"Claudio: That I love her, I feel.
Pedro: That she is worthy, I know
Benedick: That I neither feel how she should be loved, nor how she should be worthy, is the opinion that fire cannot melt out of me. I will die in it at the stake."
The thoughts that I am following are Claudio's and Benedick's. Claudio's thought is that he is in love with the character Hero. Before and after this line Claudio is saying how beautiful she is and he wants to marry her. "In mine eye she is the sweetest lady I have ever looked on."
Benedick thinks this is a horrible thought. He is opposed to marriage and he thinks Hero is ugly. Benedick is very passionate about how much he hates Hero. He says he would rather die on a stake than marry her.
This is what the passage would say if it was in modern English;
Claudio: I love her.
Pedro: I think she is good enough.
Benedick: Are you kidding me? I don't think she is good enough for you at all! I don't see how anyone could love her. Nothing is gonna change my mind about this, I would rather be staked through the heart or burn to death than love her.
