![]() I talked with no man at that hour, my lord. Out at your window betwixt twelve and one? What man was he talked with you yesternight I charge thee do so, as thou art my child. That you have in her, bid her answer truly. Let me but move one question to your daughter, Is this face Hero’s? Are our eyes our own? 75Īll this is so, but what of this, my lord? Is this the Prince? Is this the Prince’s brother? Sir, they are spoken, and these things are true. To link my dear friend to a common stale.Īre these things spoken, or do I but dream? Is my lord well that he doth speak so wide? Out on thee, seeming! I will write against it.īut you are more intemperate in your blood 60 ![]() Claudio says didn’t try anything on Hero that a brother wouldn’t try with a sister, which is a really weird way to say he was being patient and not trying to sleep with Hero before their wedding. He knew Leonato would suggest that it's really not that big a deal if Hero slept with Claudio before her wedding day, since she would only be sinning against (and with) her husband-to-be.īut that's not what happened. Leonato asks if Claudio is referring to some effort he might’ve made to take Hero’s virginity before their wedding day.Ĭlaudio cuts him off. Leonato is shocked by the accusation that his daughter is an "approved wanton" (meaning a confirmed adulteress). Hero blushes, naturally, and Claudio says she blushes from guilt, not modesty. I won’t take her, because she’s a whore." Leonato says he is, and Claudio says, "Don't bother. You will say she did embrace me as a husband, 50Ĭlaudio asks if Leonato is willing to give away his daughter, who is a precious gift. I know what you would say: if I have known her, Have vanquished the resistance of her youth, Not to knit my soul to an approvèd wanton. To witness simple virtue? Would you not swear,Īll you that see her, that she were a maid,īy these exterior shows? But she is none. She’s but the sign and semblance of her honor. ![]() Give not this rotten orange to your friend. Sweet prince, you learn me noble thankfulness.- 30 May counterpoise this rich and precious gift? Will you with free and unconstrainèd soulĪnd what have I to give you back whose worth Stand thee by, friar.-Father, by your leave, Turns out Leonato is wrong, because two seconds later, Claudio freaks out on everyone. That's clearly what Claudio meant with his "no." He was just being persnickety about the Friar's grammar. Leonato says it's the Friar's job to marry Hero. Leonato recommends they get down to business, and the Friar gets off to a false start when he asks if Claudio has come to marry the lady. What men daily do, not knowing what they do! 20īENEDICK How now, interjections? Why, then, some Why you should not be conjoined, I charge you onĬLAUDIO O, what men dare do! What men may do! LEONATO To be married to her.-Friar, you come toįRIAR Lady, you come hither to be married to thisįRIAR If either of you know any inward impediment Plain form of marriage, and you shall recount theirįRIAR, to Claudio You come hither, my lord, to marry LEONATO Come, Friar Francis, be brief, only to the Enter Prince, John the Bastard, Leonato, Friar,Ĭlaudio, Benedick, Hero, and Beatrice, with
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