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LEONATO'S garden.
[Enter HERO, MARGARET, and URSULA]
HERO
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Good Marg/aret | run thee / to the | parlor,
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There shalt | thou* find | my cous|in Be|atrice,
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Propos|ing with | the prince | and Claud|io,
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Whisper her | ear, and | tell her | I and |
Ursula
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Walk in | the orch|ard and | our whole | discourse
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Is all | of her,| say that | thou^ov|erheardst
us;
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And bid | her steal | into | the pleach|ed bower,
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Where* hon|eysuck|les rip|ened by | the sun,
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Forbid | the sun | to ent|er: like | favorites,
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Made proud by | princes,| that advance | their
pride,
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Against | that power | that bred it,| there will
she | hide her,
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To listen | our pur|pose, this | is thy | office,
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Bear thee well | in it, and | leave^us | alone.
MARGARET
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I'll make | her come | I war|rant you pres|ently.
[Exit]
HERO
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Now Urs|ula,| when Be|atrice | doth^come,
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As we do trace | this al|ley up | and down,
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Our talk | must^on|ly be | of Ben|edick,
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When I | do* name | him, let | it be / thy part,
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To praise | him more | than ev|er man | did
merit,
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My talk | to thee | must^be | how* Ben|edick
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Is sick | in love | with Bea|trice: of | this
matter,
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Is lit|tle Cup|id's craf|ty ar|row made,
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That on|ly wounds | by hear|say: now begin,
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For look | where* Bea|trice like | a lapwing runs
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Close by | the ground,| to hear | our con/ference.
URSULA
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The pleas|antst^ang|ling is | to see | the fish
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Cut with | her gold|en oars | the silv|er stream,
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And greed|ily | devour | the treach|erous bait:
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So ang|le we | for Bea|trice, who^/even now,
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Is couch|ed in | the wood|bine cov/erture,
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Fear you | not my part | of the di|alogue.
HERO
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Then go | we near | her that her / ear lose |
nothing
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Of the / false sweet | bait that | we lay / for
it:
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No* tru|ly Urs|ula, she is | too dis|dainful,
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I know | her spir|its are | as coy | and wild,
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As hag|gerds of | the rock.
URSULA
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But are | you sure,
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That Ben|edick loves | Beatrice | so en|tirely?
HERO
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So* says | the prince,| and my / new-troth|ed lord.
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And did | they bid | you tell | her of it,|
madam?
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They did | entreat | me to | acquaint | her of
it,
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But I per|suaded | them, if they | loved
Ben/edick*,
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To wish | him wrest|le with | affec|tion,
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And never | to let | Bea|trice know / of it.
URSULA
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Why did you | so, doth^|not the | gentleman
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Deserve | as full | as for|tunate | a bed,
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As ev|er Be|atrice | shall couch | upon?
HERO
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O god | of love!| I know | he doth | deserve,
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As much | as may | be yield|ed to | a man:
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But Na|ture nev|er framed | a wom|an's heart,
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Of prou|der stuff | than that | of Be|atrice:
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Disdain | and scorn | ride spark/ling in | her
eyes,
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Mispris|ing what | they look | on, and | her wit
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Values it|self so high|ly that | to her
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All matter else | seems^weak:| she* can|not love,
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Nor* take | no* shape | nor* pro|ject of
af|fection,
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She is so | self-en|deared.
URSULA
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Sure^|I think so,
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And there|fore cer/tainly | it were / not good
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She knew | his love,| lest she make | sport at
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Why^you*/ speak truth,| I never | yet saw man,
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How^wise,| how noble, young,| how rare|ly
fea||tured,
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But | she would spell | him back|ward: if /
fair-faced,
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She would | swear the | gentleman | should be her
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If black,| why* Na|ture draw|ing of an / antique,
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Made a foul blot:| if tall,| a lance ill-headed:
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If low,| an ag|ate ve|ry vile|ly cut:
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If speak|ing, why a / vane blown | with all
winds: ??
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If sil/ent, why^|a block | moved | with none.
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So turns | she eve|ry man | the wrong side out,
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And nev|er gives | to truth | and vir|tue, that
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Which simp|leness | and mer|it purch|aseth.
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Sure, sure, such | carping is | not com|mendable.
HERO
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No, not / to be | so^odd,| and from all |
fashions,
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As Bea|trice is,| cannot | be com|mendable,
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But who | dare tell her so?| If I | should speak,
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She would | mock me | into air,| O she would |
laugh me
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Out of | myself,| press me | to death | with wit,
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Therefore let | Benedick | like^cov|ered fire,
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Consume | away | in sighs,| waste in/wardly*:
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It were | a bet|ter death,| to die | with mocks,
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Which^is | as bad | as die | with tick|ling.
URSULA
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Yet tell | her of / I: hear | what she | will
say.
HERO
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No, rath/er I | will go | to Ben|edick,
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And coun/sel him to | fight a|gainst his |
passion,
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And tru/ly I'll de|vise some | honest | slanders,
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To stain | my cous|in with,| one^doth | not^know,
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How much | an ill | word may em|poison | liking.
URSULA
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O do | not^do | your cous|in such | a wrong,
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She can|not be* so | much with|out^true |
judgment, ??
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Having | so swift | and ex|cellent | a wit
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As she | is prized | to have,| as to | refuse
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So rare | a gent|leman as Sig/nior Ben|edick.
HERO
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He is | the on|ly man | of It|aly,
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Always | excep|ted, my / dear Claud|io.
URSULA
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I pray | you be | not ang|ry with me,| madam,
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Speaking | my fan|cy: sign|ior Ben|edick,
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For shape,| for bear|ing arg|ument | and valor,
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Goes foremost | in report | through^It|aly.
HERO
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Indeed | he hath | an ex|cellent / good name.
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His ex|cellence | did^earn | it, ere | he had it.
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When are | you mar|ried mad|am? \\
HERO
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Why eve|ry day | tomor|row, come | go^in,
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I'll show | thee some at|tires, and | have thy |
counsel,
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Which is the | best to | furnish | me to|morrow.
URSULA
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She's tane | I war|rant you,
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We have | caught her | madam? (tri with prev)
HERO
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If it / proves so,| then lov|ing goes | by haps,
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Some Cupid kills | with ar|rows, some | with
traps.
[Exeunt HERO and URSULA]
BEATRICE
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What fire | is in | mine ears?| Can this | be
true?
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Stand^I | condemned | for pride | and scorn | so
much?
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Contempt,| farewell,| and maid|en pride,| adieu,
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No* glo|ry lives | behind | the back | of such.
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And Ben|edick,| love^on,| I will re|quite thee,
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Taming | my wild | heart to | thy lov|ing hand:
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If thou dost love,| my kind|ness shall | incite
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To bind | our loves | up in | a ho|ly band.
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For oth|ers say | thou dost | deserve,| and I
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Believe | it bet|ter than | repor|tingly.
[Exit]