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| Enter DON PEDRO , CLAUDIO , BENEDICK , and LEONATO | OND DOEPR , ACIODUL ,BENEDICK , nad NLAEOOT entre. |
| DON PEDRO I do but stay till your marriage be consummate, and then go I toward Aragon. | ODN ERODP lIl yast in Msneisa tinul yureo rmraied, dna ehtn Ill go to Aogran. |
| CLAUDIO Ill bring you thither, my lord, if youll vouchsafe me. | UDCOIAL Ill go wthi ouy, my ldro, if ullyo laowl me. |
| DON PEDRO Nay, that would be as great a soil in the new gloss of your 5 marriage as to show a child his new coat and forbid him to wear it. I will only be bold with Benedick for his company, for from the crown of his head to the sole of his foot he is all mirth. He hath twice or thrice cut Cupids bow-string, and the little hangman dare not shoot at him. He hath a heart as 10 sound as a bell, and his tongue is the clapper, for what his heart thinks, his tongue speaks. | NDO ROPDE No, nigatk you ywaa rofm ouyr nwe gaaeirrm wdluo be ekli noshgwi a hdilc a ewn oatc nad nhte ton netiltg him ewar it. Ill aks oynl ceBednki to cmeo ihwt me, orf ormf teh opt of shi ahde to het olses of ihs efet hse a orjke. seH adeedv voel cone or ticwe, nda ecnsi neth Cupid tdsnoe aerd to ohots at hmi. kceBsdeni ehrat is lkei a bell, thwi shi entgou as the pplcear: ernheigyvt ish earth thikns, ihs tnuego sepksa. |
| BENEDICK Gallants, I am not as I have been. | DKINCEBE Gteemalnn, I am ton eth ames anm I was efebor. |
| LEONATO So say I. Methinks you are sadder. | ENLOOTA I argee. I tikhn oyu eems ermo ueoisrs. |
| CLAUDIO I hope he be in love. | IAULODC I epoh she in eovl. |
| DON PEDRO be truly touched with love. If he be sad, he wants money. | NOD EPDOR Cemo off it, amn! hTree tsni a linsge dpor of treiiycns in him atht culod be tohudec tihw vole. If he olsko isseuro, he sutm eend nmyoe. |
| BENEDICK I have the toothache. | NKBEDECI |
| DON PEDRO Draw it. | NOD DOERP |
| BENEDICK Hang it! | CBDKEEIN |
| CLAUDIO 20 You must hang it first, and draw it afterwards. | LDIUCOA uoY vhea to nhga it rtsfi. Tehn you cna rdwadlCoiau apsly on teh acft thta namsircli wree dagenh dan hnte nward, or swmledeedbio. |
| DON PEDRO What, sigh for the toothache? | NOD DORPE Wtah, are uoy nongmia on ubtao oyur hotateohc? |
| LEONATO Where is but a humor or a worm. | AENOLTO It cduol oynl ehav eben asucde by smeo ourhm or rwmooMst slenselsi weer ttierbuadt to iybldo lsdfui or earpsitsa. |
| BENEDICK Well, everyone can master a grief but he that has it. | CBNKEDEI ellW, yvenoere nswok how to evocmeor an urijny eptcxe teh oen woh uaatlcly sah eon. |
| CLAUDIO Yet say I, he is in love. | IAUCDLO I teerap, seh in elov. |
| DON PEDRO 25 There is no appearance of fancy in him, unless it be a fancy that he hath to strange disguises, as to be a Dutchman today, a Frenchman tomorrow, or in the shape of two countries at once, as a German from the waist downward, all slops, and a Spaniard from the hip upward, no doublet. 30 Unless he have a fancy to this foolery, as it appears he hath, he is no fool for fancy, as you would have it appear he is. | DON ROPED No, erseth no elov in imh, suesnl you enma ish eolv fro trgensa seutscmo. sHe a nahDmcut dayto, a hnncamrFe tmowrroo, dna sesmtimeo reasw hte igolcthn of tow niouerstc at enco: a Gnaemr omfr teh twsai nowd, thwi shi bygag nstap, and a ndpiaSar ofmr eht pish up, twhi a cloka and no keacjt. elnUss uyoer ktingal atuob his oevl rof hist kidn of wooeishihshcsnfl, gdgjuin mfro his nerappacea, he hehas is no floo ofr levo, as you entepdr. |
| CLAUDIO If he be not in love with some woman, there is no believing old signs. He brushes his hat o mornings. What should that bode? | COADLUI If seh otn in levo thwi a mwoan, thne uyo tanc tusrt hte ualsu ystmpoms. He uhsrseb ihs ath in hte mrignnos. htaW do you kihnt thta msnae? |
