As you shall well be satisfied withal. But where is Kate? I stay too long from her; orning wears, 'tis time we were at church. The Tra. See not your bride in these unreverent robes Go to my chamber, put on clothes of mine. Pet. Not I, believe me; thus I'll visit her. Bap. But thus, I trust, you will not marry her. Pet. Good sooth, even thus; therefore have done with words; The rest discourse of other matters, and then follow Baptista. The wedding ensues; the particulars of which are thus gathered from one of the persons present : Enter GREMIO. Tranio. Signior Gremio! come you from church? The mad-brained bridegroom took him such a cuff, Tra What said the wench, when he arose again? Gre. Trembled and shook; for why, he stamp'd and swore, As if the vicar meant to cozen him. But after many ceremonies done, He calls for wine: "A health," quoth he; as if He had been aboard carousing to his mates But that his beard grew thin and hungerly, Enter PETRUCHIO, Katharina, Bianca, BaptistA, HORTENSIS, GRUMIO, and TRAIN. Fet. Gentlemen and friends, I thank you for your pains: know you think to dine with me to-day, And have prepar'd great store of wedding cheer: But so it is, my haste must call me hence, Bap. Is't possible you will away to-night? To this most patient, sweet, and virtuous wife. Tra. Let us entreat you stay till after dinner. Pet. I am content you shall entreat me stay; But yet not stay, entreat me how you can. Kath. Now, if you love me, stay. Pct. Grumio, my horses. Gru. Ay, sir, they be ready; the oats have eaten the horses. Kath. Nay, then, Do what thou canst, I will not go to-day; No, nor to-morrow, nor till I please myself. The door is open, sir, there lies your way, You may be jogging while your boots are green, Pet. O, Kate, content thee, pr'ythee, be not angry. Gre. Ay, marry, sir, now it begins to work. I see a woman may be made a fool, If she had not a spirit to resist. Pet. They shall go forward, Kate, at thy command: Obey the bride, you that attend on her: Go to the feast, revel and domineer, Be mad and merry,-or go hang yourselves; But for my bonny Kate, she must with me. Nay, look not big, nor stamp, nor stare, nor fret. I will be master of what is mine own: She is my goods, my chattels ; she is my house, My horse, my ox, my ass, my anything; And here she stands, touch her whoever dare; I'll bring my action on the proudest he That stops my way in Padua.—Grumio, Draw forth thy weapon, we're beset with thieves; Rescue thy mistress, if thou be a man: Fear not, sweet wench, they shall not touch thee, Kate, I'll buckler thee against a million. [Exeunt PETRUchio, Katharina, and GRUMIO Bap. Nay, let them go, a couple of quiet ones! Gre. Went they not quickly, I should die with laughing SCENE. A Hall in Petruchio's Country House. Enter GRUMIO. Gru. Fye, fye on all tired jades! on all mad masters! and all four ways! Was ever man so beaten ? was ever man so rayed ?* was ever man so weary? I am sent before to make a fire, and they are coming after to warm them. Now, were not I a little pot, and soon hot, my very lips might freeze to my teeth, ere I should come by a fire to thaw me. Holla! hoa! Curtis. Curt. Who is that, calls so coldly? Gru. A piece of ice. If thou doubt it, thou may'st slide from my shoulder to my heel, with no greater run but my head and my neck. A fire, good Curtis. Curt. Is my master and his wife coming, Grumio? Gru. O, ay, Curtis, ay, and therefore fire, fire; cast on no water Curt. Is she so hot a shrew as she's reported? Gru. She was, good Curtis, before this frost: but thou knowest, winter tames man, woman and beast; for it hath tamed my old master, and my new mistress, and myself, fellow Curtis.-We came down a foul hill, my master riding behind my mistress. Curt. Both on one horse? Gru. What's that to thee? Curt. Why, a horse. Gru. Tell thou the tale.-But had'st thou not crossed me, thou should'st have heard how her horse fell, and she under her horse; thou should'st have heard, in how miry a place: how she was bemoiled, how he left her with the horse upon her; how he beat me because her horse stumbled; how she waded through the dirt to pluck him off me; how he swore; how she prayed-that never prayed before; how I cried; how the horses ran away, how her bridle was burst, how I lost my crupper;-with many things of worthy memory which now shall die in oblivion, and thou return inexperienced to thy grave. Curt. By this reckoning, he is more shrew than she. Gru. Ay, and that thou and the proudest of you all shall find, when he-silence !I hear my master. Enter PETRUCHIO and KATHARINA. Pet. Where be these knaves? What, no man at the door, To hold my stirrup, nor to take my horse! Where is Nathaniel, Gregory, Philip? All Serv. Here, sir. Here, sir; Pet. Here, sir! here, sir! here, sir! here, sir!— Gru. Here, sir; as foolish as I was before. Did I not bid thee meet me in the park, Gru. Nathaniel's coat, sir, was not fully made, And Gabriel's pumps were all unpink'd i' the heel; And Walter's dagger was not come from sheathing: Yet, as they are, here are they come to meet you. "Where is the life that late I led" [Exeunt some of the Servants. [Sings Where are those Sit down, Kate, and welcome. Soud, soud, soud, soud !* Re-enter SERVANTS, with supper Why, when, I say?—Nay, good sweet Kate, be merry. "It was the friar of orders grey As he forth walked on his way:-" Out, out, you rogue! You pluck my foot awry: [Sings. [Strikes him. [Exit Serv. [A bason is presented to him Come, Kate, and wash, and welcome heartily You villain! will you let it fall? [Servant lets the ewer fall Kath. Patience, I pray you; 'twas a fault unwilling. Come, Kate, sit down; I know you have a stomach. Will you give thanks, sweet Kate; or else shall I ?— [Strikes him. 1st Serv. Pet. 1st Serv. Pet. 'Tis burnt, and so is all the meat: What dogs are these?-Where is the rascal cook? [Throws the meat, &c., about the stage • Soud, Soud, an expression of heat and weariness. |