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I never yet saw man, How wise, how noble, young, how rarely featured, but
she would spell him backward. If
fair
faced, she
would swear the Gentleman should be her sister. If black;-
why Nature drawing an antique made a foul blot; If
tall, a Lance ill-headed; If low, an agate very vilely
cut; If
speaking, why, a Vane blown with all winds, If silent, why a Block moved with none: So turns she every
man the wrong side out.
By Hero,
in Much Ado About Nothing (TLN1149-1158),
William Shakespeare
in Bodleian Library MS Sancroft 29, p. 83
a fine wit, true said she, a fine little one: no said I, a great wit: right says she, a great gross one: nay said I, a good wit, just said she, it hurts nobody
By Don Pedro,
in Much Ado About Nothing (TLN2248-2251),
William Shakespeare
in Bodleian Library MS Sancroft 29, p. 83
Patch grief with Proverbs make misfortune drunk With Candle-Wasters: bring him yet to me And I of him will gather Patience But there is no such man: for Brother Men Can council and speak comfort to that grief Which they themselves not feel, but tasting it, Their council turns to Passion which before Would give men (strikethrough) preceptial medicine to rage
By Leonato,
in Much Ado About Nothing (TLN2096-2103),
William Shakespeare
in British Library Lansdowne MS 1185, f. 20 r
Of Love in a Soldier
103.
I look'd upon her with a soldier's eye That liked but had a rougher task in hand Than to drive liking to the name of Love: But now I am returned and that War-thought Have left their places vacant: in their rooms Come thronging soft and delicate Desires All prompting me how fair young Hero is
By Claudio,
in Much Ado About Nothing (TLN289-295),
William Shakespeare
in British Library Lansdowne MS 1185, f. 21
Of Love
105
Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the Office and Affairs of Love Therefore All Hearts in Love use their own Tongue Let every eye negotiate for itself And trust no Agent. for beauty is a Witch Against whose Charms, Faith melteth into blood. This is an accident of hourly proof__
By Claudio,
in Much Ado About Nothing (TLN581-587),
William Shakespeare
in British Library Lansdowne MS 1185, f. 21
Of a proud woman
p. 110—
Nature never framed a womans Heart Of prouder stuff than that of Beatrice Disdain and Scorn ride sparkling in her eye Misprising what they look on, and her Wit Values itself so highly that to her All Matter else seems weak: she cannot love Nor take no shape nor project of Affection She is so self-endeared. –
By Hero,
in Much Ado About Nothing (TLN1138-1145),
William Shakespeare
in British Library Lansdowne MS 1185, f. 21v
I said you hadst a fine wit true said she a fine little one, no said I a
great wit, right says she a great gross one nay said I a good wit
just said she it hurts nobody, nay said I
the gentleman is wise, certain said she
a wise gentleman nay said I he hath the tongues [that[ I believe said she for he
swore a thing to me on monday night, which he forswore on tuesday
morning, theers a double toung thers 2 toungs
By Don Pedro,
in Much Ado About Nothing (TLN2248-2255),
William Shakespeare
in Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Record Office ER 82, f.1v