Act 5 — COQUET versus COQUETTE.
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BY MRS. CAROLINE H. BUTLER.
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Benedict. One woman is fair; yet I am well:
another is wise; yet I am well: another virtuous;
yet I am well: but till all graces be in one woman,
one woman shall not come in my grace.
Much Ado About Nothing.
Princess. We are wise girls to mock our lovers so.
Rosaline. They are worse fools to purchase mocking so.
That same Biron I’ll torture ere I go.
How will I make him fawn, and beg, and seek;
And wait the season, and observe the times,
And spend his prodigal wits in bootless rhymes;
And shape his service wholly to my behests;
And make him proud to make me proud that jests!
So portent-like would I o’ersway his state
That he should be my fool, and I his fate.
Love’s Labor Lost.