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.VERGESYes, I thank God I am as honest as any man livingthat is an old man and no honester than I.DOGBERRYComparisons are odorous: palabras, neighbour Verges.LEONATONeighbours, you are tedious.DOGBERRYIt pleases your worship to say so, but we are thepoor duke's officers; but truly, for mine own part,if I were as tedious as a king, I could find it inmy heart to bestow it all of your worship.LEONATOAll thy tediousness on me, ah?DOGBERRYYea, an 'twere a thousand pound more than 'tis; forI hear as good exclamation on your worship as of anyman in the city; and though I be but a poor man, Iam glad to hear it.VERGESAnd so am I.LEONATOI would fain know what you have to say.VERGESMarry, sir, our watch to-night, excepting yourworship's presence, ha' ta'en a couple of as arrantknaves as any in Messina.DOGBERRYA good old man, sir; he will be talking: as theysay, when the age is in, the wit is out: God helpus! it is a world to see.Well said, i' faith,neighbour Verges: well, God's a good man; an two menride of a horse, one must ride behind.An honestsoul, i' faith, sir; by my troth he is, as everbroke bread; but God is to be worshipped; all menare not alike; alas, good neighbour!LEONATOIndeed, neighbour, he comes too short of you.DOGBERRYGifts that God gives.LEONATOI must leave you.DOGBERRYOne word, sir: our watch, sir, have indeedcomprehended two aspicious persons, and we wouldhave them this morning examined before your worship.LEONATOTake their examination yourself and bring it me: Iam now in great haste, as it may appear unto you.DOGBERRYIt shall be suffigance.LEONATODrink some wine ere you go: fare you well.[Enter a Messenger]MessengerMy lord, they stay for you to give your daughter toher husband.LEONATOI'll wait upon them: I am ready.[Exeunt LEONATO and Messenger]DOGBERRYGo, good partner, go, get you to Francis Seacole;bid him bring his pen and inkhorn to the gaol: weare now to examination these men.VERGESAnd we must do it wisely.DOGBERRYWe will spare for no wit, I warrant you; here'sthat shall drive some of them to a non-come: onlyget the learned writer to set down ourexcommunication and meet me at the gaol.[Exeunt]--------------------------------------Act 4"scene" 1Scene 1[A church.][Enter DON PEDRO, DON JOHN, LEONATO, FRIAR FRANCIS, CLAUDIO,BENEDICK, HERO, BEATRICE, and Attendants]LEONATOCome, Friar Francis, be brief; only to the plainform of marriage, and you shall recount theirparticular duties afterwards.FRIAR FRANCISYou come hither, my lord, to marry this lady.CLAUDIONo.LEONATOTo be married to her: friar, you come to marry her.FRIAR FRANCISLady, you come hither to be married to this count.HEROI do.FRIAR FRANCISIf either of you know any inward impediment why youshould not be conjoined, charge you, on your souls,to utter it.CLAUDIOKnow you any, Hero?HERONone, my lord.FRIAR FRANCISKnow you any, count?LEONATOI dare make his answer, none.CLAUDIOO, what men dare do! what men may do! what men dailydo, not knowing what they do!BENEDICKHow now! interjections? Why, then, some be oflaughing, as, ah, ha, he!CLAUDIOStand thee by, friar.Father, by your leave:Will you with free and unconstrained soulGive me this maid, your daughter?LEONATOAs freely, son, as God did give her me.CLAUDIOAnd what have I to give you back, whose worthMay counterpoise this rich and precious gift?DON PEDRONothing, unless you render her again.CLAUDIOSweet prince, you learn me noble thankfulness.There, Leonato, take her back again:Give not this rotten orange to your friend;She's but the sign and semblance of her honour.Behold how like a maid she blushes here!O, what authority and show of truthCan cunning sin cover itself withal!Comes not that blood as modest evidenceTo witness simple virtue? Would you not swear,All you that see her, that she were a maid,By these exterior shows? But she is none:She knows the heat of a luxurious bed;Her blush is guiltiness, not modesty.LEONATOWhat do you mean, my lord?CLAUDIONot to be married,Not to knit my soul to an approved wanton.LEONATODear my lord, if you, in your own proof,Have vanquish'd the resistance of her youth,And made defeat of her virginity, --CLAUDIOI know what you would say: if I have known her,You will say she did embrace me as a husband,And so extenuate the 'forehand sin:No, Leonato,I never tempted her with word too large;But, as a brother to his sister, show'dBashful sincerity and comely love.HEROAnd seem'd I ever otherwise to you?CLAUDIOOut on thee! Seeming! I will write against it:You seem to me as Dian in her orb,As chaste as is the bud ere it be blown;But you are more intemperate in your bloodThan Venus, or those pamper'd animalsThat rage in savage sensuality.HEROIs my lord well, that he doth speak so wide?LEONATOSweet prince, why speak not you?DON PEDROWhat should I speak?I stand dishonour'd, that have gone aboutTo link my dear friend to a common stale.LEONATOAre these things spoken, or do I but dream?DON JOHNSir, they are spoken, and these things are true.BENEDICKThis looks not like a nuptial.HEROTrue! O God!CLAUDIOLeonato, stand I here?Is this the prince? is this the prince's brother?Is this face Hero's? are our eyes our own?LEONATOAll this is so: but what of this, my lord?CLAUDIOLet me but move one question to your daughter;And, by that fatherly and kindly powerThat you have in her, bid her answer truly.LEONATOI charge thee do so, as thou art my child.HEROO, God defend me! how am I beset!What kind of catechising call you this?CLAUDIOTo make you answer truly to your name.HEROIs it not Hero? Who can blot that nameWith any just reproach?CLAUDIOMarry, that can Hero;Hero itself can blot out Hero's virtue [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]