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Where's my spaniel Troilus? Sirrah, get you hence, |
And bid my cousin Ferdinand come hither: |
Exit SERVINGMAN |
One, Kate, that you must kiss and be acquainted with. |
Where are my slippers? Shall I have some water? |
Come, Kate, and wash, and welcome heartily. |
You whoreson villain! will you let it fall? [Strikes him] |
KATHERINA. Patience, I pray you; 'twas a fault unwilling. |
PETRUCHIO. A whoreson, beetle-headed, flap-ear'd knave! |
Come, Kate, sit down; I know you have a stomach. |
Will you give thanks, sweet Kate, or else shall I? |
What's this? Mutton? |
FIRST SERVANT. Ay. |
PETRUCHIO. Who brought it? |
PETER. I. |
PETRUCHIO. 'Tis burnt; and so is all the meat. |
What dogs are these? Where is the rascal cook? |
How durst you villains bring it from the dresser |
And serve it thus to me that love it not? |
There, take it to you, trenchers, cups, and all; |
[Throws the meat, etc., at them] |
You heedless joltheads and unmanner'd slaves! |
What, do you grumble? I'll be with you straight. |
Exeunt SERVANTS |
KATHERINA. I pray you, husband, be not so disquiet; |
The meat was well, if you were so contented. |
PETRUCHIO. I tell thee, Kate, 'twas burnt and dried away, |
And I expressly am forbid to touch it; |
For it engenders choler, planteth anger; |
And better 'twere that both of us did fast, |
Since, of ourselves, ourselves are choleric, |
Than feed it with such over-roasted flesh. |
Be patient; to-morrow 't shall be mended. |
And for this night we'll fast for company. |
Come, I will bring thee to thy bridal chamber. Exeunt |
Re-enter SERVANTS severally |
NATHANIEL. Peter, didst ever see the like? |
PETER. He kills her in her own humour. |
Re-enter CURTIS |
GRUMIO. Where is he? |
CURTIS. In her chamber. Making a sermon of continency to her, |
And rails, and swears, and rates, that she, poor soul, |
Knows not which way to stand, to look, to speak. |
And sits as one new risen from a dream. |
Away, away! for he is coming hither. Exeunt |
Re-enter PETRUCHIO |
PETRUCHIO. Thus have I politicly begun my reign, |
And 'tis my hope to end successfully. |
My falcon now is sharp and passing empty. |
And till she stoop she must not be full-gorg'd, |
For then she never looks upon her lure. |
Another way I have to man my haggard, |
To make her come, and know her keeper's call, |
That is, to watch her, as we watch these kites |
That bate and beat, and will not be obedient. |
She eat no meat to-day, nor none shall eat; |
Last night she slept not, nor to-night she shall not; |
As with the meat, some undeserved fault |
I'll find about the making of the bed; |
And here I'll fling the pillow, there the bolster, |
This way the coverlet, another way the sheets; |
Ay, and amid this hurly I intend |
That all is done in reverend care of her- |
And, in conclusion, she shall watch all night; |
And if she chance to nod I'll rail and brawl |
And with the clamour keep her still awake. |
This is a way to kill a wife with kindness, |
And thus I'll curb her mad and headstrong humour. |
He that knows better how to tame a shrew, |
Now let him speak; 'tis charity to show. Exit |
SCENE II. |
Padua. Before BAPTISTA'S house |
Enter TRANIO as LUCENTIO, and HORTENSIO as LICIO |
TRANIO. Is 't possible, friend Licio, that Mistress Bianca |
Doth fancy any other but Lucentio? |
I tell you, sir, she bears me fair in hand. |
HORTENSIO. Sir, to satisfy you in what I have said, |
Stand by and mark the manner of his teaching. |
[They stand aside] |
Enter BIANCA, and LUCENTIO as CAMBIO |
LUCENTIO. Now, mistress, profit you in what you read? |
BIANCA. What, master, read you, First resolve me that. |
LUCENTIO. I read that I profess, 'The Art to Love.' |
BIANCA. And may you prove, sir, master of your art! |
LUCENTIO. While you, sweet dear, prove mistress of my heart. |
[They retire] |
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