Chapter VII: Act IV: SCENE I. Pope

P.'s country house.] Pope. A hall in.... Capell.

[2, 3] _Was_ ... _beaten? was_ ... _rayed?_ _was_ ... _weary?_] _was_
... _weary? was_ ... _beaten? was_ ... _raied?_ Hanmer.

[3] _rayed_] _'wray'd_ Capell.

[11] _is_] _is't_ Anon. conj.

[16] _Curtis_] _Burtis_ Q.

[19] _this_] _the_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[21] _myself_] _thyself_ Hanmer (Warburton).

[23] _three-inch_] _three-inch'd_ Rowe.

[24] _thy_] _my_ Theobald.

[34] _There's_] _There is_ Hanmer.

[37] _thou wilt_] _wilt thou_ F1. _will_ _thaw_ Anon. conj.

[42] _their_] F3 F4. _the_ F1 Q F2. _the--in_ _their_ S. Walker conj.,
supposing an omission.

[43, 44] _within_ ... _without_] _without_ ... _within_ Hanmer.

[44] _the carpets_] _carpets_ F3 F4.

[45] _news_] _what news_ F2 F3 F4. _thy_ _news_ Malone conj.

[54] [Strikes him.] Rowe.

[55] _is_] Rowe (ed. 2). _'tis_ Ff Q.

[60] _of_] _on_ Rowe.

[71] _of worthy_] _worthy of_ S. Walker conj.

[73] _thy_] _the_ Q.

[74] _is_] om. Q.

[77] _Walter_, _Sugarsop_] _Walter Sugarsop_ S. Walker conj.

_Sugarsop_] corrupt, Id. conj.

[78] _sleekly_] _slickely_ F1 Q F2. _slickly_ F3 F4.

[79] _indifferent_] _different_ Malone conj.

[80] _knit_] _knot_ Capell.

[89] _call_] Ff Q. _call'st Rowe_ (ed. 2).

[92] Enter....] Ff Q (after line 90).

[97] Nath.] Walt. Edd. conj.

[101] _is ready_] F1 Q. _are ready_ F2 F3 F4.

[104] SCENE II. Pope.

[104-106] _Where_ ... _Philip_] Printed as prose in F3 F4.

[104] _door_] _the door_ Capell.

[106-108] _Where is_ ... _here_, _sir!_] Printed by Capell as two
lines, ending the first at _Here_, _here_, _sir_.

[110] _attendance_] _attendants_ Q.

[113] _peasant_] _pleasant_ Pope (ed. 2).

[115] _these_] F1 Q. _the_ F2 F3 F4.

[122] _here are_] F1 Q. om. F2 F3 F4.

[123] [Exeunt Servants] Ex. Ser. Ff Q. Exeunt some of the servants.
Cloth lay'd. Capell.

[124] [Singing.] Theobald. See note (XVII).

_led--_] _led_, _say they:_-- Capell.

[125] _those--_] _those villains?_ Capell.

[126] _Soud_ ... _soud_] _Sù_ ... _sù_. A. A. (N. and Q.) conj.

[Humming. Hanmer. [Wipes himself. Capell.

[128] _rogues_] _rogue_ Hammer.

[Sings.] Rowe.

[131] _Out_] _Out_, _out_ Pope.

[132] _mend_] _mind_ Hanmer.

[Strikes him.] Rowe.

[134] _my_] _by_ Hanmer (a misprint).

[137] [Water presented. Capell.

[Enter..] Ff Q (after line 133). om. Capell.

[138] [Servant lets the ewer fall. Capell.

[141] _flap-ear'd_] _flatear'd_ Rowe.

[144] _What's_] _What is_ Hanmer.

_Ay_] _Yes_ Rowe.

Peter.] F1 Q. Ser F2 F3 F4.

[145] _all the_] _all the rest o'the_ Capell.

[149] [Throws....] Rowe.

[160] _to-morrow_] _for to-morrow_ Pope.

[162] [Exeunt] Ff Q. [Exit, leading out Cat. Cur. follows. Capell.

[163-166] _Peter_ ... _chamber_] As two lines in Capell, ending _kills
her_ ... _chamber_.

[164] [Re-enter Curtis.] Enter Curtis a servant. Ff Q (after line
165).

[166-171] _In her_ ... _hither_] Pope. Printed as prose in Ff Q.

[168] _swears_] _sweare_ F2.

_that she_] _and she_ Rowe.

[171] [Exeunt.] Pope. om. Ff Q.

[172] SCENE III. Pope.

[180] _bate_ ... _beat_] _baite_ ... _beate_ F1 Q F2. _bait_ ...
_beat_ F3 F4.

[182] _she shall_] _shall_ F3 F4.

[186] _another_] _that_ Pope.

[187] _I intend_] _I'll pretend_ Rowe (ed. 2).

SCENE II. _Padua_. _Before_ BAPTISTA'S _house_.

_Enter_ TRANIO _and_ HORTENSIO.

_Tra._ Is't possible, friend Licio, that Mistress Bianca
Doth fancy any other but Lucentio?
I tell you, sir, she bears me fair in hand.

