Chapter 3

[Act i. Sc. i.]Pope. See note (1). Padua] Pope.A public place.]Capell. A street in Padua. Theobald.... Tranio.]Triano. F1 Q F2.[3]for]fromTheobald.inCapell (Heath conj.).[8]haply]F1 Q.happlyF2 F3 F4.happilyPope.happ'lyCapell.[9]ingenious]ingenuousJohnson conj.[13]Vincentio, come]Hanmer.Vincentio'scomeFf Q.Vincentio's soncomeMalone conj.Vincentio comesCollier MS.[14]Vincentio's]Ff Q.VincentiohisPope.Lucentio hisHanmer.brought]broughF1.[18]Virtue]To virtueHanmer.[25]Mi perdonato]Me pardonatoFf.Me pardinatoQ.Mi perdonateCapell (Heath conj.).[28]sweet]fairAnon. conj.[32]checks]Ff Q.ethicksRann (Blackstone conj.).See note (viii).[33]Ovid]F3 F4.Ovid; F1 Q F2.[34]Balk]TalkRowe.ChopCapell conj.HackAnon. conj.with]with'Hunter conj.[38]you find]om. F4.serves you]servesAnon. conj.[41]Gramercies]GramercyHanmer.[42]thou wert]now wereDyce (Collier MS.).then wereDelius conj.[47]... Gremio ...]... Gremio a Pantelowne ... F1.... Hortensio ...]... Hortentio sister to Bianca ... F1 Q.... H. a shuiter to B.... F2.... H. a suitor to B ... F3 F4.[48]Gentlemen]Gentlemen bothTheobald.no]notRowe (ed. 2).[57]will]will and pleasureHanmer.gracious willCollier (Collier MS.).See note (ix).[58]these]F1 Q F2.thoseF3 F4.[59]As two lines inFf Q, endingthat?...you.[60]mould]moodCollier MS.[62]I wis]F4.I wisF1 Q F2 F3.[63]should]F1 Q F2.shallF3 F4.[66]us]meHanmer.[67]good]O goodHanmer.[68]Husht]F1 Q F2.Hush'dF3 F4.HushRowe (ed. 2).here's]F4.heresF1 Q F2 F3.here isHanmer.[72]Peace, Tranio!]Peace!Anon. conj.[73]Well]Why,wellHanmer.[74]Gentlemen]Come,gentlemenHanmer.Well,gentlemenCapell.[78, 79]A pretty...why] Printed as prose in Ff Q.[86]our]yourHanmer (ed. 2), a misprint.[90]Gentlemen, content ye]Content ye,gentlemenHanmer.[91]Exit Bianca.]Theobald om. Ff Q.[98]liberal]liberal, Ff Q.[102-104]Printed in Ff Q as four lines, endingnot?...though...take, ...Ha; as prose by Pope; by Capell as three lines, endingnot?...belike, ...ha![102]and]om. Rowe.[106]here's]here isF4.Their]F1 F2.ThereQ.OurF3 F4.YourMalone conj.There; Collier.ThisCollier MS.HerBubier conj.[113]yet never]never yetPope.parle]F1 Q F2.parleeF3 F4.parlyCapell.[122]any]any aF2.[125]loud]lowdF1 Q.lewdF2 F3 F4.alarums]alarmsRowe.[127]all]all herF4.[130]small]a smallTheobald.[131]But come]F1 Q.comeF2 F3 F4.[138]his wooing]the wooingRowe (ed. 2).thoroughly]F1 Q.throughlyF2 F3 F4.[140]Exeunt ... ]Exeunt ambo. Manet Tranio and Lucentio. Ff Q.[142]of]F1 Q F2.onF3 F4.[156]have]F1 Q. om. F2 F3 F4.hasRowe (ed. 1).hathRowe (ed. 2).touch'd]toyl'dWarburton.nought]F2 F3 F4.naughtF1 Q.[157]captum]F2 F3 F4.captamF1 Q.[158]Gramercies]GramercyRowe.[159]counsel's]F2 F3 F4.counselsF1 Q.[163]Agenor had]Agenor's raceCollier MS.[165]strond]F1 Q F2 F3.strandF4.[168]hardly]scarceCollier MS.endure]dureS. Walker conj.[173]pray]pray youQ.[Shaking him. Capell.][174]wits]witRowe (ed. 2).[175]eldest]elderQ.[176]rid]ridsRowe.[179]she]heSinger conj.will]shallRowe.[182]To get her]TogetherF2.To gatherLong conj. MS.schoolmasters]mastersCollier (Collier MS.).[189]part]portAnon. conj.[200]meaner]meanCapell.[201]'Tis]It isHanmer, ending lines 200-205 atman ... so ... take ... comes ... first ... need.[202]take]and here takeHanmer.colour'd] F3 F4.ConlordF1 Q.CoulordF2. om. Hanmer.[205]So]And so, sirHanmer.[They exchange habits.Theobald.[206]In brief,sir]In brief,goodsirPope; omitted by Capell.In briefthen,sirMalone.Be brief then,sir. Collier MS.it your pleasure is]it is your pleasure thusAnon. conj.[214]to]t'Ff Q.[215]wounded]wond'ringCollier MS.[216].. .Biondello.]... Binodello. F2.[218]my fellow]om. Hanmer, who reads 217-219 as three lines, endingyou? ... cloaths, ... news?has]F4.ha'sF1 Q F2 F3.[225]ashore]a shoreF1.[226]was]amF3 F4.[229]I, sir! ne'er]Ay, sir, ne'erRowe.Ay, sir.—Ne'erDyce conj.[233-238]Printed as prosein Ff Q, as verse first by Capell.[233]could]wouldF3 F4.faith]'faithFf Q.i' faithJohnson.[235, 236]advise You use...companies]advise you, Use ... companyCapell.[238]your]youF1 Q.[239-241]Printed as four linesin Ff, endinggo.... execute.... why.... weighty; first as prose by Pope.[240]among]'mongF2.[241]The presenters above speak.]... speakes. Ff Q.[242-247]Transferred by Pope tothe end of the Act.[247]'twere]it wereCapell.[They ... mark.]Ff Q. om. Pope.

