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and she will die, ere she make [170] her love known; and she will die if he
woo her, rather than she will bate one breath of her accustomed crossness.

DON PEDRO
She doth well. If she should make tender of her love, ’tis very possible he’ll
scorn it; for the man, as [175] you know all, hath a contemptible spirit.

CLAUDIO
He is a very proper man.

DON PEDRO
He hath, indeed, a good outward happiness.

CLAUDIO
Before God, and in my mind, very wise.

DON PEDRO
He doth, indeed, show some sparks that are [180] like wit.

CLAUDIO
And I take him to be valiant.

DON PEDRO
As Hector, I assure you; and in the managing of quarrels you may say he is
wise, for either he avoids them with great discretion, or undertakes them

with a [185] most Christian-like fear.

LEONATO

If he do fear God, ’a must necessarily keep peace; if he break the peace, he
ought to enter into a quarrel with fear and trembling.

DON PEDRO
And so will he do, for the man doth fear [190] God, howsoever it seems not
in him by some large jests he will make. Well, I am sorry for your niece. Shall
we go seek Benedick, and tell him of her love?

CLAUDIO