2926Leo. A kind ouerflow of kindnesse, there are no faces truer

3027then those that are so washt, how much better is it to weepe at

3128ioy, then to ioy at weeping?

3229Beatr. I pray you, is Signior Mountanto returnd from the

3330warres or no?

3431Messen. I know none of that name, ladie, there was none

3532such in the army of any sort.

3633Leonato What is he that you aske for neece?

3734Hero My cosen meanes Signior Benedicke of Padua.

3835Mess. O hee's returnd, and as pleasant as euer he was.

3936Bea. He set vp his bills here in Messina, and challengde

4037Cupid at the Flight, and my vncles foole reading the chalenge

4138subscribde for Cupid, and challengde him at the Burbolt: I

4239pray you, how many hath he kild and eaten in these warres?

4340but how many hath he kild? for indeede I promised to eate all

4441of his killing.

4542Leo. Faith neece you taxe Signior Benedicke too much,

4643but heele be meet with you, I doubt it not.

4744Mess. He hath done good seruice lady in these warres.

4845Beat. You had musty vittaile, and he hath holpe to eate it,

4946he is a very valiaunt trencher man, he hath an excellent sto-

5047macke.

5148Mess. And a good souldier too, lady.

5249Beat. And a good souldiour to a Lady, but what is he to a

5350Lord?

5451Mess. A lord to a lord, a man to a man, stufft with al hono-

5552rable vertues.

5653Beat. It is so indeed, he is no lesse then a stuft man, but for

5754the stuffing wel, we are al mortall.

5855Leo. You must not, sir, mistake my neece, there is a kind

5956of mery warre betwixt Signior Benedicke and her, they neuer

6057meet but there's a skirmish of wit betweene them.

6258Beat. Alas he gets nothing by that, in our last conflict, 4 of his

6359fiue wits went halting off, and now is the whole man gouernd

6460with one, so that if he haue wit enough to keep himself warm,

6561let him beare it for a difference between himself and his horse,

6662for it is all the wealth that he hath left, to be known a reasona-