[Act i. Sc. i.]Pope. See note (1). Padua] Pope.

A public place.]Capell. A street in Padua. Theobald.

... Tranio.]Triano. F1 Q F2.

[3]for]fromTheobald.inCapell (Heath conj.).

[8]haply]F1 Q.happlyF2 F3 F4.happilyPope.happ'lyCapell.

[9]ingenious]ingenuousJohnson conj.

[13]Vincentio, come]Hanmer.Vincentio'scomeFf Q.Vincentio's soncomeMalone conj.Vincentio comesCollier MS.

[14]Vincentio's]Ff Q.VincentiohisPope.Lucentio hisHanmer.

brought]broughF1.

[18]Virtue]To virtueHanmer.

[25]Mi perdonato]Me pardonatoFf.Me pardinatoQ.Mi perdonateCapell (Heath conj.).

[28]sweet]fairAnon. conj.

[32]checks]Ff Q.ethicksRann (Blackstone conj.).See note (viii).

[33]Ovid]F3 F4.Ovid; F1 Q F2.

[34]Balk]TalkRowe.ChopCapell conj.HackAnon. conj.

with]with'Hunter conj.

[38]you find]om. F4.

serves you]servesAnon. conj.

[41]Gramercies]GramercyHanmer.

[42]thou wert]now wereDyce (Collier MS.).then wereDelius conj.

[47]... Gremio ...]... Gremio a Pantelowne ... F1.

... Hortensio ...]... Hortentio sister to Bianca ... F1 Q.... H. a shuiter to B.... F2.... H. a suitor to B ... F3 F4.

[48]Gentlemen]Gentlemen bothTheobald.

no]notRowe (ed. 2).

[57]will]will and pleasureHanmer.gracious willCollier (Collier MS.).See note (ix).

[58]these]F1 Q F2.thoseF3 F4.

[59]As two lines inFf Q, endingthat?...you.

[60]mould]moodCollier MS.

[62]I wis]F4.I wisF1 Q F2 F3.

[63]should]F1 Q F2.shallF3 F4.

[66]us]meHanmer.

[67]good]O goodHanmer.

[68]Husht]F1 Q F2.Hush'dF3 F4.HushRowe (ed. 2).

here's]F4.heresF1 Q F2 F3.here isHanmer.

[72]Peace, Tranio!]Peace!Anon. conj.

[73]Well]Why,wellHanmer.

[74]Gentlemen]Come,gentlemenHanmer.Well,gentlemenCapell.

[78, 79]A pretty...why] Printed as prose in Ff Q.

[86]our]yourHanmer (ed. 2), a misprint.

[90]Gentlemen, content ye]Content ye,gentlemenHanmer.

[91]Exit Bianca.]Theobald om. Ff Q.

[98]liberal]liberal, Ff Q.

[102-104]Printed in Ff Q as four lines, endingnot?...though...take, ...Ha; as prose by Pope; by Capell as three lines, endingnot?...belike, ...ha!

[102]and]om. Rowe.

[106]here's]here isF4.

Their]F1 F2.ThereQ.OurF3 F4.YourMalone conj.There; Collier.ThisCollier MS.HerBubier conj.

[113]yet never]never yetPope.

parle]F1 Q F2.parleeF3 F4.parlyCapell.

[122]any]any aF2.

[125]loud]lowdF1 Q.lewdF2 F3 F4.

alarums]alarmsRowe.

[127]all]all herF4.

[130]small]a smallTheobald.

[131]But come]F1 Q.comeF2 F3 F4.

[138]his wooing]the wooingRowe (ed. 2).

thoroughly]F1 Q.throughlyF2 F3 F4.

[140]Exeunt ... ]Exeunt ambo. Manet Tranio and Lucentio. Ff Q.

[142]of]F1 Q F2.onF3 F4.

[156]have]F1 Q. om. F2 F3 F4.hasRowe (ed. 1).hathRowe (ed. 2).

touch'd]toyl'dWarburton.

nought]F2 F3 F4.naughtF1 Q.

[157]captum]F2 F3 F4.captamF1 Q.

[158]Gramercies]GramercyRowe.

[159]counsel's]F2 F3 F4.counselsF1 Q.

[163]Agenor had]Agenor's raceCollier MS.

[165]strond]F1 Q F2 F3.strandF4.

[168]hardly]scarceCollier MS.

endure]dureS. Walker conj.

[173]pray]pray youQ.

[Shaking him. Capell.]

[174]wits]witRowe (ed. 2).

[175]eldest]elderQ.

[176]rid]ridsRowe.

[179]she]heSinger conj.

will]shallRowe.

[182]To get her]TogetherF2.To gatherLong conj. MS.

schoolmasters]mastersCollier (Collier MS.).

[189]part]portAnon. conj.

[200]meaner]meanCapell.

[201]'Tis]It isHanmer, ending lines 200-205 atman ... so ... take ... comes ... first ... need.

[202]take]and here takeHanmer.colour'd] F3 F4.ConlordF1 Q.CoulordF2. om. Hanmer.

[205]So]And so, sirHanmer.

[They exchange habits.Theobald.

[206]In brief,sir]In brief,goodsirPope; omitted by Capell.In briefthen,sirMalone.Be brief then,sir. Collier MS.

it your pleasure is]it is your pleasure thusAnon. conj.

[214]to]t'Ff Q.

[215]wounded]wond'ringCollier MS.

[216].. .Biondello.]... Binodello. F2.

[218]my fellow]om. Hanmer, who reads 217-219 as three lines, endingyou? ... cloaths, ... news?

has]F4.ha'sF1 Q F2 F3.

[225]ashore]a shoreF1.

[226]was]amF3 F4.

[229]I, sir! ne'er]Ay, sir, ne'erRowe.Ay, sir.—Ne'erDyce conj.

