No Fear Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing: Act 5, scene iii

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Enter DON PEDRO, CLAUDIO, three or four LORDS with tapers, and musicians

DON PEDROand CLAUDIO enter with three or four LORDS carrying candles, and musicians.

	CLAUDIO
	Is this the monument of Leonato?

CLAUDIO

Is this the family tomb of Leonato?

	FIRST LORD
	It is, my lord.

FIRST LORD

It is, my lord.

	CLAUDIO
	(reading an epitaph)
	Done to death by slanderous tongues
5	Was the Hero that here lies.
	Death, in guerdon of her wrongs,
	Gives her fame which never dies.
	So the life that died with shame
	Lives in death with glorious fame.

CLAUDIO

(reading an epitaph)

Here lies Hero,

The heroic maiden killed by slanderous words.

To repay her for her troubles, Death

Gives her undying fame.

So the life that died with shame

Lives on with fame.

Hangs the scroll

(he hangs the scroll)

10	Hang thou there upon the tomb,
	Praising her when I am dumb.
	Now, music, sound, and sing your solemn hymn.
	(Song)
	Pardon, goddess of the night,
	Those that slew thy virgin knight,
	For the which with songs of woe
	Round about her tomb they go.
	Midnight, assist our moan.
	Help us to sigh and groan
	Heavily, heavily.
	Graves, yawn and yield your dead,
	Till death be utterèd,
	Heavily, heavily.

This epitaph will hang here forever,

Continuing to praise Hero after I die.

Now start the music, and sing the solemn hymn.

(singing)

Please pardon, goddess of the night,

The men who killed yourvirgin knight .

These men now walk around her tomb,

Singing songs of woe.

Oh, midnight, join our moaning

Help us with our sighs and groaning

Heavily, heavily.

Graves, open up and release your corpses

Until Hero's death is fully mourned*

Heavily, heavily.


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