21 Enter Leonato gouernour of Messina, Innogen his wife, Hero 32 his daughter, and Beatrice his neece, with a
55I Learne in this letter, that don Peter of Arragon
66comes this night to Me
ssina.
77Mess. He is very neare by this, he was not three
88leagues o
ff when I left him.
99Leona. How many gentlemen haue you lo
st in this a
ction?
1110Mess. But few of any
sort, and none of name.
1211Leona. A vi
ctory is twice it
selfe, when the atchiuer brings
1312home ful numbers: I
find here, that don Peter hath be
stowed
1413much honour on a yong Florentine called Claudio.
1614Mess. Much de
seru'd on his part, and equally remembred
1715by don Pedro, he hath borne him
selfe beyond the promi
se of
1816his age, doing in the
figure of a lamb, the feats of a lion, he hath
1917indeed better bettred expe
ctation then you mu
st expe
ct of me
2119Leo. He hath an vnckle here in Me
ssina will be very much
2321Mess. I haue already deliuered him letters, and there ap
- 2422peares much ioy in him, euen
so much, that ioy could not
shew
2523it
selfe mode
st enough, without a badge of bitterne
sse.
2724Leo. Did he breake out into teares?
2825Mess. In great mea
sure.
A2
Leo.