Sly. 'Tis much.--Servants, leave me and her alone.Madam, undrefs you, and come now to bed.-Sim, drink to her. Lady. Thrice noble Lord, let me entreat of you, To pardon me yet for a night or two. Or, if not fo, until the fun be fet; For your Phyficians have exprefly charg'd, Sly. Ay, it ftands fo, that I may hardly tarry fo long; but I would be loath to fall into my dream again I will therefore tarry in defpight of the flesh and the blood. Mell. Your Honour's Players, hearing your a Are come to play a pleafant comedy; Seeing too much faddness hath congeal'd your blood; Therefore, they thought it good you hear a play, Sly. Marry, I will; let them play; is it not a Commodity? a Christmas gambol, or a tumbling trick? Lady. No, my good Lord, it is more pleasing stuff. Sly. What, houfhold stuff?. Lady. It is a kind of history. Sly. Well, we'll fee't: come, Madam wife, fit by my fide, and let the world flip, we fhall ne'er be younger. THE T SCENE I. A Street in PADU A. Flourish. Enter Lucentio and Tranio. LUCENT 10. RANIO, fince for the great defire I had I am arriv'd from fruitful Lombardy 1, The pleasant garden of great Italy; And, by my father's love and leave, am arm'd Gave me my Being: and my father first, A merchant of great traffick through the world: from fruitful Lombardy.] So Mr. Theobald. The former editions, instead of from had for. ingenious.] I rather think it was written ingenuous ftudier, but of this and a thoufand fuch obfervations there is little certainty. Lucentio 2 Lucentio his fon, brought up in Florence, Glad, that you thus continue your refolve, Talk Logick with acquaintance that you have, The Mathematicks, and the Metaphyficks, Luc. Gramercies, Tranio, well dost thou advise; If, Biondello, thou wert come ashore, We could at once put us in readiness ; Tra. Mafter, fome fhew to welcome us to town. 2 Sir Thomas Hanmer, and after him Dr. Warburton, read to virtue; but formerly ply and ap ply were indifferently used, as to ply or apply his ftudies. SCENE SCENE II. Enter Baptifta with Catharina and Bianca, Gremio and Hortenfio. Lucentio and Tranio ftand by. Bap. Gentlemen both, importune me no farther, For how I firmly am refolv'd, you know; That is, not to beftow my youngest daughter, Before I have a husband for the elder; If either of you both love Catharina,. Because I know you well, and love you well, To make a Stale of me amongst these mates? for you; Unless you were of gentler, milder, mould. Cath. I'faith, Sir, you fhall never need to fear, But if it were, doubt not, her care fhall be Tra. Hush, master, here's fome good pastime] That wench is ftark mad, or wonderful fro ward. Luc. But in the other's filence I do fee Maid's mild behaviour and fobriety. Peace, Tranio. Tra. Well faid, Mafter; mum! and gaze your fill. Bap. Gentlemen, that I may foon make good What I have faid, Bianca, get you in; VOL. III. Safide. And And let it not displease thee, good Bianca ; Cath. A pretty Peat! it is best put finger in the eye, and the knew why. Bian. Sifter, content you in my discontent. Luc. Hark, Tranio, thou may't hear Minerva [afide. Hor. Signior Baptifta, will you be fo* ftrange? Sorry am I, that our good will effects Bianca's grief. Gre. Why will you mew her up, And make her bear the penance of her tongue? Go in, Bianca [Exit. Bianca. To mine own children, in good bringing up; [Exit. Cath. Why, and, I truft, I may go too, may I not? what, fhall I be appointed hours, as tho' belike, I knew not what to take, and what to leave? ha! 3 A pretty Peat.] Peat or conduct. Pet is a word of endearment from petit, little, as if it meant pretty little thing. *So ftrange.] That is, fo odd, fo different from others in your [Exit. Cunning men.] Cunning had not yet loft its original fignification of knowing, learned, as may be obferved in the tranflation of the Bible. SCENE |