come, good Cambio.-But, gentle sir, [to Tranio.] methinks, you walk like a stranger. May I be so bold to know the cause of your coming?

Tra. Pardon me, sir; the boldness is mine own;
That, being a stranger in this city here,
Do make myself a suitor to your daughter,
Unto Bianca, fair and virtuous.

Nor is your firm resolve unknown to me,
In the preferment of the eldest sister.
This liberty is all that I request :—
That, upon knowlege of my parentage,

I may have welcome 'mongst the rest that woo,
And free access and favor as the rest:

And, toward the education of your daughters,
I here bestow a simple instrument,

And this small packet of Greek and Latin books:
If you accept them, then their worth is great.

Bap. Lucentio is your name? of whence, I pray?
Tra. Of Pisa, sir, son to Vincentio.

Bap. A mighty man of Pisa, by report:

I know him well: you are very welcome, sir.— Take you [to Hor.] the lute, and you [to Luc.] the set of books:

You shall go see your pupils presently.

Holla, within!

Enter Servant.

Sirrah, lead these gentlemen

To my daughters; and tell them both,

These are their tutors: bid them use them well.

[Exit Servant, with Hor. Luc. and Bion.

We will go walk a little in the orchard,

And then to dinner: you are passing welcome;
And so I pray you all to think yourselves.

Pet. Signior Baptista, my business asketh haste, And every day I cannot come to woo.

You knew my father well; and in him, me,
Left solely heir to all his lands and goods,
Which I have better'd rather than decreased:
Then tell me,-if I get your daughter's love,
What dowry shall I have with her to wife?

Bap. After my death, the one half of my lands: And, in possession, twenty thousand crowns.

Pet. And, for that dowry, I'll assure her of
Her widowhood,—be it that she survive me,—
In all my lands and leases whatsoever.
Let specialties be therefore drawn between us,
That covenants may be kept on either hand.

Bap. Ay, when the special thing is well obtain'd, This is, her love; for that is all in all.

Pet. Why, that is nothing; for I tell you, father, I am as peremptory as she proud-minded; And where two raging fires meet together, They do consume the thing that feeds their fury: Though little fire grows great with little wind, Yet extreme gusts will blow out fire and all: So I to her, and so she yields to me;

For I am rough, and woo not like a babe.

Bap. Well mayst thou woo, and happy be thy speed!

But be thou arm'd for some unhappy words.

Pet. Ay, to the proof; as mountains are for

winds,

That shake not, though they blow perpetually.

Re-enter HORTENSIO, with his head broken. Bap. How now, my friend? why dost thou look so pale ?

Hor. For fear, I promise you, if I look pale. Bap. What, will my daughter prove a good musician?

Hor. I think, she 'll sooner prove a soldier: Iron may hold with her, but never lutes.

Bap. Why, then thou canst not break her to the lute?

Hor. Why, no; for she hath broke the lute to

me.

I did but tell her, she mistook her frets,1

And bow'd her hand to teach her fingering;

When, with a most impatient devilish spirit,
'Frets, call you these?' quoth she: I'll fume with
them :'

And, with that word, she struck me on the head,
And through the instrument my pate made way;
And there I stood amazed for awhile,

As on a pillory, looking through the lute;
While she did call me,―rascal fiddler,

A fret is that stop of a musical instrument which causes or regulates the vibration of the string.

And twangling Jack; 1 with twenty such vile

terms,

As she had studied to misuse me so.

Pet. Now, by the world, it is a lusty wench : I love her ten times more than e'er I did.

O, how I long to have some chat with her!

Bap. Well, go with me, and be not so discomfited:

Proceed in practice with my younger daughter;
She's apt to learn, and thankful for good turns.
Signior Petruchio, will you go with us;
Or shall I send my daughter Kate to you?
Pet. I pray you, do; I will attend her here,

[Exeunt Bap. Gre. Tra. and Hor.
And woo her with some spirit when she comes.
Say, that she rail; why, then I'll tell her plain,
She sings as sweetly as a nightingale :

Say, that she frown; I'll say, she looks as clear
As morning roses newly wash'd with dew:
Say, she be mute, and will not speak a word;
Then I'll commend her volubility,
And say she uttereth piercing eloquence:
If she do bid me pack, I'll give her thanks,
As though she bid me stay by her a week:

If she deny to wed, I'll crave the day

When I shall ask the banns, and when be mar

ried.

But here she comes; and now, Petruchio, speak.

Paltry musician.

Enter KATHARINA.

Good-morrow, Kate; for that's your name, I hear. Kath. Well have you heard, but something hard of hearing :

They call me-Katharine, that do talk of me.

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

Kate,

And bonny Kate, and sometimes Kate the curst;
But Kate, the prettiest Kate in Christendom,
Kate of Kate Hall, my super-dainty Kate,

For dainties are all cates: and therefore, Kate,
Take this of me, Kate, of my consolation ;
Hearing thy mildness praised in every town,
Thy virtues spoke of, and thy beauty sounded,
(Yet not so deeply as to thee belongs)

Myself am moved to woo thee for my wife.

Kath. Moved! in good time: let him that moved

you hither,

Remove you hence: I knew you at the first,

You were a moveable.

Pet.

Why, what's a moveable?

Kath. A joint-stool.

Pet.

Thou hast hit it: come, sit on me.

Kath. Asses are made to bear, and so are you. Pet. Women are made to bear, and so are you. Kath. No such jade, sir, as you, if me you mean. Pet. Alas, good Kate! I will not burden thee; For, knowing thee to be but young and light,Kath. Too light for such a swain as you to catch;