That shall be woo'd and wedded in a day. Bian. God give him joy! Tra. Ay, and he'll tame her. He says so, Tranio. Tra. 'Faith, he is gone unto the taming-school. Bian. The taming-school! what, is there such a place? Tra. Av, mistress, and Petruchio is the master; That teacheth tricks eleven and twenty long,To tame a shrew, and charm her chattering tongue. Enter Biondello running. Bion. O master, master, I have watch'd so long, Tra. Tra. If he be credulous, and trust my tale, Ped. God save you, sir! Tra. And you, sir! you are welcome. Travel vou far on, or are you at the furthest? Ped. Sir, at the furthest for a week or two: But then up further, and as far as Rome; And so to Tripoly, if God lend me life. Tra. What countryman, I pray? Ped. Of Mantua. To come to Pada; Know you not the cause? Tra. Among them, know you one Vincentio : Ped. I know him not, but I have heard of him; A merchant of incomparable wealth. Tra. He is my father, sir; and, sooth to say, In countenance somewhat doth resemble you. Bion. As much as an apple doth an oyster, and all one. Ped. O, sir, I do; and will repute you ever The patron of my life and liberty. Tra. Then go with me, to make the matter good. This, by the way, I let you understand;My father is here look'd for exy day, To pass assurance of a dower is marriage Twixt me and one Baptista's daughter here: In all these circumstances I'll instruct you: Go with me, sir, to clothe you as becomes you. [Exeunt. SCENE III-A room in Petruchio's house. Enter Katharina and Grumio. Gru. No, no; forsooth; I dare not, for my life. Kath. The more my wrong, the more his spite appears: What, did he marry me to famish me? Gru. I fear it is too choleric a meat:- rest. Gru. Nay, then I will not; you shall have the mustard, Or else you get no beef of Grumio. Kath. Then both, or one, or any thing thou wilt. Gru. Why, then the mustard without the beet. Kath. Go, get thee gone, thou false deluding slave, {Beats him That feed'st me with the very name of meat: Sorrow on thee, and all the pack of you, That triumph thus upon my misery! Go, get thee gone, I say. Enter Petruchio with a dish of meat; and Hor tensio. Pet. How fares my Kate? What, sweeting, all amort ?" Hor. Mistress, what cheer? me. [Aside. Here, love; thou see'st how diligent I am, To dress thy meat myself, and bring it thee: Tra. To save your life in this extremity, This favour will I do you for his sake; And think it not the worst of all your fortunes, That your are like to sir Vincentio. His name and credit shall you undertake, And in my house you shall be friendly lodg'd;Look, that you take upon you as you should; You understand me, sir ;-so shall you stay Till you have done your business in the city: If this be courtesy, sir, accept of it. 4) Messenger. (2) A merchant or a schoolmaster. [Sets the dish on a table. I am sure, sweet Kate, this kindness merits thanks. What, not a word? Nay, then, thou lov'st it not; And all my pains is sorted to no proof:-Here, take away this dish. Kath. 'Pray you, let it stand. Pet. The poorest service is repaid with thanks; And so shall mine, before you touch the meat. Kath. I thank you, sir. (3) Dispirited: a gallicism. Hor. Signior Petruchio, fie! you are to blame! Come, mistress Kate, I'll bear you company. Pet. Eat it up all, Hortensio, if thou lov'st me. [Aside. Much good do it unto thy gentle heart! With amber bracelets, beads, and all this knavery. Come, tailor, let us see these ornaments. Enter Haberdasher. Lay forth the gown.-What news with you, sir? Pet. When you are gentle, you shall have one too, And not till then. Hor. That will not be in haste. [Aside. Kath. Why, sir, I trust I may have leave to speak; And speak I will; I am no child, no babe: see't. Tai. You bid me make it orderly and well, According to the fashion, and the time. Pet. Marry, and did; but if you be remembered, I did not bid you mar it to the time. Go, hop me over every kennel home, Tai. She says, your worship means to make a puppet of her. Pet. O monstrous arrogance! Thou liest, thou thread, Thou thimble, Thou yard, three-quarters, half-yard, quarter, nail, I Grumio gave order how it should be done. Tai. I have. Pet. Proceed. Tai. With a small compassed cape:* Gru. Error i'the bill, sir; error i'the bill. I commanded the sleeves should be cut out, and sewed up again; and that I'll prove upon thee, though thy little finger be arm'd in a thimble. Tai. This is true, that I say; an I had thee in place where, thou should'st know it. Gru. I am for thee straight: take thou the bill, give me thy