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1

Much Ado about Nothing
[I, 1]

Beatrice

28

I pray you, is Signior Mountanto returned from the
wars or no?

2

Much Ado about Nothing
[I, 1]

Hero

33

My cousin means Signior Benedick of Padua.

3

Much Ado about Nothing
[I, 1]

Leonato

41

Faith, niece, you tax Signior Benedick too much;
but he'll be meet with you, I doubt it not.

4

Much Ado about Nothing
[I, 1]

Leonato

53

You must not, sir, mistake my niece. There is a
kind of merry war betwixt Signior Benedick and her:
they never meet but there's a skirmish of wit
between them.

5

Much Ado about Nothing
[I, 1]

Don Pedro

85

Good Signior Leonato, you are come to meet your
trouble: the fashion of the world is to avoid
cost, and you encounter it.

6

Much Ado about Nothing
[I, 1]

Leonato

96

Signior Benedick, no; for then were you a child.

7

Much Ado about Nothing
[I, 1]

Benedick

101

If Signior Leonato be her father, she would not
have his head on her shoulders for all Messina, as
like him as she is.

8

Much Ado about Nothing
[I, 1]

Beatrice

104

I wonder that you will still be talking, Signior
Benedick: nobody marks you.

9

Much Ado about Nothing
[I, 1]

Beatrice

107

Is it possible disdain should die while she hath
such meet food to feed it as Signior Benedick?
Courtesy itself must convert to disdain, if you come
in her presence.

10

Much Ado about Nothing
[I, 1]

Don Pedro

131

That is the sum of all, Leonato. Signior Claudio
and Signior Benedick, my dear friend Leonato hath
invited you all. I tell him we shall stay here at
the least a month; and he heartily prays some
occasion may detain us longer. I dare swear he is no
hypocrite, but prays from his heart.

11

Much Ado about Nothing
[I, 1]

Claudio

146

Benedick, didst thou note the daughter of Signior Leonato?

12

Much Ado about Nothing
[I, 1]

Don Pedro

246

Well, you temporize with the hours. In the
meantime, good Signior Benedick, repair to
Leonato's: commend me to him and tell him I will
not fail him at supper; for indeed he hath made
great preparation.

13

Much Ado about Nothing
[II, 1]

Leonato

408

Then half Signior Benedick's tongue in Count John's
mouth, and half Count John's melancholy in Signior
Benedick's face,—

14

Much Ado about Nothing
[II, 1]

Ursula

498

I know you well enough; you are Signior Antonio.

15

Much Ado about Nothing
[II, 1]

Beatrice

514

That I was disdainful, and that I had my good wit
out of the 'Hundred Merry Tales:'—well this was
Signior Benedick that said so.

16

Much Ado about Nothing
[II, 1]

Don John

545

Are not you Signior Benedick?

17

Much Ado about Nothing
[II, 1]

Don John

547

Signior, you are very near my brother in his love:
he is enamoured on Hero; I pray you, dissuade him
from her: she is no equal for his birth: you may
do the part of an honest man in it.

18

Much Ado about Nothing
[II, 1]

Don Pedro

595

Now, signior, where's the count? did you see him?

19

Much Ado about Nothing
[II, 1]

Don Pedro

657

Come, lady, come; you have lost the heart of
Signior Benedick.

20

Much Ado about Nothing
[II, 1]

Don Pedro

733

Come, you shake the head at so long a breathing:
but, I warrant thee, Claudio, the time shall not go
dully by us. I will in the interim undertake one of
Hercules' labours; which is, to bring Signior
Benedick and the Lady Beatrice into a mountain of
affection the one with the other. I would fain have
it a match, and I doubt not but to fashion it, if
you three will but minister such assistance as I
shall give you direction.