This is an excerpt from William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, Act 1, Scene 1. The setting is in Messina and the characters include Leonato, Hero, Beatrice and the messenger. This excerpt is from a dialogue between Leonato and the messenger. The conversation started with Leonato talking about Don Pedro having high regards for Claudio. The messenger agrees that the latter deserves the honor, saying " He hath borne himself beyond the promise of his age, doing in the figure of a lamb the feats of a lion.".