mete-yard, and spare not me. Hor. God-a-mercy, Grumio! then he shall have no odds. Pet. Well, sir, in brief, the gown is not for me, Pet. Why, sir, what's your conceit in that? for: Take up my mistress' gown to his master's use! Pet. Hortensio, say thou wilt see the tailor For you shall hop without my custom, sir: able: Belike you mean to make a puppet of me. row. Away, I say; commend me to thy master. [Exit Tailor, Pel. Why, true; he means to make a puppet of Pet, Well, come, my Kate; we will unto your Even in these honest mean habiliments; Kath. I dare assure you, sir, 'tis almost two; 1ο It shall be what o'clock I say it is. To have him match'd; and,-if you please to like Signior Baptista, of whom I hear so well. Bap. Sr, pardon me in what I have to say;— We be aflied; and such assurance ta'en, Tra. Then at my lodging, an it like you, sir: There doth my father lie; and there, this night, Hor. Why so! this gallant will command the sun. We'll pass the business privately and well : [Exeunt. Send for your daughter by your servant here, Tra. Sir, this is the house; Please it you, that call? Ped. Ay, what else? and, but I be deceived, Signior Baptista may remember me, Near twenty years ago, in Genoa, where Tra. 'Tis well; And hold your own, in any case, with such Austerity as 'longeth to a father. Enter Biondello, I "Twere good he were school'd. Tra. Fear you not him. Sirrah, Biondello, Now do your duty thoroughly, I advise you; Imagine 'twere the right Vincentio. Bion. Tut! fear not me. Tra. But hast thou done thy errand to Baptista? Bion. I told him, that your father was at Venice; And that you look'd for him this day in Padua. And how she's like to be Lucentio's wife. Luc. I pray the gods she may, with all my heart! Tra. Dally not with the gods, but get thee gone. Signior Baptista, shall I lead the way? Welcome! one mess is like to be your cheer: Come, sir; we'll better it in Pisa. Bap. I follow you. [Exeunt Tranio, Pedant, and Baptista. Bion. Cambio. Luc. you? Luc. Biondello, what of that? Bion. 'Faith, nothing; but he has left me here behind, to expound the meaning or moral' of his signs and tokens. Luc. I pray thee, moralize them. Tra. Thou'rt a tall fellow; hold thee that to the deceiving father of a deceitful son. drink. Bion. Then thus. Baptista is safe, talking with Here comes Baptista:-set your countenance, sir. Enter Baptista and Lucentio. Signior Baptista, you are haply met :- This is the gentleman I told you of; I pray you, stand good father to me now, Give me Bianca for my patrimony. Ped. Soft, son! Sir, by your leave: having come to Padua (1) Appeareth convey Braves) 13) Scrupulous. Assure or (5) Betrothed. in an afternoon as she went to the garden for pars-Which way thou travellest: if along with us, ley to stuff a rabbit; and so may you, sir, and so We shall be joyful of thy company. adieu, sir. My master hath appointed me to go to Vin. Fair sir,-and you my merry mistress, Saint Luke's, to bid the priest be ready to come That with your strange encounter much amaz'd against you come with your appendix. [Exil. ? Luc. I may, and will, if she be so contented: Pet. Come on, o' God's name; once more to-I ward our father's. Good Lord, how bright and goodly shines the moon! now. Pet. I say, it is the moon that shines so bright. And be it moon, or sun, or what you please: Pet. I say, it is the moon. Kath. I know it is. Pel. Nay, then you lie; it is the blessed sun. me; My name is call'd-Vincentio; my dwelling-Pisa; Vin. Vin. But is this true? or is it else your pleasure, Hor. I do assure thee, father, so it is. [Exeunt Petruchio, Katharina, and Vincentio. ACT V. SCENE I.-Padua. Before Lucentio's house. Enter on one side Biondello, Lucentio, and Bianca; Gremio walking on the other side. Bion. Softly and swiftly, sir; for the priest is ready. Luc. I fly, Biondello: but they may chance to need thee at home, therefore leave us. Enter Vincentio, in a travelling dress. Bion. Nay, faith, I'll see the church o' your Good-morrow, gentle mistress: Where away?