That shall be woo'd and wedded in a day. Tra. Ay, and he'll tame her. Tra. Ay, mistress, and Petruchio is the master; Enter Biondello running. Bion. O master, master, I have watch'd so long, Tra. Tra. If he be credulous, and trust my tale, Tra. Of Mantua, sir?-marry, God forbid ! And come to Padua, careless of your life? Ped. My life, sir! how, I pray? for that goes hard. Tra. 'Tis death for any one in Mantua To come to Padua; Know you not the cause? Your ships are staid at Venice; and the duke (For private quarrel 'twixt your duke and him,) Hath publish'd and proclaim'd it openly: 'Tis marvel; but that you're but newly come, You might have heard it else proclaim'd about. Ped. Alas, sir, it is worse for me than so; For I have bills for money by exchange From Florence, and must here deliver them. Tra. Well, sir, to do you courtesy, This will I do, and this will I advise you ;First, tell me, have you ever been at Pisa? Ped. Ay, sir, in Pisa have I often been; Pisa, renowned for grave citizens. 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 every day, To pass assurance of a dower in 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? have it. Gru. I fear it is too choleric a meat:How say you to a fat tripe, finely broil'd? Kath. I like it well; good Grumio, fetch it me. Gru. I cannot tell; I fear 'tis choleric. What say you to a piece of beef, and mustard? Kath. A dish that I do love to feed upon. Gru. Ay, but the mustard is too hot a little. Kath. Why, then the beef, and let the mustard rest. Gru. Nay, then I will not; you shall have the mustard, Or else you get no beef of Grumio. slave, Kath. Then both, or one, or any thing thou wilt. Gru. Why, then the mustard without the beef. Kath. Go, get thee gone, thou false deluding [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. [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, His name and credit shall you undertake, (1) Messenger. (2) A merchant or a schoolmaster. [Sets the dish on a table. 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. Scene III. Hor. Signior Petruchio, fie! you are to blame! [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 And not till then. Hor. And speak I will; I am no child, no babe: 269 Tai. She says, your worship means to make a Pet. O monstrous arrogance! Thou liest, thou Thou thimble, Thou yard, three-quarters, half-yard, quarter, nail, I Grumio gave order how it should be done. Gru. Face not me: thou hast brav'd many men; brave not me; I will neither be faced nor braved. I say unto thee,-I bid thy master cut out the gown; but I did not bid him cut it to pieces: ergo, thou liest. Tai. Why, here is the note of the fashion to testify. Gru. The note lies in his throat, if he say I said so. Gru. Master, if ever I said loose-bodied gown, sew me in the skirts of it, and beat me to death with a bottom of brown thread: I said, a gown. Pet. Proceed. Tai. With a small compassed cape : Gru. Error i'the bill, sír; 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. am for thee straight: take thou the bill, Pet. Well, sir, in brief, the gown is not for me. O mercy, God! what masking stuff is here? gown. [Aside. 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, Pet. Why, sir, what's your conceit in that? Take up my mistress' gown to his master's use! Pet. Hortensio, say thou wilt see the tailor Go take it hence; be gone, and say no more. row. For you shall hop without my custom, sir: able: Belike you mean to make a puppet of me. [Exit Tailor. Pet. Why, true; he means to make a puppet of Pet. Well, come, my Kate; we will unto your thee. father's, Even in these honest mean habiliments; Kath. I dare assure you, sir, 'tis almost two; To have him match'd; and,-if you please to like Signior Baptista, of whom I hear so well. Bap. Sir, 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, We'll pass the business privately and well: Send for your daughter by your servant here, The worst is this,-that, at so slender warning, My boy shall fetch the scrivener presently. Hor. Why so! this gallant will command the sun. [Exeunt. SCENE IV.-Padua.-Before Baptista's house. Enter Tranio, and the Pedant dressed like Vin-You're like to have a thin and slender pittance. centio. '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. Tra. Thou'rt a tall fellow; hold thee that to drink. Here comes Baptista:-set your countenance, sir.- Signior Baptista, you are haply met:- This is the gentleman I told you of; 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. (2) Brave. (3) Scrupulous. (4) Assure or convey. (5) Betrothed. Bap. It likes me well:-Cambio, hie you home, And bid Bianca make her ready straight; And, if you will, tell what hath happened:Lucentio's father is arriv'd 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. Вар. 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. the deceiving father of a deceitful son. Bion. Then thus. Baptista is safe, talking with Luc. And what of him? Bion. His daughter is to be brought by you to the supper. Luc. And then? Scene I. [Exit. me; 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. Vin. Fair sir,-and you my merry mistress, adieu, sir. My master hath appointed me to go to 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. may, and will, if she be so contented: Luc. I She will be pleas'd, then wherefore should I doubt Hap what hap may, I'll roundly go about her; It shall go hard, if Cambio go without her. [Exit. SCENE V-A public road. Enter Petruchio, Katharina, and Hortensio. ? 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: Kath. I know it is. Pet. Nay, then you lie; it is the blessed sun. sun: But sun it is not, when you say it is not; Hor. Petruchio, go thy ways; the field is won. And not unluckily against the bias.- 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, woman of him. a Kath. Young budding virgin, fair, and fresh, and Whither away; or where is thy abode? 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, 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. 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? Ped. Ay, sir; so his mother says, if I may believe her. Pet. Why, how, now, gentlemen! [To Vincen.]] why, this is flat knavery, to take upon you another man's name. Ped. Lay hands on the villain; I believe 'a means to cozen somebody in this city under my countenance. Re-enter Biondello. 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 brought to nothing. Vin. Come hither, crack-hemp. 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, Vincentío? 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. How hast thou offended! Вар. Bion. What, my old, worshipfui old master? yes, marry, sir; see where he looks out of the win-Where is Lucentio ? dow. Vin. Is't so, indeed? 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 blear'd thine eyne.3 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 sober ancient gentleman by your habit, but your words show 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. Bap. 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 you, go to: But I will in, to be revenged for this villany. [Erit. Bap. And I, to sound the depth of this knavery. [Exit. Luc. Look not pale, Bianca; thy father will not frown. [Exeunt 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. (Exit. Petruchio and Katharina advance. Pet. First kiss me, Kate, and we will. (5) A proverbial expression, repeated after h disappointment. |