10871014 Enter Hero and two Gentlewomen, Margaret, and Vrsley. 10881015Hero Good Margaret runne thee to the parlour,
10891016There
shalt thou
find my co
sin Beatrice,
10901017Propo
sing with the prince and Claudio,
10911018Whi
sper her eare and tell her I and Vr
sley,
10921019Walke in the orchard, and our whole di
scour
se
10931020Is all of her,
say that thou ouer-heard
st vs,
10941021And bid her
steale into the pleached bowere
10951022Where hony-
suckles ripened by the
sunne,
Forbid
about Nothing.
10961023Forbid the
sunne to enter: like fauourites,
10971024Made proud by princes, that aduaunce their pride,
10981025Again
st that power that bred it, there will
she hide her,
10991026To li
sten our propo
se, this is thy o
ffice,
11001027Beare thee well in it, and leaue vs alone.
11011028Marg. Ile make her come I warrant you pre
sently.
11021029Hero Now Vr
sula, when Beatrice doth come,
11031030As we do trace this alley vp and downe,
11041031Our talke mu
st onely be of Benedicke,
11051032When I do name him let it be thy part,
11061033To prai
se him more than euer man did merite,
11071034My talke to thee mu
st be how Benedicke,
11081035Is
sicke in loue with Beatrice: of this matter,
11091036Is little Cupids crafty arrow made,
11101037That onely wounds by heare-
say: now begin,
11121038For looke where Beatrice like a Lapwing runs
11131039Clo
se by the ground, to heare our conference.
11141041Vrsula The plea
sant
st angling is to
see the
fish 11151042Cut with her golden ores the
siluer
streame,
11161043And greedily deuoure the treacherous baite:
11171044So angle we for Beatrice, who euen now,
11181045Is couched in the wood-bine couerture,
11191046Feare you not my part of the dialogue.
11201047Hero Then go we neare her that her eare loo
se nothing,
11211048Of the fal
se
sweete baite that we lay for it:
11221049No truly Vr
sula,
she is too di
sdainfull,
11231050I know her
spirits are as coy and wild,
11261053That Benedicke loues Beatrice
so intirely?
11271054Hero So
saies the prince, and my new trothed Lord.
11281055Vrsula And did they bid you tel her of it, madame?
11291056Hero They did intreate me to acquaint her of it,
11301057But I per
swaded them, if they lou'de Benedicke,
11311058To wi
sh him wra
stle with a
ffe
ction,
11321059And neuer to let Beatrice know of it.
Vrsula
Much adoe
11331060Vrsula Why did you
so, dooth not the gentleman
11341061De
serue as full as fortunate a bed,
11351062As euer Beatrice
shall couch vpon?
11361063Hero O God of loue! I know he doth de
serue,
11371064As much as may be yeelded to a man:
11381065But nature neuer framde a womans hart,
11391066Of prowder
stu
ffe then that of Beatrice:
11401067Di
sdaine and Scorne ride
sparkling in her eies,
11411068Mi
spri
sing what they looke on, and her wit
11421069Valewes it
selfe
so highly, that to her
11431070All matter els
seemes weake:
she cannot loue,
11441071Nor take no
shape nor proie
ct of a
ffe
ction,
11471074And therefore certainely it were not good,
11481075She knew his loue le
st sheele make
sport at it.
11491076Hero Why you
speake truth, I neuer yet
saw man,
11501077How wi
se, how noble, yong, how rarely featured.
11511078But
she would
spel him backward: if faire faced,
11521079She would
sweare the gentleman
should be her
sister:
11531080If blacke, why Nature drawing of an antique,
11541081Made a foule blot: if tall, a launce ill headed:
11551082If low, an agot very vildly cut:
11561083If
speaking, why a vane blowne with all winds:
11571084If
silent, why a blocke moued with none:
11581085So turnes
she euery man the wrong
side out,
11591086And neuer giues to Truth and Vertue, that
11601087Which
simplene
sse and merite purcha
seth.
11611088Vrsula Sure,
sure,
such carping is not commendable.
11621089Hero No not to be
so odde, and from all fa
shions,
11631090As Beatrice is, cannot be commendable,
11641091But who dare tell her
so? if I
should
speake,
11651092She would mocke me into ayre, O
she would laugh me
11661093Out of my
selfe, pre
sse me to death with wit,
11671094Therefore let Benedicke like couerd
fire,
11681095Con
sume away in
sighes, wa
ste inwardly:
11691096It were a better death, then die with mockes,
Which
about Nothing.
11701097Which is as bad as die with tickling.
11711098Vrsula Yet tel her of it, heare what
she wil
say.
11721099Hero No rather I will go to Benedicke,
11731100And coun
saile him to
fight again
st his pa
ssion,
11741101And truly ile deui
se
some hone
st slaunders,
11751102To
staine my co
sin with, one doth not know,
11761103How much an ill word may impoi
son liking.
11771104Vrsula O do not do your co
sin
such a wrong,
11781105She cannot be
so much without true iudgement,
11791106Hauing
so
swift and excellent a wit,
11801107As
she is pri
sde to haue, as to refu
se
11811108So rare a gentleman as
signior Benedicke.
11821109Hero He is the onely man of Italy,
11831110Alwaies excepted my deare Claudio
11841111Vrsula I pray you be not angry with me, madame,
11851112Speaking my fancy:
signior Benedicke,
11861113For
shape, for bearing argument and valour,
11871114Goes formo
st in report through Italy.
11881115Hero Indeed he hath an excellent good name.
11891116Vrsula His excellence did earne it, ere he had it:
11911118Hero Why euery day to morrow, come go in,
11921119Ile
shew thee
some attyres, and haue thy coun
saile,
11931120Which is the be
st to furni
sh me to morrow.
11941121Vrsula Shees limed I warrant you,
11961123Hero If it proue
so, then louing goes by haps,
11971124Some Cupid kills with arrowes
some with traps.
11981125Beat. What
fire is in mine eares? can this be true?
11991126Stand I condemn'd for pride and
scorne
so much?
12001127Contempt, farewel, and maiden pride, adew,
12011128No glory liues behind the backe of
such.
12021129And Benedicke, loue on I will requite thee,
12031130Taming my wild heart to thy louing hand:
12041131If thou do
st loue, my kindne
sse
shall incite thee
12051132To bind our loues vp in a holy band.
12061133For others
say thou do
st de
serue, and I
E Beleeue
Much adoe
12071134Beleeue it better then reportingly.
exit.