me to a calf's</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=160>head and a capon; the which if I do not carve most</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=161>curiously, say my knife's naught. Shall I not find</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=162>a woodcock too?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech60><b>BENEDICK</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=163>Sir, your wit ambles well; it goes easily.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech61><b>DON PEDRO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=164>I'll tell thee how Beatrice praised thy wit the</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=165>other day. I said, thou hadst a fine wit: 'True,'</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=166>said she, 'a fine little one.' 'No,' said I, 'a</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=167>great wit:' 'Right,' says she, 'a great gross one.'</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=168>'Nay,' said I, 'a good wit:' 'Just,' said she, 'it</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=169>hurts nobody.' 'Nay,' said I, 'the gentleman</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=170>is wise:' 'Certain,' said she, 'a wise gentleman.'</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=171>'Nay,' said I, 'he hath the tongues:' 'That I</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=172>believe,' said she, 'for he swore a thing to me on</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=173>Monday night, which he forswore on Tuesday morning;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=174>there's a double tongue; there's two tongues.' Thus</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=175>did she, an hour together, transshape thy particular</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=176>virtues: yet at last she concluded with a sigh, thou</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=177>wast the properest man in Italy.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech62><b>CLAUDIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=178>For the which she wept heartily and said she cared</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=179>not.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech63><b>DON PEDRO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=180>Yea, that she did: but yet, for all that, an if she</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=181>did not hate him deadly, she would love him dearly:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=182>the old man's daughter told us all.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech64><b>CLAUDIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=183>All, all; and, moreover, God saw him when he was</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=184>hid in the garden.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech65><b>DON PEDRO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=185>But when shall we set the savage bull's horns on</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=186>the sensible Benedick's head?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech66><b>CLAUDIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=187>Yea, and text underneath, 'Here dwells Benedick the</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=188>married man'?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech67><b>BENEDICK</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=189>Fare you well, boy: you know my mind. I will leave</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=190>you now to your gossip-like humour: you break jests</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=191>as braggarts do their blades, which God be thanked,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=192>hurt not. My lord, for your many courtesies I thank</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=193>you: I must discontinue your company: your brother</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=194>the bastard is fled from Messina: you have among</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=195>you killed a sweet and innocent lady. For my Lord</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=196>Lackbeard there, he and I shall meet: and, till</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=197>then, peace be with him.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exit</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech68><b>DON PEDRO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=198>He is in earnest.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech69><b>CLAUDIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=199>In most profound earnest; and, I'll warrant you, for</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=200>the love of Beatrice.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech70><b>DON PEDRO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=201>And hath challenged thee.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech71><b>CLAUDIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=202>Most sincerely.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech72><b>DON PEDRO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=203>What a pretty thing man is when he goes in his</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=204>doublet and hose and leaves off his wit!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech73><b>CLAUDIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=205>He is then a giant to an ape; but then is an ape a</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=206>doctor to such a man.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech74><b>DON PEDRO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=207>But, soft you, let me be: pluck up, my heart, and</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=208>be sad. Did he not say, my brother was fled?</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Enter DOGBERRY, VERGES, and the Watch, with CONRADE and BORACHIO</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech75><b>DOGBERRY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=209>Come you, sir: if justice cannot tame you, she</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=210>shall ne'er weigh more reasons in her balance: nay,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=211>an you be a cursing hypocrite once, you must be looked to.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech76><b>DON PEDRO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=212>How now? two of my brother's men bound! Borachio</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=213>one!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech77><b>CLAUDIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=214>Hearken after their offence, my lord.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech78><b>DON PEDRO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=215>Officers, what offence have these men done?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech79><b>DOGBERRY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=216>Marry, sir, they have committed false report;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=217>moreover, they have spoken untruths; secondarily,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=218>they are slanders; sixth and lastly, they have</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=219>belied a lady; thirdly, they have verified unjust</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=220>things; and, to conclude, they are lying knaves.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech80><b>DON PEDRO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=221>First, I ask thee what they have done; thirdly, I</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=222>ask thee what's their offence; sixth and lastly, why</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=223>they are committed; and, to conclude, what you lay</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=224>to their charge.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech81><b>CLAUDIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=225>Rightly reasoned, and in his own division: and, by</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=226>my troth, there's one meaning well suited.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech82><b>DON PEDRO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=227>Who have you offended, masters, that you are thus</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=228>bound to your answer? this learned constable is</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=229>too cunning to be understood: what's your offence?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech83><b>BORACHIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=230>Sweet prince, let me go no farther to mine answer:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=231>do you hear me, and let this count kill me. I have</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=232>deceived even your very eyes: what your wisdoms</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=233>could not discover, these shallow fools have brought</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=234>to light: who in the night overheard me confessing</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=235>to this man how Don John your brother incensed me</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=236>to slander the Lady Hero, how you were brought into</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=237>the orchard and saw me court Margaret in Hero's</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=238>garments, how you disgraced her, when you should</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=239>marry her: my villany they have upon record; which</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=240>I had rather seal with my death than repeat over</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=241>to my shame. The lady is dead upon mine and my</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=242>master's false accusation; and, briefly, I desire</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=243>nothing but the reward of a villain.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech84><b>DON PEDRO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=244>Runs not this speech like iron through your blood?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech85><b>CLAUDIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=245>I have drunk poison whiles he utter'd it.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech86><b>DON PEDRO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=246>But did my brother set thee on to this?