D. Pedro. What need the bridge much broader than the flood?

[275] The fairest grant is the necessity.

Look, what will serve is fit: ’tis once, thou lovest,

And I will fit thee with the remedy.

I know we shall have revelling to-night:

I will assume thy part in some disguise,

280 And tell fair Hero I am Claudio;

And in her bosom I’ll unclasp my heart,

[282] And take her hearing prisoner with the force

And strong encounter of my amorous tale: