The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 2 of 9] — John Shaqi
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
_Dog._ We will spare for no wit, I warrant you; here’s
that shall drive some of them to a noncome: only get the
learned writer to set down our excommunication, and meet
me at the gaol. [_Exeunt._
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Linenotes: _Much Ado About Nothing_, III. 5.
SCENE V.] SCENE VIII. Pope.
Enter...] Enter Leonato, and the Constable, and the Headborough. Q
Ff.
4: _it is_] _’tis_ F4.
9: _off_] Steevens (Capell conj.). _of_ Q Ff.
11: _honest_] _as honest_ Rowe (ed. 2).
23: _an ’twere a thousand pound_] Capell. _and ’t twere a thousand
pound_ Q. _and ’twere a thousand times_ Ff. _and twice a thousand
times_ Pope.
30: _ha’_] _ha_ Q. _have_ Ff. _hath_ Pope.
35: _God’s_] _he’s_ Pope.
_an_] Pope. _and_ Q Ff.
_ride of a horse_] Q F1. _ride of horse_ F2. _rides an horse_
F3 F4. _ride an horse_ Rowe (ed 2).
42: _our watch, sir,_] om. _sir_ F4.
43: _aspicious_] _auspicious_ Rowe (ed. 2).
46: _it_] Q. om. Ff.
47: [Exit Q Ff.
48: Enter...] Rowe.
51: [Exeunt L. and M.] Capell. [Ex. Leon. Pope.
54: _examination_] Q. _examine_ Ff.
_these_] Q. _those_ Ff.
56: _you_] om. Pope.
57: _that_] _that_ [touching his forehead. Johnson.
57: _to a noncome_] Q Ff. _to non-come_ Pope. _to a non-com_ Capell.
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ACT IV.
SCENE I. _A church._
_Enter_ DON PEDRO, DON JOHN, LEONATO, FRIAR FRANCIS,
CLAUDIO, BENEDICK, HERO, BEATRICE, _and attendants_.
_Leon._ Come, Friar Francis, be brief; only to the plain
form of marriage, and you shall recount their particular
duties afterwards.
_Friar._ You come hither, my lord, to marry this lady.
_Claud._ No. 5
_Leon._ To be married to her: friar, you come to marry
her.
_Friar._ Lady, you come hither to be married to this
count.
_Hero._ I do. 10
_Friar._ If either of you know any inward impediment
why you should not be conjoined, I charge you, on your
souls, to utter it.
_Claud._ Know you any, Hero?
_Hero._ None, my lord. 15
_Friar._ Know you any, count?
_Leon._ I dare make his answer, none.
_Claud._ O, what men dare do! what men may do! what
men daily do, not knowing what they do!
_Bene._ How now! interjections? Why, then, some be 20
of laughing, as, ah, ha, he!
_Claud._ Stand thee by, Friar. Father, by your leave:
Will you with free and unconstrained soul
Give me this maid, your daughter?
_Leon._ As freely, son, as God did give her me. 25
_Claud._ And what have I to give you back, whose worth
May counterpoise this rich and precious gift?
_D. Pedro._ Nothing, unless you render her again.
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