-back; and then come back to my master as soon [To Vincentio. as I can. Tell me, sweet Kate, and tell me truly too, Kath. Young budding virgin, fair, and fresh, and Whither away; or where is thy abode? Happier the man, whom favourable stars Pet. Why, how now, Kate! I hope thou art not This is a man, old, wrinkled, faded, wither'd; Kath. Pardon, old father, my mistaking eyes, known [Exeunt Luc. Bian. and Bion. Gre. I marvel Cambio comes not all this while. Enter Petruchio, Katharina, Vincentio, and attendants. Pet. Sir, here's the door, this is Lucentio's house. My father's bears more toward the market-place; Thither must I, and here I leave you, sir. I Vin. You shall not choose but drink before you go; think, I shall command your welcome here, And, by all likelihood, some cheer is toward. [Knocks, Gre. They're busy within, you were best knock louder. Enter Pedant above at a window. Ped. What's he, that knocks as he would beat down the gate? Vin. Is signior Lucentio within, sir? Ped. Keep your hundred pounds to yourself: he shall need none, so long as I live. Pet. Nay, I told you, your son was beloved in Padua.-Do you hear, sir?-to leave frivolous cir-name:-0, my son, my son!-tell me, thou villain, cumstances, I pray you, tell signior Lucentio, where is my son Lucentio ? that his father is come from Pisa, and is here at the door to speak with him. Ped. Thou liest; his father is come from Pisa, and here looking out at the window. Vin. Art thou his father? Bion. I have seen them in the church together God send 'em good shipping!-But who is here? mine old master, Vincentio now we are undone, and brougnt to nothing. Vin. Come hither, crack-hemp. (Seeing Biondello. Bion. I hope, I may choose, sir. Vin. Come, hither, you rogue; What, have you forgot me? Bion. Forgot you? no, sir: I could not forget you, for I never saw you before in all my life. Vin. What, you notorious villain, didst thou never see thy master's father, Vincentio ? Bion. What, my old, worshipful old master? yes, marry, sir; see where he looks out of the window. Vin. Is't so, indeed? Tra. Call forth an officer: [Enter one with an officer.] carry this mad knave to the gaol-Father Baptista, I charge you see, that he be forth-coming. Vin. Carry me to the gaol! Gre. Stay, officer; he shall not go to prison. Bap. Talk not, signior Gremio; I say, he shall go to prison. Gre. Take heed, signior Baptista, lest you be conycatched in this business; I dare swear, this is the right Vincentio. Ped. Swear, if thou darest. Gre. Nay, I dare not swear it. Tra. Then thou wert best say, that I am not Lucentio. Gre. Yes, I know thee to be signior Lucentio. Bap. Away with the dotard; to the gaol with him. Vin. Thus strangers may be haled and abus'd:O monstrous villain! Re-enter Biondello, with Lucentio, and Bianca. Bion. O, we are spoiled, and-Yonder he is; deny him, forswear him, or else we are all undone. Luc. Pardon, sweet father. [Kneeling. Vin. Lives my sweetest son? [Biondello, Tranio, and Pedant, run out. Bian. Pardon, dear father. [Kneeling. Bap. How hast thou offendedWhere is Lucentio ? Luc. Here's Lucentio, [Beats Biondello. Right son unto the right Vincentio ; Bion. Help, help, help! here's a madman will That have by marriage made thy daughter mine, murder me. [Exit. While counterfeit supposes biear'd thine eyne." Gre. Here's packing, with a witness, to deceive Ped. Help, son! help, signior Baptista! [Exit from the window. Pet. Pr'ythee, Kate, let's stand aside, and see the end of this controversy. [They retire. Re-enter Pedant below; Baptista, Tranio, and servants. us all! Vin. Where is that damned villain, Tranio, Tra. Sir, what are you, that offer to beat my Tra. How now! what's the matter? Tra. Sir, you seem a sobe incient gentleman by your habit, but your words snow you a madman: Why, sir, what concerns it you, if I wear pearl and gold? I thank my good father, I am able to maintain it. Vin. Thy father? O, villain! he is a sail-maker in Bergamo. Ban. You mistake, sir; you mistake, sir: Pray, what do you think is his name? Unto the wished haven of my bliss:- Vin. I'll slit the villain's nose, that would have sent me to the gaol. Bap. But do you hear, sir? [To Lucentio.] Have you married my daughter without asking my goodwill? Vin. Fear not, Baptista; we will content von, go to: But I will in, to be revenged for this villany. [Exit. Bap. And I, to sound the depth of this knavery. Luc. Look not pale, Bianca; thy father will not frown. [Ereunt Luc. and Bian. Gre. My cake is dough: But I'll in among the rest; Vin. His name? as if I knew not his name! I have brought him up ever since he was three years Out of hope of all,-but my share of the feast. old, and his name is-Tranio. Ped. Away, away, mad ass! his name is Lucentio!-and he is mine only son, and heir to the lands of me, signior Vincentio. Vin. Lucentio! O, he hath murdered his master!-Lay hold on him, I charge you, in the duke's (1) A hat with a conical crown. [Exil. Petruchio and Katharina advance. Pet. First kiss me, Kate, and we will. (5) A proverbial expression, repeated after a disappointment. |