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Claud.

I have drunk poison whiles he utter’d it.

D. Pedro.

But did my brother set thee on to this?

Bora.

Yea, and paid me richly for the practice of it.

D. Pedro.

He is compos’d and fram’d of treachery,

And fled he is upon this villainy.

Claud.

Sweet Hero, now thy image doth appear

In the rare semblance that I lov’d it first.

Dog. Come, bring away the plaintiffs. By this time our sexton hath reform’d Signior Leonato of the matter; and, masters, do not forget to specify, when time and place shall serve, that I am an ass.

Verg. Here, here comes Master Signior Leonato, and the sexton too.

Enter Leonato, his brother [Antonio], and the Sexton.

Leon.

Which is the villain? Let me see his eyes,

That when I note another man like him

I may avoid him. Which of these is he?

Bora.

If you would know your wronger, look on me.

Leon.

Art thou the slave that with thy breath hast kill’d

Mine innocent child?

Bora.

Yea, even I alone.

Leon.

No, not so, villain, thou beliest thyself.

Here stand a pair of honorable men,