Or fhall I fend my daughter Kate to you?
Pet. I pray you, do. I will attend her here:

[Exit Bap. with Grem. Horten. and Tranio.
And wooe her with fome fpirit when he comes.
Say, that the rail; why, then I'll tell her plain,
She fings as fweetly as a nightingale:

Say, that the frowns; I'll fay, fhe looks as clear
As morning rofes newly wafh'd with dew;
Say, he be mute, and will not speak a word;
Then I'll commend her volubility;

And fay, the uttereth piercing eloquence:
If the do bid me pack, I'll give her thanks,
As tho' fhe bid me ftay by her a week;
If the deny to wed, I'll crave the day

When I fhall ask the banes, and when be married?
But here fhe comes, and now Petruchio speak.
Enter Catharina.

Good morrow, Kate; for that's your name, I hear. Cath. Well have you heard, but fomething hard of hearing.

They call me Catharine, that do talk of me.

Pet. You lie, in faith, for you are call'd plain

Kate;

And bonny Kate, and fometimes Kate the curft:
But Kate, the prettiest Kate in christendom,
Kate of Kate-ball, my fuper-dainty Kate,
(For dainties are all Cates) and therefore Kate;
Take this of me, Kate of my confolation!
Hearing thy mildnefs prais'd in every town,
Thy virtues spoke of, and thy beauty founded,
Yet not fo deeply as to thee belongs:

My Self am mov'd to wooe thee for my wife
Cath. Mov'd! in good time; let him, that mov'd
you hither,

Remove you hence; I knew you at the first

You were a moveable.

Pet. Why, what's a moveable?

Cath. A join'd ftool.

Pet. Thou haft hit it; come, fit on me.

Cath.

Cath. Affes are made to bear, and fo are you. Pet. Women are made to bear, and fo are you. Cath. No fuch jade, Sir, as you; if me you mean. Pet. Alas, good Kate, I will not burthen thee; For knowing thee to be but young and lightCath. Too light for such a swain as you to catch; And yet as heavy as my weight should be.

Pet. Should bee; fhould buz.

Cath. Well ta'en, and like a buzzard.

Pet. Oh, flow-wing'd turtle, fhall a buzzard take thee?

Cath. Ay, for a turtle, as he takes a buzzard.
Pet. Come, come, you wafp, i'faith, you are too
angry.

Gath. If I be wafpifh, 'beft beware my sfting.
Pet. My remedy is then to pluck it out.

Cath. Ah, if the fool could find it, where it lies. Pet. Who knows not, where a wafp doth wear his fting?

In his tail.

Cath. In his tongue.

Pet. Whose tongue

?

Cath. Yours, if you talk of tails; and so farewel. Pet. What, with my tongue in your tail? nay, come again,

Good Kate, I am a gentleman.

If

Cath. That I'll try.

Pet. I fwear, I'll cuff you, if you

Cath. So may you lose your arms.

[She ftrikes him. ftrike again.

you ftrike me, you are no gentleman;

And if no gentleman, why, then no arms.

Pet. A herald, Kate? oh, put me in thy books.
Cath. What is your creft, a coxcomb?

Pet. A comblefs cock, fo Kate will be my hen.
Cath. No cock of mine, you crow too like a craven.
Pet. Nay, come, Kate; come, you must not look
fo fower.

Cath. It is my fashion, when I fee a crab.

Pet. Why, here's no crab, and therefore look not fo fower.

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X

Gath.

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Cath. There is, there is.

Pet. Then thew it me.

Cath. Had I a glass, I would.

Pet. What, you mean my face?

Cath. Well aim'd, of fuch a young one.

Pet. Now, by St. George, I am too young for

you.

Cath. Yet you are wither'd.

Pet. 'Tis with Cares.

Gath. I care not.

Pet. Nay, hear you, Kate; Infooth, you 'fcape not fo.

Cath. I chafe you, if I tarry; let me go.

Pet. No, not a whit, I find you paffing gentle : 'Twas told me, you were rough, and coy, and fullen, And now I find Report a very liar;

For thou art pleasant, gamefome, paffing courteous,
But flow in fpeech, yet fweet as fpring-time flowers.
Thou canst not frown, thou can'ft not look ascance,
Nor bite the lip, as angry wenches will,

Nor haft thou pleasure to be cross in talk:
But thou with mildness entertain'ft thy wooers,
With gentle conf'rence, soft and affable.

