No Fear Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing
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Act 5, Scene 4, Page 3
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LEONATO
Call her forth, brother. Here’s the friar ready.
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LEONATO
Bring her out, brother. The friar’s ready.
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Exit ANTONIO
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DON PEDRO
Good morrow, Benedick. Why, what’s the matter
That you have such a February face,
So full of frost, of storm and cloudiness?
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DON PEDRO
Good morning, Benedick. What’s the matter? Your face
looks like the month of February—full of frost, storms,
and cloudiness.
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CLAUDIO
I think he thinks upon the savage bull.
Tush, fear not, man. We’ll tip thy horns with gold,
And all Europa shall rejoice at thee
As once Europa did at lusty Jove
When he would play the noble beast in love.
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CLAUDIO
I think he’s nervous—he’s about
to become the savage bull who got domesticated. Oh, don’t
worry about it—we’ll dip your horns in gold and make you pretty, and you’ll delight
all of Europe, just like Jove delighted Europa when
he was a bull.
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BENEDICK
Bull Jove, sir, had an amiable low,
And some such strange bull leapt your father’s cow
And got a calf in that same noble feat
Much like to you, for you have just his bleat.
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BENEDICK
Jove came to earth lowing for love. A strange bull just like him
mated with one of your father’s cows and,
voilà, gave birth to a calf like you—you bleat
the same as him.
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CLAUDIO
For this I owe you. Here comes other reck'nings.
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CLAUDIO
I’ll get you for that one. But here are other matters
to be dealt with.
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Enter
ANTONIO,HERO,
BEATRICE,MARGARET,
URSULA, the ladies masked |
ANTONIO,
HERO,BEATRICE,
MARGARET,URSULA enter. The ladies
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Which is the lady I must seize upon?
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Which is the lady I’m supposed to marry?
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LEONATO
This same is she, and I do give you her.
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LEONATO
This one, and I will give her to you.
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CLAUDIO
Why, then she’s mine.—Sweet, let me see your
face.
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CLAUDIO
Well, then she’s the one for me. Sweetheart, let me see
your face.
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LEONATO
No, that you shall not till you take her hand
Before this friar and swear to marry her.
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LEONATO
No, you can’t do that until you take her hand and, in
front of this friar, swear to marry her.
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