And will not promise her to any man, Tra. If it be fo, Sir, that you are the man Hor. Sir, you fay well, and well you do conceive; And fince you do profess to be a fuitor, You must, as we do, gratify this Gentleman, Tra. Sir, I fhall not be flack; in fign whereof, 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 fhall be your ben venuto. [Exeunt. [The Prefenters, above, speak bere. 1 Man. My Lord, you nod; you do not mind the Play. Sly. Yea, by St. Ann, do I. A good matter, furely! -comes there any more of it? Lady. My Lord, 'tis but begun. Sly. 'Tis a very excellent piece of work, Madam Lady. 'Would, 'twere done! 4 Pleafe ye, we may contrive this afternoon,] Mr. Theobald asks what they were to contrive? and then fays, a foolish corruption poffes the place, and fo alters it to convive; in which he is followed, as he pretty conftantly is, when wrong, by the Oxford Editor. But the common reading is right, and the Critic was only ignorant of the meaning of it. Contrive does Three ages fuch as mortal men CONTRIVE Fairy Queen, B. xi. ch. 9. WARBURTON. The word is fed in the fame fense of spending or wearing out in the Palace of Pleasure. ACT ACT II. SCENE I. Baptifta's Houfe in Padua. Enter Catharina and Bianca. BIANCA. WOOD Sifter, wrong me not, nor wrong yourfelf, To make a bond-maid and a flave of me; Cath. Of all thy Suitors here, I charge thee, tell Whom thou lov'ft beft: fee, thou diffemble not. Bian. Believe me, Sifter, of all men alive I never yet beheld that fpecial face, Which I could fancy more than any other. Cath. Minion, thou lieft; is't not Hortenfio? Bian. Is it for him you do fo envy me? but for thefe other Goods,] This is fo trifling and unexpreffive a Word, that, I am fatisfied our Author wrote, Gawds, (i. e. Toys, trifling Ornaments ;) a Term that he fre quently ufes and feems fond of. 6 THEOBALD. to keep you fair] [ fhould wish to read, To keep you fine. But either word may ferve. I I pr'ythee, fifter Kate, untie my hands. Cath. If that be jeft, then all the reft was so. Enter Baptifta. [Strikes her. Bap. Why, how now, dame, whence grows this infolence? Bianca, ftand afide; poor girl, fhe weeps; Cath. Her filence flouts me; and I'll be reveng'd. [Flies after Bianca. Bap. What, in my fight ?-Bianca, get thee in. [Exit Bianca. Cath. Will you not fuffer me? nay, now I fee, She is your treafure; fhe must have a husband I must dance bare-foot on her wedding-day, And, for your love to her, lead apes in hell: Talk not to me, I will go fit and weep, 'Till I can find occafion of revenge. [Exit Cath. Bap. Was ever gentleman thus griev'd, as I? But who comes here? SCENE II. Enter Gremio, Lucentio in the habit of a mean man; Petruchio with Hortenfio, like a musician; Tranio and Biondello bearing a lute and books. Gre. Good morrow, neighbour Baptifta. Bap. Good morrow, neighbour Gremio: God fave you, Gentlemen. 7 bi'ding-] The word bilding & hinderling, is a low wretch; it is applied to Ca tharine for the coarseness of her behaviour. Pet. Pet. And you, good Sir; pray, have you not a daughter call'd Catharina, fair and virtuous? Bap. I have a daughter, Sir, call'd Catharina. Gre. You are too blunt; go to it orderly. Pet. You wrong me, Signior Gremio, give me leave. I am a gentleman of Verona, Sir, That, hearing of her beauty and her wit, Her wondrous qualities, and mild behaviour, [Prefenting Hortenfio. I do present you with a man of mine, Bap. You're welcome,Sir,and he for your good fake. Bap. Mistake me not, I fpeak but what I find. Bap. I know him well: you are welcome for his fake. Gre. Saving your tale, Petruchio, I pray, let us, that are poor petitioners, fpeak too. you are marvellous forward. Baccare, you are mar vellous forward.] We must read, Baccalare; by which the Italians mean, thou arrogant, prefump Baccalare! Pet. Oh, pardon me, Signior Gremio, I would fair be doing. Gre. 9 I doubt it not, Sir, but you will curse your wooing. Neighbour, this is a gift very grateful, I am sure of it. To exprefs the like kindness myself, that have been more kindly beholden to you than any, free leave give to this young scholar, that hath been long studying at Reims, [Prefenting Lucentio.] as cunning in Greek, Latin, and other languages, as the other in mufick and mathematicks; his name is Cambio; pray, accept his fervice. Bap. A thousand thanks, Signior Gremio: welcome, good Cambio. But, gentle Sir, methinks, you walk like a ftranger; [To Tranio.] may I be fo 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 fuitor to your daughter, Unto Bianca, fair and virtuous : Nor is your firm resolve unknown to me, That, upon knowledge of my parentage, I may have welcome 'mongst the reft that woo, And, toward the education of your daughters, And this fmall packet of Greek and Latin books. 9 I doubt it not, Sir, but you will curfe your wooing neighbours. This is a gift] This nonfenfe may be rectified by only pointing [They greet privately. it thus, I doubt it not, Sir, but WARBURTON. Bap. fread thefe gentlem Kaye daughters; and Te are their tutors, bid [Exit Serv. wit Tew go walk a little in And he to dinner. You Tou knew And lay you all, to t my lands and leafes whatsoev where two raging fires meet toge |