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
Pardon, goddess of the night,
Those that slew thy virgin knight;
For the which, with songs of woe,
Round about her tomb they go. 15
Midnight, assist our moan;
Help us to sigh and groan,
Heavily, heavily:
Graves, yawn, and yield your dead,
Till death be uttered, 20
Heavily, heavily.
_Claud._ Now, unto thy bones good night!
Yearly will I do this rite.
_D. Pedro._ Good morrow, masters; put your torches out:
The wolves have prey’d; and look, the gentle day, 25
Before the wheels of Phœbus, round about
Dapples the drowsy east with spots of grey.
Thanks to you all, and leave us: fare you well.
_Claud._ Good morrow, masters: each his several way.
_D. Pedro._ Come, let us hence, and put on other weeds; 30
And then to Leonato’s we will go.
_Claud._ And Hymen now with luckier issue speed’s
Than this for whom we render’d up this woe. [_Exeunt._
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Linenotes: _Much Ado About Nothing_, V. 3.
SCENE III.] Capell. SCENE VIII. Pope.
2: A Lord.] Lord. Q Ff. Atten. Rowe.
3: Claud. [Reading...] Capell. Epitaph. Q Ff.
3: _by_] _with_ Capell (corrected in MS.).
9: [Affixing it. Capell.
10: _dumb_] Ff. _dead_ Q.
13: _thy_] _the_ Rowe.
_knight_] _bright_ Collier MS.
15: _they_] _we_ Collier MS.
20: _Till_] _Until_ Hanmer.
21: _Heavily, heavily_] Q. _Heavenly, heavenly_ Ff.
22: Claud.] Rowe. Lo. Q Ff.
23: _rite_] Pope. _right_ Q Ff.
29: _his several way_] _his way can tell_ Collier MS.
32: _speed’s_] Theobald (Thirlby conj.). _speeds_ Q F1 _speed_ F2
F3 F4.
33: _whom_] _which_ Hanmer.
~~~~~
SCENE IV. _A room in_ LEONATO’S _house_.
_Enter_ LEONATO, ANTONIO, BENEDICK, BEATRICE, MARGARET,
URSULA, FRIAR FRANCIS, _and_ HERO.
_Friar._ Did I not tell you she was innocent?
_Leon._ So are the prince and Claudio, who accused her
Upon the error that you heard debated:
But Margaret was in some fault for this,
Although against her will, as it appears 5
In the true course of all the question.
_Ant._ Well, I am glad that all things sort so well.
_Bene._ And so am I, being else by faith enforced
To call young Claudio to a reckoning for it.
_Leon._ Well, daughter, and you gentlewomen all, 10
Withdraw into a chamber by yourselves,
And when I send for you, come hither mask’d.
[_Exeunt Ladies._
The prince and Claudio promised by this hour
To visit me. You know your office, brother:
You must be father to your brother’s daughter, 15
And give her to young Claudio.
_Ant._ Which I will do with confirm’d countenance.
_Bene._ Friar, I must entreat your pains, I think.
_Friar._ To do what, signior?
_Bene._ To bind me, or undo me; one of them. 20
Signior Leonato, truth it is, good signior,
Your niece regards me with an eye of favour.
_Leon._ That eye my daughter lent her: ’tis most true.
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