Messenger:“I see, lady, the gentleman is not in your books.” Beatrice:“No; an he were, I would burn my study. But, I pray you, who is his companion? Is there no young squarer now that will make a voyage with him to the devil?” Messenger:“He is most in the company of the right noble Claudio.” Beatrice:“O Lord, he will hang upon him like a disease: he is sooner caught than the pestilence, and the taker runs presently mad. God help the noble Claudio! if he have caught the Benedick,...
