Hor. Why, so! this gallant will command the sun. [Exeunt. SCENE IV.-Padua. Before BAPTISTA'S House. Enter TRANIO, and the Pedant dressed like VINCEN TIO. Tra. Sir, this is the house; Please it you, that I call? Ped. Ay, what else? and, but I be deceived, Signior Baptista may remember me, Near twenty years ago, in Genoa, where We were lodgers at the Pegasus. Tra. 'Tis well; And hold your own, in any case, with such Austerity as 'longeth to a father. Enter BIONDELLO. Ped. I warrant you: But, sir, here comes your boy; "Twere good, he were school'd. Tra. Fear you not him. Sirrah, Biondello, Now do your duty throughly, 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. Enter BAPTISTA and LUCENTIO. Signior Baptista, you are happily met: Sir, [To the Pedant.] This is the gentleman I told you of; I pray you, stand good father to me now, Ped. Soft, son! Sir, by your leave; having come to Padua 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 ;- Your son shall have my daughter with consent. Tra. I thank you, sir. Where then do you know best, We be affied; and such assurance ta'en, As shall with either part's agreement stand? Bap. Not in my house, Lucentio; for, you know, Pitchers have ears, and I have many servants: Besides, old Gremio is heark'ning still; And, happily, we might be interrupted. Tra. Then at my lodging, an it like you, sir: Bap. It likes me well:-Cambio, hie you home, 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. Bion. Cambio. [Exeunt TRA. Pedant, and Bar, Luc. What say'st thou, Biondello? Bion. You saw my master wink and laugh upon 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. Bion. Then thus. Baptista is safe, talking with the deceiving father of a deceitful son. Luc. And what of him? Bion. His daughter is to be brought by you to the supper. Luc. And then?- Bion. The old priest at Saint Luke's church is at your command at all hours. Luc. And what of all this? Bion. I cannot tell; except they are busied about a counterfeit assurance: Take you assurance of her, cum privilegio ad imprimendum solum: to the church;—take the priest, clerk, and some sufficient honest witnesses: If this be not that you look for, I have no more to say, But, bid Bianca farewell for ever, and a day. Luc. Hear'st thou, Biondello? [Going. Bion. I cannot tarry: I knew a wench married in an afternoon, as she went to the garden for parsley to stuff a rabbit; and so may you, sir; and so adieu, sir. My master bath appointed me to go to Saint Luke's, to bid the priest be ready to come, against you come with your appendix. [Exit. Luc. I may, and will, if she be so contented: [Exit. SCENE V.-A Public Road. Enter PETRUCHIO, KATHARINA, and HORTENSIO. Pet. Come on, o' God's name; once more toward our father's. Good lord, how bright and goodly shines the moon! Or ere I journey to your father's house :- Kath. I know it is. Pet. Nay, then you lie; it is the blessed sun. Kath. Then, God be bless'd, it is the blessed sun! But sun it is not, when you say it is not; And the moon changes, even as your mind. What you will have it nam'd, even that it is; And so it shall be so, for Katharine. Hor. Petruchio, go thy ways; the field is won. Pet. Well, forward, forward: thus the bowl should run, And not unluckily against the bias.- |