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ACT I
Scene 1. Leonato, Governor of Messina, welcomes Don Pedro, Prince of Arragon, as he
returns from a successful campaign. With Don Pedro is his bastard brother, the taciturn
Don John; the brothers have been at enmity but are now apparently reconciled. Also with
Don Pedro are Claudio, a young Florentine, and Benedick, a Paduan lord. Benedick
knows Leonato's niece Beatrice of old: they share an aversion to marriage and enjoy
witty banter at each other's expense. Claudio confides in Benedick and Don Pedro that he
has fallen in love with Leonato's daughter Hero, and Don Pedro promises to woo her on
his behalf.
Scene 2. Leonato learns that Claudio and Don Pedro have been overheard discussing
Hero.
Scene 3. Don John is embittered by his enforced subservience to his brother and is
interested to learn from his man Borachio of Don Pedro's plan to woo Hero: "This may
prove food to my displeasure."
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