Tai. But did you not request to have it cut? Tai. I have. Gru. Face not me: thou hast braved many men; gown; brave not me; I say unto thee,-I bid thy master cut out the but I did not bid him cut it to pieces: ergo, thou liest. Tai. Why, here is the note of the fashion to testify. So. Pet. Read it. Gru. The note lies in his throat, if he say I said Tai. 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. Tai. With a small compassed cape ;4 Gru. I confess the cape. Tai. With a trunk sleeve ; Gru. I confess two sleeves. Pet. Ay, there's the villainy. 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. Tui. This is true, that I say; an I had thee in place where, thou shoud'st know it, 3 Turned up many garments with facings. 4 A round cape. 1 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. Pet. Well, sir, in brief, the gown is not for me. tress. 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! Pet. Why, sir, what's your conceit in that? for: Take up my mistress' gown to his master's use! think Pet. Hortensio, say thou wilt see the tailor paid: Go take it hence; be gone, and say no more. [Aside. 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, Even in these honest mean habiliments; Our purses shall be proud, our garments poor: And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, What, is the jay more precious than the lark, Or is the adder better than the eel, Because his painted skin contents the eye? It shall be what o'clock I say it is. Hor. Why, so! this gallant will command the sun, [Exeunt. 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 Tra. 'Tis well; And hold your own, in any case, with such Enter BIONDELLO. Ped. I warrant you: But, sir, here comes your boy; 'Twere good, he were school'd. Tra. Fear you not him. Sirrah, Biondello, 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; 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 :- This is the gentleman I told you of; I pray you, stand good father to me now, Ped. Soft, son! Sir, by your leave; having come to Padua Ś Brave. Of love between your daughter and himself: To have him match'd; and, if you please to like No worse than I, sir,-upon some agreement, Me shall you find most ready and most willing With one consent to have her so bestow'd; 6 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 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, The match is fully made, and all is done: Your son shall have my daughter with consent. Tra. I thank you, sir. Where then do you best, We be affied; and such assurance ta'en, As shall with either part's agreement stand? know Bap. Not in my house, Lucentio; for, you know, Pitchers have ears, and I have many servants : Besides, old Gremio is heark'ning still; And, happily, we might be interrupted. Tra. Then at my lodging, an it like you, sir: 6 Scrupulous. 7 Assure or convey. 8 Betrothed. 9 Accidentally. |