_Hor._ Sir, to satisfy you in what I have said,
Stand by and mark the manner of his teaching. 5

_Enter_ BIANCA _and_ LUCENTIO.

_Luc._ Now, mistress, profit you in what you read?

_Bian._ What, master, read you? first resolve me that.

_Luc._ I read that I profess, the Art to Love.

_Bian._ And may you prove, sir, master of your art!

_Luc._ While you, sweet dear, prove mistress of my heart! 10

_Hor._ Quick proceeders, marry! Now, tell me, I pray,
You that durst swear that your mistress Bianca
Loved none in the world so well as Lucentio.

_Tra._ O despiteful love! unconstant womankind!
I tell thee, Licio, this is wonderful. 15

_Hor._ Mistake no more: I am not Licio,
Nor a musician, as I seem to be;
But one that scorn to live in this disguise,
For such a one as leaves a gentleman,
And makes a god of such a cullion: 20
Know, sir, that I am call'd Hortensio.

_Tra._ Signior Hortensio, I have often heard
Of your entire affection to Bianca;
And since mine eyes are witness of her lightness,
I will with you, if you be so contented, 25
Forswear Bianca and her love for ever.

_Hor._ See, how they kiss and court! Signior Lucentio,
Here is my hand, and here I firmly vow
Never to woo her more, but do forswear her,
As one unworthy all the former favours 30
That I have fondly flatter'd her withal.

_Tra._ And here I take the like unfeigned oath,
Never to marry with her though she would entreat:
Fie on her! see, how beastly she doth court him!

_Hor._ Would all the world but he had quite forsworn! 35
For me, that I may surely keep mine oath,
I will be married to a wealthy widow,
Ere three days pass, which hath as long loved me
As I have loved this proud disdainful haggard.
And so farewell, Signior Lucentio. 40
Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks,
Shall win my love: and so I take my leave,
In resolution as I swore before. [_Exit._

_Tra._ Mistress Bianca, bless you with such grace
As 'longeth to a lover's blessed case! 45
Nay, I have ta'en you napping, gentle love,
And have forsworn you with Hortensio.

_Bian._ Tranio, you jest: but have you both forsworn me?

_Tra._ Mistress, we have.

_Luc._ Then we are rid of Licio.

_Tra._ I'faith, he'll have a lusty widow now, 50
That shall be woo'd and wedded in a day.

_Bian._ God give him joy!

_Tra._ Ay, and he'll tame her.

_Bian._ He says so, Tranio.

_Tra._ Faith, he is gone unto the taming-school.

_Bian._ The taming-school! what, is there such a place? 55

_Tra._ Ay, mistress, and Petruchio is the master;
That teacheth tricks eleven and twenty long,
To tame a shrew and charm her chattering tongue.

_Enter_ BIONDELLO.

_Bion._ O master, master, I have watch'd so long
That I am dog-weary! but at last I spied 60
An ancient angel coming down the hill,
Will serve the turn.

_Tra._ What is he, Biondello?

_Bion._ Master, a mercatantè, or a pedant,
I know not what; but formal in apparel,
In gait and countenance surely like a father. 65

_Luc._ And what of him, Tranio?

_Tra._ If he be credulous and trust my tale,
I'll make him glad to seem Vincentio,
And give assurance to Baptista Minola,
As if he were the right Vincentio. 70
Take in your love, and then let me alone.
[_Exeunt Lucentio and Bianca._

_Enter a_ Pedant.

_Ped._ God save you, sir!

_Tra._ And you, sir! you are welcome.
Travel you far on, or are you at the farthest?

_Ped._ Sir, at the farthest for a week or two:
But then up farther, and as far as Rome; 75
And so to Tripoli, if God lend me life.

_Tra._ What countryman, I pray?

_Ped._ Of Mantua.

_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. 80

_Tra._ 'Tis death for any one in Mantua
To come to Padua. Know you not the cause?
Your ships are stay'd at Venice; and the Duke,
For private quarrel 'twixt your duke and him,
Hath publish'd and proclaim'd it openly: 85
'Tis marvel, but that you are 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. 90

_Tra._ Well, sir, to do you courtesy,
This will I do, and this I will 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. 95

_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. 100

_Bion._ As much as an apple doth an oyster, and all one.
[_Aside._

_Tra._ To save your life in this extremity,
This favour will I do you for his sake;
And think it not the worst of all your fortunes
That you are like to Sir Vincentio. 105
His name and credit shall you undertake,
And in my house you shall be friendly lodged:
Look that you take upon you as you should;
You understand me, sir: so shall you stay
Till you have done your business in the city: 110
If this be courtesy, sir, accept of it.

_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; 115
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 to clothe you as becomes you. [_Exeunt._ 120

LINENOTES:

SCENE II.] Steevens. ACT V. SCENE I. Pope. SCENE IV.
Hanmer. ACT IV. SCENE I. Capell. See note (XVIII).

Padua] Pope.

Before B's house.] Theobald.

Enter T. and H.] Ff Q. Enter Lucentio and Bianca courting; and, on the
opposite side, Tranio and Hortensio. Capell.

