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No man so pfect but shee’ll s’pell him backward. If
fair, she swears the Gent. shd be her sister. If black;-
Nre in drawing an Antick made a foul blott; If
tall, a Lance illheaded; If low, an Agat very vildly
cut; If talkative a Vane blown w
th all winds, If si= lent, why a Block moved w
th none: So turns she evy
M. y
e wrong side out.
By Hero,
in Much Ado About Nothing (TLN1149-1158),
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 councel and speak comfort to that grief Which they themselves not feele, but tasting it, Their council turns to Passion w
c before Would give men (strikethrough) praeceptial 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 souldiers eye That likd but had a rougher task in hand Than to drive liking to y
e name of Love: But now I am returned and that War-thought Have
th left their places vacant: in their rooms Come thronging soft and delicate Desires All prompting me how faire 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 y
e 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 framd a womans Heart Of prouder stuff than that of Beatrice Disdain and Scorn ride sparkling in her eye Misprising w
t they look on, and her Wit Values itself so highly that to her
all 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 yo
w hadd'st a fine wit true said shee a fine little one, no se I a
great witt, right says she a great grosse one nay se I a good witt
just said she yt hurts nobodie, nay se I ye gent ys wise, certain se she
a wise gent: nay se I hee hath y
e toungs: [that[ I beleev se she for hee
swore a thing to me on monday night, w
ch 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