_Dog._ Dost thou not suspect my place? dost thou not suspect my years? O that he were here to write me down 70 an ass! But, masters, remember that I am an ass; though it be not written down, yet forget not that I am an ass. No, thou villain, thou art full of piety, as shall be proved upon thee by good witness. I am a wise fellow; and, which is more, an officer; and, which is more, a householder; and, 75 which is more, as pretty a piece of flesh as any is in Messina; and one that knows the law, go to; and a rich fellow enough, go to; and a fellow that hath had losses; and one that hath two gowns, and every thing handsome about him. Bring him away. O that I had been writ down an ass! [_Exeunt._ 80 ~~~~~ Linenotes: _Much Ado About Nothing_, IV. 2. SCENE II.] Capell. SCENE IV. Pope. A prison] Theobald. Enter...] Enter the Constables, Borachio, and the Towne Clearke in gownes. Q Ff. See note (XXI). 1: Dog.] Capell. Keeper Q Ff. Town-Clerk. Rowe. See note (XXI). 2: Verg.] Capell. Cowley. Q F1 F2 F3. Cowly. F4. Dog. Rowe. See note (XXI). _a cushion_] Q F1. _cushion_ F2 F3 F4. 4: Dog.] Capell. Andrew. Q Ff. Verg. Rowe. See note (XXI). 16–19: _Yea, sir...villains_] Omitted in Ff, restored by Theobald. 20: _go_] _grow_ Rowe (ed. 2). 25: _ear: sir,_] _ear sir,_ Q F1 F2 F3. _ear sir;_ F4. 30: _constable_] _Town Clerk_ Rowe. 31: _forth_] Q Ff. om. Rowe. 32: _eftest_] _easiest_ Rowe. _deftest_ Theobald. 39: _constable_] _Town Clerk_ Rowe. 44: _for accusing_] _for the accusing_ Rowe (ed. 2). 47: _by mass_] Q. _by th’ masse_ Ff. 60: _Leonato’s_] _Leonatoes_ Q. _Leonato_ Ff. 63, 64: VERG. _Let them be in the hands—_ CON. _Off, coxcomb!_] Malone. Couley. _Let them be in the hands of Coxcombe_ Q. Sex. _Let...coxcombe_ Ff. Conr. _Let...coxcomb_ Theobald. Con. _Let us...Coxcomb_ Hanmer. Sexton. _Let them be in hand._ Conr. _Off, Coxcomb!_ Warburton. Ver. _Let them be in bands._ Con. _Off, coxcomb!_ Capell. _Let them be in band—_ Steevens. _Let them bind their hands_ Tyrwhitt conj. (withdrawn). Ver. _Let them be in the hands of—_ Con. _Coxcomb!_ Malone conj. Ver. _Let them be bound._ Con. _Hands off, Coxcomb!_ Collier MS. See note (XXII). 66, 67: _bind them. Thou_] _bind them; thou_ F3 F4. _bind them thou_ Q F1 F2. 68: Con.] Rowe. Couley. Q F1 F2 F3. Cowley. F4. 76: _is_] Q. om. Ff. 78: _losses_] _leases_ Collier MS. _lawsuits_ Anon. (N. and Q.) conj. 80: [Exeunt.] Pope. [Exit. Q Ff. ~~~~~ ACT V. SCENE I. _Before_ LEONATO’S _house_. _Enter_ LEONATO _and_ ANTONIO. _Ant._ If you go on thus, you will kill yourself; And ’tis not wisdom thus to second grief Against yourself.