Taming of the Shrew - Shakespeare, William

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SCENE I. Padua. A public place

Enter LUCENTIO and his man TRANIO

LUCENTIO

Tranio, since for the great desire I hadTo see fair Padua, nursery of arts,

I am arrived for fruitful Lombardy,

The pleasant garden of great Italy;And by my father's love and leave am arm'd

With his good will and thy good company,

y trusty servant, well approved in all,!ere let us breathe and haply institute

A course of learning and ingenious studies"

Pisa renown'd for grave citi#ens$ave me my being and my father first,A merchant of great traffic through the world,

%incetino come of &entivolii"

%incetino's son brought up in lorenceIt shall become to serve all hopes conceived,

To dec( his fortune with his virtuous deeds)

And therefore, Tranio, for the time I study,%irtue and that part of philosophy

Will I apply that treats of happiness

&y virtue specially to be achieved"

Tell me thy mind; for I have Pisa leftAnd am to Padua come, as he that leaves

A shallow plash to plunge him in the deep

And with satiety see(s to *uench his thirst"

TRANIO

i perdonato, gentle master mine,

I am in all affected as yourself;

$lad that you thus continue your resolveTo suc( the sweets of sweet philosophy"

+nly, good master, while we do admire

This virtue and this moral discipline,Let's be no stoics nor no stoc(s, I pray;

+r so devote to Aristotle's che*ues

As +vid be an outcast *uite abured)&al( logic with ac*uaintance that you have

And practise rhetoric in your common tal(;

usic and poesy use to *uic(en you;

The mathematics and the metaphysics,


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all to them as you find your stomach serves you;

-o profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en)

In brief, sir, study what you most affect"

LUCENTIO

$ramercies, Tranio, well dost thou advise"If, &iondello, thou wert come ashore,

We could at once put us in readiness,And ta(e a lodging fit to entertain

.uch friends as time in Padua shall beget"

&ut stay a while) what company is this/

TRANIO

aster, some show to welcome us to town"

Enter BAPTISTA, KATHARINA, BIANCA, GREMIO, and HORTENSIO. LUCENTIO and

TRANIO stand b

BAPTISTA

$entlemen, importune me no farther,

or how I firmly am resolved you (now;

That is, not bestow my youngest daughter&efore I have a husband for the elder)

If either of you both love 0atharina,

&ecause I (now you well and love you well,Leave shall you have to court her at your pleasure"

GREMIO1Aside2 To cart her rather) she's too rough for me"

There, There, !ortensio, will you any wife/

KATHARINA

I pray you, sir, is it your will

To ma(e a stale of me amongst these mates/

HORTENSIO

ates, maid3 how mean you that/ no mates for you,4nless you were of gentler, milder mould"

KATHARINA

I'faith, sir, you shall never need to fear)

Iwis it is not half way to her heart;&ut if it were, doubt not her care should be

To comb your noddle with a three5legg'd stool

And paint your face and use you li(e a fool"


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HORTENSIA

rom all such devils, good Lord deliver us3

GREMIO

And me too, good Lord3

TRANIO

!ush, master3 here's some good pastime toward)

That wench is star( mad or wonderful froward"

LUCENTIO

&ut in the other's silence do I see

aid's mild behavior and sobriety"

Peace, Tranio3

TRANIO

Well said, master; mum3 and ga#e your fill"

BAPTISTA

$entlemen, that I may soon ma(e goodWhat I have said, &ianca, get you in)

And let it not displease thee, good &ianca,

or I will love thee ne'er the less, my girl"

KATHARINA

A pretty peat3 it is best

Put finger in the eye, an she (new why"

BIANCA

.ister, content you in my discontent"

.ir, to your pleasure humbly I subscribe)

y boo(s and instruments shall be my company,

+n them to too( and practise by myself"

LUCENTIO

!ar(, Tranio3 thou may'st hear inerva spea("

HORTENSIO

.ignior &aptista, will you be so strange/.orry am I that our good will effects&ianca's grief"

GREMIO

Why will you mew her up,

.ignior &aptista, for this fiend of hell,And ma(e her bear the penance of her tongue/


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BAPTISTA

$entlemen, content ye; I am resolved)

$o in, &ianca)

E!it BIANCA

And for I (now she ta(eth most delight

In music, instruments and poetry,

.choolmasters will I (eep within my house,it to instruct her youth" If you, !ortensio,

+r .ignior $remio, you, (now any such,

Prefer them hither; for to cunning menI will be very (ind, and liberal

To mine own children in good bringing up)

And so farewell" 0atharina, you may stay;

or I have more to commune with &ianca"

E!it

KATHARINA

Why, and I trust I may go too, may I not/ What, shall I be appointed hours; as though,

beli(e, I (new not what to ta(e and what to leave, ha/

E!it

GREMIO

6ou may go to the devil's dam) your gifts are so good, here's none will hold you" Their

love is not so great, !ortensio, but we may blow our nails together, and fast it fairly out)our ca(es dough on both sides" arewell) yet for the love I bear my sweet &ianca, if I canby any means light on a fit man to teach her that wherein she delights, I will wish him to

her father"

HORTENSIO

.o will I, .ignior $remio) but a word, I pray" Though the nature of our *uarrel yet never

broo(ed parle, (now now, upon advice, it toucheth us both, that we may yet again have

access to our fair mistress and be happy rivals in &ianco's love, to labour and effect one

thing specially"

GREMIOWhat's that, I pray/

HORTENSIO

arry, sir, to get a husband for her sister"

GREMIO

A husband3 a devil"


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HORTENSIO

I say, a husband"

GREMIO

I say, a devil" Thin(est thou, !ortensio, though her father be very rich, any man is so very

a fool to be married to hell/

HORTENSIO

Tush, $remio, though it pass your patience and mine to endure her loud alarums, why,man, there be good fellows in the world, an a man could light on them, would ta(e her

with all faults, and money enough"

GREMIO

I cannot tell; but I had as lief ta(e her dowry with this condition, to be whipped at thehigh cross every morning"

HORTENSIOaith, as you say, there's small choice in rotten apples" &ut come; since this bar in law

ma(es us friends, it shall be so far forth friendly maintained all by helping &aptista'seldest daughter to a husband we set his youngest free for a husband, and then have to't a

fresh" .weet &ianca3 !appy man be his dole3 !e that runs fastest gets the ring" !ow say

you, .ignior $remio/

GREMIO

I am agreed; and would I had given him the best horse in Padua to begin his wooing that

would thoroughly woo her, wed her and bed her and rid the house of her3 7ome on"

E!e"nt GREMIO and HORTENSIO

TRANIO

I pray, sir, tell me, is it possible

That love should of a sudden ta(e such hold/

LUCENTIO

+ Tranio, till I found it to be true,I never thought it possible or li(ely;

&ut see, while idly I stood loo(ing on,

I found the effect of love in idleness)

And now in plainness do confess to thee,That art to me as secret and as dear

As Anna to the *ueen of 7arthage was,

Tranio, I burn, I pine, I perish, Tranio,If I achieve not this young modest girl"

7ounsel me, Tranio, for I (now thou canst;

Assist me, Tranio, for I (now thou wilt"


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TRANIO

aster, it is no time to chide you now;

Affection is not rated from the heart)If love have touch'd you, nought remains but so,

'8edime te captum *uam *ueas minimo"'

LUCENTIO

$ramercies, lad, go forward; this contents)The rest will comfort, for thy counsel's sound"

TRANIO

aster, you loo('d so longly on the maid,Perhaps you mar('d not what's the pith of all"

LUCENTIO

+ yes, I saw sweet beauty in her face,

.uch as the daughter of Agenor had,That made great 9ove to humble him to her hand"

When with his (nees he (iss'd the 7retan strand"

TRANIO

.aw you no more/ mar('d you not how her sister&egan to scold and raise up such a storm

That mortal ears might hardly endure the din/

LUCENTIO

Tranio, I saw her coral lips to move

And with her breath she did perfume the air).acred and sweet was all I saw in her"

TRANIO

-ay, then, 'tis time to stir him from his trance"I pray, awa(e, sir) if you love the maid,

&end thoughts and wits to achieve her" Thus it stands)

!er eldest sister is so curst and shrewdThat till the father rid his hands of her,

aster, your love must live a maid at home;

And therefore has he closely mew'd her up,

&ecause she will not be annoy'd with suitors"

LUCENTIO

Ah, Tranio, what a cruel father's he3

&ut art thou not advised, he too( some careTo get her cunning schoolmasters to instruct her/


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TRANIO

Ay, marry, am I, sir; and now 'tis plotted"

LUCENTIO

I have it, Tranio"

TRANIO

aster, for my hand,

&oth our inventions meet and ump in one"

LUCENTIO

Tell me thine first"

TRANIO

6ou will be schoolmaster

And underta(e the teaching of the maid)

That's your device"

LUCENTIO

It is) may it be done/

TRANIO

-ot possible; for who shall bear your part,

And be in Padua here %incentio's son,

0eep house and ply his boo(, welcome his friends,%isit his countrymen and ban*uet them/

LUCENTIO&asta; content thee, for I have it full"

We have not yet been seen in any house,-or can we lie distinguish'd by our faces

or man or master; then it follows thus;

Thou shalt be master, Tranio, in my stead,0eep house and port and servants as I should)

I will some other be, some lorentine,

.ome -eapolitan, or meaner man of Pisa"

'Tis hatch'd and shall be so) Tranio, at once4ncase thee; ta(e my colour'd hat and cloa()

When &iondello comes, he waits on thee;&ut I will charm him first to (eep his tongue"

TRANIO

.o had you need"

In brief, sir, sith it your pleasure is,

And I am tied to be obedient;or so your father charged me at our parting,


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'&e serviceable to my son,' *uoth he,

Although I thin( 'twas in another sense;

I am content to be Lucentio,&ecause so well I love Lucentio"

LUCENTIOTranio, be so, because Lucentio loves)

And let me be a slave, to achieve that maidWhose sudden sight hath thrall'd my wounded eye"

