Shakespeare, William · published 1600 · first performed or written 1598 (Annals) comedy · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men unassigned nearest T28 Marriage-making: weddings, brides and ma · 513 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T28: married, marriage, wedding, day, bride, father, wife, luce, love, husband.
My lord, I am for you, though it cost me ten nights watchings. And I my Lord. And you too gentle Hero? I will do any modest office, my lord, to help my cousin to a good husband. And Benedick is not the unhopefullest husband that I know: thus far can I praise him, he is of a noble strain, of approved valour, and confirmed honesty, I will teach you how to humour your cousin, that she shall fall in love with Benedick, and I, with your two helps, will so practise on Benedick, that in despite of his quick wit, and his queasy stomach, he shall fall in love with Beatrice: if we can do this, Cupid is no longer an Archer, his glory shall be ours, for we are the only love-gods, go in with me, and I will tell you my drift. It is so, the Count Claudio shall marry the daughter of Leonato. Yea my lord, but I can cross it. Any bar, any cross, any impediment, will be medcinable to me, I am sick in displeasure to him, and whatsoever comes athwart his affection, ranges evenly with mine, how canst thou cross this marriage? Not honestly my lord, but so covertly, that no dishonesty shall appear in me. Show me briefly how. I think I told your lordship a year since, how much I am in the favour of Margaret, the waiting gentlewoman to Hero. I remember. I can at any unseasonable instant of the night, appoint her to look out at her lady's chamber window. What life is in that to be the death of this marriage? The poison of that lies in you to temper, go you to the prince your brother, spare not to tell him, that he hath wronged his honour in marrying the renowned Claudio, whose estimation do you mightily hold up, to a contaminated stale, such a one as Hero. What proof shall I make of that? Proof enough, to misuse the prince, to vex Claudio, to undo Hero, and kill Leonato, look you for any other issue? Only to despite them I will endeavour any thing. Go then, find me a meet hour, to draw done Pedro and the Count Claudio alone, tell them that you know that Hero loves me, intent a kind of zeal both to the prince & Claudio (as in love of your brother's honour who hath made this match) and his friend's reputation, who is thus like to be cozened with the semblance of a maid, that you have discover d thus: they will scarcely believe this without trial: offer them instances which shall bear no less likelihood, than to see me at her chamber window, hear me call Margaret Hero, hear Marg term me Claudio, & bring them to see this the very night before the intended wedding, for in the mean time, I will so fashion the matter, that Hero shall be absent and there shall appear such seeming truth of Hero's disloyalty, that jealousy shall be called assurance and all the preparation overthrown.
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My lord, I am for you, though it cost me ten nights watchings. And I my Lord. And you too gentle Hero? I wil do any modest office, my lord, to help my cosin to a good husband. And Benedicke is not the vnhopefullest husband that I know: thus farre can I praise him, he is of a noble strain, of approoued valour, and confirmde honesty, I will teach you how to humour your cosin, that she shall fal in loue with Benedicke, and I, with your two helpes, wil so practise on Benedicke, that in dispight of his quicke wit, and his queasie stomacke, he shall fall in loue with Beatrice: if we can do this, Cupid is no longer an Archer, his glory shall bee ours, for we are the onely loue-gods, goe in with mee, and I will tell you my drift. It is so, the Counte Claudio shall marry the daughter of Leonato. Yea my lord, but I can crosse it. Any barre, any crosse, any impediment, will be medcinable to me, I am sicke in displeasure to him, and whatsoeuer comes athwart his affection, ranges euenly with mine, how canst thou crosse this marriage? Not honestly my lord, but so couertly, that no dishonesty shall appeare in me. Shew me briefely how. I thinke I told your lordship a yeere since, how much I am in the fauour of Margaret, the waiting gentlewoman to Hero. I remember. I can at any vnseasonable instant of the night, appoint her to looke out at her ladies chamber window. What life is in that to be the death of this mariage? The poison of that lies in you to temper, goe you to the prince your brother, spare not to tell him, that he hath wronged his honor in marrying the renowned Claudio, whose estimation do you mightily hold vp, to a contaminated stale, such a one as Hero. What proofe shall I make of that? Proofe enough, to misuse the prince, to vexe Claudio, to vndoe Hero, and kill Leonato, looke you for any other issue? Onely to dispight them I will endeuour any thing. Go then, find me a meet houre, to draw don Pedro and the Counte Claudio alone, tell them that you know that Hero loues me, intend a kind of zeale both to the prince & Claudio (as in loue of your brothers honor who hath made this match) and his friends reputation, who is thus like to bee cosen'd with the semblance of a maid, that you haue discouer d thus: they wil scarcely beleeue this without triall: offer them instances which shall beare no lesse likelihood, than to see me at her chamber window, heare me call Margaret Hero, heare Marg terme me Claudio, & bring them to see this the very night before the intended wedding, for in the mean time, I wil so fashion the matter, that Hero shal be absent and there shal appeere such seeming truth of Heroes disloyaltie, that iealousie shal be cald assurance and al the preparation ouerthrowne.