No Fear Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing: Act 2 Scene 1 Page 5

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HERO Why, then, your visor should be thatched.	HERO Well, then, since Philemon’s roof was thatched with straw, your mask should have a beard.
DON PEDRO Speak low if you speak love.	DON PEDRO If you wish to speak of love, speak more softly.
They move aside. BALTHASAR andMARGARET move forward	They move aside. BALTHASAR andMARGARET move forward.
BALTHASAR 80Well, I would you did like me.	BALTHASAR Well, I wish you liked me.
MARGARET So would not I for your own sake, for I have many ill qualities.	MARGARET I’m glad I don’t, for your sake. I have many awful qualities.
BALTHASAR Which is one?	BALTHASAR Tell me one.
MARGARET I say my prayers aloud.	MARGARET I say my prayers out loud.
BALTHASAR I love you the better; the hearers may cry “Amen.”	BALTHASAR That makes me love you even more. Everyone who hears you can shout, “Amen.”
MARGARET 85God match me with a good dancer!	MARGARET God give me a good dance partner!
BALTHASAR Amen.	BALTHASAR Amen. That would be me.
MARGARET And God keep him out of my sight when the dance is done! Answer, clerk.	MARGARET And God take him away from me when we’re finished dancing! Go ahead—say “Amen.”
BALTHASAR No more words. The clerk is answered.	BALTHASAR No more talking. I’ve got my answer.
They move aside. URSULA andANTONIO move forward.	They move aside. URSULA andANTONIO move forward.
URSULA 90I know you well enough. You are Signor Antonio.	URSULA I know who you are; you are Signior Antonio.
ANTONIO At a word, I am not.	ANTONIO No, really, I’m not.
URSULA I know you by the waggling of your head.	URSULA I can tell by the way you waggle your head.