[233-238]Printed as prosein Ff Q, as verse first by Capell.

[233]could]wouldF3 F4.

faith]'faithFf Q.i' faithJohnson.

[235, 236]advise You use...companies]advise you, Use ... companyCapell.

[238]your]youF1 Q.

[239-241]Printed as four linesin Ff, endinggo.... execute.... why.... weighty; first as prose by Pope.

[240]among]'mongF2.

[241]The presenters above speak.]... speakes. Ff Q.

[242-247]Transferred by Pope tothe end of the Act.

[247]'twere]it wereCapell.

[They ... mark.]Ff Q. om. Pope.

Padua.BeforeHortensio'shouse.EnterPetruchioand his manGrumio.

Padua.BeforeHortensio'shouse.

EnterPetruchioand his manGrumio.

Pet.Verona, for a while I take my leave,To see my friends in Padua,but of allMy best beloved and approved friend,Hortensio; and I trow this ishishouse.5Here, sirrah Grumio; knock, I say.Gru.Knock,sir!whom should I knock? is there anymanhasrebusedyour worship?Pet.Villain, I say, knock me here soundly.Gru.Knock you here, sir! why, sir, what am I, sir,10that I should knock you here, sir?Pet.Villain, I say, knock me at this gateAnd rap me well, or I'll knock your knave's pate.Gru.My master is grown quarrelsome. I should knock you first,And then I know after who comes by the worst.15Pet.Will it not be?Faith, sirrah, an you'll not knock, I'llringit;I'll try how you cansol,fa, and sing it.[Hewringshim by the ears.Gru.Help,masters, help! my master is mad.Pet.Now, knock when I bid you,sirrah villain!EnterHortensio.Hor.20How now! what's the matter? My old friend Grumio!and my good friend Petruchio! How do you all atVerona?Pet.Signior Hortensio, come you to part the fray?'Con tuttoil core ben trovato,' may I say.25Hor.'Alla nostra casabenvenuto,moltohonoratosignormio Petrucio.'Rise, Grumio,rise: we will compound this quarrel.Gru.Nay, 'tis no matter,sir, whathe 'legesin Latin. Ifthis be not a lawful cause for me to leave his service, look30you, sir, he bid me knock him and rap him soundly, sir:well, was it fit for a servant to use his master so, being perhaps,for aught I see, two-and-thirty, apipout?Whomwould to God I had well knock'd at first,Then had not Grumio come by the worst.35Pet.A senseless villain! Good Hortensio,I bade the rascal knock upon your gateAnd could not get him for my heart to do it.Gru.Knockat the gate! O heavens! Spake you notthese words plain, 'Sirrah, knock me here, rap me here,40knock me well, and knock me soundly'? And come younow with, 'knocking at the gate'?Pet.Sirrah, be gone, or talk not, I advise you.Hor.Petruchio, patience; I am Grumio's pledge:Why,this'sa heavy chance 'twixt him and you,45Your ancient, trusty, pleasant servant Grumio.And tell me now, sweet friend, what happy galeBlows you to Padua here from old Verona?Pet.Such wind as scattersyoung menthrough the worldTo seek their fortunes farther than at home50Where small experiencegrows. But in a few,Signior Hortensio, thus it stands with me:Antonio, my father, is deceased;And Ihavethrust myself into this maze,Haplyto wive and thrive as best I may:55Crowns in my purse I have and goods at homeAnd so am come abroad to see the world.Hor.Petruchio, shall I then come roundly to theeAnd wish thee to a shrewd ill-favour'd wife?Thou'ldstthank me but a little for my counsel:60And yet I'll promise thee she shall be richAnd very rich: butthou'rttoo much my friend,And I'll not wish thee to her.Pet.SigniorHortensio, 'twixt such friends asweFew words suffice; and therefore, ifthouknow65One rich enough to be Petruchio's wife,As wealth isburdenof my wooingdance,Be she as foul as wasFlorentius'love,As old asSibyl, and as curst and shrewdAs Socrates'Xanthippe, ora worse,70She moves me not, or not removes, at least,Affection's edge in me, were sheasroughAs are the swelling Adriatic seas:I come to wive it wealthily in Padua;If wealthily, then happily in Padua.75Gru.Nay, look you, sir, he tells you flatly what his mindis: why, give him gold enough and marry him to a puppetor an aglet-baby; or an old trot with ne'er a tooth in herhead, though she have as many diseasesas two and fiftyhorses: why, nothing comes amiss, so money comes withal.80Hor.Petruchio, since we are stepp'd thus far in,I will continue that I broach'd in jest.I can, Petruchio, help thee to a wifeWith wealth enough and young and beauteous,Brought up as best becomes a gentlewoman:85Her only fault,and thatisfaultsenough,Is that she isintolerablecurstAndshrewdandfroward, so beyond all measure,That, were my state far worser than it is,I would not wed her for a mine of gold.90Pet.Hortensio, peace! thou know'st not gold's effect:Tell me her father's name and 'tis enough;For I will board her, though she chide as loudAs thunder when the clouds in autumn crack.95Hor.Her fatherisBaptista Minola,An affable and courteous gentleman:Her name is Katharina Minola,Renown'd in Padua for her scolding tongue.Pet.I know her father, though I know not her;And he knew my deceased father well.100I will not sleep, Hortensio, till I see her;And therefore let me be thus bold with youTo give you over at this first encounter,Unless you will accompany me thither.Gru.I pray you, sir, let him go while the humour lasts.105O'my word, an she knew him as well as I do, she would thinkscolding would do little good upon him: she may perhapscall him half a score knaves or so: why, that's nothing; anhebeginonce, he'll rail inhisrope-tricks. I'll tell you what,sir, an she stand him but a little, he will throw a figure in110her face and so disfigure her with it that she shall have nomore eyes to see withal than a cat. You know him not, sir.Hor.Tarry, Petruchio, I must go with thee;For in Baptista'skeepmy treasure is:He hath the jewel of my life in hold,115His youngest daughter, beautiful Bianca;And herwithholds from me and other more,Suitors to her and rivals in my love;Supposing it a thing impossible,Forthose defects I have before rehearsed,120That ever Katharina will be woo'd;Therefore this order hath Baptista ta'en,That none shall have access unto BiancaTill Katharine the curst have got a husband.Gru.Katharine the curst!125A title for a maid of all titles the worst.Hor.Now shall my friend Petruchio do me grace;And offer me disguised in sober robesTo old Baptista as a schoolmasterWell seen in music, to instruct