Much adoe
10899be happy Lady, for you are like an honourable father.
110100Be. If Signior Leonato be her father,
she would not haue
111101his head on her
shoulders for all Me
ssina as like him as
she is.
113102Beat. I wonder that you will
still be talking,
signior Bene
- 114103dicke, no body markes you.
115104Bene. What my deere lady Di
sdaine! are you yet liuing?
117105Bea. Is it po
ssible Di
sdaine
should die, while
she hath
such
118106meete foode to feede it, as
signior Benedicke? Curte
sie it
selfe
119107mu
st conuert to Di
sdaine, if you come in her pre
sence.
121108Bene. Then is curte
sie a turne-coate, but it is certaine I am
122109loued of all Ladies, onelie you excepted: and I would I could
123110finde in my heart that I had not a hard heart, for truely I loue
125112Beat. A deere happine
sse to women, they would el
se haue
126113beene troubled with a pernitious
suter, I thanke God and my
127114cold blood, I am of your humour for that, I had rather heare
128115my dog barke at a crow, than a man
sweare he loues me.
130116Bene. God keepe your Ladi
ship
stil in that mind,
so
some
131117Gentleman or other
shall
scape a prede
stinate
scratcht face.
133118Beat. Scratching could not make it wor
se, and twere
such
135120Bene. Well, you are a rare parrat teacher.
136121Beat. A bird of my tongue, is better than a bea
st of yours.
138122Ben. I would my hor
se had the
speed of your tongue, and
139123so good a continuer, but keep your way a Gods name, I haue
141125Beat. You alwayes end with a iades tricke, I knowe you of
143127Pedro That is the
summe of all: Leonato,
signior Claudio,
144128and
signior Benedicke, my deere friend Leonato, hath inuited
145129you all, I tell him we
shall
stay here, at the lea
st a moneth, and
146130he heartily praies
some occa
sion may detaine vs longer, I dare
147131sweare he is no hypocrite, but praies from his heart.
149132Leon. If you
sweare, my lord, you
shall not be for
sworne,
150133let mee bidde you welcome, my lord, being reconciled to the
151134Prince your brother: I owe you all duetie.
153135Iohn I thanke you, I am not of many wordes, but I thanke
Leon.