about Nothing.
237211which I may go the
finer,) I will liue a bacheller.
239212Pedro I
shall
see thee ere I die, looke pale with loue.
240213Bene. With anger, with
sickene
sse, or with hunger, my
241214Lord, not with loue: proue that euer I loo
se more blood with
242215loue then I will get againe with drinking, picke out mine eies
243216with a Ballad-makers penne, and hang me vp at the doore of a
244217brothel hou
se for the
signe of blinde Cupid.
246218Pedro Well, if euer thou do
st fall from this faith, thou wilt
247219prooue a notable argument.
248220Bene. If I do, hang me in a bottle like a Cat, and
shoote at
249221me, and he that hits me, let him be clapt on the
shoulder, and
251223Pedro Well, as time
shal trie: in time the
sauage bull doth
253225Bene. The
sauage bull may, but if euer the
sen
sible Bene
- 254226dicke beare it, plucke o
ff the bulls hornes, and
set them in my
255227forehead, and let me be vildly painted, and in
such great let
- 256228ters as they write, here is good hor
se to hyre: let them
signi
- 257229fie vnder my
signe, here you may
see Benedicke the married
259231Claudio If this
should euer happen, thou would
st be horn
261233Pedro Nay, if Cupid haue not
spent all his quiuer in Venice,
262234thou wilt quake for this
shortly.
263235Bened. I looke for an earthquake too then.
264236Pedro Well, you will temporize with the howres, in the
265237meane time, good
signior Benedicke, repaire to Leonatoes,
266238commend me to him, and tell him I will not faile him at
sup
- 267239per, for indeede he hath made great preparation.
269240Bened. I haue almo
st matter enough in mee for
suche an
270241Emba
ssage, and
so I commit you.
271242Clau. To the tuition of God: from my hou
se if I had it.
273243Pedro The
sixt of Iuly: your louing friend Benedicke.
274244Bened. Nay mocke not, mocke not, the body of your di
s- 275245cour
se is
sometime guarded with fragments, and the guardes
276246are but
slightly ba
sted on neither, ere you
flowt old ends any
277247further, examine your con
science, and
so I leaue you.
exit
B1 Claudio