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Much Ado about Nothing
[III, 5] |
Leonato |
1624 |
Take their examination yourself and bring it me: I
am now in great haste, as it may appear unto you.
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Much Ado about Nothing
[IV, 1] |
Friar Francis |
1805 |
Hear me a little; for I have only been
Silent so long and given way unto
This course of fortune [—]
By noting of the lady I have mark'd
A thousand blushing apparitions
To start into her face, a thousand innocent shames
In angel whiteness beat away those blushes;
And in her eye there hath appear'd a fire,
To burn the errors that these princes hold
Against her maiden truth. Call me a fool;
Trust not my reading nor my observations,
Which with experimental seal doth warrant
The tenor of my book; trust not my age,
My reverence, calling, nor divinity,
If this sweet lady lie not guiltless here
Under some biting error.
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Much Ado about Nothing
[IV, 1] |
Friar Francis |
1852 |
Pause awhile,
And let my counsel sway you in this case.
Your daughter here the princes left for dead:
Let her awhile be secretly kept in,
And publish it that she is dead indeed;
Maintain a mourning ostentation
And on your family's old monument
Hang mournful epitaphs and do all rites
That appertain unto a burial.
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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.
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5 |
Much Ado about Nothing
[V, 3] |
Claudio |
2530 |
Now, unto thy bones good night!
Yearly will I do this rite.
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6 |
Much Ado about Nothing
[V, 4] |
Hero |
2642 |
And here's another
Writ in my cousin's hand, stolen from her pocket,
Containing her affection unto Benedick.
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