Why doth the world report, that Kate doth limp?
Oh fland'rous world! Kate, like the hazle twig,
Is ftrait, and flender; and as brown in hue
As hazle nuts, and sweeter than the kernels.
O, let me fee thee walk: thou doft not halt.
Cath. Go, fool, and whom thou keep'ft command.
Pet. Did ever Dian fo become a grove,.

As Kate this chamber with her princely gaite?
O, be thou Dian, and let her be Kate,

And then let Kate be chaft, and Dian Sportful!

Cath. Where did you ftudy all this goodly fpeech?
Pet. It is extempore, from my mother-wit.
Cath. A witty mother, witlefs elfe her fon.
Pet. Am I not wife?

Cath. Yes; keep you warm.

Pet. Why, fo I mean, fweet Catharine, in thy bed: And therefore fetting all this chat afide,

Thus

Thus in plain terms: your father hath confented,
That you shall be my wife; your dow'ry 'greed on,
And, will you, nill you, I will marry you.
Now, Kate, I am a husband for your turn,
For by this light, whereby I fee thy beauty,
(Thy beauty, that doth make me like thee well;)
Thou must be married to no man but me.
For I am he, am born to tame you, Kate;
And bring you from a wild cat to a Kate,
Conformable as other houshold Kates;
Here comes your father, never make denial,
I must and will have Catharine to my wife.

Enter Baptifta, Gremio, and Tranio.

Bap. Now, Signior Petruchio, how speed you with my daughter?

Pet. How but well, Sir? how but well? It were impoffible, I fhould fpeed amifs.

Bap. Why, how now, daughter Catharine, in your th. dumps?

Call you me daughter? now, I promise you You've fhew'd a tender fatherly regard,

To with me wed to one half lunatick;

A madcap ruffian, and a fwearing Jack,

That thinks with oaths to face the matter out.
Pet. Father, 'tis thus; your felf and all the world,
That talk'd of her, have talk'd amiss of her;

If fhe be curft, it is for policy,

For fhe's not froward, but modeft as the dove:
She is not hot, but temperate as the morn;
For patience, fhe will prove a fecond Griffel;
And Roman Lucrece for her chastity.

And, to conclude, we've 'greed fo well together,
That upon Sunday is the wedding day.

Cath. I'll fee thee hang'd on Sunday firft.

Gre. Hark: Petruchio! the fays, fhe'll see thee hang'd

first.

Tra. Is this your speeding? nay, then, good night,

our part!

Pet. Be patient, Sirs, I chufe her for my felf;

If the and I be pleas'd, what's that to you?
'Tis bargain'd 'twixt us twain, being alone,
That the thall ftill be curft in company.
I tell you, 'tis incredible to believe

How much she loves me; oh, the kindeft Kate!
She hung about my neck, and kifs on kifs
She vy'd fo faft, protesting oath on oath,
That in a twink fhe won me to her love.
Oh, you are novices; 'tis a world to fee,
How tame (when men and women are alone)
A meacock wretch can make the curfteft fhrew.
Give me thy hand, Kate, I will unto Venice,
To buy apparel 'gainft the wedding day;
Father, provide the feast, and bid the guests;
I will be fure, my Catharine fhall be fine.

Bap. I know not what to fay, but give your hands; God fend you joy, Petruchio, 'tis a match.

Gre. Tra. Amen, fay we; we will be witnesses.
Pet. Father, and wife, and gentlemen, adieu;
I will to Venice, Sunday comes apace,

We will have rings and things, and fine array;
And kiss me, Kate, we will be married a Sunday.

[Ex. Petruchio, and Catharine feverally.
Gre. Was ever match clapt up so fuddenly?
Bap. Faith, gentlemen, I play a merchant's part,
And venture madly on a desperate mart.

Tra. 'Twas a commodity lay fretting by you;
'Twill bring you gain, or perifh on the feas.
Bap. The gain I seek is quiet in the match.
Gre. No doubt, but he hath got a quiet catch:
But now, Baptifta, to your younger daughter;
Now is the day we long have looked for:
I am your neighbour, and was fuitor first.

Tra. And I am one, that love Biancha more
Than words can witnefs, or your thoughts can guess.
Gre. Youngling! thou canst not love fo dear as 1.
Tra. Grey-beard! thy love doth freeze.

Gre. But thine doth fry.

Skipper. ftand back; 'tis age, that nourisheth.
Tra. But youth, in ladies eyes that flourisheth.

Bap.