Bianca;130That so I may, by this device, at leastHave leave and leisure to make love to herAnd unsuspected court her byherself.Gru.Here's no knavery! See, to beguile the oldfolks, how the young folks laytheir headstogether!EnterGremio,andLucentiodisguised.135Master, master,look about you: who goes there,ha?Hor.Peace, Grumio!it isthe rival of my love.Petruchio, standbya while.Gru.A proper stripling and an amorous!Gre.O, very well; I have perused the note.140Hark you,sir; I'll have themveryfairly bound:All books of love, see that at any hand;And see you read no other lectures to her:You understand me: over and besideSignior Baptista's liberality,145I'll mend it with a largess.Take your paper too,And let me have them very well perfumed:For she is sweeter than perfume itselfTo whom theygo to. What will you read to her?Luc.Whate'er I read to her, I'll plead for you150As for my patron, stand you so assured,As firmly as yourself were still in place:Yea, and perhaps with more successful wordsThan you, unless you were a scholar, sir.Gre.O this learning, what a thing it is!155Gru.O this woodcock, what an ass it is!Pet.Peace, sirrah!Hor.Grumio, mum!God save you, Signior Gremio.Gre.And you arewell met, Signior Hortensio.Trow you whitherI am going? To Baptista Minola.160Ipromisedto inquire carefullyAbout aschoolmasterforthe fairBianca:And by good fortune I have lighted wellOn this young man, for learning and behaviourFit for her turn, well read in poetry165And other books, good ones, I warrantye.Hor.'Tis well; and I have met a gentlemanHath promised me tohelp meto another,A fine musician to instruct our mistress;So shall I no whit be behind in duty170To fair Bianca, so beloved of me.Gre.Beloved of me; and that mydeedsshall prove.Gru.And that his bags shall prove.Hor.Gremio, 'tis now no time to vent our love:Listen to me, and if you speak me fair,175I'll tell you news indifferent good for either.Here is a gentleman whom by chance I met,Upon agreement from us to his liking,Will undertake to woo curst Katharine,Yea, and to marry her, if her dowry please.180Gre.So said, so done, is well.Hortensio, have you told him all her faults?Pet.I know she is an irksome brawling scold:If that be all, masters, I hear no harm.Gre.No, say'st me so, friend?Whatcountryman?185Pet.Born in Verona, oldAntonio'sson:Myfatherdead, my fortune lives for me;And I do hope good days and long to see.Gre.O sir, sucha life, with such a wife, were strange!But if you havea stomach,to't i'God'sname:190You shall have me assisting you in all.But will you woo this wild-cat?Pet.Will I live?Gru.Will he wooher?ay, or I'll hang her.Pet.Why came I hither but to that intent?Think you a little din can dauntmineears?195Have I not in my time heard lions roar?Have I not heard the sea puff'd up with windsRage like an angry boar chafed withsweat?Have I not heard great ordnance in the field,And heaven's artillery thunder in the skies?200Have I not in a pitched battle heardLoud 'larums, neighing steeds, andtrumpets' clang?And do you tell me of a woman's tongue,That gives not half so great a blow tohearAs will a chestnut in a farmer's fire?Tush, tush! fear boys with bugs.205Gru.For he fears none.Gre.Hortensio, hark:This gentleman is happily arrived,My mind presumes, for his own good andours.Hor.I promised we would be contributors210And bear his charge of wooing, whatsoe'er.Gre.And so we will, provided that he win her.Gru.I would I were as sure of a good dinner.EnterTraniobrave,andBiondello.Tra.Gentlemen,God saveyou. If I may be bold,Tell me, I beseech you, which is the readiest way215To the house of Signior Baptista Minola?Bion.He that has the two fair daughters:is't heyoumean?Tra.Even he, Biondello.Gre.Hark you, sir; you mean nother to—220Tra.Perhaps, him and her, sir: what have you to do?Pet.Nother that chides, sir, at any hand, I pray.Tra.I love no chiders, sir. Biondello, let's away.Luc.Well begun, Tranio.Hor.Sir, a word ere you go;225Are you a suitor to the maid you talk of, yea or no?Tra.And ifI be, sir, is it any offence?Gre.No; if without more words you will get you hence.Tra.Why, sir,I pray, are not the streets as freeFor me as for you?Gre.But so is not she.230Tra.For what reason, I beseech you?Gre.For this reason, if you'll know,That she'sthe choice love of Signior Gremio.Hor.That she'sthe chosen ofSigniorHortensio.Tra.Softly, my masters! if you be gentlemen,Do me this right; hear mewith patience.235Baptista is a noble gentleman,To whom my father is not all unknown;And were his daughter fairer than she is,She may moresuitorshave and me for one.240Fair Leda's daughter had a thousand wooers;Then well one more may fair Bianca have:And so she shall; Lucentio shall make one,Though Paris came in hope to speed alone.Gre.What, this gentleman will out-talk us all!245Luc.Sir, givehim head: I know he'll prove a jade.Pet.Hortensio, to what end are all these words?Hor.Sir, let me be so boldas ask you,Did you yet ever see Baptista's daughter?Tra.No, sir; but hear I do that he hath two,250The one as famous for a scolding tongueAs is the otherfor beauteous modesty.Pet.Sir, sir, the first's for me; let her go by.Gre.Yea, leave that labour to great Hercules;And let it be more than Alcides' twelve.255Pet.Sir, understand you this of me in sooth:The youngest daughter whom you hearken forHer father keeps from all access of suitors;And will not promise her to any manUntilthe eldersister first be wed:260The younger then is free and not before.Tra.If it be so, sir, that you are the manMuststeadus all and me amongst the rest;And ifyou break the ice and do thisfeat,Achieve the elder, set the younger free265For our access, whose hap shall be to have herWill not so graceless be to be ingrate.Hor.Sir, you say well and well you do conceive;And since you do profess to be a suitor,You must, as we do, gratify this gentleman,270To whom we all rest generallybeholding.Tra.Sir, I shall not be slack: in sign whereof,Please ye we maycontrivethis afternoon,And quaff carouses to ourmistress'health,And do as adversaries do in law,275Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.Gru.Bion.O excellent motion! Fellows, let's be gone.Hor.The motion's good indeed and be it so,Petruchio,I shallbe yourben venuto.[Exeunt.

