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Enter DON PEDRO , CLAUDIO , BENEDICK , and LEONATO
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Enter DON PEDRO , CLAUDIO , BENEDICK , and LEONATO
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DON PEDRO I do but stay till your marriage be consummate, and then go
I toward Aragon.
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DON PEDRO I do but stay till your marriage be consummate, and then go
I toward Aragon.
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CLAUDIO I’ll bring you thither, my lord, if you’ll vouchsafe me.
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CLAUDIO I’ll bring you thither, my lord, if you’ll vouchsafe me.
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DON PEDRO Nay, that would be as great a soil in the new gloss of your
5 marriage as to show a child his new coat and forbid him to
wear it. I will only be bold with Benedick for his company,
for from the crown of his head to the sole of his foot he is all
mirth. He hath twice or thrice cut Cupid’s bow-string, and
the little hangman dare not shoot at him. He hath a heart as
10 sound as a bell, and his tongue is the clapper, for what his
heart thinks, his tongue speaks.
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DON PEDRO Nay, that would be as great a soil in the new gloss of your
marriage as to show a child his new coat and forbid him to
wear it. I will only be bold with Benedick for his company,
for from the crown of his head to the sole of his foot he is all
mirth. He hath twice or thrice cut Cupid’s bow-string, and
the little hangman dare not shoot at him. He hath a heart as
sound as a bell, and his tongue is the clapper, for what his
heart thinks, his tongue speaks.
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BENEDICK Gallants, I am not as I have been.
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BENEDICK Gallants, I am not as I have been.
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LEONATO So say I. Methinks you are sadder.
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LEONATO So say I. Methinks you are sadder.
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CLAUDIO I hope he be in love.
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CLAUDIO I hope he be in love.
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DON PEDRO be truly touched with love. If he be sad, he wants money.
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DON PEDRO be truly touched with love. If he be sad, he wants money.
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BENEDICK I have the toothache.
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BENEDICK I have the toothache.
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DON PEDRO Draw it.
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DON PEDRO Draw it.
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BENEDICK Hang it!
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BENEDICK Hang it!
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CLAUDIO 20 You must hang it first, and draw it afterwards.
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CLAUDIO You must hang it first, and draw it afterwards.
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DON PEDRO What, sigh for the toothache?
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DON PEDRO What, sigh for the toothache?
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LEONATO Where is but a humor or a worm.
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LEONATO Where is but a humor or a worm.
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BENEDICK Well, everyone can master a grief but he that has it.
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BENEDICK Well, everyone can master a grief but he that has it.
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CLAUDIO Yet say I, he is in love.
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CLAUDIO Yet say I, he is in love.
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DON PEDRO 25 There is no appearance of fancy in him, unless it be a fancy
that he hath to strange disguises, as to be a Dutchman
today, a Frenchman tomorrow, or in the shape of two
countries at once, as a German from the waist downward,
all slops, and a Spaniard from the hip upward, no doublet.
30 Unless he have a fancy to this foolery, as it appears he hath,
he is no fool for fancy, as you would have it appear he is.
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DON PEDRO There is no appearance of fancy in him, unless it be a fancy
that he hath to strange disguises, as to be a Dutchman
today, a Frenchman tomorrow, or in the shape of two
countries at once, as a German from the waist downward,
all slops, and a Spaniard from the hip upward, no doublet.
Unless he have a fancy to this foolery, as it appears he hath,
he is no fool for fancy, as you would have it appear he is.
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CLAUDIO If he be not in love with some woman, there is no believing
old signs. He brushes his hat o' mornings. What should
that bode?
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CLAUDIO If he be not in love with some woman, there is no believing
old signs. He brushes his hat o' mornings. What should
that bode?
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DON PEDRO 35 Hath any man seen him at the barber’s?
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DON PEDRO Hath any man seen him at the barber’s?
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CLAUDIO No, but the barber’s man hath been seen with him, and the
old ornament of his cheek hath already stuffed tennis balls.
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CLAUDIO No, but the barber’s man hath been seen with him, and the
old ornament of his cheek hath already stuffed tennis balls.
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LEONATO Indeed, he looks younger than he did, by the loss of a beard.
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LEONATO Indeed, he looks younger than he did, by the loss of a beard.
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DON PEDRO Nay, he rubs himself with civet. Can you smell him out by
40 that?
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DON PEDRO Nay, he rubs himself with civet. Can you smell him out by
that?
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CLAUDIO That’s as much as to say, the sweet youth’s in love.
