20791981Brother If you go on thus, you will kill your
selfe,
20801982And tis not wi
sedome thus to
second griefe,
20821984Leonato I pray thee cea
se thy coun
saile,
20831985Which falles into mine eares as pro
fitle
sse,
20841986As water in a
syue: giue not me coun
saile,
Nor
20851987Nor let no comforter delight mine eare,
20861988But
such a one who
se wrongs doe
sute with mine.
20871989Bring me a father that
so lou'd his child,
20881990Who
se ioy of her is ouer-whelmd like mine,
20901992Mea
sure his woe the length and bredth of mine,
20911993And let it an
swer euery
straine for
straine,
20921994As thus for thus, and
such a griefe for
such,
20931995In euery lineament, branch,
shape, and forme:
20941996If
such a one will
smile and
stroke his beard,
20951997And
sorrow, wagge, crie hem, when he
should grone,
20961998Patch griefe with prouerbes, make misfortune drunke,
20971999With candle-wa
sters: bring him yet to me,
20982000And I of him will gather patience:
20992001But there is no
such man, for brother, men
21002002Can coun
saile, and
speake comfort to that griefe,
21012003Which they them
selues not feele, but ta
sting it,
21022004Their coun
saile turnes to pa
ssion, which before,
21032005Would giue preceptiall medcine to rage,
21042006Fetter
strong madne
sse in a
silken thred,
21052007Charme ach with ayre, and agony with words,
21062008No, no, tis all mens o
ffice, to
speake patience
21072009To tho
se that wring vnder the loade of
sorrow
21082010But no mans vertue nor
su
fficiencie
21092011To be
so morall, when he
shall endure
21102012The like him
selfe: therefore giue me no coun
saile,
21112013My griefes crie lowder then aduerti
sement.
21122014Brother Therein do men from children nothing di
ffer.
21132015Leonato I pray thee peace, I wil be
fle
sh and bloud,
21142016For there was neuer yet Philo
sopher,
21152017That could endure the tooth-ake patiently,
21162018How euer they haue writ the
stile of gods,
21172019And made a pu
sh at chance and
su
fferance.
21182020Brother Yet bend not all the harme vpon your
selfe,
21192021Make tho
se that do o
ffend you,
su
ffer too.
21202022Leonato There thou
speak
st rea
son, nay I will do
so,
21212023My
soule doth tell me, Hero is belied,
H And
Much adoe
21222024And that
shall Claudio know,
so
shall the prince,
21232025And all of them that thus di
shonour her.
21252027Brother Here comes the Prince and Claudio ha
stily.
21272029Claudio Good day to both of you.
21292031Prince We haue
some ha
ste Leonato.
21302032Leonato Some ha
ste my lord! well, fare you well my lord,
21312033Are you
so ha
sty now? wel, all is one.
21322034Prince Nay do not quarrel with vs, good old man.
21332035Brother If he could right him
selfe with quarrelling,
21362038Leona. Mary thou do
st wrong me, thou di
ssembler, thou:
21372039Nay, neuer lay thy hand vpon thy
sword,
21402042If it
should giue your age
such cau
se of feare,
21412043Infaith my hand meant nothing to my
sword.
21422044Leonato Tu
sh, tu
sh man, neuer
fleere and ie
st at me,
21432045I
speake not like a dotard, nor a foole,
21442046As vnder priuiledge of age to bragge,
21452047What I haue done being yong, or what would doe,
21462048Were I not old, know Claudio to thy head,
21472049Thou ha
st so wrongd mine innocent child and me,
21482050That I am for
st to lay my reuerence by,
21492051And with grey haires and brui
se of many daies,
21502052Do challenge thee to triall of a man,
21512053I
say thou ha
st belied mine innocent child.
21522054Thy
slander hath gone through and through her heart,
21532055And
she lies buried with her ance
stors:
21542056O in a toomb where neuer
scandal
slept,
21552057Saue this of hers, framde by thy villanie.
21572059Leonato Thine Claudio, thine I
say.
21582060Prince You
say not right old man.
Leonato
about Nothing.
21602062Ile prooue it on his body if he dare,
21612063Di
spight his nice fence, and his a
ctiue pra
cti
se,
21622064His Maie of youth, and bloome of lu
stihood.
