And never to let Beatrice know of it.

Urs. Why did you so? Doth not the gentleman

[045] Deserve as full as fortunate a bed

As ever Beatrice shall couch upon?

Hero. O god of love! I know he doth deserve

As much as may be yielded to a man:

But Nature never framed a woman’s heart

050 Of prouder stuff than that of Beatrice;

[051] Disdain and scorn ride sparkling in her eyes,

Misprising what they look on; and her wit