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CLAUDIO That’s as much as to say, the sweet youth’s in love.
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DON PEDRO The greatest note of it is his melancholy.
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DON PEDRO The greatest note of it is his melancholy.
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CLAUDIO And when was he wont to wash his face?
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CLAUDIO And when was he wont to wash his face?
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DON PEDRO Yea, or to paint himself? For the which I hear what they say
45 of him.
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DON PEDRO Yea, or to paint himself? For the which I hear what they say
of him.
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CLAUDIO Nay, but his jesting spirit, which is now crept into a lute
string and now governed by stops—
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CLAUDIO Nay, but his jesting spirit, which is now crept into a lute
string and now governed by stops—
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DON PEDRO Indeed, that tells a heavy tale for him. Conclude, conclude,
he is in love.
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DON PEDRO Indeed, that tells a heavy tale for him. Conclude, conclude,
he is in love.
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CLAUDIO 50 Nay, but I know who loves him.
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CLAUDIO Nay, but I know who loves him.
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DON PEDRO That would I know too. I warrant, one that knows him not.
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DON PEDRO That would I know too. I warrant, one that knows him not.
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CLAUDIO Yes, and his ill conditions, and, in despite of all, dies for
him.
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CLAUDIO Yes, and his ill conditions, and, in despite of all, dies for
him.
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DON PEDRO She shall be buried with her face upwards.
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DON PEDRO She shall be buried with her face upwards.
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BENEDICK aside with me. I have studied eight or nine wise words to
speak to you, which these hobbyhorses must not hear.
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BENEDICK aside with me. I have studied eight or nine wise words to
speak to you, which these hobbyhorses must not hear.
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Exeunt BENEDICK and LEONATO
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Exeunt BENEDICK and LEONATO
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DON PEDRO For my life, to break with him about Beatrice!
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DON PEDRO For my life, to break with him about Beatrice!
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CLAUDIO 'Tis even so. Hero and Margaret have by this played their
60 parts with Beatrice, and then the two bears will not bite one
another when they meet.
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CLAUDIO 'Tis even so. Hero and Margaret have by this played their
parts with Beatrice, and then the two bears will not bite one
another when they meet.
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Enter DON JOHN
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Enter DON JOHN
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DON JOHN My lord and brother, God save you.
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DON JOHN My lord and brother, God save you.
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DON PEDRO Good e'en, brother.
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DON PEDRO Good e'en, brother.
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DON JOHN If your leisure served, I would speak with you.
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DON JOHN If your leisure served, I would speak with you.
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DON PEDRO 65 In private?
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DON PEDRO In private?
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DON JOHN If it please you. Yet Count Claudio may hear, for what I
would speak of concerns him.
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DON JOHN If it please you. Yet Count Claudio may hear, for what I
would speak of concerns him.
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DON PEDRO What’s the matter?
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DON PEDRO What’s the matter?
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DON JOHN (to CLAUDIO) Means your lordship to be married tomorrow?
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DON JOHN (to CLAUDIO) Means your lordship to be married tomorrow?
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DON PEDRO 70 You know he does.
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DON PEDRO You know he does.
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DON JOHN I know not that, when he knows what I know.
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DON JOHN I know not that, when he knows what I know.
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CLAUDIO If there be any impediment, I pray you discover it.
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CLAUDIO If there be any impediment, I pray you discover it.
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DON JOHN You may think I love you not. Let that appear hereafter, and
aim better at me by that I now will manifest. For my
75 brother, I think he holds you well, and in dearness of heart
hath holp to effect your ensuing marriage—surely suit ill
spent and labor ill bestowed.
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DON JOHN You may think I love you not. Let that appear hereafter, and
aim better at me by that I now will manifest. For my
brother, I think he holds you well, and in dearness of heart
hath holp to effect your ensuing marriage—surely suit ill
spent and labor ill bestowed.
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DON PEDRO Why, what’s the matter?
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DON PEDRO Why, what’s the matter?
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DON JOHN I came hither to tell you; and, circumstances shortened, for
80 she has been too long a-talking of, the lady is disloyal.
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DON JOHN I came hither to tell you; and, circumstances shortened, for
she has been too long a-talking of, the lady is disloyal.
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CLAUDIO Who, Hero?
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CLAUDIO Who, Hero?
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DON JOHN Even she: Leonato’s Hero, your Hero, every man’s Hero.
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DON JOHN Even she: Leonato’s Hero, your Hero, every man’s Hero.
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CLAUDIO Disloyal?
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CLAUDIO Disloyal?
