781 Enter Iohn and Borachio. 782Ioh. It is
so, the Count
Claudio shal marry the daugh
- 784Bora. Yea my Lord, but I can cro
sse it.
785Iohn. Any barre, any cro
sse, any impediment, will be
786medicinable to me, I am
sicke in di
splea
sure to him, and
787what
soeuer comes athwart his a
ffe
ction, ranges euenly
788with mine, how can
st thou cro
sse this marriage?
789Bor. Not hone
stly my Lord, but
so couertly, that no
790di
shone
sty
shall appeare in me.
791Iohn. Shew me breefely how.
792Bor. I thinke I told your Lord
ship a yeere
since, how
793much I am in the fauour of
Margaret, the waiting gentle
- 796Bor. I can at any vn
sea
sonable in
stant of the night,
797appoint her to look out at her Ladies chamber window.
798Iohn. What life is in that, to be the death of this mar
- 800Bor. The poy
son of that lies in you to temper, goe
801you to the Prince your brother,
spare not to tell him, that
802hee hath wronged his Honor in marrying the renowned
803Claudio, who
se e
stimation do you mightily hold vp, to a
804contaminated
stale,
such a one as
Hero.
805Iohn. What proofe
shall I make of that?
806Bor. Proofe enough, to mi
su
se the Prince, to vexe
807Claudio, to vndoe
Hero, and kill
Leonato, looke you for a
- 809Iohn. Onely to de
spight them, I will endeauour any
811Bor. Goe then,
finde me a meete howre, to draw on
812Pedro and the Count
Claudio alone, tell them that you
813know that
Hero loues me, intend a kinde of zeale both
814to the Prince and
Claudio (as in a loue of your brothers
815honor who hath made this match) and his friends repu
- 816tation, who is thus like to be co
sen'd with the
semblance
817of a maid, that you haue di
scouer'd thus: they will
scarce
- 818ly beleeue this without triall: o
ffer them in
stances which
819shall beare no le
sse likelihood, than to
see mee at her
820chamber window, heare me call
Margaret,
Hero; heare
821Margaret terme me
Claudio, and bring them to
see this
822the very night before the intended wedding, for in the
823meane time, I will
so fa
shion the matter, that
Hero shall
824be ab
sent, and there
shall appeare
such
seeming truths of
825Heroes di
sloyaltie, that iealou
sie
shall be cal'd a
ssurance,
826and all the preparation ouerthrowne.
827Iohn. Grow this to what aduer
se i
ssue it can, I will
828put it in pra
cti
se: be cunning in the working this, and
829thy fee is a thou
sand ducates.
830Bor. Be thou con
stant in the accu
sation, and my cun
- 831ning
shall not
shame me.
832Iohn. I will pre
sentlie goe learne their day of marri
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