Kath. No, sir; God forbid :-but ashamed to kiss. Pet. Why, then let's home again :-Come, sirrah, let's away. Kath. Nay, I will give thee a kiss now pray thee, love, stay. Pet. Is not this well?-Come, my sweet Kate; Better once than never, for never too late. [Exe. Pet. Nay, that you shall not; since you have begun, Have at you for a bitter jest or two. Bian. Am I your bird? I mean to shift my bush, And then pursue me as you draw your bow:You are welcome all. [Exeunt Bianca, Katharina, and Widow. Pet. She hath prevented me.-Here, Signior Tranio, SCENE II.-A room in Lucentio's house. Al agree: And time it is, when raging war is done, [They sit at table. were true. Pet. To her, Kate! Hor. To her, widow! hound, Which runs himself, and catches for his master. I Pet. Well, I say-no: and therefore, for assu Ay, and a kind one too : Hor. Sirrah, Biondello, go, and entreat my [Exit Biondello. O, ho entrcat her! Pet. A hundred marks, my Kate does put her Nay, then she must needs come. Pet. Spoke like an officer:-Ha, to thee, lad. (1) A banquet was a refection consisting of fruit, cakes, &c. Hor. Bion. She says, you have some goodly jest in She will not come; she bids you come to her. Intolerable, not to be endur'd! (2) Dreads. (3) Witty. (4) Sarcasm, Say, I command her come to me. Hor. I know her answer. [Exit Grumio. Thy head, thy sovereign; one that cares for thee, Pet. Bap. Now, by my holidame, here comes Katha-Too little payment for so great a debt. Kath. What is your will, sir, that you send for Pet. Where is your sister, and Hortensio's wife? come, Swinge me them soundly forth unto their husbands: An awful rule, and right supremacy; Re-enter Katharina, with Bianca, and Widow. See, where she comes; and brings your froward wives As prisoners to her womanly persuasion.- [Katharina pulls off her cap, and throws it down. Wid. Lord, let me never have a cause to sigh, Till I be brought to such a silly pass! Bian. Fie! what a foolish duty call you this? Luc. I would, your duty were as foolish too: The wisdom of your duty, fair Bianca, Hath cost me a hundred crowns since supper-time. Bian. The more fool you, for laying on my duty. Pet. Katharine, I charge thee, tell these headstrong women What duty they do owe their lords and husbands. Wid. Come, come, you're mocking; we will have no telling. Pet. Come on, I say; and first begin with her. Wid. She shall not. Pet. I say, she shall ;-and first begin with her. Kath. Fie, fie! unknit that threat'ning unkind brow; And dart not scornful glances from those eyes, A woman mov'd, is like a fountain troubled, Such duty as the subject owes the prince, That seeming to be most, which we least are. Pet. Why, there's a wench!-Come on, and kiss me, Kate. Luc. Well, go thy ways, old lad; for thou shalt ha't. Vin. 'Tis a good hearing, when children are toward. Luc. But a harsh hearing, when women are froward. Pet. Come, Kate, we'll to bed ::We three are married, but you two are sped. 'Twas I won the wager, though you hit the white; [To Lucentio. And, being a winner, God give you good night! [Exeunt Petruchio and Kath. Hor. Now go thy ways, thou hast tam'd a curst shrew. Luc. 'Tis a wonder, by your leave, she will be tam'd so. [Exeunt. that they can hardly be called two, without injury Of this play the two plots are so well united, to the art with which they are interwoven. The attention is entertained with all the variety of a double plot, yet is not distracted by unconnected incidents. The part between Katharine and Petruchio is eminently sprightly and diverting. At the marriage of Bianca, the arrival of the real father, perhaps, produces more perplexity than pleasure. The whole play is very popular and diverting. JOHNSON. (2) Abate your spirits. ACT I. SCENE I-Sicilia. An Antechamber in Leon- IF Cam. I think, this coming summer, the king of Sicilia means to pay Bohemia the visitation which ne justly owes him. Arch. Wherein our entertainment shall shame us, we will be justified in our loves: for, indeed, Cam. 'Beseech you, Clown, his son. Servant to the old shepher 4. Time, as Chorus. Hermione, queen to Leontes. Perdita, daughter to Leontes and Hermione. Emilia, a ladies, attending the queen. Two other Mopsa, Dorcas, Shepherdesses. Lords, ladies, and attendants; satyrs for a dance, shepherds, shepherdesses, guards, &c. Scene, sometimes in Sicilia, sometimes in Bohemia. malice, or matter, to alter it. You have an unspeakable comfort of your young prince Mamillius; it is a gentleman of the greatest promise, that ever came into my note. Cam. I very well agree with you in the hopes of him: it is a gallant child; one that, indeed, phywent on crutches ere he was born, desire yet their sics the subject,' makes old hearts fresh: they, that life, to see him a man. Arch. Would they else be content to die? they should desire to live. Cam. Yes; if there were no other excuse why Arch. If the king had no son, they would desire to live on crutches till he had one. [Exeunt. SCENE II.-The same. A room of state in the palace. Enter Leontes, Polixenes, Hermione, Mamillius, Camillo, and attendants. Arch. Verily, I speak it in the freedom of my knowledge: we cannot with such magnificence- Pol. Nine changes of the wat❜ry star have been in so rare-I know not what to say.--We will The shepherd's note, since we have left our throne give you sleepy drinks; that your senses, unintelli- Without a burden: time as long again gent of our insufficience, may, though they can- Would be fill'd up, my brother, with our thanks: not praise us, as little accuse us. And yet we should, for perpetuity, Cam. You pay a great deal too dear, for what's Go hence in debt: And therefore, like a cipher, given freely. Yet standing in rich place, I multiply, Arch. Believe me, I speak as my understanding With one we-thank-you, many thousands more instructs me, and as mine honesty puts it to utter-That go before it. ance. Leon. Stay your thanks awhile; Cam. Sicilia cannot show himself over-kind to And pay them when you part. Bohemia. They were trained together in their Pol. Sir, that's to-morrow. childhoods; and there rooted betwixt them then I am question'd by my fears, of what may chance, such an affection, which cannot choose but branch Or breed upon our absence: That may blow now. Since their more mature dignities, and royal No sneaping winds at home, to make us say, necessities, made separation of their society, their This is put forth too truly! Besides, I have stay'd encounters, though not personal, have been royally To tire your royalty. attornied' with interchange of gifts, letters, loving embassies; that they have seemed to be together, Than you can put us to't. though absent; shook hands, as over a vast; and embraced, as it were, from the ends of opposed winds. The heavens continue their loves! Arch. I think, there is not in the world either Nobly supplied by substitution of embassies. Leon. We are tougher, brother, No longer stay. longer. Pol. (3) Affords a cordial to the state. (4) Nipping. |