[1] _that_] om. S. Walker conj.

_Mistress_] om. Pope.

[4] Hor.] F2 F3 F4. Luc. F1 Q.

_Sir_, _to satisfy you_] Ff Q. _To_ _satisfy you_, _sir_ Pope.
_Signior_, _to_ _satisfy you_ Anon conj.

_have_] om. Pope.

[5] [They stand by. Theobald.

... and Lucentio] Rowe.

[6, 8] Luc.] F2 F3 F4. Hor. F1 Q.

[7] _What_, _master_, _read you? first_] Theobald. _What master read
you_ _first_, Ff Q.

[8] _to_] _of_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[10] [They retire backward. Theobald. [Court apart. Capell.

[11] _Quick proceeders_, _marry_] _Marry_, _quick proceeders_ Capell.

_Now_, _tell me_] _Tell me now_ Capell.

[11-13] _Quick_ ... _Lucentio_] F1 Q F2. As prose in F3 F4.

[12] _that your mistress_] _your mistress_ _fair_ Capell.

[13] _none_] Rowe. _me_ Ff Q.

_in the_] _i'the_ Capell.

_as_] _as her_ Capell.

[14] _O_] om. Capell.

[29] _Never_ ... _forswear her_] om. Rowe.

[31] _her_] F3 F4. _them_ F1 Q F2.

[33] _Never_] _Ne'er_ Steevens.

_with her_] _her_ Pope, _wi'her_ S. Walker conj.

_she would_] _she_ Pope. _she'ld_ S. Walker conj.

[35] _forsworn_] _forsworn her_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[36] _oath_,] Rowe. _oath_. Ff Q.

[38. _hath_] _has_ F4.

[42] _so_] om. F2. _thus_ Collier MS.

[44] Tra.] Tra. [passing to the other side]. Capell.

[45] _'longeth_] Hanmer. _longeth_ Ff Q.

[53] _her_] _her too_ S. Walker conj.

[54] _unto_] Ff Q. _into_ Warburton. _to_ Heath conj.

[59] ACT V. SCENE II. Pope. SCENE V. Hanmer.

Enter B.] Enter B. running. Theobald.

[60] _I am_] _I'm_ Pope.

[61] _ancient angel_] _angel-merchant_ Steevens conj.

_angel_] _Angel_ F1 F3 F4. _Angell_ Q F2. _engle_ Theobald. _ayeul_
Becket conj. _gentleman_ or _gentle_ Mitford conj. _morsel_ Staunton
conj. _ambler_ Collier (Collier MS.), _antick_ Anon. conj. _uncle_
Bubier conj.

_coming_] _going_ Pope (ed. 2).

[63] _mercatantè_, _or_] Capell. _marcantant_ _or_ Ff Q. _mercantant_,
_or else_ Pope.

[65] _surely_] F1 Q. _surly_ F2 F3 F4.

[66. _And_] om. Capell.

_Tranio_] om. S. Walker conj.

[69] _give_] _give him_ Theobald.

[71] _Take in_] Theobald. Par. _Take_ _me_ F1 Q. _Take me_, F2 F3 F4.
_Partake_ or _Take on_ Anon. conj.

_Take_ ... _and then_] _Partake your_ _love within_; Anon. conj.

[Exeunt L. and B.] Rowe.

[75] _and_] _e'en_ Theobald conj.

[78] _sir? marry_] _sir?_ Pope. _sir_, _say you?_ Hanmer. _sir? marry
now_ Capell.

[81] _in_] _of_ Hanmer.

[86] _you are_] _you're_ Pope.

[91] _courtesy_] _courtesy herein_ Capell.

[92] _I will_] _will I_ Pope.

[100] _countenance_] _count'nance_ F1 Q F3 F4. _countnance_ F2.

[101] [Aside.] Rowe.

[105] _like to Sir_] _so like to_ Collier MS. _like_, _sir_, to
Staunton conj.

[110] _the city_] _this city_ Capell conj.

[111] _courtesy_] _court'sie_ Ff Q.

[117] _dower_] Warburton. _dowre_ Ff Q. _dowry_ Rowe.

[120] _me_] F1 Q. _me_, _sir_ F2 F3 F4. See note (XIX).

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?
Beggars, that come unto my father's door,
Upon entreaty have a present alms; 5
If not, elsewhere they meet with charity:
But I, who never knew how to entreat,
Nor never needed that I should entreat,
Am starved for meat, giddy for lack of sleep;
With oaths kept waking, and with brawling fed: 10
And that which spites me more than all these wants,
He does it under name of perfect love;
As who should say, if I should sleep or eat,
'Twere deadly sickness or else present death.
I prithee go and get me some repast; 15
I care not what, so it be wholesome food.

_Gru._ What say you to a neat's foot?

_Kath._ 'Tis passing good: I prithee let me have it.

_Gru._ I fear it is too choleric a meat.
How say you to a fat tripe finely broil'd? 20

_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. 25

_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.

_Kath._ Then both, or one, or any thing thou wilt.

_Gru._ Why then, the mustard without the beef. 30

_Kath._ Go, get thee gone, thou false deluding slave,
[_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. 35

_Enter_ PETRUCHIO _and_ HORTENSIO _with meat_.

