26332506Bene. Why then your vncle, and the prince, and Claudio,

26342507Haue beene deceiued, they swore you did.

26352508Beat. Do not you loue me?

26362509Bene. Troth no, no more then reason.

26372510Beat. Why then my cosin Margaret and Vrsula

26382511Are much deceiu'd, for they did sweare you did.

26392512Bene. They swore that you were almost sicke for me.

26402513Beat. They swore that you were welnigh dead for me.

26412514Bene. Tis no such matter, then you do not loue me.

26422515Beat. No truly, but in friendly recompence.

26432516Leon. Come cosin, I am sure you loue the gentleman.

26442517Clau. And ile besworne vpon't, that he loues her,

26452518For heres a paper written in his hand,

26462519A halting sonnet of his owne pure braine,

26472520Fashioned to Beatrice.

26482521Hero And heres another,

26492522Writ in my cosins hand, stolne from her pocket,

26502523Containing her affection vnto Benedicke.

26512524Bene. A miracle, heres our owne hands against our hearts:

26522525come, I will haue thee, but by this light I take thee for pittie.

26542526Beat. I would not denie you, but by this good day, I yeeld

26552527vpon great perswasion, and partly to saue your life, for I was

26562528told, you were in a consumption.

26572529Leon. Peace I will stop your mouth.

26582530Prince How dost thou Benedicke the married man?

26592531Bene. Ile tel thee what prince: a colledge of witte-crackers

26602532cannot flout me out of my humour, dost thou think I care for

26612533a Satyre or an Epigramme? no, if a man will be beaten with

26622534braines, a shall weare nothing hansome about him: in briefe,

26632535since I doe purpose to marrie, I will think nothing to anie pur-

26642536pose that the world can saie against it, and therfore neuer flout

26652537at me, for what I haue said against it: for man is a giddie thing,

26662538and this is my conclusion: for thy part Claudio, I did thinke

26672539to haue beaten thee, but in that thou art like to be my kinsman,

26682540liue vnbruisde, and loue my cousen.

26702541Clau. I had wel hopte thou wouldst haue denied Beatrice,

26712542that I might haue cudgelld thee out of thy single life, to make