!ere comes the rogue"

Enter BION#ELLO

.irrah, where have you been/

BIONDELLO

Where have I been3 -ay, how now3 where are you/aster, has my fellow Tranio stolen your clothes/

+r you stolen his/ or both/ pray, what's the news/

LUCENTIO

.irrah, come hither) 'tis no time to est,

And therefore frame your manners to the time"

6our fellow Tranio here, to save my life,Puts my apparel and my countenance on,

And I for my escape have put on his;

or in a *uarrel since I came ashore

I (ill'd a man and fear I was descried)Wait you on him, I charge you, as becomes,

While I ma(e way from hence to save my life)6ou understand me/

BIONDELLO

I, sir3 ne'er a whit"

LUCENTIO

And not a ot of Tranio in your mouth)Tranio is changed into Lucentio"

BIONDELLO

The better for him) would I were so too3

TRANIO

.o could I, faith, boy, to have the ne:t wish after,

That Lucentio indeed had &aptista's youngest daughter"

&ut, sirrah, not for my sa(e, but your master's, I advise


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6ou use your manners discreetly in all (ind of companies)

When I am alone, why, then I am Tranio;

&ut in all places else your master Lucentio"

LUCENTIO

Tranio, let's go"+ne thing more rests, that thyself e:ecute,

To ma(e one among these wooers)If thou as( me why,

.ufficeth, my reasons are both good and weighty"

E!e"nt

The $resenters ab%&e s$ea'

Fir! Ser"a#!

y lord, you nod; you do not mind the play"

SL$

6es, by .aint Anne, do I" A good matter, surely)7omes there any more of it/

Pa%e

y lord, 'tis but begun"

SL$

'Tis a very e:cellent piece of wor(, madam lady)

Would 'twere done3

The sit and mar'

SCENE II. Padua. Be&'re HORTENSIO(S )'ue

Enter PETRUCHIO and his man GRUMIO

PETRUCHIO

%erona, for a while I ta(e my leave,

To see my friends in Padua, but of ally best beloved and approved friend,!ortensio; and I trow this is his house"

!ere, sirrah $rumio; (noc(, I say"

GRUMIO

0noc(, sir3 whom should I (noc(/ is there man has rebused your worship/


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PETRUCHIO

%illain, I say, (noc( me here soundly"

GRUMIO

0noc( you here, sir3 why, sir, what am I, sir, that

I should (noc( you here, sir/

PETRUCHIO

%illain, I say, (noc( me at this gateAnd rap me well, or I'll (noc( your (nave's pate"

GRUMIO

y master is grown *uarrelsome" I should (noc( you first,

And then I (now after who comes by the worst"

PETRUCHIO

Will it not be/aith, sirrah, an you'll not (noc(, I'll ring it;

I'll try how you can sol, fa, and sing it"

He (rin)s him b the ears

GRUMIO

!elp, masters, help3 my master is mad"

PETRUCHIO

-ow, (noc( when I bid you, sirrah villain3

Enter HORTENSIO

HORTENSIO

!ow now3 what's the matter/ y old friend $rumio3 and my good friend Petruchio3 !ow

do you all at %erona/

PETRUCHIO

.ignior !ortensio, come you to part the fray/

'7on tutto il cuore, ben trovato,' may I say"

HORTENSIO'Alla nostra casa ben venuto, molto honorato signor mio Petruchio"' 8ise, $rumio, rise)we will compound this *uarrel"

GRUMIO

-ay, 'tis no matter, sir, what he 'leges in Latin" if this be not a lawful case for me to leavehis service, loo( you, sir, he bid me (noc( him and rap him soundly, sir) well, was it fit


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for a servant to use his master so, being perhaps, for aught I see, two and thirty, a pip out/

Whom would to $od I had well (noc('d at first, Then had not $rumio come by the worst"

PETRUCHIO

A senseless villain3 $ood !ortensio,

I bade the rascal (noc( upon your gateAnd could not get him for my heart to do it"

GRUMIO

0noc( at the gate3 + heavens3 .pa(e you not these words plain, '.irrah, (noc( me here,

rap me here, (noc( me well, and (noc( me soundly'/ And come you now with, '(noc(ing

at the gate'/

PETRUCHIO

.irrah, be gone, or tal( not, I advise you"

HORTENSIOPetruchio, patience; I am $rumio's pledge)

Why, this's a heavy chance 'twi:t him and you,6our ancient, trusty, pleasant servant $rumio"

And tell me now, sweet friend, what happy gale

&lows you to Padua here from old %erona/

PETRUCHIO

.uch wind as scatters young men through the world,

To see( their fortunes farther than at home

Where small e:perience grows" &ut in a few,

.ignior !ortensio, thus it stands with me)Antonio, my father, is deceased;

And I have thrust myself into this ma#e,!aply to wive and thrive as best I may)

7rowns in my purse I have and goods at home,

And so am come abroad to see the world"

HORTENSIO

Petruchio, shall I then come roundly to thee

And wish thee to a shrewd ill5favour'd wife/

Thou'ldst than( me but a little for my counsel)

And yet I'll promise thee she shall be richAnd very rich) but thou'rt too much my friend,

And I'll not wish thee to her"

PETRUCHIO

.ignior !ortensio, 'twi:t such friends as we

ew words suffice; and therefore, if thou (now

+ne rich enough to be Petruchio's wife,


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As wealth is burden of my wooing dance,

&e she as foul as was lorentius' love,

As old as .ibyl and as curst and shrewdAs .ocrates' anthippe, or a worse,

.he moves me not, or not removes, at least,

Affection's edge in me, were she as roughAs are the swelling Adriatic seas)

I come to wive it wealthily in Padua;

If wealthily, then happily in Padua"

GRUMIO

-ay, loo( you, sir, he tells you flatly what his mind is) Why give him gold enough and

marry him to a puppet or an aglet5baby; or an old trot with ne'er a tooth in her head,

though she have as many diseases as two and fifty horses) why, nothing comes amiss, somoney comes withal"

HORTENSIOPetruchio, since we are stepp'd thus far in,

I will continue that I broach'd in est"I can, Petruchio, help thee to a wife

With wealth enough and young and beauteous,

&rought up as best becomes a gentlewoman)!er only fault, and that is faults enough,

Is that she is intolerable curst

And shrewd and froward, so beyond all measure

That, were my state far worser than it is,I would not wed her for a mine of gold"

PETRUCHIO

!ortensio, peace3 thou (now'st not gold's effect)Tell me her father's name and 'tis enough;

or I will board her, though she chide as loud

As thunder when the clouds in autumn crac("

HORTENSIO

!er father is &aptista inola,

An affable and courteous gentleman)

!er name is 0atharina inola,

8enown'd in Padua for her scolding tongue"

PETRUCHIO

I (now her father, though I (now not her;

And he (new my deceased father well"I will not sleep, !ortensio, till I see her;

And therefore let me be thus bold with you


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To give you over at this first encounter,

4nless you will accompany me thither"

GRUMIO

I pray you, sir, let him go while the humour lasts" +' my word, an she (new him as well

as I do, she would thin( scolding would do little good upon him) she may perhaps callhim half a score (naves or so) why, that's nothing; an he begin once, he'll rail in his rope5

tric(s" I'll tell you what sir, an she stand him but a little, he will throw a figure in her faceand so disfigure her with it that she shall have no more eyes to see withal than a cat" 6ou

(now him not, sir"

HORTENSIO

Tarry, Petruchio, I must go with thee,

or in &aptista's (eep my treasure is)

!e hath the ewel of my life in hold,

!is youngest daughter, beautiful &inaca,

And her withholds from me and other more,.uitors to her and rivals in my love,

.upposing it a thing impossible,or those defects I have before rehearsed,

That ever 0atharina will be woo'd;

Therefore this order hath &aptista ta'en,That none shall have access unto &ianca

Till 0atharina the curst have got a husband"

GRUMIO

0atharina the curst3

A title for a maid of all titles the worst"

HORTENSIO

-ow shall my friend Petruchio do me grace,

And offer me disguised in sober robesTo old &aptista as a schoolmaster

Well seen in music, to instruct &ianca;

That so I may, by this device, at least!ave leave and leisure to ma(e love to her

And unsuspected court her by herself"

Enter GREMIO, and LUCENTIO dis)"ised

GRUMIO

!ere's no (navery3 .ee, to beguile the old fol(s, how the young fol(s lay their headstogether3 aster, master, loo( about you) who goes there, ha/


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HORTENSIO

Peace, $rumio3 it is the rival of my love"

Petruchio, stand by a while"

GRUMIO

A proper stripling and an amorous3

GREMIO

+, very well; I have perused the note"!ar( you, sir) I'll have them very fairly bound)

All boo(s of love, see that at any hand;

And see you read no other lectures to her)6ou understand me) over and beside

.ignior &aptista's liberality,

I'll mend it with a largess" Ta(e your paper too,

And let me have them very well perfumed

or she is sweeter than perfume itselfTo whom they go to" What will you read to her/

LUCENTIO

Whate'er I read to her, I'll plead for youAs for my patron, stand you so assured,

As firmly as yourself were still in place)

6ea, and perhaps with more successful wordsThan you, unless you were a scholar, sir"

GREMIO

+ this learning, what a thing it is3

GRUMIO

+ this woodcoc(, what an ass it is3

PETRUCHIO

Peace, sirrah3

HORTENSIO

$rumio, mum3 $od save you, .ignior $remio"

GREMIOAnd you are well met, .ignior !ortensio"

Trow you whither I am going/ To &aptista inola"

I promised to in*uire carefullyAbout a schoolmaster for the fair &ianca)

And by good fortune I have lighted well

+n this young man, for learning and behavior


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it for her turn, well read in poetry

And other boo(s, good ones, I warrant ye"

HORTENSIO

'Tis well; and I have met a gentleman

!ath promised me to help me to another,A fine musician to instruct our mistress;

.o shall I no whit be behind in dutyTo fair &ianca, so beloved of me"

