155Leon. Plea
se it your grace leade on?
¶Pedro Your hand Leonato, we wil go together.
¶Exeunt. Manent Benedicke & Claudio.
¶Clau. Benedicke, did
st thou note the daughter of Signior
160Bene. I noted her not, but I lookte on her,
¶Clau. Is
she not a mode
st yong ladie?
¶Bene. Do you que
stion me as an hone
st man
should doe,
¶for my
simple true iudgement? or would you haue me
speake
¶after my cu
stome, as being a profe
ssed tyrant to their
sex?
¶Claudio No, I pray thee
speake in
sober iudgement.
¶Bene. Why yfaith me thinks
shees too low for a hie prai
se,
¶too browne for a faire prai
se, and too litle for a great prai
se, on-
¶lie this commendation I can affoord her, that were
shee other
170then
she is,
she were vnhan
some, and being no other, but as
she
¶Claudio Thou thinke
st I am in
sport, I pray thee tell mee
¶truelie how thou lik'
st her.
¶Bene. Would you buie her that you enquier after her?
¶Claudio Can the world buie
such a iewel?
¶Bene. Yea, and a ca
se to putte it into, but
speake you this
¶with a
sad brow? or doe you play the flowting iacke, to tell vs
¶Cupid is a good Hare-finder, and Vulcan a rare Carpenter:
180Come, in what key
shall a man take you to go in the
song?
¶Claudio In mine eie,
shee is the
sweete
st Ladie that euer I
¶Bened. I can
see yet without
spectacles, and I
see no
such
185matter: theres her co
sin, and
she were not po
sse
st with a fury,
¶exceedes her as much in beautie, as the fir
st of Maie dooth the
¶la
st of December: but I hope you haue no intent to turne hu
s-
¶Claudio I would
scarce tru
st my
selfe, though I had
sworne
190the contrarie, if Hero would be my wife.
¶Bened. I
st come to this? in faith hath not the worlde one
¶man but he will weare his cappe with
su
spition?
shall I neuer
¶see a batcheller of three
score againe? go to yfaith, and thou wilt
¶needes thru
st thy necke into a yoke, weare the print of it, and
195sigh away
sundaies: looke, don Pedro is returned to
seeke you.
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