No Fear Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing
Get this No Fear to go!
Act 2, Scene 1, Page 4
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LEONATO
Cousin, you apprehend passing shrewdly.
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LEONATO
Niece, you are exceptionally perceptive.
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BEATRICE
I have a good eye, uncle. I can see a church by daylight.
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BEATRICE
I have a good eye, uncle. I can see what’s in broad
daylight.
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LEONATO
The revelers are entering, brother. Make good room.
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LEONATO
The partygoers have arrived. Let’s give them
room.
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Enter DON
PEDRO,CLAUDIO,
BENEDICK,BALTHASAR, DON
JOHN,BORACHIO,
MARGARET,URSULA and others, masked |
DON PEDRO,
CLAUDIO,BENEDICK,
BALTHASAR, DON JOHN,
BORACHIO,MARGARET,
URSULA enter along with other partygoers.
They’re all wearing masks. |
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DON PEDRO
Lady, will you walk a bout with your friend?
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DON PEDRO
My lady, will you have a dance with me?
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They begin to dance |
They begin to dance. |
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HERO
So you walk softly, and look sweetly, and say nothing, I am
yours for the walk, and especially when I walk away.
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HERO
As long as you move gracefully, look handsome, and say nothing,
I’m yours for the dance. And I’ll even linger
after I’ve gone.
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DON PEDRO
With me in your company?
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DON PEDRO
Will I be with you then?
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HERO
I may say so when I please.
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HERO
Perhaps, if I decide to let you.
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DON PEDRO
And when please you to say so?
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DON PEDRO
And when will that be?
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HERO
When I like your favor, for God defend the lute should be
like the case!
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HERO
When I like the way you look, for God forbid your face be as ugly
as your mask!
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DON PEDRO
My visor is Philemon’s roof; within the house is
Jove.
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DON PEDRO
My mask is like the roof of the poor Philemon’s humble cottage; underneath the mask, I am as magnificent as
the glorious god Jove.
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