Page 1441 - Shakespeare - Vol. 2

BENEDICK

Bull Jove, sir, had an amiable low;
And some such strange bull leaped your father’s cow,
And got a calf in that same noble feat [50]

Much like to you, for you have just his bleat.

CLAUDIO

For this I owe you; here comes other reckonings.

Enter Antonio, with the Ladies masked.

Which is the lady I must seize upon?

ANTONIO
This same is she, and I do give you her.

CLAUDIO
Why, then she’s mine. Sweet, let me see your face. [55]

ANTONIO
No, that you shall not, till you take her hand
Before this Friar and swear to marry her.

CLAUDIO
Give me your hand; before this holy Friar,

I am your husband, if you like of me.

HERO
(unmasking)
And when I lived, I was your other wife; [60]
And when you loved, you were my other husband.

CLAUDIO

Another Hero!

HERO

Nothing certainer;