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DON JOHN The word is too good to paint out her wickedness. I could
85 say she were worse. Think you of a worse title, and I will fit
her to it. Wonder not till further warrant. Go but with me
tonight, you shall see her chamber window entered, even
the night before her wedding day. If you love her then,
tomorrow wed her. But it would better fit your honor to
90 change your mind.
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DON JOHN The word is too good to paint out her wickedness. I could
say she were worse. Think you of a worse title, and I will fit
her to it. Wonder not till further warrant. Go but with me
tonight, you shall see her chamber window entered, even
the night before her wedding day. If you love her then,
tomorrow wed her. But it would better fit your honor to
change your mind.
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CLAUDIO (to DON PEDRO) May this be so?
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CLAUDIO (to DON PEDRO) May this be so?
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DON PEDRO I will not think it.
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DON PEDRO I will not think it.
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DON JOHN If you dare not trust that you see, confess not that you know.
If you will follow me, I will show you enough, and when
95 you have seen more and heard more, proceed accordingly.
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DON JOHN If you dare not trust that you see, confess not that you know.
If you will follow me, I will show you enough, and when
you have seen more and heard more, proceed accordingly.
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CLAUDIO If I see anything tonight why I should not marry her,
tomorrow in the congregation, where I should wed, there
will I shame her.
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CLAUDIO If I see anything tonight why I should not marry her,
tomorrow in the congregation, where I should wed, there
will I shame her.
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DON PEDRO And as I wooed for thee to obtain her, I will join with thee
100 to disgrace her.
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DON PEDRO And as I wooed for thee to obtain her, I will join with thee
to disgrace her.
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DON JOHN I will disparage her no farther till you are my witnesses.
Bear it coldly but till midnight and let the issue show itself.
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DON JOHN I will disparage her no farther till you are my witnesses.
Bear it coldly but till midnight and let the issue show itself.
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DON PEDRO O day untowardly turned!
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DON PEDRO O day untowardly turned!
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CLAUDIO O mischief strangely thwarting!
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CLAUDIO O mischief strangely thwarting!
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DON JOHN 105 O plague right well prevented! So will you say when you
have seen the sequel.
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DON JOHN O plague right well prevented! So will you say when you
have seen the sequel.
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Exeunt
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Exeunt
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Original Text |
Modern Text |
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Enter DON PEDRO , CLAUDIO , BENEDICK , and LEONATO
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Enter DON PEDRO , CLAUDIO , BENEDICK , and LEONATO
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DON PEDRO I do but stay till your marriage be consummate, and then go
I toward Aragon.
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DON PEDRO I do but stay till your marriage be consummate, and then go
I toward Aragon.
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CLAUDIO I’ll bring you thither, my lord, if you’ll vouchsafe me.
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CLAUDIO I’ll bring you thither, my lord, if you’ll vouchsafe me.
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DON PEDRO Nay, that would be as great a soil in the new gloss of your
5 marriage as to show a child his new coat and forbid him to
wear it. I will only be bold with Benedick for his company,
for from the crown of his head to the sole of his foot he is all
mirth. He hath twice or thrice cut Cupid’s bow-string, and
the little hangman dare not shoot at him. He hath a heart as
10 sound as a bell, and his tongue is the clapper, for what his
heart thinks, his tongue speaks.
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DON PEDRO Nay, that would be as great a soil in the new gloss of your
marriage as to show a child his new coat and forbid him to
wear it. I will only be bold with Benedick for his company,
for from the crown of his head to the sole of his foot he is all
mirth. He hath twice or thrice cut Cupid’s bow-string, and
the little hangman dare not shoot at him. He hath a heart as
sound as a bell, and his tongue is the clapper, for what his
heart thinks, his tongue speaks.
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BENEDICK Gallants, I am not as I have been.
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BENEDICK Gallants, I am not as I have been.
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LEONATO So say I. Methinks you are sadder.
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LEONATO So say I. Methinks you are sadder.
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CLAUDIO I hope he be in love.
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CLAUDIO I hope he be in love.
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DON PEDRO be truly touched with love. If he be sad, he wants money.
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DON PEDRO be truly touched with love. If he be sad, he wants money.
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BENEDICK I have the toothache.
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BENEDICK I have the toothache.
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DON PEDRO Draw it.
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DON PEDRO Draw it.
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BENEDICK Hang it!
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BENEDICK Hang it!
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CLAUDIO 20 You must hang it first, and draw it afterwards.
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CLAUDIO You must hang it first, and draw it afterwards.
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DON PEDRO What, sigh for the toothache?
