Note to Much Ado About Nothing, 1.2.7: "As the event stamps them: but they have a cover"


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Act 1, Scene 2, line 7.
As the event stamps them: but they have a cover: i.e., as the result will show, but things look good. —Antonio uses the metaphor of a book. The news he has about Don Pedro's interest in Hero is like the handsome cover of a book, which looks promising, though the rest of the story is yet to be told.