_Pet._ How fares my Kate? What, sweeting, all amort?

_Hor._ Mistress, what cheer?

_Kath._ Faith, as cold as can be.

_Pet._ Pluck up thy spirits; look cheerfully upon me.
Here, love; thou see'st how diligent I am
To dress thy meat myself and bring it thee: 40
I am sure, sweet Kate, this kindness merits thanks.
What, not a word? Nay, then thou lovest it not;
And all my pains is sorted to no proof.
Here, take away this dish.

_Kath._ I pray you, let it stand.

_Pet._ The poorest service is repaid with thanks; 45
And so shall mine, before you touch the meat.

_Kath._ I thank you, sir.

_Hor._ Signior Petruchio, fie! you are to blame.
Come, Mistress Kate, I'll bear you company.

_Pet._ Eat it up all, Hortensio, if thou lovest me.
[_Aside._ 50
Much good do it unto thy gentle heart!
Kate, eat apace: and now, my honey love,
Will we return unto thy father's house,
And revel it as bravely as the best,
With silken coats and caps and golden rings, 55
With ruffs and cuffs and fardingales and things;
With scarfs and fans and double change of bravery,
With amber bracelets, beads and all this knavery.
What, hast thou dined? The tailor stays thy leisure,
To deck thy body with his ruffling treasure. 60

_Enter_ Tailor.

Come, tailor, let us see these ornaments;
Lay forth the gown.

_Enter_ Haberdasher.

What news with you, sir?

_Hab._ Here is the cap your worship did bespeak.

_Pet._ Why, this was moulded on a porringer;
A velvet dish: fie, fie! 'tis lewd and filthy: 65
Why, 'tis a cockle or a walnut-shell,
A knack, a toy, a trick, a baby's cap:
Away with it! come, let me have a bigger.

_Kath._ I'll have no bigger: this doth fit the time
And gentlewomen wear such caps as these. 70

_Pet._ When you are gentle, you shall have one too,
And not till then.

_Hor._ That will not be in haste. [_Aside._

_Kath._ Why, sir, I trust I may have leave to speak;
And speak I will; I am no child, no babe:
Your betters have endured me say my mind, 75
And if you cannot, best you stop your ears.
My tongue will tell the anger of my heart,
Or else my heart concealing it will break;
And rather than it shall, I will be free
Even to the uttermost, as I please, in words. 80

_Pet._ Why, thou say'st true; it is a paltry cap,
A custard-coffin, a bauble, a silken pie:
I love thee well, in that thou likest it not.

_Kath._ Love me or love me not, I like the cap;
And it I will have, or I will have none. 85
[_Exit Haberdasher._

_Pet._ Thy gown? why, ay: come, tailor, let us see't.
O mercy, God! what masquing stuff is here?
What's this? a sleeve? 'tis like a demi-cannon:
What, up and down, carved like an apple-tart?
Here's snip and nip and cut and slish and slash, 90
Like to a censer in a barber's shop:
Why, what, i' devil's name, tailor, call'st thou this?

_Hor._ I see she's like to have neither cap nor gown. [_Aside._

_Tai._ You bid me make it orderly and well,
According to the fashion and the time. 95

_Pet._ Marry, and did; but if you be remember'd,
I did not bid you mar it to the time.
Go, hop me over every kennel home,
For you shall hop without my custom, sir:
I'll none of it: hence! make your best of it. 100

_Kath._ I never saw a better-fashion'd gown,
More quaint, more pleasing, nor more commendable:
Belike you mean to make a puppet of me.

_Pet._ Why, true; he means to make a puppet of thee.

_Tai._ She says your worship means to make a puppet of her. 105

_Pet._ O monstrous arrogance! Thou liest, thou thread, thou thimble,
Thou yard, three-quarters, half-yard, quarter, nail!
Thou flea, thou nit, thou winter-cricket thou!
Braved in mine own house with a skein of thread? 110
Away, thou rag, thou quantity, thou remnant;
Or I shall so be-mete thee with thy yard,
As thou shalt think on prating whilst thou livest!
I tell thee, I, that thou hast marr'd her gown.

_Tai._ Your worship is deceived; the gown is made 115
Just as my master had direction:
Grumio gave order how it should be done.

_Gru._ I gave him no order; I gave him the stuff.

_Tai._ But how did you desire it should be made?

_Gru._ Marry, sir, with needle and thread. 120

_Tai._ But did you not request to have it cut?

_Gru._ Thou hast faced many things.

_Tai._ I have.

_Gru._ Face not me: thou hast braved many men; brave
not me; I will neither be faced nor braved. I say unto 125
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.

_Pet._ Read it.

_Gru._ The note lies in's throat, if he say I said so. 130

_Tai._ [_reads_] 'Imprimis, a loose-bodied gown:'

_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. 135

_Tai._ [_reads_] 'With a small compassed cape:'

_Gru._ I confess the cape.

_Tai._ [_reads_] 'With a trunk sleeve:'

_Gru._ I confess two sleeves.