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DON PEDRO What, sigh for the toothache?
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LEONATO Where is but a humor or a worm.
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LEONATO Where is but a humor or a worm.
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BENEDICK Well, everyone can master a grief but he that has it.
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BENEDICK Well, everyone can master a grief but he that has it.
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CLAUDIO Yet say I, he is in love.
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CLAUDIO Yet say I, he is in love.
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DON PEDRO 25 There is no appearance of fancy in him, unless it be a fancy
that he hath to strange disguises, as to be a Dutchman
today, a Frenchman tomorrow, or in the shape of two
countries at once, as a German from the waist downward,
all slops, and a Spaniard from the hip upward, no doublet.
30 Unless he have a fancy to this foolery, as it appears he hath,
he is no fool for fancy, as you would have it appear he is.
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DON PEDRO There is no appearance of fancy in him, unless it be a fancy
that he hath to strange disguises, as to be a Dutchman
today, a Frenchman tomorrow, or in the shape of two
countries at once, as a German from the waist downward,
all slops, and a Spaniard from the hip upward, no doublet.
Unless he have a fancy to this foolery, as it appears he hath,
he is no fool for fancy, as you would have it appear he is.
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CLAUDIO If he be not in love with some woman, there is no believing
old signs. He brushes his hat o' mornings. What should
that bode?
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CLAUDIO If he be not in love with some woman, there is no believing
old signs. He brushes his hat o' mornings. What should
that bode?
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DON PEDRO 35 Hath any man seen him at the barber’s?
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DON PEDRO Hath any man seen him at the barber’s?
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CLAUDIO No, but the barber’s man hath been seen with him, and the
old ornament of his cheek hath already stuffed tennis balls.
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CLAUDIO No, but the barber’s man hath been seen with him, and the
old ornament of his cheek hath already stuffed tennis balls.
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LEONATO Indeed, he looks younger than he did, by the loss of a beard.
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LEONATO Indeed, he looks younger than he did, by the loss of a beard.
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DON PEDRO Nay, he rubs himself with civet. Can you smell him out by
40 that?
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DON PEDRO Nay, he rubs himself with civet. Can you smell him out by
that?
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CLAUDIO That’s as much as to say, the sweet youth’s in love.
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CLAUDIO That’s as much as to say, the sweet youth’s in love.
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DON PEDRO The greatest note of it is his melancholy.
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DON PEDRO The greatest note of it is his melancholy.
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CLAUDIO And when was he wont to wash his face?
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CLAUDIO And when was he wont to wash his face?
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DON PEDRO Yea, or to paint himself? For the which I hear what they say
45 of him.
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DON PEDRO Yea, or to paint himself? For the which I hear what they say
of him.
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CLAUDIO Nay, but his jesting spirit, which is now crept into a lute
string and now governed by stops—
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CLAUDIO Nay, but his jesting spirit, which is now crept into a lute
string and now governed by stops—
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DON PEDRO Indeed, that tells a heavy tale for him. Conclude, conclude,
he is in love.
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DON PEDRO Indeed, that tells a heavy tale for him. Conclude, conclude,
he is in love.
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CLAUDIO 50 Nay, but I know who loves him.
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CLAUDIO Nay, but I know who loves him.
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DON PEDRO That would I know too. I warrant, one that knows him not.
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DON PEDRO That would I know too. I warrant, one that knows him not.
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CLAUDIO Yes, and his ill conditions, and, in despite of all, dies for
him.
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CLAUDIO Yes, and his ill conditions, and, in despite of all, dies for
him.
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DON PEDRO She shall be buried with her face upwards.
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DON PEDRO She shall be buried with her face upwards.
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BENEDICK aside with me. I have studied eight or nine wise words to
speak to you, which these hobbyhorses must not hear.
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BENEDICK aside with me. I have studied eight or nine wise words to
speak to you, which these hobbyhorses must not hear.
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Exeunt BENEDICK and LEONATO
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Exeunt BENEDICK and LEONATO
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DON PEDRO For my life, to break with him about Beatrice!
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DON PEDRO For my life, to break with him about Beatrice!
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CLAUDIO 'Tis even so. Hero and Margaret have by this played their
60 parts with Beatrice, and then the two bears will not bite one
another when they meet.
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CLAUDIO 'Tis even so. Hero and Margaret have by this played their
parts with Beatrice, and then the two bears will not bite one
another when they meet.
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Enter DON JOHN
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Enter DON JOHN
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DON JOHN My lord and brother, God save you.
