What might we do to make the girl forget
30 The love of Valentine, and love Sir Thurio?
Pro. The best way is to slander Valentine
With falsehood, cowardice and poor descent,
Three things that women highly hold in hate.
Duke. Ay, but she’ll think that it is spoke in hate.
35 Pro. Ay, if his enemy deliver it:
Therefore it must with circumstance be spoken
By one whom she [esteemeth] as his friend.
Duke. Then you must undertake to slander him.