_Tai._ [_reads_] 'The sleeves curiously cut.' 140

_Pet._ Ay, there's the villany.

_Gru._ Error i' the bill, sir; 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
armed in a thimble. 145

_Tai._ This is true that I say: an I had thee in place
where, thou shouldst know it.

_Gru._ I am for thee straight: take thou the bill, give
me thy mete-yard, and spare not me.

_Hor._ God-a-mercy, Grumio! then he shall have no odds. 150

_Pet._ Well, sir, in brief, the gown is not for me.

_Gru._ You are i' the right, sir: 'tis for my mistress.

_Pet._ Go, take it up unto thy master's use.

_Gru._ Villain, not for thy life: take up my mistress'
gown for thy master's use! 155

_Pet._ Why, sir, what's your conceit in that?

_Gru._ O, sir, the conceit is deeper than you think for:
Take up my mistress' gown to his master's use!
O, fie, fie, fie!

_Pet._ Hortensio, say thou wilt see the tailor paid. [_Aside._ 160

Go take it hence; be gone, and say no more.

_Hor._ Tailor, I'll pay thee for thy gown to-morrow:
Take no unkindness of his hasty words:
Away! I say; commend me to thy master. [_Exit Tailor._

_Pet._ Well, come, my Kate; we will unto your father's 165
Even in these honest mean habiliments:
Our purses shall be proud, our garments poor;
For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich;
And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit. 170
What is the jay more precious than the lark,
Because his feathers are more beautiful?
Or is the adder better than the eel,
Because his painted skin contents the eye?
O, no, good Kate; neither art thou the worse 175
For this poor furniture and mean array.
If thou account'st it shame, lay it on me;
And therefore frolic: we will hence forthwith,
To feast and sport us at thy father's house.
Go, call my men, and let us straight to him; 180
And bring our horses unto Long-lane end;
There will we mount, and thither walk on foot.
Let's see; I think 'tis now some seven o'clock,
And well we may come there by dinner-time.

_Kath._ I dare assure you, sir, 'tis almost two; 185
And 'twill be supper-time ere you come there.

_Pet._ It shall be seven ere I go to horse:
Look, what I speak, or do, or think to do,
You are still crossing it. Sirs, let't alone:
I will not go to-day; and ere I do, 190
It shall be what o'clock I say it is.

_Hor._ Why, so this gallant will command the sun.
[_Exeunt._

LINENOTES:

SCENE III.] Steevens. Actus Quartus. Scæna Prima. Ff Q. ACT
IV. SCENE IV. Pope. ACT V. SCENE I. Hanmer. ACT IV. SCENE VI.
Warburton. ACT IV. SCENE II. Capell.

[8] _Nor_ ... _entreat_] omitted in Reed (1803, 1813), Boswell (1821),
&c.

[11] _wants_] _wrongs_ Capell (corrected in MS.).

[19] _choleric_] F1 Q. _phlegmatic_ F2 F3 F4.

[22] _'tis_] _it is_ Rowe. _it's_ Pope.

[27] _Nay then_] _Nay_, _that_ Collier (Collier MS.).

[30] _without_] _e'en without_ Hanmer. _now without_ Capell.

[36] SCENE V. Pope. SCENE VII. Warburton.

[37] _Faith_] _I'faith_ Capell.

[40] [Sets the dish on a table. Capell (after line 39).

[41] _I am_] _I'm_ Pope.

[43] _is_] _are_ Halliwell.

[44] _this_] _the_ F3 F4.

_I pray you_] _Pray_ Hanmer.

[49] [Sits to table along with her. Capell.

[50] _me_.] _me:_ Ff Q. _me_, Rowe.

[Aside.] Theobald.

[51] _Much_] _Now much_ Capell.

[55, 56] _rings_ ... _things_] _things_ ... _rings_ Johnson conj.
(withdrawn).

[56] _fardingales_] F1 Q F2 F3. _fardingals_ F4.

[59] _What_] F1 Q. _With_ F2 F3 F4.

[60] _To_] _The_ F2.

_ruffling_] _rustling_ Pope.

[61] SCENE VI. Pope. ACT V. SCENE III. Hanmer. SCENE VIII. Warburton.

[62] Enter....] Ff Q (after line 61).

_sir?_] _sir? ha!_ Hanmer.

[63] Hab.] Rowe. Fel. Ff Q.

[72] [Aside.] Hanmer.

[80] _uttermost_] _utmost_ Pope.

[81] _a_] om. F1.

[85] _it will have_] _I will have it_ Pope.

[Exit Haberdasher] Edd.

[87] _God_] _Heav'n_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[88] _What's this?_] F1 Q. _What_ _this?_ F2. _What? this_ F3 F4.

_like a_] _like_ F1.

[92] _i'_] Edd. _a_ Ff Q. _o'_ Capell.

_tailor_] _trilor_ F4.

[93] _to have_] _to've_ Pope.

[Aside.] Theobald.

[95] _and_] _of_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[96] _and did_] _I did_ Long conj. MS.

