Note to Much Ado About Nothing, 3.5.36-37: "an two men ride / of a horse, one must ride behind"


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Act 3, Scene 5, lines 36-37.
an two men ride of a horse, one must ride behind: if two men ride on one horse, one must ride behind the other. —A proverbial expression meaning that no two persons can have exactly the same abilities or privileges. In this case, Dogberry is explaining his natural superiority to Verges.