The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 2 of 9]Shakespeare, William
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The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 2 of 9]
Shakespeare, William
English drama
264: _that jealous_] Q. _a jealous_ Ff. _as jealous a_ Collier MS.
266: _I’ll_] Q F1. _I_ F2 F3 F4.
268, 269: _and his...obtained:_] Pope. _and his...obtained,_ Q Ff.
_and, his...obtained,_ Collier.
284: _her_] Q. _my_ Ff.
287: _to_] _through_ Jackson conj.
_world_] _wood_ Johnson conj.
288: _heigh-ho for a husband!_] See note (XI).
299: _of_] Ff. _a_ Q. _o’_ Edd. conj.
302: _was I_] Q F1 F2. _I was_ F3 F4.
308: SCENE VI. Pope.
_pleasant-spirited_] Theobald. _pleasant spirited_ Q Ff.
311: _ever_] _even_ Anon. conj.
312: _unhappiness_] _an happiness_ Theobald.
320: _County_] _Countie_ Q. _Counte_ F1. _Count_ F2 F3 F4.
326: _my_] Q. om. Ff. _our_ Collier MS.
331: _mountain_] _mooting_ Johnson conj.
_mountain of affection_] _mounting affection of_ Becket conj.
331, 332: _the...the_] _th’...th’_ Q Ff.
333: _but_] om. Pope.
350: _in_] om. F3 F4.
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SCENE II. _The same._
_Enter_ DON JOHN _and_ BORACHIO.
_D. John._ It is so; the Count Claudio shall marry the
daughter of Leonato.
_Bora._ Yea, my lord; but I can cross it.
_D. John._ Any bar, any cross, any impediment will be
medicinable to me: I am sick in displeasure to him; and 5
whatsoever comes athwart his affection ranges evenly with
mine. How canst thou cross this marriage?
_Bora._ Not honestly, my lord; but so covertly that no
dishonesty shall appear in me.
_D. John._ Show me briefly how. 10
_Bora._ I think I told your lordship, a year since, how
much I am in the favour of Margaret, the waiting gentlewoman
to Hero.
_D. John._ I remember.
_Bora._ I can, at any unseasonable instant of the night, 15
appoint her to look out at her lady’s chamber window.
_D. John._ What life is in that, to be the death of this
marriage?
_Bora._ The poison of that lies in you to temper. Go you
to the prince your brother; spare not to tell him that he 20
hath wronged his honour in marrying the renowned Claudio
—whose estimation do you mightily hold up—to a contaminated
stale, such a one as Hero.
_D. John._ What proof shall I make of that?
_Bora._ Proof enough to misuse the prince, to vex Claudio, 25
to undo Hero, and kill Leonato. Look you for any
other issue?
_D. John._ Only to despite them, I will endeavour any
thing.
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