Pet. Women are made to bear, and so are you. Kath. No such jade, sir, as you, if me you mean. Pet. Alas, good Kate! I will not burden thee: For, knowing thee to be but young and light, — Kath. Too light for such a swain as you to catch; And yet as heavy as my weight should be. Pet. Should be? should buz. Kath. Well ta'en, and like a buzzard. Pet. O, slow-wing'd turtle! shall a buzzard take thee? Kath. Ay, for a turtle; as he takes a buzzard. Pet. Come, come, you wasp; i'faith, you are too angry. Kath. If I be waspish, best beware my sting. Pet. My remedy is then, to pluck it out. Kath. Ay, if the fool could find it where it lies. Pet. Who knows not where a wasp doth wear his sting? In his tail. Kath. Pet. In his tongue. Whose tongue? Kath. Yours, if you talk of tails; and so farewell. again, Good Kate; I am a gentleman. Kath. That I'll try. [Striking him. Pet. I swear I'll cuff you, if you strike again. If you strike me, you are no gentleman; Pet. A herald, Kate? O, put me in thy books. 7 a craven.] A craven is a degenerate, dispirited cock. Craven was a term also applied to those who in appeals of battle Pet. Nay, come, Kate, come; you must not look so sour. Kath. It is my fashion, when I see a crab. Pet. Why, here's no crab; and therefore look not sour. Kath. There is, there is. Pet. Then show it me. Kath. Had I a glass, I would. Well aim'd of such a young one. Pet. What, you mean my face? Kath. Pet. Now, by saint George, I am too young for you. Kath. Yet you are wither'd. Pet. Kath. 'Tis with cares. I care not. Pet. Nay, hear you, Kate: in sooth, you 'scape not so. Kath. I chafe you, if I tarry; let me go. Pet. No, not a whit; I find you passing gentle. For thou art pleasant, gamesome, passing courteous; Why does the world report, that Kate doth limp? Kath. Go, fool, and whom thou keep'st command. became recreant, and by pronouncing this word, called for quarter from their opponents; the consequence of which was they were for ever after deemed infamous. As Kate this chamber with her princely gait? And then let Kate be chaste, and Dian sportful! Kath. Where did you study all this goodly speech? Kath. A witty mother! witness else her son. Kath. Yes; keep you warm. Pet. Marry, so I mean, sweet Katharine, in thy bed: And therefore, setting all this chat aside, Thus in plain terms: Your father hath consented That you shall be my wife; your dowry 'greed on; Re-enter BAPTISTA, GREMIO, and TRANIO. Bap. Now, Signior Petruchio: How speed you with Pet. How but well, sir? how but well? It were impossible, I should speed amiss. Bap. Why, how now, daughter Katharine? in your dumps? Kath. Call you me, daughter? now I promise you, You have show'd a tender fatherly regard, To wish me wed to one half lunatick; A mad-cap ruffian, and a swearing Jack, That thinks with oaths to face the matter out. +"a wild Kate to a Kate."-MALONE. Pet. Father, 'tis thus,-yourself and all the world, For she's not froward, but modest as the dove; And to conclude, -we have 'greed so well together, Kath. I'll see thee hang'd on Sunday first. Gre. Hark, Petruchio! she says, she'll see thee hang'd first. Tra. Is this your speeding? nay, then, good night our part! Pet. Be patient, gentlemen; I choose her for myself; How much she loves me: O, the kindest Kate !— 9 A meacock wretch1 can make the curstest shrew. Bap. I know not what to say: but give me your hands; God send you joy, Petruchio! 'tis a match. 8 She vied so fast,] Vye and revye were terms at cards, now superseded by the more modern word, brag. 9 -'tis a world to see,] i. e. it is wonderful to see. This expression is often met with in old historians as well as dramatic writers. A meacock wretch-] i. e. a timorous, dastardly creature. Gre. Tra. Amen, say we; we will be witnesses. [Exeunt PETRUCHIO and KATHARINE, severally. Tra. 'Twas a commodity lay fretting by you; Tra. And I am one, that love Bianca more Gre. Tra. But youth, in ladies' eyes that flourisheth. strife: 'Tis deeds must win the prize; and he, of both, Say, signior Gremio, what can you assure her? Basons, and ewers, to lave her dainty hands: In ivory coffers I have stuff'd my crowns; In cypress chests my arras, counterpoints,2 2 · counterpoints,] These coverings for beds are at present called counterpanes; but either mode of spelling is proper. Counter |