GREMIO

&eloved of me; and that my deeds shall prove"

GRUMIO

And that his bags shall prove"

HORTENSIO$remio, 'tis now no time to vent our love)

Listen to me, and if you spea( me fair,I'll tell you news indifferent good for either"

!ere is a gentleman whom by chance I met,

4pon agreement from us to his li(ing,Will underta(e to woo curst 0atharina,

6ea, and to marry her, if her dowry please"

GREMIO

.o said, so done, is well"

!ortensio, have you told him all her faults/

PETRUCHIO

I (now she is an ir(some brawling scold)

If that be all, masters, I hear no harm"

GREMIO

-o, say'st me so, friend/ What countryman/

PETRUCHIO

&orn in %erona, old Antonio's son)

y father dead, my fortune lives for me;And I do hope good days and long to see"

GREMIO

+ sir, such a life, with such a wife, were strange3&ut if you have a stomach, to't i' $od's name)

6ou shall have me assisting you in all"

&ut will you woo this wild5cat/


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PETRUCHIO

Will I live/

GRUMIO

Will he woo her/ ay, or I'll hang her"

PETRUCHIO

Why came I hither but to that intent/

Thin( you a little din can daunt mine ears/!ave I not in my time heard lions roar/

!ave I not heard the sea puff'd up with winds

8age li(e an angry boar chafed with sweat/!ave I not heard great ordnance in the field,

And heaven's artillery thunder in the s(ies/

!ave I not in a pitched battle heard

Loud 'larums, neighing steeds, and trumpets' clang/

And do you tell me of a woman's tongue,That gives not half so great a blow to hear

As will a chestnut in a farmer's fire/Tush, tush3 fear boys with bugs"

GRUMIO

or he fears none"

GREMIO

!ortensio, har()

This gentleman is happily arrived,

y mind presumes, for his own good and ours"

HORTENSIO

I promised we would be contributors

And bear his charging of wooing, whatsoe'er"

GREMIO

And so we will, provided that he win her"

GRUMIO

I would I were as sure of a good dinner"

Enter TRANIO bra&e, and BION#ELLO

TRANIO

$entlemen, $od save you" If I may be bold,Tell me, I beseech you, which is the readiest way

To the house of .ignior &aptista inola/


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BIONDELLO

!e that has the two fair daughters) is't he you mean/

TRANIO


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HORTENSIO

That she's the chosen of .ignior !ortensio"

TRANIO

.oftly, my masters3 if you be gentlemen,

=o me this right; hear me with patience"&aptista is a noble gentleman,

To whom my father is not all un(nown;And were his daughter fairer than she is,

.he may more suitors have and me for one"

air Leda's daughter had a thousand wooers;Then well one more may fair &ianca have)

And so she shall; Lucentio shall ma(e one,

Though Paris came in hope to speed alone"

GREMIO

What3 this gentleman will out5tal( us all"

LUCENTIO

.ir, give him head) I (now he'll prove a ade"

PETRUCHIO

!ortensio, to what end are all these words/

HORTENSIO

.ir, let me be so bold as as( you,

=id you yet ever see &aptista's daughter/

TRANIO

-o, sir; but hear I do that he hath two,

The one as famous for a scolding tongue

As is the other for beauteous modesty"

PETRUCHIO

.ir, sir, the first's for me; let her go by"

GREMIO

6ea, leave that labour to great !ercules;

And let it be more than Alcides' twelve"

PETRUCHIO

.ir, understand you this of me in sooth)

The younges t daughter whom you hear(en for!er father (eeps from all access of suitors,

And will not promise her to any man


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4ntil the elder sister first be wed)

The younger then is free and not before"

TRANIO

If it be so, sir, that you are the man

ust stead us all and me amongst the rest,And if you brea( the ice and do this feat,

Achieve the elder, set the younger freeor our access, whose hap shall be to have her

Will not so graceless be to be ingrate"

HORTENSIO

.ir, you say well and well you do conceive;

And since you do profess to be a suitor,

6ou must, as we do, gratify this gentleman,

To whom we all rest generally beholding"

TRANIO

.ir, I shall not be slac() in sign whereof,

Please ye we may contrive this afternoon,

And *uaff carouses to our mistress' health,And do as adversaries do in law,

.trive mightily, but eat and drin( as friends"

GRUMIO a#d BIONDELLO

+ e:cellent motion3 ellows, let's be gone"

HORTENSIOThe motion's good indeed and be it so,

Petruchio, I shall be your ben venuto"

SCENE I. Padua. A r''* i# BAPTISTA(S )'ue

Enter KATHARINA and BIANCA

BIANCA

$ood sister, wrong me not, nor wrong yourself,

To ma(e a bondmaid and a slave of me;That I disdain) but for these other goods,

4nbind my hands, I'll pull them off myself,

6ea, all my raiment, to my petticoat;+r what you will command me will I do,

.o well I (now my duty to my elders"


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KATHARINA

+f all thy suitors, here I charge thee, tell

Whom thou lovest best) see thou dissemble not"

BIANCA

&elieve me, sister, of all the men aliveI never yet beheld that special face

Which I could fancy more than any other"

KATHARINA

inion, thou liest" Is't not !ortensio/

BIANCA

If you affect him, sister, here I swearI'll plead for you myself, but you shall have him"

KATHARINA+ then, beli(e, you fancy riches more)

6ou will have $remio to (eep you fair"

BIANCA

Is it for him you do envy me so/

-ay then you est, and now I well perceive

6ou have but ested with me all this while)I prithee, sister 0ate, untie my hands"

KATHARINA

If that be est, then all the rest was so"

Stri'es her

Enter BAPTISTA

BAPTISTA

Why, how now, dame3 whence grows this insolence/

&ianca, stand aside" Poor girl3 she weeps"

$o ply thy needle; meddle not with her"or shame, thou hilding of a devilish spirit,

Why dost thou wrong her that did ne'er wrong thee/When did she cross thee with a bitter word/

KATHARINA

!er silence flouts me, and I'll be revenged"

*+ies ater BIANCA


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BAPTISTA

What, in my sight/ &ianca, get thee in"

E!it BIANCA

KATHARINAWhat, will you not suffer me/ -ay, now I see

.he is your treasure, she must have a husband;

I must dance bare5foot on her wedding dayAnd for your love to her lead apes in hell"

Tal( not to me) I will go sit and weep

Till I can find occasion of revenge"

E!it

BAPTISTA

Was ever gentleman thus grieved as I/&ut who comes here/

Enter GREMIO, LUCENTIO in the habit % a mean man- PETRUCHIO, (ith

HORTENSIO as a m"siian- and TRANIO, (ith BION#ELLO bearin) a +"te and b%%'s

GREMIO

$ood morrow, neighbour &aptista"

BAPTISTA

$ood morrow, neighbour $remio"

$od save you, gentlemen3

PETRUCHIO

And you, good sir3 Pray, have you not a daughter

7all'd 0atharina, fair and virtuous/

BAPTISTA

I have a daughter, sir, called 0atharina"

GREMIO

6ou are too blunt) go to it orderly"

PETRUCHIO

6ou wrong me, .ignior $remio) give me leave"

I am a gentleman of %erona, sir,

That, hearing of her beauty and her wit,!er affability and bashful modesty,

!er wondrous *ualities and mild behavior,

Am bold to show myself a forward guest


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Within your house, to ma(e mine eye the witness

+f that report which I so oft have heard"

And, for an entrance to my entertainment,I do present you with a man of mine,

Presentin) HORTENSIO

7unning in music and the mathematics,

To instruct her fully in those sciences,Whereof I (now she is not ignorant)

Accept of him, or else you do me wrong)

!is name is Licio, born in antua"

BAPTISTA

6ou're welcome, sir; and he, for your good sa(e"

&ut for my daughter 0atharina, this I (now,

.he is not for your turn, the more my grief"

PETRUCHIO

I see you do not mean to part with her,

+r else you li(e not of my company"

BAPTISTA

ista(e me not; I spea( but as I find"Whence are you, sir/ what may I call your name/

PETRUCHIO

Petruchio is my name; Antonio's son,A man well (nown throughout all Italy"

BAPTISTA

I (now him well) you are welcome for his sa(e"

GREMIO

.aving your tale, Petruchio, I pray,Let us, that are poor petitioners, spea( too)

&accare3 you are marvellous forward"

PETRUCHIO+, pardon me, .ignior $remio; I would fain be doing"

GREMIO

I doubt it not, sir; but you will curse your wooing" -eighbour, this is a gift very grateful, I

am sure of it" To e:press the li(e (indness, myself, that have been more (indly beholding

to you than any, freely give unto you this young scholar, >Presentin) LUCENTIO? that


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hath been long studying at 8heims; as cunning in $ree(, Latin, and other languages, as

the other in music and mathematics) his name is 7ambio; pray, accept his service"

BAPTISTA

A thousand than(s, .ignior $remio" Welcome, good 7ambio" 1T% TRANIO2 &ut, gentle

sir, methin(s you wal( li(e a stranger) may I be so bold to (now the cause of yourcoming/

TRANIO

Pardon me, sir, the boldness is mine own,

That, being a stranger in this city here,

=o ma(e myself a suitor to your daughter,4nto &ianca, fair and virtuous"

-or is your firm resolve un(nown to me,

In the preferment of the eldest sister"

This liberty is all that I re*uest,

That, upon (nowledge of my parentage,I may have welcome 'mongst the rest that woo

And free access and favour as the rest)And, toward the education of your daughters,

I here bestow a simple instrument,

And this small pac(et of $ree( and Latin boo(s)If you accept them, then their worth is great"

BAPTISTA

Lucentio is your name; of whence, I pray/

TRANIO+f Pisa, sir; son to %incentio"

BAPTISTA

A mighty man of Pisa; by report

I (now him well) you are very welcome, sir,

Ta(e you the lute, and you the set of boo(s;6ou shall go see your pupils presently"

