WORKS OF S HI A K E S P E A R. VOLUME the SECOND. CONTAINING, MUCH ADO about NOTIIING. The TAMING of the SHREW. EDINBURGH: Printed by ALEXANDER DONALD Són. MDCCLXIX. Much ado about Nothing * DR AM A TIS PERSON Æ. Don PEDRO, Prince of Arra-, Borachin, confident to Don John. gono Conrade, friend to Borachio. Leonato, Governor of Melina. Don John, bastard-brother to Don Verges, two Pedro. Hero, daughter to Leonato. Claudio, a young Lord of Florence, Beatrice, niece to Leonato. favourite to Don Pedro. Margaret, two gentlewomen Benedick, a young Lord of Padua, Ursula, attending on Hero. favoured likewise by Don Pedro. A Friar, Mejjinger, Watch, Balthazar; servant to Don Pedro. Town-Clerk, Sexton, and Ate Antonio, brother to Leonato. tendants. SCE NE, Mefina in Sicily. ***** A C T I. S CE NE I, T A court before Leonato's bouse. Enter Leonato, Hero, and Beatrice, with a messenger. Leon. LEARN in this letter, that Don Pedro of Arragona comes this night to Messina. Mef. 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 ? Mef. But few of any fort, and none of name. Leon. A victory is twice itself, when the atchierer brings home full numbers; I find here, that Don Pedro hath bestowed much honour on a young Florentine, called Glaudio. Mell: Much deserved on his part, and equally rea membered by Don Pedro: he hath-borne himself be. * The story froin Ariosto, Orl. Fur. l. 5. Mr Pope, Voi. II. А |