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 FIRST WATCHMAN
  This man said, sir, that Don John, the Prince's brother, was
35 a villain.
FIRST WATCHMAN
This man said, sir, that Don John, the Prince's brother, was a villain.
 DOGBERRY
  Write down Prince John a villain. Why, this is flat perjury,
  to call a prince's brother villain.
DOGBERRY
Write down that Prince John is a villain. Why, that's flat-out perjury —to call a prince's brother a villain.
 BORACHIO
  Master Constable—
BORACHIO
Master Constable—
 DOGBERRY
  Pray thee, fellow, peace. I do not like thy look, I promise
40 thee.
DOGBERRY
Be quiet, you. I swear, I don't like the look of you.
 SEXTON
  (to Watch) What heard you him say else?
SEXTON
(to the watchmen) What else did you hear him say?
 SECOND WATCHMAN
  Marry, that he had received a thousand ducats of Don John
  for accusing the Lady Hero wrongfully.
SECOND WATCHMAN
That Don John had given him a thousand pieces of gold for wrongfully accusing the Lady Hero.
 DOGBERRY
  Flat burglary as ever was committed.
DOGBERRY
That's burglary, that is.
 VERGES
45 Yea, by Mass, that it is.
VERGES
Yes, by God, that it is.
 SEXTON
  What else, fellow?
SEXTON
What else did you hear?
 FIRST WATCHMAN
  And that Count Claudio did mean upon his words to
  disgrace Hero before the whole assembly, and not marry
  her.
FIRST WATCHMAN
I heard that Count Claudio meant to disgrace Hero in front of the whole wedding party and refuse to marry her.
 DOGBERRY
50 (to BORACHIO) O villain! Thou wilt be condemned into
  everlasting redemption for this.
DOGBERRY
(to BORACHIO) Oh, you villain! You'll be condemned to everlasting redemption for this!
 SEXTON
  What else?
SEXTON
What else?
 FIRST WATCHMAN
  This is all.
FIRST WATCHMAN
That's all.

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