!olla, within3

Enter a Ser&ant

.irrah, lead these gentlemenTo my daughters; and tell them both,

These are their tutors) bid them use them well"

E!it Ser&ant, (ith LUCENTIO and HORTENSIO, BION#ELLO %++%(in)


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We will go wal( a little in the orchard,

And then to dinner" 6ou are passing welcome,

And so I pray you all to thin( yourselves"

PETRUCHIO

.ignior &aptista, my business as(eth haste,And every day I cannot come to woo"

6ou (new my father well, and in him me,Left solely heir to all his lands and goods,

Which I have better'd rather than decreased)

Then tell me, if I get your daughter's love,What dowry shall I have with her to wife/

BAPTISTA

After my death the one half of my lands,

And in possession twenty thousand crowns"

PETRUCHIO

And, for that dowry, I'll assure her of

!er widowhood, be it that she survive me,

In all my lands and leases whatsoever)Let specialties be therefore drawn between us,

That covenants may be (ept on either hand"

BAPTISTA

Ay, when the special thing is well obtain'd,

That is, her love; for that is all in all"

PETRUCHIO

Why, that is nothing) for I tell you, father,I am as peremptory as she proud5minded;

And where two raging fires meet together

They do consume the thing that feeds their fury)

Though little fire grows great with little wind,6et e:treme gusts will blow out fire and all)

.o I to her and so she yields to me;

or I am rough and woo not li(e a babe"

BAPTISTAWell mayst thou woo, and happy be thy speed3

&ut be thou arm'd for some unhappy words"

PETRUCHIO

Ay, to the proof; as mountains are for winds,

That sha(e not, though they blow perpetually"


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Re/enter HORTENSIO, (ith his head br%'e

BAPTISTA

!ow now, my friend3 why dost thou loo( so pale/

HORTENSIOor fear, I promise you, if I loo( pale"

BAPTISTA

What, will my daughter prove a good musician/

HORTENSIO

I thin( she'll sooner prove a soldier

Iron may hold with her, but never lutes"

BAPTISTA

Why, then thou canst not brea( her to the lute/

HORTENSIO

Why, no; for she hath bro(e the lute to me"

I did but tell her she mistoo( her frets,

And bow'd her hand to teach her fingering;When, with a most impatient devilish spirit,

'rets, call you these/' *uoth she; 'I'll fume with them)'

And, with that word, she struc( me on the head,And through the instrument my pate made way;

And there I stood ama#ed for a while,

As on a pillory, loo(ing through the lute;While she did call me rascal fiddlerAnd twangling 9ac(; with twenty such vile terms,

As had she studied to misuse me so"

PETRUCHIO

-ow, by the world, it is a lusty wench;

I love her ten times more than e'er I did)

+, how I long to have some chat with her3

BAPTISTA

Well, go with me and be not so discomfited)Proceed in practise with my younger daughter;

.he's apt to learn and than(ful for good turns"

.ignior Petruchio, will you go with us,+r shall I send my daughter 0ate to you/

PETRUCHIO

I pray you do"


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E!e"nt a++ b"t PETRUCHIO

I will attend her here,

And woo her with some spirit when she comes".ay that she rail; why then I'll tell her plain

.he sings as sweetly as a nightingale).ay that she frown, I'll say she loo(s as clear

As morning roses newly wash'd with dew).ay she be mute and will not spea( a word;

Then I'll commend her volubility,

And say she uttereth piercing elo*uence)If she do bid me pac(, I'll give her than(s,

As though she bid me stay by her a wee()

If she deny to wed, I'll crave the dayWhen I shall as( the banns and when be married"

&ut here she comes; and now, Petruchio, spea("

Enter KATHARINA

$ood morrow, 0ate; for that's your name, I hear"

KATHARINA

Well have you heard, but something hard of hearing)

They call me 0atharina that do tal( of me"

PETRUCHIO

6ou lie, in faith; for you are call'd plain 0ate,

And bonny 0ate and sometimes 0ate the curst;&ut 0ate, the prettiest 0ate in 7hristendom

0ate of 0ate !all, my super5dainty 0ate,or dainties are all 0ates, and therefore, 0ate,

Ta(e this of me, 0ate of my consolation;

!earing thy mildness praised in every town,

Thy virtues spo(e of, and thy beauty sounded,6et not so deeply as to thee belongs,

yself am moved to woo thee for my wife"

KATHARINA

oved3 in good time) let him that moved you hither8emove you hence) I (new you at the first

6ou were a moveable"

PETRUCHIO

Why, what's a moveable/


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KATHARINA

A oin'd5stool"

PETRUCHIO

Thou hast hit it) come, sit on me"

KATHARINA

Asses are made to bear, and so are you"

PETRUCHIO

Women are made to bear, and so are you"

KATHARINA

-o such ade as you, if me you mean"

PETRUCHIO

Alas3 good 0ate, I will not burden thee;or, (nowing thee to be but young and light55

KATHARINA

Too light for such a swain as you to catch;

And yet as heavy as my weight should be"

PETRUCHIO

.hould be3 should55bu##3

KATHARINA

Well ta'en, and li(e a bu##ard"

PETRUCHIO

+ slow5wing'd turtle3 shall a bu##ard ta(e thee/

KATHARINA

Ay, for a turtle, as he ta(es a bu##ard"

PETRUCHIO

7ome, come, you wasp; i' faith, you are too angry"

KATHARINAIf I be waspish, best beware my sting"

PETRUCHIO

y remedy is then, to pluc( it out"

KATHARINA

Ay, if the fool could find it where it lies,


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PETRUCHIO

Who (nows not where a wasp does wear his sting/ In his tail"

KATHARINA

In his tongue"

PETRUCHIO

Whose tongue/

KATHARINA

6ours, if you tal( of tails) and so farewell"

PETRUCHIO

What, with my tongue in your tail/ nay, come again,

$ood 0ate; I am a gentleman"

KATHARINAThat I'll try"

She stri'es him

PETRUCHIO

I swear I'll cuff you, if you stri(e again"

KATHARINA

.o may you lose your arms)

If you stri(e me, you are no gentleman;

And if no gentleman, why then no arms"

PETRUCHIO

A herald, 0ate/ +, put me in thy boo(s3

KATHARINA

What is your crest/ a co:comb/

PETRUCHIO

A combless coc(, so 0ate will be my hen"

KATHARINA-o coc( of mine; you crow too li(e a craven"

PETRUCHIO

-ay, come, 0ate, come; you must not loo( so sour"

KATHARINA

It is my fashion, when I see a crab"


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PETRUCHIO

Why, here's no crab; and therefore loo( not sour"

KATHARINA

There is, there is"

PETRUCHIO

Then show it me"

KATHARINA

!ad I a glass, I would"

PETRUCHIO

What, you mean my face/

KATHARINA

Well aim'd of such a young one"

PETRUCHIO

-ow, by .aint $eorge, I am too young for you"

KATHARINA

6et you are wither'd"

PETRUCHIO

'Tis with cares"

KATHARINAI care not"

PETRUCHIO

-ay, hear you, 0ate) in sooth you scape not so"

KATHARINA

I chafe you, if I tarry) let me go"

PETRUCHIO

-o, not a whit) I find you passing gentle"

'Twas told me you were rough and coy and sullen,And now I find report a very liar;

or thou are pleasant, gamesome, passing courteous,&ut slow in speech, yet sweet as spring5time flowers)

Thou canst not frown, thou canst not loo( as(ance,

-or bite the lip, as angry wenches will,-or hast thou pleasure to be cross in tal(,

&ut thou with mildness entertain'st thy wooers,


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With gentle conference, soft and affable"

Why does the world report that 0ate doth limp/

+ slanderous world3 0ate li(e the ha#el5twigIs straight and slender and as brown in hue

As ha#el nuts and sweeter than the (ernels"

+, let me see thee wal() thou dost not halt"

KATHARINA

$o, fool, and whom thou (eep'st command"

PETRUCHIO

=id ever =ian so become a groveAs 0ate this chamber with her princely gait/

+, be thou =ian, and let her be 0ate;

And then let 0ate be chaste and =ian sportful3

KATHARINAWhere did you study all this goodly speech/

PETRUCHIO

It is e:tempore, from my mother5wit"

KATHARINA

A witty mother3 witless else her son"

PETRUCHIO

Am I not wise/

KATHARINA

6es; (eep you warm"

PETRUCHIO

arry, so I mean, sweet 0atharina, in thy bed)

And therefore, setting all this chat aside,

Thus in plain terms) your father hath consentedThat you shall be my wife; your dowry 'greed on;

And, Will you, nill you, I will marry you"

-ow, 0ate, I am a husband for your turn;

or, by this light, whereby I see thy beauty,Thy beauty, that doth ma(e me li(e thee well,

Thou must be married to no man but me;

or I am he am born to tame you 0ate,And bring you from a wild 0ate to a 0ate

7onformable as other household 0ates"

!ere comes your father) never ma(e denial;I must and will have 0atharina to my wife"


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Re/enter BAPTISTA, GREMIO, and TRANIO

BAPTISTA

-ow, .ignior Petruchio, how speed you with my daughter/

PETRUCHIO!ow but well, sir/ how but well/

It were impossible I should speed amiss"

BAPTISTA

Why, how now, daughter 0atharina3 in your dumps/

KATHARINA

7all you me daughter/ now, I promise you

6ou have show'd a tender fatherly regard,

To wish me wed to one half lunatic;

A mad5cup ruffian and a swearing 9ac(,That thin(s with oaths to face the matter out"

PETRUCHIO

ather, 'tis thus) yourself and all the world,

That tal('d of her, have tal('d amiss of her)

If she be curst, it is for policy,

or she's not froward, but modest as the dove;.he is not hot, but temperate as the morn;

or patience she will prove a second $rissel,

And 8oman Lucrece for her chastity)

And to conclude, we have 'greed so well together,That upon .unday is the wedding5day"

KATHARINA

I'll see thee hang'd on .unday first"

