by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Against my will I am sent to bid you...
Language: English
Beatrice. Against my will I am sent to bid you come in to dinner. Benedick. Fair Beatrice, I thank you for your pains. Beatrice. I took no more pains for those thanks than you take pains to thank me: if it had been painful, I would not have come. Benedick. You take pleasure then in the message? Beatrice. Yea, just so much as you may take upon a knife's point and choke a daw withal. You have no stomach, signior: fare you well.
About the headline (FAQ)
Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Much Ado About Nothing, Act II, Scene 3, lines 1054-1062 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Joel Balzun (b. 1990), "Beatrice's Ol' Tune", 2014 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Cabaret Songs, Vol. 1 "Thus Saith the Dames and Wenches", no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2021-02-10
Line count: 14
Word count: 83