Pet.Verona, for a while I take my leave,To see my friends in Padua,but of allMy best beloved and approved friend,Hortensio; and I trow this ishishouse.5Here, sirrah Grumio; knock, I say.

Pet.Verona, for a while I take my leave,

To see my friends in Padua,but of all

My best beloved and approved friend,

Hortensio; and I trow this ishishouse.

Here, sirrah Grumio; knock, I say.

Gru.Knock,sir!whom should I knock? is there anymanhasrebusedyour worship?

Gru.Knock,sir!whom should I knock? is there any

manhasrebusedyour worship?

Pet.Villain, I say, knock me here soundly.

Gru.Knock you here, sir! why, sir, what am I, sir,10that I should knock you here, sir?

Gru.Knock you here, sir! why, sir, what am I, sir,

that I should knock you here, sir?

Pet.Villain, I say, knock me at this gateAnd rap me well, or I'll knock your knave's pate.

Pet.Villain, I say, knock me at this gate

And rap me well, or I'll knock your knave's pate.

Gru.My master is grown quarrelsome. I should knock you first,And then I know after who comes by the worst.

Gru.My master is grown quarrelsome. I should knock you first,

And then I know after who comes by the worst.

15Pet.Will it not be?Faith, sirrah, an you'll not knock, I'llringit;I'll try how you cansol,fa, and sing it.[Hewringshim by the ears.

Pet.Will it not be?

Faith, sirrah, an you'll not knock, I'llringit;

I'll try how you cansol,fa, and sing it.[Hewringshim by the ears.

Gru.Help,masters, help! my master is mad.

Pet.Now, knock when I bid you,sirrah villain!

EnterHortensio.

Hor.20How now! what's the matter? My old friend Grumio!and my good friend Petruchio! How do you all atVerona?

How now! what's the matter? My old friend Grumio!

and my good friend Petruchio! How do you all at

Verona?

Pet.Signior Hortensio, come you to part the fray?'Con tuttoil core ben trovato,' may I say.

Pet.Signior Hortensio, come you to part the fray?

'Con tuttoil core ben trovato,' may I say.

25Hor.'Alla nostra casabenvenuto,moltohonoratosignormio Petrucio.'Rise, Grumio,rise: we will compound this quarrel.

Hor.'Alla nostra casabenvenuto,moltohonorato

signormio Petrucio.'

Rise, Grumio,rise: we will compound this quarrel.

Gru.Nay, 'tis no matter,sir, whathe 'legesin Latin. Ifthis be not a lawful cause for me to leave his service, look30you, sir, he bid me knock him and rap him soundly, sir:well, was it fit for a servant to use his master so, being perhaps,for aught I see, two-and-thirty, apipout?Whomwould to God I had well knock'd at first,Then had not Grumio come by the worst.

Gru.Nay, 'tis no matter,sir, whathe 'legesin Latin. If

this be not a lawful cause for me to leave his service, look

you, sir, he bid me knock him and rap him soundly, sir:

well, was it fit for a servant to use his master so, being perhaps,

for aught I see, two-and-thirty, apipout?

Whomwould to God I had well knock'd at first,

Then had not Grumio come by the worst.

35Pet.A senseless villain! Good Hortensio,I bade the rascal knock upon your gateAnd could not get him for my heart to do it.

Pet.A senseless villain! Good Hortensio,

I bade the rascal knock upon your gate

And could not get him for my heart to do it.

Gru.Knockat the gate! O heavens! Spake you notthese words plain, 'Sirrah, knock me here, rap me here,40knock me well, and knock me soundly'? And come younow with, 'knocking at the gate'?

Gru.Knockat the gate! O heavens! Spake you not

these words plain, 'Sirrah, knock me here, rap me here,

knock me well, and knock me soundly'? And come you

now with, 'knocking at the gate'?

Pet.Sirrah, be gone, or talk not, I advise you.

Hor.Petruchio, patience; I am Grumio's pledge:Why,this'sa heavy chance 'twixt him and you,45Your ancient, trusty, pleasant servant Grumio.And tell me now, sweet friend, what happy galeBlows you to Padua here from old Verona?

Hor.Petruchio, patience; I am Grumio's pledge:

Why,this'sa heavy chance 'twixt him and you,

Your ancient, trusty, pleasant servant Grumio.

And tell me now, sweet friend, what happy gale

Blows you to Padua here from old Verona?

Pet.Such wind as scattersyoung menthrough the worldTo seek their fortunes farther than at home50Where small experiencegrows. But in a few,Signior Hortensio, thus it stands with me:Antonio, my father, is deceased;And Ihavethrust myself into this maze,Haplyto wive and thrive as best I may:55Crowns in my purse I have and goods at homeAnd so am come abroad to see the world.

Pet.Such wind as scattersyoung menthrough the world

To seek their fortunes farther than at home

Where small experiencegrows. But in a few,

Signior Hortensio, thus it stands with me:

Antonio, my father, is deceased;

And Ihavethrust myself into this maze,

Haplyto wive and thrive as best I may:

Crowns in my purse I have and goods at home

And so am come abroad to see the world.