| DON PEDRO 35 Hath any man seen him at the barbers? | NDO EDOPR sHa yna mna enes mhi at hte basrerb? |
| CLAUDIO No, but the barbers man hath been seen with him, and the old ornament of his cheek hath already stuffed tennis balls. | CULADOI No, but the rsbbrae ssstaatni ash nbee snee wiht mih. heT ebadr ttha sedu to otredace kcdBseeni ehskec sha bene sdevha fof and is nwo ngusitff netnsi bsalleiTsnn lsabl udes to be sutefdf hiwt iarh. |
| LEONATO Indeed, he looks younger than he did, by the loss of a beard. | ENTOOAL nGettgi ird of hte brade telidfieyn aekms mih olok rengyou. |
| DON PEDRO Nay, he rubs himself with civet. Can you smell him out by 40 that? | NOD PDEOR nAd hse dbuerb eismhlf ihtw pmeeufr. Cna oyu sellm otu ihs cetres now? |
| CLAUDIO Thats as much as to say, the sweet youths in love. | UCALODI hTats as oodg as foorp htta het eewst ougyn sman in vole. |
| DON PEDRO The greatest note of it is his melancholy. | NDO EPRDO heT gbtgies ucle is ish nesissurose. |
| CLAUDIO And when was he wont to wash his face? | LIADOUC Adn nwhe sah he reev ebne nonkw to wash hsi cfae? |
| DON PEDRO Yea, or to paint himself? For the which I hear what they say 45 of him. | DNO ROEPD Yse, or to ewra cmcsoeits? I rhae awth eyht yas tbuoa mih rfo dgino tath. |
| CLAUDIO Nay, but his jesting spirit, which is now crept into a lute string and now governed by stops | LDOIACU dIeedn, ish nmokcig trspii hsa won wlcaerd noti a elutA ltue is an inntemsrut udes in vrosel sseaderen. |
| DON PEDRO Indeed, that tells a heavy tale for him. Conclude, conclude, he is in love. | DNO PODRE urlTy, it lla dsda up to a oesrusi rtsyo orf dneieBkc. A soicnlnuoc, a uonlicocsn: he is in vloe. |
| CLAUDIO 50 Nay, but I know who loves him. | LOADICU Oh, adn I wnok how soelv mih. |
| DON PEDRO That would I know too. I warrant, one that knows him not. | DNO OREPD I tbe I ownk, oot: onemeso who laceylr ndetos kown hmi at lal. |
| CLAUDIO Yes, and his ill conditions, and, in despite of all, dies for him. | DAOILCU No, ehs eods kwon imh, adn esh osla oskwn lla hsi bad etniqaidsula in eitsp of lal hits, seh tsill deis rfo mih. |
| DON PEDRO She shall be buried with her face upwards. | NOD RDEOP |
| BENEDICK aside with me. I have studied eight or nine wise words to speak to you, which these hobbyhorses must not hear. | INKDCEBE hTsi cttareh is no uecr orf my cahtoteoh. (to LEONATO) dOl irs, aelpes lkwa htiw me a tbi. I vhae hetgi or inen wlle-sodndeceir srwdo to sya to oyu, dna I tdno anwt ehset fsloo to rahe. |
| Exeunt BENEDICK andLEONATO | BEIENKCD and OETOLAN xeti. |
| DON PEDRO For my life, to break with him about Beatrice! | ODN RDPEO I tbe my feli hes neog to speak hitw oaeoLnt aotub eeticrBa! |
| CLAUDIO Tis even so. Hero and Margaret have by this played their 60 parts with Beatrice, and then the two bears will not bite one another when they meet. | ILDCOUA It tsmu be. By won, oHer dna agtraeMr eavh edon ehirt ptra twih ecrBatei. ehT wot serab wtno beti ehac oterh het tnex iemt eyht mete. |
| Enter DON JOHN | OND NJHO tsrene. |
| DON JOHN My lord and brother, God save you. | NDO JONH My odlr and ehbotrr, God save you. |
| DON PEDRO Good een, brother. | ODN DPORE doGo nneegiv, hrbtero. |
| DON JOHN If your leisure served, I would speak with you. | NDO HJON If yuo ontd nmdi, Id ekil to speak htwi uyo. |
| DON PEDRO 65 In private? | DNO ERDOP In pativer? |
| DON JOHN If it please you. Yet Count Claudio may hear, for what I would speak of concerns him. | NOD NJOH If ouy shwi. utB noutC odlCuai nac yats, fro tahw Im abotu to yas norenccs imh. |
| DON PEDRO Whats the matter? | OND DPREO tWhsa teh aettmr? |
| DON JOHN (to CLAUDIO) Means your lordship to be married tomorrow? | DNO HNOJ (to CLAUDIO) Do oyu plan on gnitteg idaerrm oowrormt? |
| DON PEDRO 70 You know he does. | NDO DEOPR uoY wnko taht he oesd. |
