_Dog._ Write down, master gentleman Conrade. Masters, do you serve God? 15 _Con._ Yea, sir, we hope. _Bora._ ” ” ” ” _Dog._ Write down, that they hope they serve God: and write God first; for God defend but God should go before such villains! Masters, it is proved already that you are little better than false knaves; and it will go near to be 20 thought so shortly. How answer you for yourselves? _Con._ Marry, sir, we say we are none. _Dog._ A marvellous witty fellow, I assure you; but I will go about with him. Come you hither, sirrah; a word in your ear: sir, I say to you, it is thought you are false 25 knaves. _Bora._ Sir, I say to you we are none. _Dog._ Well, stand aside. ’Fore God, they are both in a tale. Have you writ down, that they are none? _Sex._ Master constable, you go not the way to examine: 30 you must call forth the watch that are their accusers. _Dog._ Yea, marry, that’s the eftest way. Let the watch come forth. Masters, I charge you, in the prince’s name, accuse these men. _First Watch._ This man said, sir, that Don John, the 35 prince’s brother, was a villain. _Dog._ Write down, Prince John a villain. Why, this is flat perjury, to call a prince’s brother villain. _Bora._ Master constable,— _Dog._ Pray thee, fellow, peace: I do not like thy look, 40 I promise thee. _Sex._ What heard you him say else? _Sec. Watch._ Marry, that he had received a thousand ducats of Don John for accusing the Lady Hero wrongfully. 45 _Dog._ Flat burglary as ever was committed. _Verg._ Yea, by mass, that it is. _Sex._ What else, fellow? _First Watch._ And that Count Claudio did mean, upon his words, to disgrace Hero before the whole assembly, and 50 not marry her. _Dog._ O villain! thou wilt be condemned into everlasting redemption for this. _Sex._ What else? _Watch._ This is all. 55 _Sex._ And this is more, masters, than you can deny. Prince John is this morning secretly stolen away; Hero was in this manner accused, in this very manner refused, and upon the grief of this suddenly died. Master Constable, let these men be bound, and brought to Leonato’s: I will go 60 before and show him their examination. [_Exit._ _Dog._ Come, let them be opinioned. _Verg._ Let them be in the hands— _Con._ Off, coxcomb! _Dog._ God’s my life, where’s the sexton? let him write 65 down, the prince’s officer, coxcomb. Come, bind them. Thou naughty varlet! _Con._ Away! you are an ass, you are an ass.