21632065Claudio Away, I will not haue to doe with you.
21642066Leonato Can
st thou
so da
ffe me? thou ha
st kild my child,
21652067If thou kil
st me, boy, thou
shalt kill a man.
21662068Brother He
shal kill two of vs, and men indeed,
21672069But thats no matter, let him kill one
fir
st:
21682070Win me and weare me, let him an
swer me,
21692071Come follow me boy, come
sir boy, come follow me
21702072Sir boy, ile whip you from your foyning fence,
21712073Nay, as I am a gentleman I, will.
21732075Brother Content your
self, God knowes, I loued my neece,
21742076And
she is dead,
slanderd to death by villaines,
21752077That dare as well an
swer a man indeed.
21762078As I dare take a
serpent by the tongue,
21772079Boyes, apes, braggarts, Iackes, milke-
sops.
21792081Brother Hold you content, what man! I know them, yea
21802082And what they weigh, euen to the vtmo
st scruple,
21812083Scambling out-facing, fa
shion-monging boies,
21822084That lie, and cogge, and
flout, depraue, and
slaunder,
21832085Go antiquely, and
shew outward hidiou
sne
sse,
21842086And
speake of halfe a dozen dang'rous words,
21852087How they might hurt their enemies, if they dur
st,
21892091Do not you meddle, let me deale in this.
21902092Prince Gentlemen both, we will not wake your patience,
21912093My heart is
sory for your daughters death:
21922094But on my honour
she was chargde with nothing
21932095But what was true, and very full of proofe.
H2 Leonato
Much adoe
21972098Leo. No come brother, away, I wil be heard.
Exeunt amb. 21992099Bro. And
shal, or
some of vs wil
smart for it.
Enter Ben. 22002100Prince See
see, heere comes the man we went to
seeke.
22032103Prince Welcome
signior, you are almo
st come to parte al
- 22052105Claud. Wee had likt to haue had our two no
ses
snapt o
ff 22072107Prince Leonato and his brother what think
st thou? had we
22082108fought, I doubt we
should haue beene too yong for them.
22102109Bened. In a fal
se quarrell there is no true valour, I came to
22122111Claud. We haue beene vp and downe to
seeke thee, for we
22132112are high proofe melancholie, and would faine haue it beaten
22152114Bened. It is in my
scabberd,
shal I drawe it?
22162115Prince Doe
st thou weare thy wit by thy
side?
22172116Claud. Neuer any did
so, though very many haue been be
- 22182117side their wit, I will bid thee drawe, as wee doe the min
strels,
22202119Prince As I am an hone
st man he lookes pale, art thou
22222121Claud. What, courage man: what though care kild a catte,
22232122thou ha
st mettle enough in thee to kill care.
22242123Bened. Sir, I
shall meete your wit in the careere, and you
22252124charge it again
st me, I pray you chu
se another
subie
ct 22272125Claud. Nay then giue him another
sta
ffe, this la
st was broke
22292127Prince By this light, he chaunges more and more, I thinke
22312129Claud. If he be, he knowes how to turne his girdle.
22322130Bened. Shall I
speake a word in your eare?
22332131Claud. God ble
sse me from a challenge.
22342132Bened. You are a villaine, I iea
st not, I will make it good
22352133howe you dare, with what you dare, and when you dare: doe
22362134mee right, or I will prote
st your cowardi
se: you haue killd a
sweete
about Nothing.
22372135sweeete Lady, and her death
shall fall heauie on you, let me
22392137Claud. Well I wil meet you,
so I may haue good cheare.
22422139Claud. I faith I thanke him he hath bid me to a calues head
22432140& a capon, the which if I doe not carue mo
st curiou
sly,
say my
22442141kni
ffe's naught,
shall I not
find a woodcocke too?
22462142Bened. Sir your wit ambles well, it goes ea
sily.
22472143Prince Ile tell thee how Beatrice prai
sd thy witte the other
22482144day: I
said thou had
st a
fine witte, true
said
she, a
fine little one:
22492145no
said I, a great wit: right
saies
she, a great gro
sse one: nay
said
22502146I, a good wit, iu
st said
she, it hurts no body: nay
said I, the gen
- 22512147tleman is wi
se: certaine
said
she, a wi
se gentleman: nay
said I, he
22522148hath the tongues: that I beleeue
said
shee, for he
swore a thing
22532149to mee on munday night, which hee for
swore on tue
sday mor
- 22542150ning, theres a double tongue theirs two tongues, thus did
shee
22562151an houre together trans-
shape thy particular vertues, yet at la
st 22572152she
cõcluded with a
sigh, thou wa
st the proper
st man in Italy.
