No Fear Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing
Act 4, Scene 1
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Enter DON PEDRO, DON
JOHN, LEONATO, FRIAR
FRANCIS, CLAUDIO,
BENEDICK,HERO,
BEATRICE, and Attendants |
DON PEDRO, DON
JOHN,LEONATO, FRIAR
FRANCIS,CLAUDIO,
BENEDICK,HERO, and
BEATRICE enter
withATTENDANTS. | |
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LEONATO
Come, Friar Francis, be brief, only to the plain form of
marriage, and you shall recount their particular duties
afterwards.
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LEONATO
All right, Friar Francis, let’s keep this short. Do a
simple ceremony, and list all the particular duties of marriage
later.
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FRIAR FRANCIS
(to
CLAUDIO) You come hither, my lord, to
marry this lady?
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FRIAR FRANCIS
(to
CLAUDIO) Have you come here, my lord,
to marry this lady?
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CLAUDIO
No.
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CLAUDIO
No.
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LEONATO
To be married to her.—Friar, you come to marry
her.
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LEONATO
No, he comes to be married to her.
Friar, you are the one who has come to marry her.
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FRIAR FRANCIS
Lady, you come hither to be married to this count?
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FRIAR FRANCIS
Lady, do you come here to be married to this count?
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HERO
I do.
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HERO
I do.
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FRIAR FRANCIS
If either of you know any inward impediment why you
should not be conjoined, charge you on your souls to utter
it.
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FRIAR FRANCIS
If either of you knows any secret reason why you two should not be
joined in marriage, I order you on your souls to say so.
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CLAUDIO
Know you any, Hero?
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CLAUDIO
Do you know any, Hero?
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HERO
None, my lord.
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HERO
None, my lord.
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FRIAR FRANCIS
Know you any, count?
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FRIAR FRANCIS
Do you know any, count?
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