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Manent the two Antipholis's and two Dromio's.

S. Dro. Master, shall I fetch your stuff from shipboard? E. Ant. Dromio, what stuff of mine haft thou imbark'd? S. Dro. Your goods that lay at hoft, Sir, in the Centaur. S. Ant. He fpeaks to me; I am your master, Dromio, Come go with us, we'll look to that anon;

Embrace thy brother there, rejoice with him.

[Exeunt the two Antipholis's. S. Dro. There is a fat friend at your master's house, That kitchen'd me for you to-day at dinner :

She now fhall be my fifter, not my wife.

E. Dro. Methinks you are my glass, and not my brother: I fee by you I am a fweet-fac'd youth.

Will walk in to fee their goffiping?

you

S. Dro. Not I, Sir; you're my elder.
E. Dro. That's a queftion:

How fhall I try it?

S. Dro. We'll draw cuts for the fenior:

'Till then, lead thou first.

E. Dro. Nay, then thus

[Embracing.

We came into the world like brother and brother:

And now let's go hand in hand, not one before another.

[Exeunt.

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DON PEDRO, Prince of Arragon.
Leonato, Governor of Meffina.

Don John, Baftard-Brother to Don Pedro.

Claudio, a young Lord of Florence, Favourite to Don Pedro.
Benedick, a young Lord of Padua, favour'd likewife by Don
Pedro.

Balthazar, Servant to Don Pedro.
Antonio, Brother to Leonato.
Borachio, Confident to Don John.
Conrade, Friend to Borachio.

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A Friar, Messenger, Watch, Town-Clerk, Sexton, and

Attendants.

SCENE Messina.

The Story from Ariofto, Orl, Fur. I. 5.

Pope.

MUCH

MUCH ADO about NOTHING.

A C T I. SCENE I.

A Court before Leonato's Houfe.

Enter Leonato, Hero and Beatrice, with a Messenger.

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LEON AT O.

Learn in this letter, that Don Pedro of Arragon comes this night to Meffina.

Mell. He is very near by this; he was not three leagues off when I left him.

in this action?

Leon. How many gentlemen have you loft

Melf. But few of any fort, and none of name.

Leon. A victory is twice it felf, when the atchiever brings home full numbers; I find here that Don Pedro hath beftowed much honour on a young Florentine, call'd Claudio.

Mel. Much deferved on his part, and equally remembred by Don Pedro: he hath born himself beyond the promife of his age, doing in the figure of a lamb the feats of a lion: he hath indeed better better'd expectation, than you must expect of me to tell you how.

Leon. He hath an uncle here in Melina will be very much glad of it.

Melf. I have already delivered him letters, and there appears much joy in him, even fo much, that joy could

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