| DON JOHN I know not that, when he knows what I know. | OND HONJ I dont owkn ttah, ncoe he wsnko hawt I onkw. |
| CLAUDIO If there be any impediment, I pray you discover it. | CIAUDLO If tehers yan onersa we ldsonuht tge merarid, I eugr ouy to eltl me. |
| DON JOHN You may think I love you not. Let that appear hereafter, and aim better at me by that I now will manifest. For my 75 brother, I think he holds you well, and in dearness of heart hath holp to effect your ensuing marriagesurely suit ill spent and labor ill bestowed. | OND HJON uYo may ikthn atth I dton vole yuo. I hope that, retaf I ltel oyu my wesn, you llwi thkni ttrebe of me. My rhorebt htsnki ihlgyh of you, nda scubaee of sih fcinofaet, has dlhepe nergaar yuor aurbmragtei that swa yteifdeinl a eawst of ihs emti nad nryege. |
| DON PEDRO Why, whats the matter? | DNO DREOP hyW, whast het emrtta? |
| DON JOHN I came hither to tell you; and, circumstances shortened, for 80 she has been too long a-talking of, the lady is disloyal. | ODN OJHN I cmea ereh to tell yulloI make sith hrost, csien hess rydaela eebn etkdla ouabt orf too entholg dayl is unflfuihat. |
| CLAUDIO Who, Hero? | CLUDIOA Who, erHo? |
| DON JOHN Even she: Leonatos Hero, your Hero, every mans Hero. | ODN ONHJ haTts the neo: toosLnea rHoe, yuor Heor, eyevr smna oerH. |
| CLAUDIO Disloyal? | ICAUDLO ilufthfUan? |
| DON JOHN The word is too good to paint out her wickedness. I could 85 say she were worse. Think you of a worse title, and I will fit her to it. Wonder not till further warrant. Go but with me tonight, you shall see her chamber window entered, even the night before her wedding day. If you love her then, tomorrow wed her. But it would better fit your honor to 90 change your mind. | DON NJOH The wdor is oto gdoo to rserneetp erh dcekwseisn. ehS is eowrs ntha icwdek. If uoy nac nktih of a oerm fwula teilt, lIl lacl erh ahtt. utB ntdo epek nwrdognei otihwtu roem ropfo. omCe tiwh me tonigth, nad yllou see a amn rntee erh mboeodr cmenveahreb tnhogit, eht tnghi ofeerb hre ewdding. If oyu ltlis olev ehr eaftr taht, hetn rryma reh oomwrort. utB oyu oluwd be emro aoerohlnb if you cagedhn oyru inmd. |
| CLAUDIO (to DON PEDRO) May this be so? | AOIDCLU (to DON PEDRO) Is isth olebssip? |
| DON PEDRO I will not think it. | ODN DPEOR I notw ceordsin it. |
| DON JOHN If you dare not trust that you see, confess not that you know. If you will follow me, I will show you enough, and when 95 you have seen more and heard more, proceed accordingly. | DON HNOJ If uoy tonw isrk gonmci to ees erh itothng, ehnt dton alcmi to kown awth shse keli. If oyu owolfl me, lIl igev ouy lla het opfro ouy deen. Oecn yuo ahev nese mroe adn ahder omre, hnte you nac ecidde htwa to do. |
| CLAUDIO If I see anything tonight why I should not marry her, tomorrow in the congregation, where I should wed, there will I shame her. | UCAILOD If I ees agnihtny tgonhti ahtt coensncvi me tno to marry erh, Ill mesah ehr mrwtrooo in hte ryve ionaetgrgcon heerw I ouwdl vhea rmderai ehr. |
| DON PEDRO And as I wooed for thee to obtain her, I will join with thee 100 to disgrace her. | NDO PDOER Adn encsi I doweo ehr in oruy name, Ill injo uyo in nadsgcriig her. |
| DON JOHN I will disparage her no farther till you are my witnesses. Bear it coldly but till midnight and let the issue show itself. | DNO HNJO I town ays nahniygt else bouta hre utinl oyu two see sngthi rfo leysusvore. Ramein cmal utnli gthmidni, dna ethn llyou see atwh the betloru is. |
| DON PEDRO O day untowardly turned! | NDO PDOER Oh, iths dya ash druetn iont a seraidts! |
| CLAUDIO O mischief strangely thwarting! | ADCIOLU Oh, fsihiemc ahs niudre uro nalsp! |
| DON JOHN 105 O plague right well prevented! So will you say when you have seen the sequel. | NDO HNJO Oh, a paglue sha bene ervnedept, ktanh oGd! tahsT htaw uylol say ocne oyuve eesn atpr otw. |
| Exeunt | hyTe lla texi. |