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech87><b>BORACHIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=247>Yea, and paid me richly for the practise of it.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech88><b>DON PEDRO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=248>He is composed and framed of treachery:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=249>And fled he is upon this villany.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech89><b>CLAUDIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=250>Sweet Hero! now thy image doth appear</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=251>In the rare semblance that I loved it first.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech90><b>DOGBERRY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=252>Come, bring away the plaintiffs: by this time our</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=253>sexton hath reformed Signior Leonato of the matter:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=254>and, masters, do not forget to specify, when time</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=255>and place shall serve, that I am an ass.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech91><b>VERGES</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=256>Here, here comes master Signior Leonato, and the</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=257>Sexton too.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Re-enter LEONATO and ANTONIO, with the Sexton</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech92><b>LEONATO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=258>Which is the villain? let me see his eyes,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=259>That, when I note another man like him,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=260>I may avoid him: which of these is he?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech93><b>BORACHIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=261>If you would know your wronger, look on me.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech94><b>LEONATO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=262>Art thou the slave that with thy breath hast kill'd</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=263>Mine innocent child?</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech95><b>BORACHIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=264>Yea, even I alone.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech96><b>LEONATO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=265>No, not so, villain; thou beliest thyself:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=266>Here stand a pair of honourable men;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=267>A third is fled, that had a hand in it.</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=268>I thank you, princes, for my daughter's death:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=269>Record it with your high and worthy deeds:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=270>'Twas bravely done, if you bethink you of it.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech97><b>CLAUDIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=271>I know not how to pray your patience;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=272>Yet I must speak. Choose your revenge yourself;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=273>Impose me to what penance your invention</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=274>Can lay upon my sin: yet sinn'd I not</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=275>But in mistaking.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech98><b>DON PEDRO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=276> By my soul, nor I:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=277>And yet, to satisfy this good old man,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=278>I would bend under any heavy weight</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=279>That he'll enjoin me to.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech99><b>LEONATO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=280>I cannot bid you bid my daughter live;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=281>That were impossible: but, I pray you both,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=282>Possess the people in Messina here</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=283>How innocent she died; and if your love</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=284>Can labour ought in sad invention,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=285>Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=286>And sing it to her bones, sing it to-night:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=287>To-morrow morning come you to my house,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=288>And since you could not be my son-in-law,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=289>Be yet my nephew: my brother hath a daughter,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=290>Almost the copy of my child that's dead,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=291>And she alone is heir to both of us:</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=292>Give her the right you should have given her cousin,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=293>And so dies my revenge.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech100><b>CLAUDIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=294>O noble sir,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=295>Your over-kindness doth wring tears from me!</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=296>I do embrace your offer; and dispose</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=297>For henceforth of poor Claudio.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech101><b>LEONATO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=298>To-morrow then I will expect your coming;</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=299>To-night I take my leave. This naughty man</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=300>Shall face to face be brought to Margaret,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=301>Who I believe was pack'd in all this wrong,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=302>Hired to it by your brother.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech102><b>BORACHIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=303>No, by my soul, she was not,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=304>Nor knew not what she did when she spoke to me,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=305>But always hath been just and virtuous</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=306>In any thing that I do know by her.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech103><b>DOGBERRY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=307>Moreover, sir, which indeed is not under white and</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=308>black, this plaintiff here, the offender, did call</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=309>me ass: I beseech you, let it be remembered in his</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=310>punishment. And also, the watch heard them talk of</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=311>one Deformed: they say be wears a key in his ear and</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=312>a lock hanging by it, and borrows money in God's</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=313>name, the which he hath used so long and never paid</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=314>that now men grow hard-hearted and will lend nothing</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=315>for God's sake: pray you, examine him upon that point.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech104><b>LEONATO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=316>I thank thee for thy care and honest pains.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech105><b>DOGBERRY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=317>Your worship speaks like a most thankful and</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=318>reverend youth; and I praise God for you.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech106><b>LEONATO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=319>There's for thy pains.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech107><b>DOGBERRY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=320>God save the foundation!</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech108><b>LEONATO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=321>Go, I discharge thee of thy prisoner, and I thank thee.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech109><b>DOGBERRY</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=322>I leave an arrant knave with your worship; which I</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=323>beseech your worship to correct yourself, for the</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=324>example of others. God keep your worship! I wish</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=325>your worship well; God restore you to health! I</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=326>humbly give you leave to depart; and if a merry</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=327>meeting may be wished, God prohibit it! Come, neighbour.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exeunt DOGBERRY and VERGES</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech110><b>LEONATO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=328>Until to-morrow morning, lords, farewell.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech111><b>ANTONIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=329>Farewell, my lords: we look for you to-morrow.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech112><b>DON PEDRO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=330>We will not fail.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech113><b>CLAUDIO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=331> To-night I'll mourn with Hero.</A><br> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=speech114><b>LEONATO</b></a> | |
| <blockquote> | |
| <A NAME=332>[To the Watch] Bring you these fellows on. We'll</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=333>talk with Margaret,</A><br> | |
| <A NAME=334>How her acquaintance grew with this lewd fellow.</A><br> | |
| <p><i>Exeunt, severally</i></p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
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