Note to Much Ado About Nothing, 1.3.27: "I had rather be a canker in a hedge than a rose in his grace"


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Act 1, Scene 3, line 27.
I had rather be a canker in a hedge than a rose in his grace: —The canker, now called the "wild dog rose," was considered a noxious weed. Don John is saying that he would rather be a wild dog than his brother's pampered pet.