Hor.Petruchio, shall I then come roundly to theeAnd wish thee to a shrewd ill-favour'd wife?Thou'ldstthank me but a little for my counsel:60And yet I'll promise thee she shall be richAnd very rich: butthou'rttoo much my friend,And I'll not wish thee to her.

Hor.Petruchio, shall I then come roundly to thee

And wish thee to a shrewd ill-favour'd wife?

Thou'ldstthank me but a little for my counsel:

And yet I'll promise thee she shall be rich

And very rich: butthou'rttoo much my friend,

And I'll not wish thee to her.

Pet.SigniorHortensio, 'twixt such friends asweFew words suffice; and therefore, ifthouknow65One rich enough to be Petruchio's wife,As wealth isburdenof my wooingdance,Be she as foul as wasFlorentius'love,As old asSibyl, and as curst and shrewdAs Socrates'Xanthippe, ora worse,70She moves me not, or not removes, at least,Affection's edge in me, were sheasroughAs are the swelling Adriatic seas:I come to wive it wealthily in Padua;If wealthily, then happily in Padua.

Pet.SigniorHortensio, 'twixt such friends aswe

Few words suffice; and therefore, ifthouknow

One rich enough to be Petruchio's wife,

As wealth isburdenof my wooingdance,

Be she as foul as wasFlorentius'love,

As old asSibyl, and as curst and shrewd

As Socrates'Xanthippe, ora worse,

She moves me not, or not removes, at least,

Affection's edge in me, were sheasrough

As are the swelling Adriatic seas:

I come to wive it wealthily in Padua;

If wealthily, then happily in Padua.

75Gru.Nay, look you, sir, he tells you flatly what his mindis: why, give him gold enough and marry him to a puppetor an aglet-baby; or an old trot with ne'er a tooth in herhead, though she have as many diseasesas two and fiftyhorses: why, nothing comes amiss, so money comes withal.

Gru.Nay, look you, sir, he tells you flatly what his mind

is: why, give him gold enough and marry him to a puppet

or an aglet-baby; or an old trot with ne'er a tooth in her

head, though she have as many diseasesas two and fifty

horses: why, nothing comes amiss, so money comes withal.

80Hor.Petruchio, since we are stepp'd thus far in,I will continue that I broach'd in jest.I can, Petruchio, help thee to a wifeWith wealth enough and young and beauteous,Brought up as best becomes a gentlewoman:85Her only fault,and thatisfaultsenough,Is that she isintolerablecurstAndshrewdandfroward, so beyond all measure,That, were my state far worser than it is,I would not wed her for a mine of gold.

Hor.Petruchio, since we are stepp'd thus far in,

I will continue that I broach'd in jest.

I can, Petruchio, help thee to a wife

With wealth enough and young and beauteous,

Brought up as best becomes a gentlewoman:

Her only fault,and thatisfaultsenough,

Is that she isintolerablecurst

Andshrewdandfroward, so beyond all measure,

That, were my state far worser than it is,

I would not wed her for a mine of gold.

90Pet.Hortensio, peace! thou know'st not gold's effect:Tell me her father's name and 'tis enough;For I will board her, though she chide as loudAs thunder when the clouds in autumn crack.

Pet.Hortensio, peace! thou know'st not gold's effect:

Tell me her father's name and 'tis enough;

For I will board her, though she chide as loud

As thunder when the clouds in autumn crack.

95Hor.Her fatherisBaptista Minola,An affable and courteous gentleman:Her name is Katharina Minola,Renown'd in Padua for her scolding tongue.

Hor.Her fatherisBaptista Minola,

An affable and courteous gentleman:

Her name is Katharina Minola,

Renown'd in Padua for her scolding tongue.

Pet.I know her father, though I know not her;And he knew my deceased father well.100I will not sleep, Hortensio, till I see her;And therefore let me be thus bold with youTo give you over at this first encounter,Unless you will accompany me thither.

Pet.I know her father, though I know not her;

And he knew my deceased father well.

I will not sleep, Hortensio, till I see her;

And therefore let me be thus bold with you

To give you over at this first encounter,

Unless you will accompany me thither.

Gru.I pray you, sir, let him go while the humour lasts.105O'my word, an she knew him as well as I do, she would thinkscolding would do little good upon him: she may perhapscall him half a score knaves or so: why, that's nothing; anhebeginonce, he'll rail inhisrope-tricks. I'll tell you what,sir, an she stand him but a little, he will throw a figure in110her face and so disfigure her with it that she shall have nomore eyes to see withal than a cat. You know him not, sir.

Gru.I pray you, sir, let him go while the humour lasts.

O'my word, an she knew him as well as I do, she would think

scolding would do little good upon him: she may perhaps

call him half a score knaves or so: why, that's nothing; an

hebeginonce, he'll rail inhisrope-tricks. I'll tell you what,

sir, an she stand him but a little, he will throw a figure in

her face and so disfigure her with it that she shall have no

more eyes to see withal than a cat. You know him not, sir.

Hor.Tarry, Petruchio, I must go with thee;For in Baptista'skeepmy treasure is:He hath the jewel of my life in hold,115His youngest daughter, beautiful Bianca;And herwithholds from me and other more,Suitors to her and rivals in my love;Supposing it a thing impossible,Forthose defects I have before rehearsed,120That ever Katharina will be woo'd;Therefore this order hath Baptista ta'en,That none shall have access unto BiancaTill Katharine the curst have got a husband.

Hor.Tarry, Petruchio, I must go with thee;

For in Baptista'skeepmy treasure is:

He hath the jewel of my life in hold,

His youngest daughter, beautiful Bianca;

And herwithholds from me and other more,

Suitors to her and rivals in my love;

Supposing it a thing impossible,

Forthose defects I have before rehearsed,

That ever Katharina will be woo'd;

Therefore this order hath Baptista ta'en,

That none shall have access unto Bianca

Till Katharine the curst have got a husband.

Gru.Katharine the curst!125A title for a maid of all titles the worst.

Gru.Katharine the curst!

A title for a maid of all titles the worst.

