day, I yield upon great perfuafion, and partly to fave your life; for, as I was told, you were in a confumption.

Bene. Peace, I will ftop your mouth

[Kiffing her. Pedro. How doft thou, Benedick, the married man? Bene. I'll tell thee what, Prince; a College of witcrackers cannot flout me out of my humour: doft think, I care for a fatire, or an epigram? no: if a man will be beaten with brains, he fhall wear nothing handsome about him; in brief, fince I do purpose to marry, I will think nothing to any purpofe that the world can fay against it; and therefore never flout at me, for what I have faid against it; for man is a giddy thing, and this is my conclufion; for thy part, Claudio, I did think to have beaten thee; but in that thou art like to be my kinfman, live unbruis'd, and love my coufin.

Claud. I had well hoped, thou would't have denied Beatrice, that I might have cudgelled thee out of thy fingle life, to make thee a double dealer; which, out of queftion, thou wilt be, if my Coufin do not look exceeding narrowly to thee.

Bene. Come, come, we are friends; let's have a Dance ere we are marry'd, that we may lighten our our own hearts, and our wives heels.

Leon. We'll have dancing afterwards.

Bene. First, o'my word; therefore, play, musick.

Prince, thou art fad, get thee a wife, get thee a wife; there is no staff more reverend than one tipt with horn.

Enter Meffenger.

Melf. My Lord, your brother John is ta'en in flight, And brought with armed men back to Messina.

Bene, Think not on him 'till to-morrow: I'll devise thee brave punishments for him. Strike up, Pipers,

[Dance.

[Exeunt omnes.

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KING of France.
Duke of Florence.

Bertram, Count of Roufillon.

Lafeu, an old Lord.

Parolles, a parasitical follower of Bertram; a coward, but vain, and a great pretender to valour.

Several young French Lords, that ferve with Bertram in the Florentine war.

Steward,
Clown,

} Servants to the Countess of Roufillon.

Countess of Roufillon, mother to Bertram.

Helena, daughter to Gerard de Narbon, a famous phy

fician, fome time fince dead.

An old Widow of Florence.

Diana, daughter to the widow.

Violenta, } Neighbours, and friends to the widow.

Mariana,

Lords, attending on the King; Officers, Soldiers, &c.

SCENE lies partly in France, and partly in Tuscany.

*The Perfons were firft enumerated by Rowe.

The first Edition of this Play is in the Folio of 1623.

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