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PERSONS REPRESENTED.

DON PEDRO, Prince of Arragon.

Appears, Act I. sc. 1.

Act II. sc. 1; sc. 3. Act III. sc. 2.
Act V. sc. 1; sc. 3; sc. 4.

Act IV. sc. 1.

DON JOHN, bastard brother to Don Pedro.

Appears, Act I. sc. 1; sc. 3. Act II. sc. 1; sc. 2. Act III. sc. 2.

CLAUDIO, a young lord
Appears, Act I. sc. 1.
Act IV. sc. 1.

BENEDICK, a young lord of
Appears, Act I. sc. 1.
Act IV. sc. 1.

Act IV. sc. 1.

of Florence, favourite of Don Pedro.
Act II. sc. 1; sc. 3. Act III. sc. 2.
Act V. sc. 1; sc. 3; sc. 4.

Padua, favourite likewise of Don Pedro.
Act II. sc. 1. sc. 3. Act III. sc. 2.
Act V. sc. 1; sc. 2; sc. 4.

LEONATO, Governor of Messina.

Appears, Act I. sc. 1; sc. 2. Act II. sc. 1; sc. 3.
Act III. sc. 2; sc. 5. Act IV. sc. 1.

Act V. sc. 1; sc. 4.

ANTONIO, brother to Leonato.

Appears, Act I. sc. 2. Act II. sc. 1. Act V. sc. 1; sc. 4.

BALTHAZAR, servant to Don Pedro.

Appears, Act I. sc. 1. Act II. sc. 1; sc. 3.

BORACHIO, follower of Don John.

Appears, Act I. sc. 3. Act II. sc. 1; sc. 2.

Act IV. sc. 2.

Act III. sc. 3.

Act V. sc. 1.

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CONRADE, follower of Don John.

Appears, Act I. sc. 3. Act III. sc. 3. Act IV. sc. 2.

Act V. sc. 1.

DOGBERRY, a city officer.

Appears, Act III. sc. 3; sc. 5. Act IV. sc. 2.

VERGES, a city officer.

Act V. sc. 1.

Appears, Act III. sc. 3; sc. 5. Act IV. sc. 2. Act V. sc. 1.

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HERO, daughter to Leonato.

Appears, Act I. sc. 1. Act II. sc. 1. Act III. sc. 1; sc. 4.
Act IV. sc. 1. Act V. sc. 4.

BEATRICE, niece to Leonato.

Appears, Act I. sc. 1. Act II. sc. 1; sc. 3. Act III. sc. 1; sc. 4.
Act V. sc. 2; sc. 4.

Act IV. sc. 1.

MARGARET, a gentlewoman attending on Hero.

Appears, Act II. sc. 1. Act III. sc. 1; sc. 4. Act V. sc. 2.
URSULA, a gentlewoman attending on Hero.

Appears, Act II. sc. 1. Act III. sc. 1; sc. 4. Act V. sc. 2; sc. 4.
Messengers, Watch, and Attendants.

SCENE,-MESSINA.

There was no

'MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING' was first printed in 1600. other separate edition. The variations between the text of the quarto and that of the folio are very few. The chronology of this comedy is sufficiently fixed by the circumstance of its publication in 1600, coupled with the fact that it is not mentioned by Meres in 1598. The passages enclosed within brackets are not in the folio edition of 1623, but are derived from the quarto.

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.

ACT I.

SCENE I.-Street in Messina.

Enter LEONATO, HERO, BEATRICE, and others, with a Messenger.

LEON. I learn in this letter, that Don Pedro of Arragon comes this night to Messina.

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

LEON. How many gentlemen have you lost in this action? MESS. But few of any sort, and none of name.

LEON. A victory is twice itself when the achiever brings home full numbers. I find here, that Don Pedro hath bestowed much honour on a young Florentine, called Claudio.

MESS. Much deserved on his part, and equally remembered by Don Pedro: He hath borne himself beyond the promise of his age; doing, in the figure of a lamb, the feats of a lion he hath, indeed, better bettered expectation than you must expect of me to tell you how.

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LEON. He hath an uncle here in Messina will be very much glad of it.

MESS. I have already delivered him letters, and there appears much joy in him; even so much that joy could not show itself modest enough without a badge of bitterness.

LEON. Did he break out into tears?

MESS. In great measure.

LEON. A kind overflow of kindness: There are no faces truer than those that are so washed. How much better is it to weep at joy, than to joy at weeping!

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