Leon.

[249] Being that I flow in grief,

250 The smallest twine may lead me.

Friar. ’Tis well consented: presently away;

For to strange sores strangely they strain the cure.

Come, lady, die to live: this wedding-day

[254] Perhaps is but prolong’d: have patience and endure. [Exeunt all but Benedick and Beatrice.

[255] Bene. Lady Beatrice, have you wept all this while?

Beat. Yea, and I will weep a while longer.

Bene. I will not desire that.