[106, 107] As two lines in Ff Q, ending _arrogance:_ ... _thimble_. As
one line in Capell. As two lines ending _liest_, ... _thimble_ Malone.
As two ending _thread_ ... _thimble_ Knight.

[106] _monstrous_] F1 Q. _most monstrous_ F2 F3 F4.

_liest_] _list_ Anon conj.

_thou thread_] om. Ritson conj.

[107] _thimble_,] _thimble thou! thou_ _liest_, Hanmer.

[108] _yard_,] F2 F3 F4. _yard_ F1 Q.

[131, 136, 138, 140] [reads] Capell.

[131] _Imprimis_] F3 F4. _Inprimis_ F1 Q F2.

[132] _loose-bodied_] _loose body's_ Steevens conj. from (Q).

_sew me_] _sow me up_ Pope.

[146] _an_] Pope. _and_ Ff Q.

[147] _where_, _thou shouldst_] Q F3 F4. _where thou shouldst_ F1.
_where thou_ _should_ F2.

[149] _not me_] _me not_ Hanmer.

[150] Pet.] Kath. Daniel conj.

[154, 158] _mistress'_] _mistress's_ Rowe.

[158] _to_] _unto_ F3 F4.

[160] [Aside.] Rowe.

[164] [Exit Tailor.] Exit Tail. Ff Q. Exeunt Tailor and Haberdasher.
Collier.

[170] _peereth_] _'peareth_ Grant White (Capell conj.).

[171] _What is_] Ff Q. _What; is_ Pope.

[171, 172] _lark_, ... _beautiful?_] F2 F3 F4. _larke?_...
_beautifull_. F1 Q.

[175] _good_] om. Q.

[177] _account'st_] Rowe. _accountedst_ F1 Q F2. _accounted'st_ F3
F4.

[182] _on foot_] _afoot_ Capell.

[190] _and_] _or_, Capell.

[192] _Why_, _so_] _Why so_ F1 Q. _Why_ _so:_ F2 F3 F4. _Why_, _so!_
Capell. See note (XIX).

SCENE IV. _Padua_. _Before_ BAPTISTA'S _house_.

_Enter_ TRANIO, _and the_ Pedant _dressed like_ VINCENTIO.

_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. 5

_Tra._ 'Tis well; and hold your own, in any case,
With such austerity as 'longeth to a father.

_Ped._ I warrant you.

_Enter_ BIONDELLO.

But, sir, here comes your boy;
'Twere good he were school'd.

_Tra._ Fear you not him. Sirrah Biondello, 10
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; 15
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.
[_To the Pedant_] Sir, this is the gentleman I told you of: 20
I 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
To gather in some debts, my son Lucentio 25
Made me acquainted with a weighty cause
Of love between your daughter and himself:
And, for the good report I hear of you,
And for the love he beareth to your daughter,
And she to him, to stay him not too long, 30
I am content, in a good father's care,
To have him match'd; and, if you please to like
No worse than I, upon some agreement
Me shall you find ready and willing
With one consent to have her so bestow'd; 35
For curious I cannot be with you,
Signior Baptista, of whom I hear so well.

_Bap._ Sir, pardon me in what I have to say:
Your plainness and your shortness please me well.
Right true it is, your son Lucentio here 40
Doth love my daughter, and she loveth him,
Or both dissemble deeply their affections:
And therefore, if you say no more than this.
That like a father you will deal with him,
And pass my daughter a sufficient dower, 45
The match is made, and all is done:
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? 50

_Bap._ Not in my house, Lucentio; for, you know,
Pitchers have ears, and I have many servants:
Besides, old Gremio is hearkening still;
And happily we might be interrupted.

_Tra._ Then at my lodging, an it like you: 55
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;
My boy shall fetch the scrivener presently.
The worst is this, that, at so slender warning, 60
You are like to have a thin and slender pittance.

_Bap._ It likes me well. Cambio, his you home,
And bid Bianca make her ready straight;
And, if you will, tell what hath happened,
Lucentio's father is arrived in Padua, 65
And how she's like to be Lucentio's wife.

_Bion._ I pray the gods she may with all my heart!

_Tra._ Dally not with the gods, but get thee gone.
[_Exit Bion_
Signior Baptista, shall I lead the way?
Welcome! one mess is like to be your cheer: 70
Come, sir; we will better it in Pisa.

_Bap._ I follow you.
[_Exeunt Tranio, Pedant, and Baptista._ _Re-enter_ BIONDELLO.

_Bion._ Cambio.

_Luc._ What sayest thou, Biondello?

_Bion._ You saw my master wink and laugh upon you? 75

_Luc._ Biondello, what of that?

_Bion._ Faith, nothing; but 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 80
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 85
command at all hours.

_Luc._ And what of all this?

_Bion._ I cannot tell; expect they are busied about a
counterfeit assurance: take you assurance of her, 'cum privilegio
ad imprimendum solum:' to the church; take the 90
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._ Hearest thou, Biondello?