GREMIO

!ar(, Petruchio; she says she'll see thee hang'd first"

TRANIO

Is this your speeding/ nay, then, good night our part3

PETRUCHIO

&e patient, gentlemen; I choose her for myself)

If she and I be pleased, what's that to you/

'Tis bargain'd 'twi:t us twain, being alone,That she shall still be curst in company"

I tell you, 'tis incredible to believe

!ow much she loves me) +, the (indest 0ate3


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.he hung about my nec(; and (iss on (iss

.he vied so fast, protesting oath on oath,

That in a twin( she won me to her love"+, you are novices3 'tis a world to see,

!ow tame, when men and women are alone,

A meacoc( wretch can ma(e the curstest shrew"$ive me thy hand, 0ate) I will unto %enice,

To buy apparel 'gainst the wedding5day"

Provide the feast, father, and bid the guests;I will be sure my 0atharina shall be fine"

BAPTISTA

I (now not what to say) but give me your hands;

$od send you oy, Petruchio3 'tis a match"

GREMIO a#d TRANIO

Amen, say we) we will be witnesses"

PETRUCHIO

ather, and wife, and gentlemen, adieu;

I will to %enice; .unday comes apace)We will have rings and things and fine array;

And (iss me, 0ate, we will be married o' .unday"

E!e"nt PETRUCHIO and KATHARINA se&era++

GREMIO

Was ever match clapp'd up so suddenly/

BAPTISTA

aith, gentlemen, now I play a merchant's part,

And venture madly on a desperate mart"

TRANIO

'Twas a commodity lay fretting by you)

'Twill bring you gain, or perish on the seas"

BAPTISTA

The gain I see( is, *uiet in the match"

GREMIO

-o doubt but he hath got a *uiet catch"

&ut now, &aptists, to your younger daughter)-ow is the day we long have loo(ed for)

I am your neighbour, and was suitor first"


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TRANIO

And I am one that love &ianca more

Than words can witness, or your thoughts can guess"

GREMIO

6oungling, thou canst not love so dear as I"

TRANIO

$raybeard, thy love doth free#e"

GREMIO

&ut thine doth fry"

.(ipper, stand bac() 'tis age that nourisheth"

TRANIO

&ut youth in ladies' eyes that flourisheth"

BAPTISTA

7ontent you, gentlemen) I will compound this strife)

'Tis deeds must win the pri#e; and he of bothThat can assure my daughter greatest dower

.hall have my &ianca's love"

.ay, .ignior $remio, What can you assure her/

GREMIO

irst, as you (now, my house within the city

Is richly furnished with plate and gold;

&asins and ewers to lave her dainty hands;y hangings all of Tyrian tapestry;In ivory coffers I have stuff'd my crowns;

In cypress chests my arras counterpoints,

7ostly apparel, tents, and canopies,ine linen, Tur(ey cushions boss'd with pearl,

%alance of %enice gold in needlewor(,

Pewter and brass and all things that belongTo house or house(eeping) then, at my farm

I have a hundred milch5(ine to the pail,

.i:score fat o:en standing in my stalls,

And all things answerable to this portion"yself am struc( in years, I must confess;

And if I die to5morrow, this is hers,

If whilst I live she will be only mine"

TRANIO

That 'only' came well in" .ir, list to me)

I am my father's heir and only son)


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If I may have your daughter to my wife,

I'll leave her houses three or four as good,

Within rich Pisa walls, as any one+ld .ignior $remio has in Padua;

&esides two thousand ducats by the year

+f fruitful land, all which shall be her ointure"What, have I pinch'd you, .ignior $remio/

GREMIO

Two thousand ducats by the year of land3

y land amounts not to so much in all)That she shall have; besides an argosy

That now is lying in arseilles' road"

What, have I cho(ed you with an argosy/

TRANIO

$remio, 'tis (nown my father hath no lessThan three great argosies; besides two galliases,

And twelve tight galleys) these I will assure her,And twice as much, whate'er thou offer'st ne:t"

GREMIO

-ay, I have offer'd all, I have no more;

And she can have no more than all I have)If you li(e me, she shall have me and mine"

TRANIO

Why, then the maid is mine from all the world,&y your firm promise) $remio is out5vied"

BAPTISTA

I must confess your offer is the best;

And, let your father ma(e her the assurance,

.he is your own; else, you must pardon me,if you should die before him, where's her dower/

TRANIO

That's but a cavil) he is old, I young"

GREMIO

And may not young men die, as well as old/

BAPTISTA

Well, gentlemen,

I am thus resolved) on .unday ne:t you (nowy daughter 0atharina is to be married)


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-ow, on the .unday following, shall &ianca

&e bride to you, if you this assurance;

If not, .ignior $remio)And so, I ta(e my leave, and than( you both"

GREMIOAdieu, good neighbour"

E!it BAPTISTA

-ow I fear thee not).irrah young gamester, your father were a fool

To give thee all, and in his waning age

.et foot under thy table) tut, a toy3An old Italian fo: is not so (ind, my boy"

E!it

TRANIO

A vengeance on your crafty wither'd hide36et I have faced it with a card of ten"

'Tis in my head to do my master good)

I see no reason but supposed Lucentio

ust get a father, call'd 'supposed %incentio;'And that's a wonder) fathers commonly

=o get their children; but in this case of wooing,A child shall get a sire, if I fail not of my cunning"

E!it

SCENE I. Padua. BAPTISTA(S )'ue

Enter LUCENTIO, HORTENSIO, and BIANCA

LUCENTIOiddler, forbear; you grow too forward, sir)

!ave you so soon forgot the entertainment

!er sister 0atharina welcomed you withal/

HORTENSIO

&ut, wrangling pedant, this is

The patroness of heavenly harmony)


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Then give me leave to have prerogative;

And when in music we have spent an hour,

6our lecture shall have leisure for as much"

LUCENTIO

Preposterous ass, that never read so farTo (now the cause why music was ordain'd3

Was it not to refresh the mind of manAfter his studies or his usual pain/

Then give me leave to read philosophy,

And while I pause, serve in your harmony"

HORTENSIO

.irrah, I will not bear these braves of thine"

BIANCA

Why, gentlemen, you do me double wrong,To strive for that which resteth in my choice)

I am no breeching scholar in the schools;

I'll not be tied to hours nor 'pointed times,

&ut learn my lessons as I please myself"And, to cut off all strife, here sit we down)

Ta(e you your instrument, play you the whiles;

!is lecture will be done ere you have tuned"

HORTENSIO

6ou'll leave his lecture when I am in tune/

LUCENTIO

That will be never) tune your instrument"

BIANCA

Where left we last/

LUCENTIO

!ere, madam)

'!ic ibat .imois; hic est .igeia tellus;!ic steterat Priami regia celsa senis"'

BIANCA

7onstrue them"

LUCENTIO

'!ic ibat,' as I told you before, '.imois,' I am Lucentio, 'hic est,' son unto %incentio of

Pisa, '.igeia tellus,' disguised thus to get your love; '!ic steterat,' and that Lucentio that


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comes a5wooing, 'Priami,' is my man Tranio, 'regia,' bearing my port, 'celsa senis,' that we

might beguile the old pantaloon"

HORTENSIO

adam, my instrument's in tune"

BIANCA

Let's hear" + fie3 the treble ars"

LUCENTIO

.pit in the hole, man, and tune again"

BIANCA

-ow let me see if I can construe it) '!ic ibat .imois,' I (now you not, 'hic est .igeia

tellus,' I trust you not; '!ic steterat Priami,' ta(e heed he hear us not, 'regia,' presume not,

'celsa senis,' despair not"

HORTENSIO

adam, 'tis now in tune"

LUCENTIO

All but the base"

HORTENSIO

The base is right; 'tis the base (nave that ars"

1Aside2 !ow fiery and forward our pedant is3

-ow, for my life, the (nave doth court my love)

Pedascule, I'll watch you better yet"

BIANCA

In time I may believe, yet I mistrust"

LUCENTIO

istrust it not) for, sure, A


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LUCENTIO

Are you so formal, sir/ well, I must wait,

1Aside2 And watch withal; for, but I be deceived,+ur fine musician groweth amorous"

HORTENSIOadam, before you touch the instrument,

To learn the order of my fingering,I must begin with rudiments of art;

To teach you gamut in a briefer sort,

ore pleasant, pithy and effectual,Than hath been taught by any of my trade)

And there it is in writing, fairly drawn"

BIANCA

Why, I am past my gamut long ago"

HORTENSIO

6et read the gamut of !ortensio"

BIANCA

18eads2 ''$amut' I am, the ground of all accord,'A re,' to Plead !ortensio's passion;

'& mi,' &ianca, ta(e him for thy lord,

'7 fa ut,' that loves with all affection)'= sol re,' one clef, two notes have I)

'< la mi,' show pity, or I die"'

7all you this gamut/ tut, I li(e it not)+ld fashions please me best; I am not so nice,To change true rules for old inventions"

Enter a Ser&ant

Ser"a#!

istress, your father prays you leave your boo(sAnd help to dress your sister's chamber up)

6ou (now to5morrow is the wedding5day"

BIANCAarewell, sweet masters both; I must be gone"

E!e"nt BIANCA and Ser&ant

LUCENTIO

aith, mistress, then I have no cause to stay"


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E!it

HORTENSIO

&ut I have cause to pry into this pedant)ethin(s he loo(s as though he were in love)

6et if thy thoughts, &ianca, be so humbleTo cast thy wandering eyes on every stale,

.ei#e thee that list) if once I find thee ranging,!ortensio will be *uit with thee by changing"

E!it

SCENE II. Padua. Be&'re BAPTISTA(S )'ue

Enter BAPTISTA, GREMIO, TRANIO, KATHARINA, BIANCA, LUCENTIO, and %thers,attendants

BAPTISTA

1To T8A-I+2 .ignior Lucentio, this is the 'pointed day"That 0atharina and Petruchio should be married,

And yet we hear not of our son5in5law"

