His name and credit shall you undertake, Ped. O, Sir, I do; and will repute you ever Tru. Then go with me, to make the matter good. This, by the way, I let you understand;My father is here look'd for every day, To pass assurance of a dower in marriage "Twixt me and one Baptista's daughter here: In all these circumstances I'll instruct you : Go with me, Sir, to clothe you as becomes you. [Exeunt. SCENE III-A Room in PETRUCHIO'S House. Enter KATHARINA and GRUMIO. Gru. No, no, forsooth; I dare not for my life. appears: What, did he marry me to famish me? Am starved for meat, giddy for lack of sleep; He does it under name of perfect love; As who should say,-if I should sleep, or eat, Kath. Tis passing good; Lpr'ythee let me have it. How say you to a fat tripe, finely broil'd? Kath. I like it well; good Grumio, fetch it me. What say you to a piece of beef, and mustard? Gru. Ay, but the mustard is too hot a little. rest. Gru. Nay, then I will not; you shall have the mustard, Or else you get no beef of Grumio. slave, Kath. Then both, or one, or any thing thou wilt. Gru. Why, then the mustard without the beef. Kath. Go, get thee gone, thou false deluding [Beats him. That feed'st ine with the very name of meat: Sorrow on thee, and, all the pack of yon,. That triumph thus upon my misery! Go, get thee gone, I say. Enter PETRUCHIO, with a Dish of Meat; und Pet. How fares my Kate? What, sweeting, all amort * ? Hor. Mistress, what cheer? Kath. 'Faith, as cold as can be. Pet. Pluck up thy spirits, look cheerfully upon me. Here, love; thou see'st how diligent I am. [Sets the Dish on a Table. Kath. 'Pray you, let it stand. Pet. The poorest service is repaid with thanks; And so shall mine, before you touch the meat. Kath. I thank you, Sir. Hor. Signior Petruchio, fie! You are to blame : Much good do it unto thy gentle heart! With silken coats, and caps, and golden rings, bravery*, With amber bracelets, beads, and all this knavery. What, hast thou dined? The tailor stays thy lei sure, To deck thy body with his ruflling treasure. Dispirited; a gallicism. + Finery. Enter TAILOR. Come, tailor, let us see these ornaments; Enter HABERDASHER. Lay forth the gown.-What news with you, Sir? A knack, a toy, a trick, a baby's cap; Kuth. I'll have no bigger; this doth fit the time, And gentlewomen wear such caps as these. Pet. When you are gentle, you shall have one too, And not till then. Hor. That will not be in haste. [Aside. Kath. Why, Sir, I trust I may have leave to speak; And speak I will; I am no child, no babe: Kath. Love me, or love me not, I like the cap; And it I will have, or I will have none. Pet. Thy gown? Why, ay:-Come, tailor, let us see't. O mercy, God! What masking stuff is here? What's this? A sleeve? 'Tis like a demi-cannon: What! Up and down, carved like an apple-tart? Here's snip, and nip, and cut, and slish, and slash, Like to a censer + in a barber's shop: Why, what, o'devil's name, tailor, call'st thou this? gown. Hor. I see, she's like to have neither cap nor [Åside. Tai, You bid me make it orderly and well, According to the fashion, and the time. Pet. Marry, and did; but if you be remember'd A coffin was the culinary term for raised crust. + These censers resemble our brasiers in shape. I did not bid you mar it to the time. Belike, you mean to make a puppet of me. Pet. Why, true; he means to make a puppet of thee; Tai. She says, your worship means to make a puppet of her. Pet. O monstrous arrogance! Thou liest, thou Thou thimble, [thread, Thou yard, three-quarters, half-yard, quarter, nail, Thou flea, thou nit, thou winter cricket thou Braved in mine own house with a skein of thread! Away, thou rag, thou quantity, thou remnant; Or I shall so be-mete thee with thy yard, As thou shalt think on prating whilst thou liv'st! I tell thee, I, that thou hast marr'd her gown. Tai. Your worship is deceived; the gown is made Just as my master had direction: Grumio gave order how it should be done. Gru. I gave him no order, I gave him the stuff. Tai. I have. Gru. Face not me: thou hast braved many men ; brave not me; I will neither be faced nor braved. I say unto thee,-I bid thy master cut out the gown; but I did not bid him cut it to pieces: ergo, thou liest. Tai, Why, here is the note of the fashion to testify. Pet. Read it. Gru. The note lies in his throat, if he say I said so. 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 compass'd cape; Be-measure. + Turned up many garments with facings. Gru. I confess the cape. Tai. With a trunk sleeve,- A Gru. Error i' the bill, Sir; error i' the bill. commanded the sleeves should be cut out, and sew'd up again; and that I'll prove upon thee, though thy little finger be arm'd in a thimble.." Tai. This is true, that I say; an I had thee in place where, thou shouldst know it. Gru. I am for thee straight: take thou the bill, give me thy mete-yard and spare not me Her. God-a-mercy, Grumio! Then he shall have no odds... Pet. Well, Sir, in brief, the gown is not for me. Gru. You are i' the right, Sir; 'tis for my mis 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? Gru. O, Sir, the conceit is deeper than you think for: Take up my mistress' gown to his master's use!: 0, fie, fie, fie! Pet. Hortensio, say thou wilt see the tailor paid: [Aside. Go take it hence; be gone, and say no more. [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, Measuring-yard. + Appeareth. |