¶dicke, God giue me patience.
980Leonato She doth indeed, my daughter
saies
so, and the ex-
¶ta
sie hath
so much ouerborne her, that my daughter is
some-
¶time afeard
shee will doe a de
sperate out-rage to her
selfe, it is
¶Prince It were good that Benedicke knew of it by
some o-
985ther, if
she will not di
scouer it.
¶Claudio To what end? he would make but a
sport of it, and
¶torment the poore Lady wor
se.
¶Prince And he
should, it were an almes to hang him,
shees
¶an excellent
sweete lady, and (out of all
su
spition,)
she is vertu-
¶Claudio And
she is exceeding wi
se.
¶Prince In euery thing but in louing Benedicke.
¶Leonato O my Lord, wi
sedome and blood combating in
¶so tender a body, we haue ten proofes to one, that bloud hath
995the victory, I am
sory for her, as I haue iu
st cau
se, beeing her
¶Prince I would
shee had be
stowed this dotage on mee, I
¶would haue daft all other re
spects, and made her halfe my
self:
¶I pray you tell Benedicke of it, and heare what a will
say.
¶Leonato Were it good thinke you?
¶Claudio Hero thinkes
surely
she will die, for
she
sayes
shee
¶will die, if he loue her not, and
shee will die ere
shee make her
¶loue knowne, and
she will die if he wooe her, rather than
shee
1005will bate one breath of her accu
stomed cro
sne
sse.
¶Prince She doth well, if
shee
shoulde make tender of her
¶loue, tis very po
ssible heele
scorne it, for the man (as you know
¶all) hath a contemptible
spirite.
1010Claudio He is a very proper man.
¶Prince He hath indeede a good outward happines.
¶Claudio Before God, and in my mind, very wi
se.
¶Prince Hee dooth indeede
shew
some
sparkes that are like
1015Claudio And I take him to be valiant.
¶Prince As Hector, I a
ssure you, and in the mannaging of
¶quarrels you may
say he is wi
se, for either hee auoydes them