What will be said/ what moc(ery will it be,

To want the bridegroom when the priest attendsTo spea( the ceremonial rites of marriage3

What says Lucentio to this shame of ours/

KATHARINA

-o shame but mine) I must, forsooth, be forced

To give my hand opposed against my heart

4nto a mad5brain rudesby full of spleen;

Who woo'd in haste and means to wed at leisure"I told you, I, he was a frantic fool,

!iding his bitter ests in blunt behavior)

And, to be noted for a merry man,!e'll woo a thousand, 'point the day of marriage,

a(e feasts, invite friends, and proclaim the banns;6et never means to wed where he hath woo'd"-ow must the world point at poor 0atharina,

And say, 'Lo, there is mad Petruchio's wife,

If it would please him come and marry her3'

TRANIO

Patience, good 0atharina, and &aptista too"


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4pon my life, Petruchio means but well,

Whatever fortune stays him from his word)

Though he be blunt, I (now him passing wise;Though he be merry, yet withal he's honest"

KATHARINAWould 0atharina had never seen him though3

E!it (ee$in), %++%(ed b BIANCA and %thers

BAPTISTA

$o, girl; I cannot blame thee now to weep;

or such an inury would ve: a very saint,

uch more a shrew of thy impatient humour"

Enter BION#ELLO

BIONDELLO

aster, master3 news, old news, and such news as you never heard of3

BAPTISTA

Is it new and old too/ how may that be/

BIONDELLO

Why, is it not news, to hear of Petruchio's coming/

BAPTISTA

Is he come/

BIONDELLO

Why, no, sir"

BAPTISTA

What then/

BIONDELLO

!e is coming"

BAPTISTAWhen will he be here/

BIONDELLO

When he stands where I am and sees you there"

TRANIO

&ut say, what to thine old news/


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BIONDELLO

Why, Petruchio is coming in a new hat and an old er(in, a pair of old breeches thrice

turned, a pair of boots that have been candle5cases, one buc(led, another laced, an oldrusty sword ta'en out of the town5armory, with a bro(en hilt, and chapeless; with two

bro(en points) his horse hipped with an old mothy saddle and stirrups of no (indred;

besides, possessed with the glanders and li(e to mose in the chine; troubled with thelampass, infected with the fashions, full of wingdalls, sped with spavins, rayed with

yellows, past cure of the fives, star( spoiled with the staggers, begnawn with the bots,

swayed in the bac( and shoulder5shotten; near5legged before and with, a half5che*ued bitand a head5stall of sheep's leather which, being restrained to (eep him from stumbling,

hath been often burst and now repaired with (nots; one girth si: time pieced and a

woman's crupper of velour, which hath two letters for her name fairly set down in studs,

and here and there pieced with pac(thread"

BAPTISTA

Who comes with him/

BIONDELLO

+, sir, his lac(ey, for all the world caparisoned li(e the horse; with a linen stoc( on oneleg and a (ersey boot5hose on the other, gartered with a red and blue list; an old hat and

'the humour of forty fancies' pric(ed in't for a feather) a monster, a very monster in

apparel, and not li(e a 7hristian footboy or a gentleman's lac(ey"

TRANIO

'Tis some odd humour pric(s him to this fashion;

6et oftentimes he goes but mean5apparell'd"

BAPTISTAI am glad he's come, howsoe'er he comes"

BIONDELLO

Why, sir, he comes not"

BAPTISTA

=idst thou not say he comes/

BIONDELLO

Who/ that Petruchio came/

BAPTISTA

Ay, that Petruchio came"

BIONDELLO

-o, sir, I say his horse comes, with him on his bac("


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BAPTISTA

Why, that's all one"

BIONDELLO

-ay, by .aint 9amy,

I hold you a penny,A horse and a man

Is more than one,And yet not many"

Enter PETRUCHIO and GRUMIO

PETRUCHIO

7ome, where be these gallants/ who's at home/

BAPTISTA

6ou are welcome, sir"

PETRUCHIO

And yet I come not well"

BAPTISTA

And yet you halt not"

TRANIO

-ot so well apparell'd

As I wish you were"

PETRUCHIO

Were it better, I should rush in thus"

&ut where is 0ate/ where is my lovely bride/

!ow does my father/ $entles, methin(s you frown)And wherefore ga#e this goodly company,

As if they saw some wondrous monument,

.ome comet or unusual prodigy/

BAPTISTA

Why, sir, you (now this is your wedding5day)

irst were we sad, fearing you would not come;-ow sadder, that you come so unprovided"ie, doff this habit, shame to your estate,

An eye5sore to our solemn festival3

TRANIO

And tells us, what occasion of import


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!ath all so long detain'd you from your wife,

And sent you hither so unli(e yourself/

PETRUCHIO

Tedious it were to tell, and harsh to hear)

.ufficeth I am come to (eep my word,Though in some part enforced to digress;

Which, at more leisure, I will so e:cuseAs you shall well be satisfied withal"

&ut where is 0ate/ I stay too long from her)

The morning wears, 'tis time we were at church"

TRANIO

.ee not your bride in these unreverent robes)

$o to my chamber; Put on clothes of mine"

PETRUCHIO-ot I, believe me) thus I'll visit her"

BAPTISTA

&ut thus, I trust, you will not marry her"

PETRUCHIO

$ood sooth, even thus; therefore ha' done with words)To me she's married, not unto my clothes)

7ould I repair what she will wear in me,

As I can change these poor accoutrements,

'Twere well for 0ate and better for myself"&ut what a fool am I to chat with you,

When I should bid good morrow to my bride,And seal the title with a lovely (iss3

E!e"nt PETRUCHIO and GRUMIO

TRANIO

!e hath some meaning in his mad attire)

We will persuade him, be it possible,To put on better ere he go to church"

BAPTISTA

I'll after him, and see the event of this"

E!e"nt BAPTISTA, GREMIO, and attendants

TRANIO

&ut to her love concerneth us to add


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!er father's li(ing) which to bring to pass,

As I before unparted to your worship,

I am to get a man,55whate'er he be,It s(ills not much" we'll fit him to our turn,55

And he shall be %incentio of Pisa;

And ma(e assurance here in Padua+f greater sums than I have promised"

.o shall you *uietly enoy your hope,

And marry sweet &ianca with consent"

LUCENTIO

Were it not that my fellow5school5master

=oth watch &ianca's steps so narrowly,

'Twere good, methin(s, to steal our marriage;Which once perform'd, let all the world say no,

I'll (eep mine own, despite of all the world"

TRANIO

That by degrees we mean to loo( into,And watch our vantage in this business)

We'll over5reach the greybeard, $remio,

The narrow5prying father, inola,The *uaint musician, amorous Licio;

All for my master's sa(e, Lucentio"

Re/enter GREMIO

.ignior $remio, came you from the church/

GREMIO

As willingly as e'er I came from school"

TRANIO

And is the bride and bridegroom coming home/

GREMIO

A bridegroom say you/ 'tis a groom indeed,A grumbling groom, and that the girl shall find"

TRANIO

7urster than she/ why, 'tis impossible"

GREMIO

Why he's a devil, a devil, a very fiend"


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TRANIO

Why, she's a devil, a devil, the devil's dam"

GREMIO

Tut, she's a lamb, a dove, a fool to him3

I'll tell you, .ir Lucentio) when the priest.hould as(, if 0atharina should be his wife,

'Ay, by gogs5wouns,' *uoth he; and swore so loud,That, all5ama#ed, the priest let fall the boo(;

And, as he stoop'd again to ta(e it up,

The mad5brain'd bridegroom too( him such a cuffThat down fell priest and boo( and boo( and priest)

'-ow ta(e them up,' *uoth he, 'if any list"'

TRANIO

What said the wench when he rose again/

GREMIO

Trembled and shoo(; for why, he stamp'd and swore,

As if the vicar meant to co#en him"

&ut after many ceremonies done,!e calls for wine) 'A health3' *uoth he, as if

!e had been aboard, carousing to his mates

After a storm; *uaff'd off the muscadelAnd threw the sops all in the se:ton's face;

!aving no other reason

&ut that his beard grew thin and hungerly

And seem'd to as( him sops as he was drin(ing"This done, he too( the bride about the nec(

And (iss'd her lips with such a clamorous smac(That at the parting all the church did echo)

And I seeing this came thence for very shame;

And after me, I (now, the rout is coming"

.uch a mad marriage never was before)!ar(, har(3 I hear the minstrels play"

M"si

Re/enter PETRUCHIO, KATHARINA, BIANCA, BAPTISTA, HORTENSIO, GRUMIO,

and Train

PETRUCHIO

$entlemen and friends, I than( you for your pains)

I (now you thin( to dine with me to5day,

And have prepared great store of wedding cheer;


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&ut so it is, my haste doth call me hence,

And therefore here I mean to ta(e my leave"

BAPTISTA

Is't possible you will away to5night/

PETRUCHIO

I must away to5day, before night come)

a(e it no wonder; if you (new my business,6ou would entreat me rather go than stay"

And, honest company, I than( you all,

That have beheld me give away myselfTo this most patient, sweet and virtuous wife)

=ine with my father, drin( a health to me;

or I must hence; and farewell to you all"

TRANIOLet us entreat you stay till after dinner"

PETRUCHIO

It may not be"

GREMIO

Let me entreat you"

PETRUCHIO

It cannot be"

KATHARINA

Let me entreat you"

PETRUCHIO

I am content"

KATHARINA

Are you content to stay/

PETRUCHIO

I am content you shall entreat me stay;&ut yet not stay, entreat me how you can"

KATHARINA

-ow, if you love me, stay"

PETRUCHIO

$rumio, my horse"


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GRUMIO

Ay, sir, they be ready) the oats have eaten the horses"

KATHARINA

-ay, then,

=o what thou canst, I will not go to5day;-o, nor to5morrow, not till I please myself"

The door is open, sir; there lies your way;6ou may be ogging whiles your boots are green;

or me, I'll not be gone till I please myself)

