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Work The work is either a play, poem, or sonnet. The sonnets are treated as single work with 154 parts.

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1

Much Ado about Nothing
[IV, 1]

(stage directions)

1642

[Enter DON PEDRO, DON JOHN, LEONATO, FRIAR FRANCIS,]
CLAUDIO, BENEDICK, HERO, BEATRICE, and Attendants]

2

Much Ado about Nothing
[IV, 1]

Leonato

1644

Come, Friar Francis, be brief; only to the plain
form of marriage, and you shall recount their
particular duties afterwards.

3

Much Ado about Nothing
[IV, 1]

Leonato

1649

To be married to her: friar, you come to marry her.

4

Much Ado about Nothing
[IV, 1]

Claudio

1663

Stand thee by, friar. Father, by your leave:
Will you with free and unconstrained soul
Give me this maid, your daughter?

5

Much Ado about Nothing
[IV, 1]

Beatrice

1760

Dead, I think. Help, uncle!
Hero! why, Hero! Uncle! Signior Benedick! Friar!

6

Much Ado about Nothing
[IV, 1]

Leonato

1821

Friar, it cannot be.
Thou seest that all the grace that she hath left
Is that she will not add to her damnation
A sin of perjury; she not denies it:
Why seek'st thou then to cover with excuse
That which appears in proper nakedness?

7

Much Ado about Nothing
[IV, 1]

Benedick

1896

Signior Leonato, let the friar advise you:
And though you know my inwardness and love
Is very much unto the prince and Claudio,
Yet, by mine honour, I will deal in this
As secretly and justly as your soul
Should with your body.

8

Much Ado about Nothing
[V, 4]

(stage directions)

2543

[Enter LEONATO, ANTONIO, BENEDICK, BEATRICE,]
MARGARET, URSULA, FRIAR FRANCIS, and HERO]

9

Much Ado about Nothing
[V, 4]

Benedick

2563

Friar, I must entreat your pains, I think.

10

Much Ado about Nothing
[V, 4]

Benedick

2572

Your answer, sir, is enigmatical:
But, for my will, my will is your good will
May stand with ours, this day to be conjoin'd
In the state of honourable marriage:
In which, good friar, I shall desire your help.

11

Much Ado about Nothing
[V, 4]

Leonato

2586

Call her forth, brother; here's the friar ready.

12

Much Ado about Nothing
[V, 4]

Leonato

2605

No, that you shall not, till you take her hand
Before this friar and swear to marry her.

13

Much Ado about Nothing
[V, 4]

Claudio

2607

Give me your hand: before this holy friar,
I am your husband, if you like of me.

14

Much Ado about Nothing
[V, 4]

Benedick

2623

Soft and fair, friar. Which is Beatrice?