630sion is in the
stealer.
¶Benedicke Yet it had not beene ami
sse the rodde had beene
¶made, & the garland too, for the garland he might haue worn
¶him
selfe, and the rodde he might haue be
stowed on you, who
¶(as I take it) haue
stolne his birds ne
st.
635Pedro I wil but teach them to
sing, and re
store them to the
¶Benedicke If their
singing an
swer your
saying, by my faith
¶Pedro The ladie Beatrice hath a quarrell to you, the Gen-
640tleman that daun
st with her, told her
shee is much wrongd by
¶Bened. O
shee mi
su
sde me pa
st the indurance of a blocke:
¶an oake but with one greene leafe on it, would haue an
swered
¶her: my very vi
sor beganne to a
ssume life, and
scold with her:
645she tolde me, not thinking I had beene my
selfe, that I was the
¶Princes ie
ster, that I was duller than a great thawe, huddleing
¶ie
st vpon ie
st, with
such impo
ssible conueiance vpon me, that
¶I
stoode like a man at a marke, with a whole army
shooting
¶at me:
she
speakes poynyards, and euery word
stabbes: if her
650breath were as terrible as her terminations, there were no liu-
¶ing neere her,
shee would infect to the north
starre: I woulde
¶not marry her, though
shee were indowed with al that Adam
¶had left him before he tran
sgre
st,
she would haue made Her-
655cules haue turnd
spit, yea, and haue cleft his club to make the
¶fire too: come, talke not of her, you
shall find her the infernall
¶Ate in good apparell, I would to God
some
scholler woulde
¶coniure her, for certainely, while
she is heere, a man may liue
¶as quiet in hell, as in a
sanctuarie, and people
sinne vpon pur-
660po
se, becau
se they would goe thither,
so indeede all di
squiet,
¶horrour, and perturbation followes her.
¶ Enter Claudio and Beatrice.
¶Pedro Looke heere
she comes.
665Benedicke Will your grace command me any
seruice to the
¶worldes end? I will go on the
slighte
st arrand now to the An-
¶typodes that you can deui
se to
send mee on: I will fetch you a
¶tooth-picker now from the furthe
st inch of A
sia: bring you
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