'Tis li(e you'll prove a olly surly groom,That ta(e it on you at the first so roundly"

PETRUCHIO

+ 0ate, content thee; prithee, be not angry"

KATHARINAI will be angry) what hast thou to do/

ather, be *uiet; he shall stay my leisure"

GREMIO

Ay, marry, sir, now it begins to wor("

KATARINA

$entlemen, forward to the bridal dinner)

I see a woman may be made a fool,

If she had not a spirit to resist"

PETRUCHIO

They shall go forward, 0ate, at thy command"

+bey the bride, you that attend on her;

$o to the feast, revel and domineer,7arouse full measure to her maidenhead,

&e mad and merry, or go hang yourselves)

&ut for my bonny 0ate, she must with me"-ay, loo( not big, nor stamp, nor stare, nor fret;

I will be master of what is mine own)

.he is my goods, my chattels; she is my house,

y household stuff, my field, my barn,y horse, my o:, my ass, my any thing;

And here she stands, touch her whoever dare;

I'll bring mine action on the proudest heThat stops my way in Padua" $rumio,

=raw forth thy weapon, we are beset with thieves;

8escue thy mistress, if thou be a man"


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ear not, sweet wench, they shall not touch thee, 0ate)

I'll buc(ler thee against a million"

E!e"nt PETRUCHIO, KATHARINA, and GRUMIO

BAPTISTA-ay, let them go, a couple of *uiet ones"

GREMIO

Went they not *uic(ly, I should die with laughing"

TRANIO

+f all mad matches never was the li(e"

LUCENTIO

istress, what's your opinion of your sister/

BIANCA

That, being mad herself, she's madly mated"

GREMIO

I warrant him, Petruchio is 0ated"

BAPTISTA

-eighbours and friends, though bride and bridegroom wantsor to supply the places at the table,

6ou (now there wants no un(ets at the feast"

Lucentio, you shall supply the bridegroom's place)And let &ianca ta(e her sister's room"

TRANIO

.hall sweet &ianca practise how to bride it/

BAPTISTA

.he shall, Lucentio" 7ome, gentlemen, let's go"

E!e"nt

SCENE I. PETRUCHIO(S c'u#!r+ )'ue

Enter GRUMIO

GRUMIO

ie, fie on all tired ades, on all mad masters, and all foul ways3 Was ever man so beaten/was ever man so rayed/ was ever man so weary/ I am sent before to ma(e a fire, and they


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are coming after to warm them" -ow, were not I a little pot and soon hot, my very lips

might free#e to my teeth, my tongue to the roof of my mouth, my heart in my belly, ere I

should come by a fire to thaw me) but I, with blowing the fire, shall warm myself; for,considering the weather, a taller man than I will ta(e cold" !olla, ho3 7urtis"

Enter CURTIS

CURTIS

Who is that calls so coldly/

GRUMIO

A piece of ice) if thou doubt it, thou mayst slide from my shoulder to my heel with no

greater a run but my head and my nec(" A fire good 7urtis"

CURTIS

Is my master and his wife coming, $rumio/

GRUMIO

+, ay, 7urtis, ay) and therefore fire, fire; cast on no water"

CURTIS

Is she so hot a shrew as she's reported/

GRUMIO

.he was, good 7urtis, before this frost) but, thou (nowest, winter tames man, woman and

beast; for it hath tamed my old master and my new mistress and myself, fellow 7urtis"

CURTISAway, you three5inch fool3 I am no beast"

GRUMIO

Am I but three inches/ why, thy horn is a foot; and so long am I at the least" &ut wilt thou

ma(e a fire, or shall I complain on thee to our mistress, whose hand, she being now athand, thou shalt soon feel, to thy cold comfort, for being slow in thy hot office/

CURTIS

I prithee, good $rumio, tell me, how goes the world/

GRUMIOA cold world, 7urtis, in every office but thine; and therefore fire) do thy duty, and havethy duty; for my master and mistress are almost fro#en to death"

CURTIS

There's fire ready; and therefore, good $rumio, the news"


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GRUMIO

Why, '9ac(, boy3 ho3 boy3' and as much news as will thaw"

CURTIS

7ome, you are so full of cony5catching3

GRUMIO

Why, therefore fire; for I have caught e:treme cold" Where's the coo(/ is supper ready,

the house trimmed, rushes strewed, cobwebs swept; the serving5men in their new fustian,their white stoc(ings, and every officer his wedding5garment on/ &e the ac(s fair within,

the ills fair without, the carpets laid, and every thing in order/

CURTIS

All ready; and therefore, I pray thee, news"

GRUMIO

irst, (now, my horse is tired; my master and mistress fallen out"

CURTIS

!ow/

GRUMIO

+ut of their saddles into the dirt; and thereby hangs a tale"

CURTIS

Let's ha't, good $rumio"

GRUMIOLend thine ear"

CURTIS

!ere"

GRUMIO

There"

Stri'es him

CURTISThis is to feel a tale, not to hear a tale"

GRUMIO

And therefore 'tis called a sensible tale) and this cuff was but to (noc( at your ear, andbeseech listening" -ow I begin)Im$rimis, we came down a foul hill, my master riding

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CURTIS

I call them forth to credit her"

GRUMIO

Why, she comes to borrow nothing of them"

Enter %"r %r i&e Ser&in)/men

NATHANIEL

Welcome home, $rumio3

PHILIP

!ow now, $rumio3

,OSEPH

What, $rumio3

NICHOLAS

ellow $rumio3

NATHANIEL

!ow now, old lad/

GRUMIO

Welcome, you;55how now, you;55 what, you;55fellow, you;55and thus much for greeting"-ow, my spruce companions, is all ready, and all things neat/

NATHANIELAll things is ready" !ow near is our master/

GRUMIO


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6ou logger5headed and unpolish'd grooms3

What, no attendance/ no regard/ no duty/

Where is the foolish (nave I sent before/

GRUMIO

!ere, sir; as foolish as I was before"

PETRUCHIO

6ou peasant swain3 you whoreson malt5horse drudge3=id I not bid thee meet me in the par(,

And bring along these rascal (naves with thee/

GRUMIO

-athaniel's coat, sir, was not fully made,And $abriel's pumps were all unpin('d i' the heel;

There was no lin( to colour Peter's hat,

And Walter's dagger was not come from sheathing)There were none fine but Adam, 8alph, and $regory;

The rest were ragged, old, and beggarly;

6et, as they are, here are they come to meet you"

PETRUCHIO

$o, rascals, go, and fetch my supper in"

E!e"nt Ser&ants

1.inging2

'Where is the life that late I led55Where are those55'

.it down, 0ate, and welcome"55 .ound, sound, sound, sound3

Re/enter Ser&ants (ith s"$$er

Why, when, I say/ -ay, good sweet 0ate, be merry"

+ff with my boots, you rogues3 you villains, when/

1.ings2

0It was the friar of orders grey,As he forth wal(ed on his way)55'

+ut, you rogue3 you pluc( my foot awry)

Ta(e that, and mend the pluc(ing off the other"

Stri'es him


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&e merry, 0ate" .ome water, here; what, ho3

Where's my spaniel Troilus/ .irrah, get you hence,

And bid my cousin erdinand come hither)+ne, 0ate, that you must (iss, and be ac*uainted with"

Where are my slippers/ .hall I have some water/

Enter %ne (ith (ater

7ome, 0ate, and wash, and welcome heartily"6ou whoreson villain3 will you let it fall/

Stri'es him

KATHARINA

Patience, I pray you; 'twas a fault unwilling"

PETRUCHIOA whoreson beetle5headed, flap5ear'd (nave3

7ome, 0ate, sit down; I (now you have a stomach"

Will you give than(s, sweet 0ate; or else shall I/What's this/ mutton/

Fir! Ser"a#!

Ay"

PETRUCHIO

Who brought it/

PETER

I"

PETRUCHIO

'Tis burnt; and so is all the meat"What dogs are these3 Where is the rascal coo(/

!ow durst you, villains, bring it from the dresser,

And serve it thus to me that love it not/

Thereta(e it to you, trenchers, cups, and all;

Thr%(s the meat, et. ab%"t the sta)e

6ou heedless oltheads and unmanner'd slaves3

What, do you grumble/ I'll be with you straight"

KATHARINA

I pray you, husband, be not so dis*uiet)

The meat was well, if you were so contented"


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PETRUCHIO

I tell thee, 0ate, 'twas burnt and dried away;

And I e:pressly am forbid to touch it,or it engenders choler, planteth anger;

And better 'twere that both of us did fast,

.ince, of ourselves, ourselves are choleric,Than feed it with such over5roasted flesh"

&e patient; to5morrow 't shall be mended,

And, for this night, we'll fast for company)7ome, I will bring thee to thy bridal chamber"

E!e"nt

Re/enter Ser&ants se&era++

NATHANIEL

Peter, didst ever see the li(e/

PETER

!e (ills her in her own humour"

Re/enter CURTIS

GRUMIO

Where is he/

CURTIS

In her chamber, ma(ing a sermon of continency to her;And rails, and swears, and rates, that she, poor soul,

0nows not which way to stand, to loo(, to spea(,And sits as one new5risen from a dream"

Away, away3 for he is coming hither"

E!e"nt

Re/enter PETRUCHIO

PETRUCHIO

Thus have I politicly begun my reign,And 'tis my hope to end successfully"

y falcon now is sharp and passing empty;And till she stoop she must not be full5gorged,

or then she never loo(s upon her lure"

Another way I have to man my haggard,

To ma(e her come and (now her (eeper's call,That is, to watch her, as we watch these (ites


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That bate and beat and will not be obedient"

.he eat no meat to5day, nor none shall eat;

Last night she slept not, nor to5night she shall not;As with the meat, some undeserved fault

I'll find about the ma(ing of the bed;

And here I'll fling the pillow, there the bolster,This way the coverlet, another way the sheets)

Ay, and amid this hurly I intend

That all is done in reverend care of her;And in conclusion she shall watch all night)