22592153Claud. For the which
shee wept heartily and
saide
she ca
- 22612155Prince Yea that
she did, but yet for all that, and if
she did
22622156not hate him deadly,
she would loue him dearely, the old mans
22642158Claud. All all, and moreouer, God
sawe him when he was
22662160Prince But when
shall we
set the
sauage bulles hornes one
22682162Clau. Yea and text vnder-neath, here dwells Benedick the
22702164Bened. Fare you wel, boy, you know my minde, I wil leaue
22712165you now to your go
ssep-like humor, you breake ie
sts as brag
- 22722166gards do their blades, which God be thanked hurt not: my
22732167Lord, for your many courti
sies I thanke you, I mu
st di
sconti
- 22742168nue your company, your brother the ba
stard is
fled from Me
ssina:
22752169you haue among you, kild a
sweet and innocent lady: for
22762170my Lord Lacke-beard, there hee and I
shal meet, and till then
H3 Prince
Much adoe
22802173Claudio In mo
st profound earne
st, and ile warrant you, for
22822175Prince And hath challengde thee.
22842177Prince What a pretty thing man is, when he goes in his
22852178dublet and ho
se, and leaues o
ff his wit!
22862179 Enter Constables, Conrade, and Borachio. 22872180Claudio He is then a Giant to an Ape, but then is an Ape a
22892182Prince But
soft you, let me be, plucke vp my heart, and be
22902183sad, did he not
say my brother was
fled?
22912184Const. Come you
sir, if iu
stice cannot tame you,
she
shall
22922185nere weigh more rea
sons in her ballance, nay, and you be a
22932186cur
sing hypocrite once, you mu
st be lookt to.
22942187Prince How now, two of my brothers men bound? Bora
- 22962189Claudio Hearken after their o
ffence my Lord.
22972190Prince O
fficers, what o
ffence haue the
se men done?
22982191Const. Mary
sir, they haue committed fal
se report, moreo
- 22992192uer they haue
spoken vntruths,
secondarily they are
slanders,
23002193sixt and la
stly, they haue belyed a Lady, thirdly they haue ve
- 23012194re
fied vniu
st thinges, and to conclude, they are lying knaues.
23032195Prince. Fir
st I aske thee what they haue done, thirdly I
23042196ask thee whats their o
ffence,
sixt and la
stly why they are com
- 23052197mitted, and to conclude, what you lay to their charge.
23072198Claud. Rightly rea
soned, and in his owne diui
sion, and by
23082199my troth theres one meaning wel
suted.
23092200Prince Who haue you o
ffended mai
sters, that you are thus
23102201bound to your an
swere? this learned Con
stable is too cunning
23112202to be vnder
stood, whats your o
ffence?
23122203Bor. Sweete prince, let me goe no farther to mine an
swere:
23132204do you heare me, and let this Counte kill me: I haue deceiued
23142205euen your very eyes: what your wi
sedoms could not di
scouer,
23152206the
se
shallowe fooles haue broght to light, who in the night o
- 23162207uerheard me confe
ssing to this man, how Don Iohn your bro
- 23172208ther incen
sed me to
slaunder the Lady Hero, howe you were
brought
about Nothing.
23182209brought into the orchard, and
saw me court Margaret in He
- 23192210roes garments, how you di
sgracde hir when you
should marry
23212211hir: my villany they haue vpon record, which I had rather
seale
23222212with my death, then repeate ouer to my
shame: the lady is dead
23232213vpon mine and my ma
sters fal
se accu
sation: and briefely, I de
- 23242214sire nothing but the reward of a villaine.
23262215Prince Runnes not this
speech like yron through your
23282217Claud. I haue dronke poi
son whiles he vtterd it.
23292218Prince But did my brother
set thee on to this?
23302219Bor. Yea, and paid me richly for the pra
cti
se of it.
