Much Ado About Nothing

by: William Shakespeare

Act 4 Scene 1

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Original Text	Modern Text
Enter DON PEDRO, DON JOHN, LEONATO, FRIAR FRANCIS, CLAUDIO, BENEDICK,HERO, BEATRICE, and Attendants	DON PEDRO, DON JOHN,LEONATO, FRIAR FRANCIS,CLAUDIO, BENEDICK,HERO, and BEATRICE enter withATTENDANTS.
LEONATO Come, Friar Francis, be brief, only to the plain form of marriage, and you shall recount their particular duties afterwards.	LEONATO All right, Friar Francis, let’s keep this short. Do a simple ceremony, and list all the particular duties of marriage later.
FRIAR FRANCIS (to CLAUDIO) You come hither, my lord, to marry this lady?	FRIAR FRANCIS (to CLAUDIO) Have you come here, my lord, to marry this lady?
CLAUDIO 5No.	CLAUDIO No.
LEONATO To be married to her.—Friar, you come to marry her.	LEONATO No, he comes to be married to her. Friar, you are the one who has come to marry her.
FRIAR FRANCIS Lady, you come hither to be married to this count?	FRIAR FRANCIS Lady, do you come here to be married to this count?
HERO I do.	HERO I do.
FRIAR FRANCIS If either of you know any inward impediment why you 10should not be conjoined, charge you on your souls to utter it.	FRIAR FRANCIS If either of you knows any secret reason why you two should not be joined in marriage, I order you on your souls to say so.
CLAUDIO Know you any, Hero?	CLAUDIO Do you know any, Hero?
HERO None, my lord.	HERO None, my lord.
FRIAR FRANCIS Know you any, count?	FRIAR FRANCIS Do you know any, count?

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