_Bion._ I cannot tarry: I knew a wench married in an 95
afternoon as she went to the garden for parsley to stuff a
rabbit; and so may you, sir: and so, adieu, sir. My master
hath 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: 100
She will be pleased; 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._

LINENOTES:

SCENE IV.] Steevens. ACT V. SCENE II. Pope (ed. 1). ACT V.
SCENE III. Pope (ed. 2). ACT V. SCENE IV. Hanmer. SCENE IX. Warburton.
SCENE III. Capell. ACT V. SCENE I. Johnson conj.

Before B's house.] Capell.

... Pedant dressed....] Pedant, booted, and drest.... Capell.

[1] _Sir_] Theobald. _Sirs_ Ff Q.

[2] _Ay,_] _I_ Ff Q. _Ay_, _ay_, Hanmer. _Ay_, _sir;_ Capell.

[4, 5] _Genoa_, _Where we_] _Genoa_, _where We_ Steevens. _Genoa When
we_ Halliwell.

[5, 6] _Where we_ ... Tra. _'Tis_] Theobald. Tra. _Where we_ ... _Tis_
Ff Q. Tra. _Where you_ ... _Tis_ Capell.

[7] _'longeth to a_] Hanmer. _longeth_ _to a_ FF Q. _'longs t' a_ S.
Walker conj.

[9] _good_] _good that_ Hanmer.

[11] _Now_] om. Hanmer.

_throughly_] _thoroughly_ Steevens.

_I advise you_] om. Hanmer.

[15] _at_] _in_ F3 F4.

[17] _Thou'rt_] Capell. _Th'art_ F1 Q F2. _That's_ F3 F4.

[19] SCENE III. Pope (ed. 1). SCENE IV. Pope (ed. 2). ACT V. SCENE V.
Hanmer. ACT IV. SCENE X. Warburton.

Enter B. and L.] Enter B. and L.: Pedant booted and bare headed. Ff Q.
(and Pedant F2 F3 F4.)

[20] [To the Pedant] Capell.

_Sir, this is_] _Sir, This is Capell._ _Sir, this 's_ Edd conj.

[21] _stand good father to_] _stand, good father, to_ Rowe.

[23, 24] As in Hanmer. As one line in Ff Q.

[33] _I, upon_] F1. _I upon_ Q. _I sir upon_ F2 F3 F4.

[34] _ready and willing_] F1 Q. _most ready and most willing_ F2 F3
F4.

[38] _to say_] _say_ Steevens (1778), a misprint.

[45] _dower_] F1 Q F2. _dowre_ F3 F4. _dowry_ Rowe.

[46] _made_] _fully made_ Hanmer.

_done_] _done with me_ Capell. _happily done_ Collier (Collier MS.).

[48, 49.] _Where then do you ... We be_] _Then where you do
... Be we_ Becket conj.

[48] _do you know_] _do you trow is_ Hanmer. _you do know_
Johnson conj. _do you trow_ Rann (Johnson conj.). _do you hold_
Collier (Collier MS.).

[49] _We be_] _Be we_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[54] _And happily_] _And happilie_ F1 Q. _Ann haply_ F2.
_And haply_ F3 F4. _And haply then_ Pope. _And hapily_ Capell. _And
happely_ Grant White.

_might_] Ff. _may_ Q.

[55] _like you_] F1 Q. _like you, sir_ F2 F3 F4. _liketh
you_] Anon conj.

[61] _You are_] _You're_ Pope.

[62, 63.] As in Steevens. As two lines ending _well: ...
straight_ in Ff Q.

[62] _Cambio_] _Go, Cambio_ Pope. _Biondello_ Edd. conj. See
note (XX).

[64] _And, if you will, tell_] Rowe. _And if you will tell_
Ff Q.

_happened_] Capell. _hapned_ Ff Q. _happen'd here_ Pope.

[67] Bion.] F2 F3 F4. Biond. F1 Q. Luc. Rowe.

[68] [Exit Bion.] Exit. Ff Q, after line 67. om. Capell. See
note (xx).

Enter Peter. Ff Q.

[70] _Welcome_] F1 Q. _We come_ F2 F3 F4. See note (XXI).

[70, 71.] _Welcome ... Come, sir; we will_] _Come, sir; one mess ...
cheer; We'll_ Capell.

[71] _Come_] _But come_ Hanmer.

[72] Exeunt T. P. and B] Exeunt. Ff Q.

Re-enter Biondello.] Edd. Enter Lucentio and Biondello. Ff Q.

[73] ACT V. SCENE IV. Pope (ed. 1). SCENE V. Pope (ed. 2). ACT V.
SCENE VI. Hanmer. ACT IV. SCENE XI. Warburton.

[75] _wink and laugh_] _laugh, and wink_ Capell conj.

[77] _has_] _'has_ Rowe. _ha's_ Theobald. _h'as_ Hanmer. _he's_
Johnson. _he has_ Steevens.

[79] _them_] _then_ Anon conj.

[84] _then?_] F2 F3 F4. _then._ F1 Q.

[87] _this?_] F2 F3 F4. _this._ F1 Q.

[88] _expect_] F1 Q. _except_ F2 F3 F4. _expect_, Warburton. _except,
while_ Capell. _expect;--_ Malone. _except--_ Tyrwhitt conj.

[90] _imprimendum solum_] F2 F3 F4. _impremendum solem_ F1 Q.