23312220Prince He is compo
sde and framde of treacherie,
23322221And
fled he is vpon this villanie.
23332222Clau. Sweet Hero, now thy image doth appeare
23342223In the rare
semblance that I lou'd it
fir
st.
23352224Const. Come, bring away the plainti
ffes, by this time our
23362225sexton hath reformed Signior Leonato of the matter: and ma
- 23372226sters, do not forget to
speci
fie when time and place
shal
serue,
23392228Con. 2 Here, here comes ma
ster Signior Leonato, and the
23412230 Enter Leonato, his brother, and the Sexton. 23422231Leonato Which is the villaine? let me
see his eies,
23432232That when I note another man like him,
23442233I may auoide him: which of the
se is he?
23452234Bor. If you would know your wronger, looke on me.
23462235Leonato Art thou the
slaue that with thy breath ha
st killd
23492238Leo. No, not
so villaine, thou belie
st thy
selfe,
23502239Here
stand a paire of honourable men,
23512240A third is
fled that had a hand in it:
23522241I thanke you Princes for my daughters death,
23532242Record it with your high and worthy deeds,
23542243Twas brauely done, if you bethinke you of it.
23552244Clau. I know not how to pray your pacience,
23562245Yet I mu
st speake, choo
se your reuenge your
selfe,
Impose
Much adoe
23572246Impo
se me to what penance your inuention
23582247Can lay vpon my
sinne, yet
sinnd I not,
23612250And yet to
sati
sfie this good old man,
23622251I would bend vnder any heauy waight,
23642253Leonato I cannot bid you bid my daughter liue,
23652254That were impo
ssible, but I pray you both,
23662255Po
sse
sse the people in Me
ssina here,
23672256How innocent
she died, and if your loue
23682257Can labour aught in
sad inuention,
23692258Hang her an epitaph vpon her toomb,
23702259And
sing it to her bones,
sing it to night:
23712260To morrow morning come you to my hou
se,
23722261And
since you could not be my
son in law,
23732262Be yet my nephew: my brother hath a daughter,
23742263Almo
st the copie of my child thats dead,
23752264And
she alone is heyre to both of vs,
23762265Giue her the right you
should haue giu'n her co
sin,
23792268Your ouer kindne
sse doth wring teares from me,
23802269I do embrace your o
ffer and di
spo
se,
23812270For henceforth of poore Claudio.
23822271Leonato To morrow then I wil expe
ct your comming,
23832272To night I take my leaue, this naughty man
23842273Shal face to face be brought to Margaret,
23852274Who I beleeue was packt in al this wrong,
23872276Bor. No by my
soule
she was not,
2277Nor knew not what
she did when
she
spoke to me,
23892278But alwayes hath bin iu
st and vertuous,
23902279In any thing that I do know by her.
23912280Const. Moreouer
sir, which indeede is not vnder white and
23922281blacke, this plainti
ffe heere, the o
ffendour, did call me a
sse, I
23932282be
seech you let it be remembred in his puni
shment, and al
so
the
about Nothing.
23942283the watch heard them talke of one Deformed, they
say he
23952284weares a key in his eare and a locke hanging by it, and borows
23962285monie in Gods name, the which he hath v
sde
so long, & neuer
23972286paied, that now men grow hard hearted and wil lend nothing
23982287for Gods
sake: praie you examine him vpon that point.
24002288Leonato I thanke thee for thy care and hone
st paines.
24012289Const. Your wor
ship
speakes like a mo
st thankful and re
- 24022290uerent youth, and I prai
se God for you.
24052293Leon. Goe, I di
scharge thee of thy pri
soner, and I thanke
24072295Const. I leaue an arrant knaue with your wor
ship, which I
24082296be
seech your wor
ship to corre
ct your
selfe, for the example of
24092297others: God keepe your wor
ship, I wi
sh your wor
ship well,
24102298God re
store you to health, I humblie giue you leaue to depart
24112299and if a merie meeting may be wi
sht, God prohibite it: come
24142301Leon. Vntill to morrow morning, Lords, farewell.
24162302Brot. Farewell my lords, we looke for you to morrow.
24192304Claud. To night ile mourne with Hero.
24202305Leonato Bring you the
se fellowes on, weel talke with Mar
- 24212306garet, how her acquaintance grew with this lewd felow.
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