Hor.Now shall my friend Petruchio do me grace;And offer me disguised in sober robesTo old Baptista as a schoolmasterWell seen in music, to instruct Bianca;130That so I may, by this device, at leastHave leave and leisure to make love to herAnd unsuspected court her byherself.

Hor.Now shall my friend Petruchio do me grace;

And offer me disguised in sober robes

To old Baptista as a schoolmaster

Well seen in music, to instruct Bianca;

That so I may, by this device, at least

Have leave and leisure to make love to her

And unsuspected court her byherself.

Gru.Here's no knavery! See, to beguile the oldfolks, how the young folks laytheir headstogether!

Gru.Here's no knavery! See, to beguile the old

folks, how the young folks laytheir headstogether!

EnterGremio,andLucentiodisguised.

135Master, master,look about you: who goes there,ha?

Master, master,look about you: who goes there,ha?

Hor.Peace, Grumio!it isthe rival of my love.Petruchio, standbya while.

Hor.Peace, Grumio!it isthe rival of my love.

Petruchio, standbya while.

Gru.A proper stripling and an amorous!

Gre.O, very well; I have perused the note.140Hark you,sir; I'll have themveryfairly bound:All books of love, see that at any hand;And see you read no other lectures to her:You understand me: over and besideSignior Baptista's liberality,145I'll mend it with a largess.Take your paper too,And let me have them very well perfumed:For she is sweeter than perfume itselfTo whom theygo to. What will you read to her?

Gre.O, very well; I have perused the note.

Hark you,sir; I'll have themveryfairly bound:

All books of love, see that at any hand;

And see you read no other lectures to her:

You understand me: over and beside

Signior Baptista's liberality,

I'll mend it with a largess.Take your paper too,

And let me have them very well perfumed:

For she is sweeter than perfume itself

To whom theygo to. What will you read to her?

Luc.Whate'er I read to her, I'll plead for you150As for my patron, stand you so assured,As firmly as yourself were still in place:Yea, and perhaps with more successful wordsThan you, unless you were a scholar, sir.

Luc.Whate'er I read to her, I'll plead for you

As for my patron, stand you so assured,

As firmly as yourself were still in place:

Yea, and perhaps with more successful words

Than you, unless you were a scholar, sir.

Gre.O this learning, what a thing it is!

155Gru.O this woodcock, what an ass it is!

Gru.O this woodcock, what an ass it is!

Pet.Peace, sirrah!

Hor.Grumio, mum!God save you, Signior Gremio.

Gre.And you arewell met, Signior Hortensio.Trow you whitherI am going? To Baptista Minola.160Ipromisedto inquire carefullyAbout aschoolmasterforthe fairBianca:And by good fortune I have lighted wellOn this young man, for learning and behaviourFit for her turn, well read in poetry165And other books, good ones, I warrantye.

Gre.And you arewell met, Signior Hortensio.

Trow you whitherI am going? To Baptista Minola.

Ipromisedto inquire carefully

About aschoolmasterforthe fairBianca:

And by good fortune I have lighted well

On this young man, for learning and behaviour

Fit for her turn, well read in poetry

And other books, good ones, I warrantye.

Hor.'Tis well; and I have met a gentlemanHath promised me tohelp meto another,A fine musician to instruct our mistress;So shall I no whit be behind in duty170To fair Bianca, so beloved of me.

Hor.'Tis well; and I have met a gentleman

Hath promised me tohelp meto another,

A fine musician to instruct our mistress;

So shall I no whit be behind in duty

To fair Bianca, so beloved of me.

Gre.Beloved of me; and that mydeedsshall prove.

Gru.And that his bags shall prove.

Hor.Gremio, 'tis now no time to vent our love:Listen to me, and if you speak me fair,175I'll tell you news indifferent good for either.Here is a gentleman whom by chance I met,Upon agreement from us to his liking,Will undertake to woo curst Katharine,Yea, and to marry her, if her dowry please.

Hor.Gremio, 'tis now no time to vent our love:

Listen to me, and if you speak me fair,

I'll tell you news indifferent good for either.

Here is a gentleman whom by chance I met,

Upon agreement from us to his liking,

Will undertake to woo curst Katharine,

Yea, and to marry her, if her dowry please.

180Gre.So said, so done, is well.Hortensio, have you told him all her faults?

Gre.So said, so done, is well.

Hortensio, have you told him all her faults?

Pet.I know she is an irksome brawling scold:If that be all, masters, I hear no harm.

Pet.I know she is an irksome brawling scold:

If that be all, masters, I hear no harm.

Gre.No, say'st me so, friend?Whatcountryman?

185Pet.Born in Verona, oldAntonio'sson:Myfatherdead, my fortune lives for me;And I do hope good days and long to see.

Pet.Born in Verona, oldAntonio'sson:

Myfatherdead, my fortune lives for me;

And I do hope good days and long to see.

Gre.O sir, sucha life, with such a wife, were strange!But if you havea stomach,to't i'God'sname:190You shall have me assisting you in all.But will you woo this wild-cat?

Gre.O sir, sucha life, with such a wife, were strange!

But if you havea stomach,to't i'God'sname:

You shall have me assisting you in all.

But will you woo this wild-cat?

Pet.Will I live?

Gru.Will he wooher?ay, or I'll hang her.

Pet.Why came I hither but to that intent?Think you a little din can dauntmineears?195Have I not in my time heard lions roar?Have I not heard the sea puff'd up with windsRage like an angry boar chafed withsweat?Have I not heard great ordnance in the field,And heaven's artillery thunder in the skies?200Have I not in a pitched battle heardLoud 'larums, neighing steeds, andtrumpets' clang?And do you tell me of a woman's tongue,That gives not half so great a blow tohearAs will a chestnut in a farmer's fire?Tush, tush! fear boys with bugs.

Pet.Why came I hither but to that intent?

Think you a little din can dauntmineears?

Have I not in my time heard lions roar?

Have I not heard the sea puff'd up with winds

Rage like an angry boar chafed withsweat?

Have I not heard great ordnance in the field,

And heaven's artillery thunder in the skies?