_church;_] Rann (Tyrwhitt conj.). _church_ Ff Q.

[93] [Going. Capell.

[101] _I doubt_] _we doubt_ Rowe. _I doubt her_ Pope.

SCENE V. _A public road._

_Enter_ PETRUCHIO, KATHARINA, HORTENSIO, _and_ Servants.

_Pet._ Come on, i' God's name; once more toward our father's.
Good Lord, how bright and goodly shines the moon!

_Kath._ The moon! the sun: it is not moonlight now.

_Pet._ I say it is the moon that shines so bright.

_Kath._ I know it is the sun that shines so bright. 5

_Pet._ Now, by my mother's son, and that's myself,
It shall be moon, or star, or what I list,
Or ere I journey to your father's house.
Go on, and fetch our horses back again.
Evermore cross'd and cross'd; nothing but cross'd! 10

_Hor._ Say as he says, or we shall never go.

_Kath._ Forward, I pray, since we have come so far,
And be it moon, or sun, or what you please:
An if you please to call it a rush-candle,
Henceforth I vow it shall be so for me. 15

_Pet._ I say it is the moon.

_Kath._ I know it is the moon.

_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. 20
What you will have it named, 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. 25
But, soft! company is coming here.

_Enter_ VINCENTIO.

[_To Vincentio_] Good morrow, gentle mistress: where away?
Tell me, sweet Kate, and tell me truly too,
Hast thou beheld a fresher gentlewoman?
Such war of white and red within her cheeks! 30
What stars do spangle heaven with such beauty,
As those two eyes become that heavenly face?
Fair lovely maid, once more good day to thee.
Sweet Kate, embrace her for her beauty's sake.

_Hor._ A' will make the man mad, to make a woman of him. 35

_Kath._ Young budding virgin, fair and fresh and sweet,
Whither away, or where is thy abode?
Happy the parents of so fair a child;
Happier the man, whom favourable stars
Allot thee for his lovely bed-fellow! 40

_Pet._ Why, how now, Kate! I hope thou art not mad:
This is a man, old, wrinkled, faded, wither'd;
And not a maiden, as thou say'st he is.

_Kath._ Pardon, old father, my mistaking eyes,
That have been so bedazzled with the sun, 45
That every thing I look on seemeth green:
Now I perceive thou art a reverend father;
Pardon, I pray thee, for my mad mistaking.

_Pet._ Do, good old grandsire; and withal make known
Which way thou travellest: if along with us, 50
We shall be joyful of thy company.

_Vin._ Fair sir, and you my merry mistress,
That with your strange encounter much amazed me,
My name is call'd Vincentio; my dwelling Pisa;
And bound I am to Padua; there to visit 55
A son of mine, which long I have not seen.

_Pet._ What is his name?

_Vin._ Lucentio, gentle sir.

_Pet._ Happily met; the happier for thy son.
And now by law, as well as reverend age,
I may entitle thee my loving father: 60
The sister to my wife, this gentlewoman,
Thy son by this hath married. Wonder not,
Nor be not grieved: she is of good esteem,
Her dowry wealthy, and of worthy birth;
Beside, so qualified as may beseem 65
The spouse of any noble gentleman.
Let me embrace with old Vincentio,
And wander we to see thy honest son,
Who will of thy arrival be full joyous.

_Vin._ But is this true? or is it else your pleasure, 70
Like pleasant travellers, to break a jest
Upon the company you overtake?

_Hor._ I do assure thee, father, so it is.

_Pet._ Come, go along, and see the truth hereof;
For our first merriment hath made thee jealous. 75
[_Exeunt all but Hortensio._

_Hor._ Well, Petruchio, this has put me in heart.
Have to my widow! and if she be froward,
Then hast thou taught Hortensio to be untoward. [_Exit._

LINENOTES:

SCENE V.] Steevens. ACT V. SCENE V. Pope (ed. 1). SCENE VI.
Pope. (ed. 2). ACT V. SCENE VII. Hanmer. ACT IV. SCENE XII. Warburton.
ACT V. SCENE I. Capell.

A public road.] Capell. The street before Lucentio's house. Pope. A
green lane. Theobald. The road to Padua. Hanmer.

... and Servants.] Edd. om. Ff Q.

[1] _i'_] Edd. _a_ Ff Q. _o'_ Theobald.

_toward_] F1 F2 F3. _towards_ Q F4. _tow'rds_ Pope.

[5] _shines_] _shine,_ Q1.

[7] _I list_] _I I list_ F2.

[9] _Go on_] _Go one_ Rann (Capell conj.).

[13] _you_] _your_ F2.

[14] _An_] Collier. _And_ Ff Q.

[16] _I know it is the moon._] _I know it is._ Steevens.

[18] _is_] _in_ F1.

[22] _so it shall be so_] _so it shall be, sir,_ Capell. _so it shall
be still_ Singer (Ritson conj.). _so it shall be 'sol'_ Becket conj.

[24] _should_] _shall_ Harness.

[26] _company_] _some company_ Pope. _what company_ Steevens (Ritson
conj.).