Much Ado About Nothing

William Shakespeare, Dr. Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine, Dr. Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Year: 2015
• ISBN:
  9781476788555
• Topic: Letteratura
• Subtopic: Teatro shakespeariano

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MUCH ADO
ABOUT NOTHING

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ACT 1

<ACT 1>

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<Scene 1>

Enter Leonato, Governor of Messina, Hero his daughter, and Beatrice his niece, with a Messenger.

LEONATO, <with a letter> I learn in this letter that Don	1
Pedro of Aragon comes this night to Messina.	2
MESSENGER He is very near by this. He was not three	3
leagues off when I left him.	4
LEONATO How many gentlemen have you lost in this	5
action?	6
MESSENGER But few of any sort, and none of name.	7
LEONATO A victory is twice itself when the achiever	8
brings home full numbers. I find here that Don	9
Pedro hath bestowed much honor on a young	10
Florentine called Claudio.	11
MESSENGER Much deserved on his part, and equally	12
remembered by Don Pedro. He hath borne himself	13
beyond the promise of his age, doing in the figure	14
of a lamb the feats of a lion. He hath indeed better	15
bettered expectation than you must expect of me to	16
tell...