Have I not in a pitched battle heard

Loud 'larums, neighing steeds, andtrumpets' clang?

And do you tell me of a woman's tongue,

That gives not half so great a blow tohear

As will a chestnut in a farmer's fire?

Tush, tush! fear boys with bugs.

205Gru.For he fears none.

Gru.For he fears none.

Gre.Hortensio, hark:This gentleman is happily arrived,My mind presumes, for his own good andours.

Gre.Hortensio, hark:

This gentleman is happily arrived,

My mind presumes, for his own good andours.

Hor.I promised we would be contributors210And bear his charge of wooing, whatsoe'er.

Hor.I promised we would be contributors

And bear his charge of wooing, whatsoe'er.

Gre.And so we will, provided that he win her.

Gru.I would I were as sure of a good dinner.

EnterTraniobrave,andBiondello.

Tra.Gentlemen,God saveyou. If I may be bold,Tell me, I beseech you, which is the readiest way215To the house of Signior Baptista Minola?

Tra.Gentlemen,God saveyou. If I may be bold,

Tell me, I beseech you, which is the readiest way

To the house of Signior Baptista Minola?

Bion.He that has the two fair daughters:is't heyoumean?

Bion.He that has the two fair daughters:is't heyou

mean?

Tra.Even he, Biondello.

Gre.Hark you, sir; you mean nother to—

220Tra.Perhaps, him and her, sir: what have you to do?

Tra.Perhaps, him and her, sir: what have you to do?

Pet.Nother that chides, sir, at any hand, I pray.

Tra.I love no chiders, sir. Biondello, let's away.

Luc.Well begun, Tranio.

Hor.Sir, a word ere you go;225Are you a suitor to the maid you talk of, yea or no?

Hor.Sir, a word ere you go;

Are you a suitor to the maid you talk of, yea or no?

Tra.And ifI be, sir, is it any offence?

Gre.No; if without more words you will get you hence.

Tra.Why, sir,I pray, are not the streets as freeFor me as for you?

Tra.Why, sir,I pray, are not the streets as free

For me as for you?

Gre.But so is not she.

230Tra.For what reason, I beseech you?

Tra.For what reason, I beseech you?

Gre.For this reason, if you'll know,That she'sthe choice love of Signior Gremio.

Gre.For this reason, if you'll know,

That she'sthe choice love of Signior Gremio.

Hor.That she'sthe chosen ofSigniorHortensio.

Tra.Softly, my masters! if you be gentlemen,Do me this right; hear mewith patience.235Baptista is a noble gentleman,To whom my father is not all unknown;And were his daughter fairer than she is,She may moresuitorshave and me for one.240Fair Leda's daughter had a thousand wooers;Then well one more may fair Bianca have:And so she shall; Lucentio shall make one,Though Paris came in hope to speed alone.

Tra.Softly, my masters! if you be gentlemen,

Do me this right; hear mewith patience.

Baptista is a noble gentleman,

To whom my father is not all unknown;

And were his daughter fairer than she is,

She may moresuitorshave and me for one.

Fair Leda's daughter had a thousand wooers;

Then well one more may fair Bianca have:

And so she shall; Lucentio shall make one,

Though Paris came in hope to speed alone.

Gre.What, this gentleman will out-talk us all!

245Luc.Sir, givehim head: I know he'll prove a jade.

Luc.Sir, givehim head: I know he'll prove a jade.

Pet.Hortensio, to what end are all these words?

Hor.Sir, let me be so boldas ask you,Did you yet ever see Baptista's daughter?

Hor.Sir, let me be so boldas ask you,

Did you yet ever see Baptista's daughter?

Tra.No, sir; but hear I do that he hath two,250The one as famous for a scolding tongueAs is the otherfor beauteous modesty.

Tra.No, sir; but hear I do that he hath two,

The one as famous for a scolding tongue

As is the otherfor beauteous modesty.

Pet.Sir, sir, the first's for me; let her go by.

Gre.Yea, leave that labour to great Hercules;And let it be more than Alcides' twelve.

Gre.Yea, leave that labour to great Hercules;

And let it be more than Alcides' twelve.

255Pet.Sir, understand you this of me in sooth:The youngest daughter whom you hearken forHer father keeps from all access of suitors;And will not promise her to any manUntilthe eldersister first be wed:260The younger then is free and not before.

Pet.Sir, understand you this of me in sooth:

The youngest daughter whom you hearken for

Her father keeps from all access of suitors;

And will not promise her to any man

Untilthe eldersister first be wed:

The younger then is free and not before.

Tra.If it be so, sir, that you are the manMuststeadus all and me amongst the rest;And ifyou break the ice and do thisfeat,Achieve the elder, set the younger free265For our access, whose hap shall be to have herWill not so graceless be to be ingrate.

Tra.If it be so, sir, that you are the man

Muststeadus all and me amongst the rest;

And ifyou break the ice and do thisfeat,

Achieve the elder, set the younger free

For our access, whose hap shall be to have her

Will not so graceless be to be ingrate.

Hor.Sir, you say well and well you do conceive;And since you do profess to be a suitor,You must, as we do, gratify this gentleman,270To whom we all rest generallybeholding.

Hor.Sir, you say well and well you do conceive;

And since you do profess to be a suitor,

You must, as we do, gratify this gentleman,

To whom we all rest generallybeholding.

Tra.Sir, I shall not be slack: in sign whereof,Please ye we maycontrivethis afternoon,And quaff carouses to ourmistress'health,And do as adversaries do in law,275Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.

Tra.Sir, I shall not be slack: in sign whereof,

Please ye we maycontrivethis afternoon,

And quaff carouses to ourmistress'health,

And do as adversaries do in law,

Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.

Gru.Bion.O excellent motion! Fellows, let's be gone.

Hor.The motion's good indeed and be it so,Petruchio,I shallbe yourben venuto.[Exeunt.

Hor.The motion's good indeed and be it so,

Petruchio,I shallbe yourben venuto.[Exeunt.

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