And if she chance to nod I'll rail and brawl

And with the clamour (eep her still awa(e"

This is a way to (ill a wife with (indness;And thus I'll curb her mad and headstrong humour"

!e that (nows better how to tame a shrew,

-ow let him spea() 'tis charity to show"

E!it

SCENE II. Padua. Be&'re BAPTISTA(S )'ue

Enter TRANIO and HORTENSIO

TRANIO

Is't possible, friend Licio, that istress &ianca=oth fancy any other but Lucentio/

I tell you, sir, she bears me fair in hand"

HORTENSIO

.ir, to satisfy you in what I have said,

.tand by and mar( the manner of his teaching"

Enter BIANCA and LUCENTIO

LUCENTIO

-ow, mistress, profit you in what you read/

BIANCA

What, master, read you/ first resolve me that"

LUCENTIO

I read that I profess, the Art to Love"


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BIANCA

And may you prove, sir, master of your art3

LUCENTIO

While you, sweet dear, prove mistress of my heart3

HORTENSIO

@uic( proceeders, marry3 -ow, tell me, I pray,

6ou that durst swear at your mistress &iancaLoved none in the world so well as Lucentio"

TRANIO

+ despiteful love3 unconstant woman(ind3

I tell thee, Licio, this is wonderful"

HORTENSIO

ista(e no more) I am not Licio,-or a musician, as I seem to be;

&ut one that scorn to live in this disguise,or such a one as leaves a gentleman,

And ma(es a god of such a cullion)

0now, sir, that I am call'd !ortensio"

TRANIO

.ignior !ortensio, I have often heard

+f your entire affection to &ianca;

And since mine eyes are witness of her lightness,

I will with you, if you be so contented,orswear &ianca and her love for ever"

HORTENSIO

.ee, how they (iss and court3 .ignior Lucentio,!ere is my hand, and here I firmly vow

-ever to woo her no more, but do forswear her,

As one unworthy all the former favoursThat I have fondly flatter'd her withal"

TRANIO

And here I ta(e the unfeigned oath,-ever to marry with her though she would entreat)ie on her3 see, how beastly she doth court him3

HORTENSIO

Would all the world but he had *uite forsworn3

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That teacheth tric(s eleven and twenty long,

To tame a shrew and charm her chattering tongue"

Enter BION#ELLO

BIONDELLO+ master, master, I have watch'd so long

That I am dog5weary) but at last I spied

An ancient angel coming down the hill,Will serve the turn"

TRANIO

What is he, &iondello/

BIONDELLO

aster, a mercatante, or a pedant,

I (now not what; but format in apparel,In gait and countenance surely li(e a father"

LUCENTIO

And what of him, Tranio/

TRANIO

If he be credulous and trust my tale,

I'll ma(e him glad to seem %incentio,And give assurance to &aptista inola,

As if he were the right %incentio

Ta(e in your love, and then let me alone"

E!e"nt LUCENTIO and BIANCA

Enter a Pedant

Peda#!

$od save you, sir3

TRANIO

And you, sir3 you are welcome"

Travel you far on, or are you at the farthest/

Peda#!

.ir, at the farthest for a wee( or two)

&ut then up farther, and as for as 8ome;And so to Tripoli, if $od lend me life"


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TRANIO

What countryman, I pray/

Peda#!

+f antua"

TRANIO

+f antua, sir/ marry, $od forbid3

And come to Padua, careless of your life/

Peda#!

y life, sir3 how, I pray/ for that goes hard"

TRANIO

'Tis death for any one in antua

To come to Padua" 0now you not the cause/

6our ships are stay'd at %enice, and the du(e,or private *uarrel 'twi:t your du(e and him,

!ath publish'd and proclaim'd it openly)'Tis, marvel, but that you are but newly come,

6ou might have heard it else proclaim'd about"

Peda#!

Alas3 sir, it is worse for me than so;or I have bills for money by e:change

rom lorence and must here deliver them"

TRANIOWell, sir, to do you courtesy,This will I do, and this I will advise you)

irst, tell me, have you ever been at Pisa/

Peda#!

Ay, sir, in Pisa have I often been,

Pisa renowned for grave citi#ens"

TRANIO

Among them (now you one %incentio/

Peda#!

I (now him not, but I have heard of him;

A merchant of incomparable wealth"

TRANIO

!e is my father, sir; and, sooth to say,In countenance somewhat doth resemble you"


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BIONDELLO

1Aside2 As much as an apple doth an oyster, and all one"

TRANIO

To save your life in this e:tremity,

This favour will I do you for his sa(e;And thin( it not the worst of an your fortunes

That you are li(e to .ir %incentio"!is name and credit shall you underta(e,

And in my house you shall be friendly lodged)

Loo( that you ta(e upon you as you should;6ou understand me, sir) so shall you stay

Till you have done your business in the city)

If this be courtesy, sir, accept of it"

Peda#!

+ sir, I do; and will repute you everThe patron of my life and liberty"

TRANIO

Then go with me to ma(e the matter good"This, by the way, I let you understand;

my father is here loo('d for every day,

To pass assurance of a dower in marriage'Twi:t me and one &aptista's daughter here)

In all these circumstances I'll instruct you)

$o with me to clothe you as becomes you"

E!e"nt

SCENE III. A r''* i# PETRUCHIO(S )'ue

Enter KATHARINA and GRUMIO

GRUMIO

-o, no, forsooth; I dare not for my life"

KATHARINAThe more my wrong, the more his spite appears)

What, did he marry me to famish me/

&eggars, that come unto my father's door,4pon entreaty have a present aims;

If not, elsewhere they meet with charity)

&ut I, who never (new how to entreat,-or never needed that I should entreat,


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Am starved for meat, giddy for lac( of sleep,

With oath (ept wa(ing and with brawling fed)

And that which spites me more than all these wants,!e does it under name of perfect love;

As who should say, if I should sleep or eat,

'Twere deadly sic(ness or else present death"I prithee go and get me some repast;

I care not what, so it be wholesome food"

GRUMIO

What say you to a neat's foot/

KATHARINA

'Tis passing good) I prithee let me have it"

GRUMIO

I fear it is too choleric a meat"!ow say you to a fat tripe finely broil'd/

KATHARINA

I li(e it well) good $rumio, fetch it me"

GRUMIO

I cannot tell; I fear 'tis choleric"What say you to a piece of beef and mustard/

KATHARINA

A dish that I do love to feed upon"

GRUMIO

Ay, but the mustard is too hot a little"

KATHARINA

Why then, the beef, and let the mustard rest"

GRUMIO

-ay then, I will not) you shall have the mustard,+r else you get no beef of $rumio"

KATHARINA

Then both, or one, or any thing thou wilt"

GRUMIO

Why then, the mustard without the beef"


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KATHARINA

$o, get thee gone, thou false deluding slave,

Beats him

That feed'st me with the very name of meat).orrow on thee and all the pac( of you,

That triumph thus upon my misery3

$o, get thee gone, I say"

Enter PETRUCHIO and HORTENSIO (ith meat

PETRUCHIO

!ow fares my 0ate/ What, sweeting, all amort/

HORTENSIO

istress, what cheer/

KATHARINA

aith, as cold as can be"

PETRUCHIO

Pluc( up thy spirits; loo( cheerfully upon me"

!ere love; thou see'st how diligent I amTo dress thy meat myself and bring it thee)

I am sure, sweet 0ate, this (indness merits than(s"

What, not a word/ -ay, then thou lovest it not;

And all my pains is sorted to no proof"!ere, ta(e away this dish"

KATHARINA

I pray you, let it stand"

PETRUCHIO

The poorest service is repaid with than(s;

And so shall mine, before you touch the meat"

KATHARINA

I than( you, sir"

HORTENSIO

.ignior Petruchio, fie3 you are to blame"

7ome, mistress 0ate, I'll bear you company"

PETRUCHIO

1Aside2


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uch good do it unto thy gentle heart3

0ate, eat apace) and now, my honey love,

Will we return unto thy father's houseAnd revel it as bravely as the best,

With sil(en coats and caps and golden rings,

With ruffs and cuffs and fardingales and things;With scarfs and fans and double change of bravery,

With amber bracelets, beads and all this (navery"

What, hast thou dined/ The tailor stays thy leisure,To dec( thy body with his ruffling treasure"

Enter Tai+%r

7ome, tailor, let us see these ornaments;

Lay forth the gown"

Enter Haberdasher

What news with you, sir/

Haberda)er

!ere is the cap your worship did bespea("

PETRUCHIO

Why, this was moulded on a porringer;A velvet dish) fie, fie3 'tis lewd and filthy)

Why, 'tis a coc(le or a walnut5shell,

A (nac(, a toy, a tric(, a baby's cap)Away with it3 come, let me have a bigger"

KATHARINA

I'll have no bigger) this doth fit the time,

And gentlewomen wear such caps as these

PETRUCHIO

When you are gentle, you shall have one too,

And not till then"

HORTENSIO1Aside2 That will not be in haste"

KATHARINA

Why, sir, I trust I may have leave to spea(;

And spea( I will; I am no child, no babe)

6our betters have endured me say my mind,And if you cannot, best you stop your ears"


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y tongue will tell the anger of my heart,

+r else my heart concealing it will brea(,

And rather than it shall, I will be free


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Tail'r

.he says your worship means to ma(e a puppet of her"

PETRUCHIO

+ monstrous arrogance3

Thou liest, thou thread, thou thimble,Thou yard, three5*uarters, half5yard, *uarter, nail3

Thou flea, thou nit, thou winter5cric(et thou3&raved in mine own house with a s(ein of thread/

Away, thou rag, thou *uantity, thou remnant;

+r I shall so be5mete thee with thy yardAs thou shalt thin( on prating whilst thou livest3

I tell thee, I, that thou hast marr'd her gown"

Tail'r

6our worship is deceived; the gown is made

9ust as my master had direction)$rumio gave order how it should be done"

GRUMIO

I gave him no order; I gave him the stuff"

Tail'r

&u

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