SCENE I. Before LEONATO's house.
Enter LEONATO, HERO, and BEATRICE, with a messenger
LEONATO
I learn in this letter that Don Pedro of Arragon comes this night to Messina.
MESSENGER
He is very near by this: he was not three leagues off when I left him.
LEONATO
How many gentlemen have you lost in this action?
MESSENGER
But few of any sort, and none of name.
LEONATO
A victory is twice itself when the achiever brings home full numbers. I find here that Don Pedro hath bestowed much honour on a young Florentine called Claudio.
MESSENGER
Much deserved on his part and equally remembered 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
bettered expectation than you must expect of me to
tell you how.
Enter LEONATO, HERO, and BEATRICE, with a messenger
LEONATO
I learn in this letter that Don Pedro of Arragon comes this night to Messina.
MESSENGER
He is very near by this: he was not three leagues off when I left him.
LEONATO
How many gentlemen have you lost in this action?
MESSENGER
But few of any sort, and none of name.
LEONATO
A victory is twice itself when the achiever brings home full numbers. I find here that Don Pedro hath bestowed much honour on a young Florentine called Claudio.
MESSENGER
Much deserved on his part and equally remembered 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
bettered expectation than you must expect of me to
tell you how.
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