about Nothing.
397359Bor Being entertain'd for a perfumer, as I was
smoaking a
398360mu
sty roome, comes me the prince and Claudio, hand in
399361hand in
sad conference: I whipt me behind the arras, and there
400362heard it agreed vpon, that the prince
should wooe Hero for
401363him
selfe, and hauing obtain'd her, giue her to Counte Clau
- 403365Iohn Come, come, let vs thither, this may proue food to my
404366di
splea
sure, that yong
start-vp hath all the glory of my ouer
- 405367throw: if I can cro
sse him any way, I ble
sse my
selfe euery way,
406368you are both
sure, and wil a
ssist me.
408369Conr. To the death my Lord.
409370Iohn Let vs to the great
supper, their cheere is the greater
410371that I am
subdued, would the cooke were a my mind,
shall we
411372go proue whats to be done?
412373Bor. Weele wait vpon your lord
ship.
exit.
415374 Enter Leonato, his brother, his wife, Hero his daughter, and 416375Beatrice his neece, and a kinsman. 417376Leonato Was not counte Iohn here at
supper?
419378Beatrice How tartely that gentleman lookes, I neuer can
see
420379him but I am heart-burn'd an hower after.
421380Hero He is of a very melancholy di
spo
sition.
422381Beatrice He were an excellent man that were made iu
st in
423382the mid-way between him and Benedick, the one is too like an
424383image and
saies nothing, and the other too like my ladies elde
st 425384sonne, euermore tatling.
426385Leonato Then halfe
signior Benedickes tongue in Counte
427386Iohns mouth, and halfe Counte Iohns melancholy in Signior
429388Beatrice With a good legge and a good foote vnckle, and
430389money inough in his pur
se,
such a man would winne any wo
- 431390man in the world if a could get her good will.
432391Leonato By my troth neece thou wilt neuer get thee a hu
s- 433392band, if thou be
so
shrewd of thy tongue.
434393brother Infaith
shees too cur
st.
435394Beatrice Too cur
st is more then cur
st, I
shall le
ssen
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