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1、MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING 1 MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING William Shakespeare 1599 MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING 2 Dramatis Personae Don Pedro Prince of Arragon Don John his bastard brother Claudio a young lord of Florence Benedick a Young lord of Padua Leonato Governor of Messina Antonio an old man his brother Balt
2、hasar attendant on Don Pedro Borachio follower of Don John Conrade follower of Don John Friar Francis Dogberry a Constable Verges a Headborough A Sexton A Boy Hero daughter to Leonato Beatrice niece to Leonato Margaret waiting gentlewoman attending on Hero Ursula waiting gentlewoman attending on Her
3、o Messengers Watch Attendants etc MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING 3 ACT I MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING 4 SCENE I An orchard before Leonato s house Enter Leonato Governor of Messina Hero his Daughter and Beatrice his Niece with a Messenger Leon I learn in this letter that Don Pedro of Arragon comes this night to Me
4、ssina 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 honou
5、r on a young Florentine called Claudio Mess Much deserv d on his part and equally rememb red 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 bett red expectation than you must expect of me to tell you how Leon H
6、e 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
7、 of kindness There are no faces truer than those that are so wash d How much better is it to weep at joy than to joy at weeping Beat I pray you is Signior Mountanto return d from the wars or no Mess I know none of that name lady There was none such in the army of any sort Leon What is he that you as
8、k for niece Hero My cousin means Signior Benedick of Padua Mess O he s return d and as pleasant as ever he was Beat He set up his bills here in Messina and challeng d Cupid at the MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING 5 flight and my uncle s fool reading the challenge subscrib d for Cupid and challeng d him at the
9、 burbolt I pray you how many hath he kill d and eaten in these wars But how many hath he kill d For indeed I promised to eat all of his killing Leon Faith niece you tax Signior Benedick too much but he ll be meet with you I doubt it not Mess He hath done good service lady in these wars Beat You had
10、musty victual and he hath holp to eat it He is a very valiant trencherman he hath an excellent stomach Mess And a good soldier too lady Beat And a good soldier to a lady but what is he to a lord Mess A lord to a lord a man to a man stuff d with all honourable virtues Beat It is so indeed He is no le
11、ss than a stuff d man but for the stuffing well we are all mortal Leon You must not sir mistake my niece There is a kind of merry war betwixt Signior Benedick and her They never meet but there s a skirmish of wit between them Beat Alas he gets nothing by that In our last conflict four of his five wi
12、ts went halting off and now is the whole man govern d with one so that if he have wit enough to keep himself warm let him bear it for a difference between himself and his horse for it is all the wealth that he hath left to be known a reasonable creature Who is his companion now He hath every month a
13、 new sworn brother Mess Is t possible Beat Very easily possible He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat it ever changes with the next block Mess I see lady the gentleman is not in your books Beat No An he were I would burn my study But I pray you who is his companion Is there no young squar
14、er now that will make a voyage with him to the devil Mess He is most in the company of the right noble Claudio Beat O Lord he will hang upon him like a disease He is sooner caught than the pestilence and the taker runs presently mad God help the MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING 6 noble Claudio If he have caug
15、ht the Benedick it will cost him a thousand pound ere a be cured Mess I will hold friends with you lady Beat Do good friend Leon You will never run mad niece Beat No not till a hot January Mess Don Pedro is approach d Enter Don Pedro Claudio Benedick Balthasar and John the Bastard Pedro Good Signior
16、 Leonato are you come to meet your trouble The fashion of the world is to avoid cost and you encounter it Leon Never came trouble to my house in the likeness of your Grace for trouble being gone comfort should remain but when you depart from me sorrow abides and happiness takes his leave Pedro You embrace your charge too willingly I think this is your daughter Leon Her mother hath many times told me so Bene Were you in doubt sir that you ask d her Leon Signior Benedick no for then were you a chi
