24242308Bened. Praie thee
sweete mi
stris Margaret, de
serue well at
24252309my hands, by helping me to the
speech of Beatrice.
24272310Mar. Wil you then write me a
sonnet in prai
se of my beau
- 24292312Bene. In
so high a
stile Margaret, that no man liuing
shall
24302313come ouer it, for in mo
st comely truth thou de
serue
st it.
24322314Mar. To haue no man come ouer me, why
shal I alwaies
24342316Bene. Thy wit is as quicke as the grey-hounds mouth, it
24362318Mar. And your's, as blunt as the Fencers foiles, which hit,
I Bene.
Much adoe
24382320Bene. A mo
st manly witte Margaret, it will not hurt a wo
- 24392321man: and
so I pray thee call Beatrice, I giue thee the buck
- 24412323Marg. Giue vs the
swordes, wee haue bucklers of our
24432325Bene. If you v
se them Margaret, you mu
st putte in the
24442326pikes with a vice, and they are daungerous weapons for
24462328Mar. Well, I will call Beatrice to you, who I thinke hath
24482330Bene. And therefore wil come. The God of loue that
sits
24492331aboue, and knowes mee, and knowes me, how pittifull I de
- 24502332serue. I meane in
singing, but in louing, Leander the good
24512333swimmer, Troilus the
fir
st imploier of pandars, and a whole
24522334booke full of the
se quondam carpet-mongers, who
se names
24532335yet runne
smoothly in the euen rode of a blancke ver
se, why
24542336they were neuer
so truly turnd ouer and ouer as my poore
selfe
24552337in loue: mary I cannot
shew it in rime, I haue tried, I can
finde
24562338out no rime to Ladie but babie, an innocent rime: for
scorne,
24582339horne, a hard rime: for
schoole foole, a babling rime: very omi
- 24592340nous endings, no, I was not borne vnder a riming plannet,
24602341nor I cannot wooe in fe
stiuall termes:
sweete Beatrice would
st 24642344Beat. Yea
signior, and depart when you bid me.
24662346Beat. Then, is
spoken: fare you wel now, and yet ere I goe,
24672347let me goe with that I came, which is, with knowing what
24682348hath pa
st betweene you and Claudio.
24692349Bene. Onely foule words, and therevpon I will ki
sse thee.
24712350Beat. Foule words is but foule wind, and foule wind is but
24722351foule breath, and foule breath is noi
some, therfore I wil depart
24742353Bene. Thou ha
st frighted the word out of his right
sence,
24752354so forcible is thy wit, but I mu
st tel thee plainly, Claudio vnder
- 24762355goes my challenge, and either I mu
st shortly heare from him,
24772356or I will
sub
scribe him a coward, and I pray thee now tell me,
for
about Nothing.
24782357for which of my bad parts did
st thou
fir
st fal in loue with me?
24802358Beat. For them all together, which maintaind
so politique
24812359a
state of euil, that they will not admitte any good part to inter
- 24822360mingle with them: but for which of my good parts did you
fir
st 24842362Bene. Su
ffer loue! a good epithite, I do
su
ffer loue indeed,
24852363for I loue thee again
st my will.
24862364Beat. In
spight of your heart I thinke, alas poore heart, if
24872365you
spight it for my
sake, I will
spight it for yours, for I wil ne
- 24882366uer loue that which my friend hates.
24892367Bene. Thou and I are too wi
se to wooe peaceably.
24912368Beat. It appeares not in this confe
ssion, theres not one wi
se
24922369man among twentie that will prai
se him
selfe.
24932370Bene. An old, an old in
stance Beatrice, that liu'd in the time
24942371of good neighbours, if a man do not ere
ct in this age his owne
24952372toomb ere he dies, he
shall liue no longer in monument, then
24962373the bell rings, and the widow weepes.
24982374Beat. And how long is that thinke you?
24992375Bene. Que
stion, why an hower in clamour and a quarter in
25002376rhewme, therefore is it mo
st expedient for the wi
se, if Don
25012377worme (his con
science)
find no impediment to the contrary, to
25022378be the trumpet of his owne vertues, as I am to my
self
so much
25032379for prai
sing my
selfe, who I my
selfe will beare witnes is prai
se
25042380worthie, and now tell me, how doth your co
sin?
25102384Bene. Serue God, loue me, and mend, there wil I leaue you
25112385too, for here comes one in ha
ste.
Enter Vrsula. 25122386Vrsula Madam, you mu
st come to your vncle, yonders old
25132387coile at home, it is prooued my Lady Hero hath bin fal
sely ac
- 25142388cu
sde, the Prince and Claudio mightily abu
sde, and Don Iohn
25152389is the author of all, who is
fled and gone: will you come pre
- 25172391Beat. Will you go heare this newes
signior?
25182392Bene. I will liue in thy heart, die in thy lap, and be buried in
25192393thy eies: and moreouer, I wil go with thee to thy vncles.
exit.
I2 Enter
Much adoe