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DON JOHN My lord and brother, God save you.
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DON PEDRO Good e'en, brother.
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DON PEDRO Good e'en, brother.
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DON JOHN If your leisure served, I would speak with you.
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DON JOHN If your leisure served, I would speak with you.
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DON PEDRO 65 In private?
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DON PEDRO In private?
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DON JOHN If it please you. Yet Count Claudio may hear, for what I
would speak of concerns him.
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DON JOHN If it please you. Yet Count Claudio may hear, for what I
would speak of concerns him.
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DON PEDRO What’s the matter?
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DON PEDRO What’s the matter?
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DON JOHN (to CLAUDIO) Means your lordship to be married tomorrow?
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DON JOHN (to CLAUDIO) Means your lordship to be married tomorrow?
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DON PEDRO 70 You know he does.
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DON PEDRO You know he does.
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DON JOHN I know not that, when he knows what I know.
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DON JOHN I know not that, when he knows what I know.
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CLAUDIO If there be any impediment, I pray you discover it.
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CLAUDIO If there be any impediment, I pray you discover it.
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DON JOHN You may think I love you not. Let that appear hereafter, and
aim better at me by that I now will manifest. For my
75 brother, I think he holds you well, and in dearness of heart
hath holp to effect your ensuing marriage—surely suit ill
spent and labor ill bestowed.
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DON JOHN You may think I love you not. Let that appear hereafter, and
aim better at me by that I now will manifest. For my
brother, I think he holds you well, and in dearness of heart
hath holp to effect your ensuing marriage—surely suit ill
spent and labor ill bestowed.
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DON PEDRO Why, what’s the matter?
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DON PEDRO Why, what’s the matter?
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DON JOHN I came hither to tell you; and, circumstances shortened, for
80 she has been too long a-talking of, the lady is disloyal.
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DON JOHN I came hither to tell you; and, circumstances shortened, for
she has been too long a-talking of, the lady is disloyal.
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CLAUDIO Who, Hero?
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CLAUDIO Who, Hero?
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DON JOHN Even she: Leonato’s Hero, your Hero, every man’s Hero.
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DON JOHN Even she: Leonato’s Hero, your Hero, every man’s Hero.
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CLAUDIO Disloyal?
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CLAUDIO Disloyal?
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DON JOHN The word is too good to paint out her wickedness. I could
85 say she were worse. Think you of a worse title, and I will fit
her to it. Wonder not till further warrant. Go but with me
tonight, you shall see her chamber window entered, even
the night before her wedding day. If you love her then,
tomorrow wed her. But it would better fit your honor to
90 change your mind.
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DON JOHN The word is too good to paint out her wickedness. I could
say she were worse. Think you of a worse title, and I will fit
her to it. Wonder not till further warrant. Go but with me
tonight, you shall see her chamber window entered, even
the night before her wedding day. If you love her then,
tomorrow wed her. But it would better fit your honor to
change your mind.
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CLAUDIO (to DON PEDRO) May this be so?
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CLAUDIO (to DON PEDRO) May this be so?
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DON PEDRO I will not think it.
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DON PEDRO I will not think it.
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DON JOHN If you dare not trust that you see, confess not that you know.
If you will follow me, I will show you enough, and when
95 you have seen more and heard more, proceed accordingly.
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DON JOHN If you dare not trust that you see, confess not that you know.
If you will follow me, I will show you enough, and when
you have seen more and heard more, proceed accordingly.
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CLAUDIO If I see anything tonight why I should not marry her,
tomorrow in the congregation, where I should wed, there
will I shame her.
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CLAUDIO If I see anything tonight why I should not marry her,
tomorrow in the congregation, where I should wed, there
will I shame her.
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DON PEDRO And as I wooed for thee to obtain her, I will join with thee
100 to disgrace her.
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DON PEDRO And as I wooed for thee to obtain her, I will join with thee
to disgrace her.
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DON JOHN I will disparage her no farther till you are my witnesses.
Bear it coldly but till midnight and let the issue show itself.
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DON JOHN I will disparage her no farther till you are my witnesses.
Bear it coldly but till midnight and let the issue show itself.
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DON PEDRO O day untowardly turned!
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DON PEDRO O day untowardly turned!
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CLAUDIO O mischief strangely thwarting!
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CLAUDIO O mischief strangely thwarting!
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DON JOHN 105 O plague right well prevented! So will you say when you
have seen the sequel.
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DON JOHN O plague right well prevented! So will you say when you
have seen the sequel.
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Exeunt
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Exeunt
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