Scratching her legs, that, one fhall fwear, the bleeds; And at that fight fhall fad Apollo weep: So workmanly the blood and tears are drawn. Lord. Thou art a Lord, and nothing but a Lord : Thou haft a Lady far more beautiful Than any woman in this waining age. 1 Man. And 'till the tears, that the hath shed for thee, Sly. Am I a Lord, and have I fuch a Lady? 2 Man.Will't please your Mightiness to wash your hands? 1 Man. Oh, yes, my Lord, but very idle words. 3 Man. Why, Sir, you know no houfe; nor no such maid; Nor no fuch men, as you have reckon'd up ; (6) As Stephen Sly, and old John Naps of Greece, And (6) As Stephen Sly, and old John Naps of Greece,] An unknown correfpondent, (who figns himself L. H.) is pleafed to propose this very reasonable conjecture, and old John Naps o'th' Green. As And Peter Turf, and Henry Pimpernell, And twenty more fuch names and men as these, Sly. Now, Lord be thanked for my good amends! Sly. By th' mafs, I think, I am a Lord indeed. Man. Sim, an't please your Honour. Sly. Sim? that's as much as to fay, Simeon or Simon; put forth thy hand and fill the pot. [The Servant gives him drink. Enter Lady, with attendants. I thank thee;-thou shalt not lose by it. Sly. Marry, I fare well, for here is cheer enough, Lady. Here, noble Lord, what is thy will with her? Sly, Are you my wife, and will not call me husband? my men fhould call me Lord, I am your good man. Lady. My husband and my Lord, my Lord and husband. I am your wife in all obedience. Sly. I know it well: what muft I call her? Sly. Alce madam, or Joan madam › Lord. Madam, and nothing elfe, fo Lords call Ladies. Sly. Come, fit down on my knee. Sim, drink to her. Madam wife, they fay, that I have dream'd, and slept above some fifteen years and more. Lady. Ay, and the time seems thirty unto me. Being all this time abandon'd from your bed. Sly. 'Tis much. Servants, leave me and her alone: Madam, undress you, and come now to bed. Sim, drink to her. As Sly fays, he's the fon of old Sly of Burton-beath, and talks of the fat alewife of Wincot; he thinks, he can with no propriety have any acquaintance in Greece. If, indeed, the province of Greece were to be here understood, this obfervation must neceffarily take place; but I have not disturb'd the text, because I do not know, but that in the neighbourhood of Wincot and Burton-beath, there may be some village call'd Greece, or Greys, &c. Lady. 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 ft: For your phyficians have exprefly charg'd, fo Sly. Ay, it ftands fo, that I may hardly tarry so long: but I would be loath to fall into my dream again : I will therefore tarry in defpight of the flesh and the blood. Enter a Messenger. Me. Your Honour's players, hearing your amendment, Seeing too much fadnefs 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 com- 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 shall ne'er be younger. The T Flourish. Enter Lucentio and Tranio. LUCENTI O. Ranie, fince for the great defire I had And, by my father's love and leave, am arm'd Gave me my being; and my father first, Lucentio his fon, brought up in Florence, (7) I am arriv'd for fruitful Lombardy,] Though all the impreffions concur in this, I take it to be a blunder of the editors, and not of the author. Padua is not in Lombardy; but Pifa, from which Lucentio comes, is really in those territories. And And therefore, Tranio, for the time I ftudy, Luc. Gramercies, Tranio, well doft thou advise; We could at once put us in readiness; And take a lodging fit to entertain Such friends, as time in Padua fhall beget. But ftay a while, what company is this? Tra. Maiter, fome fhow to welcome us to town. Enter Baptifta with Catharina and Bianca, Gremio and Bap. Gentlemen both, importune me no farther, Before I have a husband for the elder : If either of you both love Catharina, VOL. II. Because |