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
_Bene._ Serve God, love me, and mend. There will I 80
leave you too, for here comes one in haste.
_Enter_ URSULA.
_Urs._ Madam, you must come to your uncle. Yonder’s
old coil at home: it is proved my Lady Hero hath been
falsely accused, the prince and Claudio mightily abused;
and Don John is the author of all, who is fled and gone. 85
Will you come presently?
_Beat._ Will you go hear this news, signior?
_Bene._ I will live in thy heart, die in thy lap, and be
buried in thy eyes; and moreover I will go with thee to
thy uncle’s. [_Exeunt._ 90
~~~~~
Linenotes: _Much Ado About Nothing_, V. 2.
SCENE II.] Capell. SCENE VI. Pope.
Leonato’s garden.] Reed. L.’s house. Pope. See note (XXIV).
8, 9: _me! why, shall...stairs?_] _me, why shal...staires._ Q. _me,
why, shall...staires?_ Ff.
9: _keep below_] _keep above_ Theobald. _keep men below_ Steevens
conj. _keep them below_ Singer conj.
23: [Sings.] Pope.
23–26: Printed as prose in Q Ff, as verse by Capell.
29: _names_] Q F3 F4. _name_ F1 F2.
31: _over and over_] Q F1. _over_ F2 F3 F4.
32: _it in_] Q F3 F4. _it_ F1 F2.
33: _baby_] _babie_ Q F1. _badie_ F2 F3. _bady_ F4. _baudy_ Rowe.
34: _innocent_] Q F1. _innocents_ F2 F3 F4. _innocent’s_ Rowe.
36: _nor_] Q. _for_ Ff.
37: Enter Beatrice] Ff. Enter B. Q (after line 38).
38: SCENE VII. Pope.
_called_] _call_ Rowe.
42: _came_] _came_ for Pope. See note (XXVI).
48: _his_] _its_ Rowe.
54: _all together_] _altogether_ Hanmer.
_maintained_] _maintain_ Capell conj.
57: _first_] om. Rowe.
64: _this_] _that_ Hanmer.
69: _monument_] Q. _monuments_ Ff.
_bell rings_] Q. _bells ring_ Ff.
71: _Question:_] _Question_, Q Ff. _Question?_ Pope. om. Hanmer.
72: _rheum_] _thewme_ F3. _thewm_ F4.
_is it_] _it is_ F4.
74: _myself. So_] _myself so_ Q Ff.
81: Enter U.] Q. Enter U. Ff (after line 79).
88: _in thy lap_] _on thy lip_ Brae conj.
90: _uncle’s_] _uncle_ Rowe.
~~~~~
SCENE III. _A church._
_Enter_ DON PEDRO, CLAUDIO, _and three or four with tapers_.
_Claud._ Is this the monument of Leonato?
_A Lord._ It is, my lord.
_Claud._ [_Reading out of a scroll_]
Done to death by slanderous tongues
Was the Hero that here lies:
Death, in guerdon of her wrongs, 5
Gives her fame which never dies.
So the life that died with shame
Lives in death with glorious fame.
Hang thou there upon the tomb,
Praising her when I am dumb. 10
Now, music, sound, and sing your solemn hymn.
SONG.
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