2168Win me and weare me, let him an
swere me,
2169Come follow me boy, come
sir boy, come follow me
2170Sir boy, ile whip you from your foyning fence,
2171Nay, as I am a gentleman, I will.
2173Brot. Content your
self, God knows I lou'd my neece,
2174And
she is dead,
slander'd to death by villaines,
2175That dare as well an
swer a man indeede,
2176As I d are take a
serpent by the tongue.
2177Boyes, apes, braggarts, Iackes, milke-
sops.
2178Leon. Brother
Anthony.
2179Brot. Hold you content, what man? I know them, yea
2180And what they weigh, euen to the vtmo
st scruple,
2181Scambling, out-facing, fa
shion-monging boyes,
2182That lye, and cog, and
flout, depraue, and
slander,
2183Goe antiquely, and
show outward hidiou
sne
sse,
2184And
speake of halfe a dozen dang'rous words,
2185How they might hurt their enemies, if they dur
st.
2187Leon. But brother
Anthonie.
2188Ant. Come, 'tis no matter,
2189Do not you meddle, let me deale in this.
2190Pri. Gentlemen both, we will not wake your patience
2191My heart is
sorry for your daughters death:
2192But on my honour
she was charg'd with nothing
2193But what was true, and very full of proofe.
2194Leon. My Lord, my Lord.
2195Prin. I will not heare you.
2197Leo. No come brother, away, I will be heard.
2199Bro. And
shall, or
some of vs will
smart for it.
2200Prin. See,
see, here comes the man we went to
seeke.
2201Clau. Now
signior, what newes?
2202Ben. Good day my Lord.
2203Prin. Welcome
signior, you are almo
st come to part
2205Clau. Wee had likt to haue had our two no
ses
snapt
2206o
ff with two old men without teeth.
2207Prin. Leonato and his brother, what think'
st thou? had
2208wee fought, I doubt we
should haue beene too yong for
2210Ben. In a fal
se quarrell there is no true valour, I came
2212Clau. We haue beene vp and downe to
seeke thee, for
2213we are high proofe melancholly, and would faine haue it
2214beaten away, wilt thou v
se thy wit?
2215Ben. It is in my
scabberd,
shall I draw it?
2216Prin. Doe
st thou weare thy wit by thy
side?
2217Clau. Neuer any did
so, though verie many haue been
2218be
side their wit, I will bid thee drawe, as we do the min
- 2219strels, draw to plea
sure vs.
2220Prin. As I am an hone
st man he lookes pale, art thou
2222Clau. What, courage man: what though care kil'd a
2223cat, thou ha
st mettle enough in thee to kill care.
2224Ben. Sir, I
shall meete your wit in the careere, and
2225you charge it again
st me, I pray you chu
se another
sub
- 2227Clau. Nay then giue him another
sta
ffe, this la
st was
2229Prin. By this light, he changes more and more, I thinke
2230he be angrie indeede.
2231Clau. If he be, he knowes how to turne his girdle.
2232Ben. Shall I
speake a word in your eare?
2233Clau. God ble
sse me from a challenge.
2234Ben. You are a villaine, I ie
st not, I will make it good
2235how you dare, with what you dare, and when you dare:
2236do me right, or I will prote
st your cowardi
se: you haue
2237kill'd a
sweete Ladie, and her death
shall fall heauie on
2238you, let me heare from you.
2239Clau. Well, I will meete you,
so I may haue good
2241Prin. What, a fea
st, a fea
st?
2242Clau. I faith I thanke him, he hath bid me to a calues
2243head and a Capon, the which if I doe not carue mo
st cu
- 2244riou
sly,
say my knife's naught,
shall I not
finde a wood
- 2246Ben. Sir, your wit ambles well, it goes ea
sily.
2247Prin. Ile tell thee how
Beatrice prais'd thy wit the o
- 2248ther day: I
said thou had
st a
fine wit: true
saies
she, a
fine
2249little one: no
said I, a great wit: right
saies
shee, a great
2250gro
sse one: nay
said I, a good wit: iu
st said
she, it hurts
2251no body: nay
said I, the gentleman is wi
se: certain
said
2252she, a wi
se gentleman: nay
said I, he hath the tongues:
2253that I beleeue
said
shee, for hee
swore a thing to me on
2254munday night, which he for
swore on tue
sday morning:
2255there's a double tongue, there's two tongues: thus did
2256shee an howre together trans-
shape thy particular ver
- 2257tues, yet at la
st she concluded with a
sigh, thou wa
st the
2258propre
st man in Italie.
2259Claud. For the which
she wept heartily, and
said
shee
2261Prin. Yea that
she did, but yet for all that, and if
shee
2262did not hate him deadlie,
shee would loue him dearely,
2263the old mans daughter told vs all.
2264Clau. All, all, and moreouer, God
saw him vvhen he
2265was hid in the garden.
2266Prin. But when
shall we
set the
sauage Bulls hornes
2267on the
sen
sible
Benedicks head?
2268Clau. Yea and text vnder-neath, heere dwells
Bene- 2269dicke the married man.
2270Ben. Fare you well, Boy, you know my minde, I will
2271leaue you now to your go
ssep-like humor, you breake
2272ie
sts as braggards do their blades, which God be thank
- 2273ed hurt not: my Lord, for your manie courte
sies I thank
2274you, I mu
st di
scontinue your companie, your brother
2275the Ba
stard is
fled from
Messina: you haue among you,
2276kill'd a
sweet and innocent Ladie: for my Lord Lacke
- 2277beard there, he and I
shall meete, and till then peace be
2279Prin. He is in earne
st.
2280Clau. In mo
st profound earne
st, and Ile warrant you,
2281for the loue of Beatrice.
2282Prin. And hath challeng'd thee.
2283Clau. Mo
st sincerely.
2284Prin. What a prettie thing man is, when he goes in his
2285doublet and ho
se, and leaues o
ff his wit.
2286 Enter Constable, Conrade, and Borachio.
2287Clau. He is then a Giant to an Ape, but then is an Ape
2288a Do
ctor to
such a man.
2289Prin. But
soft you, let me be, plucke vp my heart, and
2290be
sad, did he not
say my brother was
fled?
2291Const. Come you
sir, if iu
stice cannot tame you,
shee
2292shall nere weigh more rea
sons in her ballance, nay, and
2293you be a cur
sing hypocrite once, you mu
st be lookt to.
2294Prin. How now, two of my brothers men bound?
Bo- 2296Clau. Harken after their o
ffence my Lord.
2297Prin. O
fficers, what o
ffence haue the
se men done?
con. Marrie