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1

Taming of the Shrew
[Prologue, 1]

Lord

45

Even as a flatt'ring dream or worthless fancy.
Then take him up, and manage well the jest:
Carry him gently to my fairest chamber,
And hang it round with all my wanton pictures;
Balm his foul head in warm distilled waters,
And burn sweet wood to make the lodging sweet;
Procure me music ready when he wakes,
To make a dulcet and a heavenly sound;
And if he chance to speak, be ready straight,
And with a low submissive reverence
Say 'What is it your honour will command?'
Let one attend him with a silver basin
Full of rose-water and bestrew'd with flowers;
Another bear the ewer, the third a diaper,
And say 'Will't please your lordship cool your hands?'
Some one be ready with a costly suit,
And ask him what apparel he will wear;
Another tell him of his hounds and horse,
And that his lady mourns at his disease;
Persuade him that he hath been lunatic,
And, when he says he is, say that he dreams,
For he is nothing but a mighty lord.
This do, and do it kindly, gentle sirs;
It will be pastime passing excellent,
If it be husbanded with modesty.

2

Taming of the Shrew
[II, 1]

Gremio

1151

Hark, Petruchio; she says she'll see thee hang'd first.

3

Taming of the Shrew
[III, 2]

Baptista Minola

1364

[To TRANIO] Signior Lucentio, this is the 'pointed day
That Katherine and Petruchio should be married,
And yet we hear not of our son-in-law.
What will be said? What mockery will it be
To want the bridegroom when the priest attends
To speak the ceremonial rites of marriage!
What says Lucentio to this shame of ours?

4

Taming of the Shrew
[IV, 2]

Bianca

1881

He says so, Tranio.

5

Taming of the Shrew
[IV, 3]

Tailor

2069

She says your worship means to make a puppet of her.

6

Taming of the Shrew
[IV, 5]

Hortensio

2277

Say as he says, or we shall never go.

7

Taming of the Shrew
[V, 1]

Pedant

2380

Ay, sir; so his mother says, if I may believe her.

8

Taming of the Shrew
[V, 2]

Hortensio

2513

My widow says thus she conceives her tale.

9

Taming of the Shrew
[V, 2]

Biondello

2593

She says you have some goodly jest in hand:
She will not come; she bids you come to her.