Claudio. And ſhe is exceeding wiſe.Prince. In euery thing, but in louing Benedicke. […] I would ſhee had beſtowed this dotage on mee,
1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act II, scene iii], page 108, column 2