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; 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 fo, Petruchio, I fhall be your ben venuto. [Exeunt. [The Prefenters, above, speak berę. 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 afks what they were to contrive? and then fays, a foolish corruption poffeffes 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 not fignify here to project, but to spend and wear out. As in this paffage of Spenfer, Three ages fuch as mortal men CONTEIVE. Fairy Queen, B xi. ch. 9. WARBURTON. The word is ufed in the fame fenfe of Spending or wearing out, in the Palace of Pleasure, ACT A C T II. SCENE I. Baptifta's House in Padua. GOOD Enter Catharina and Bianca. BIANCA. OOD Sifter, wrong me not, nor wrong yourfelf, 5 To make a bond-maid and a flave of me; Cath. Of all thy Suitors here, I charge thee, tell Which I could fancy more than any other. Bian. Is it for him you do fo envy me? 5 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 freVOL. III. quently ufes and feems fond of 6 THEOBALD. to keep you fair.] I fhould wish to read, To keep you fine. But either word may serve. D I I pr'ythee, fifter Kate, untie my hands, Cath. If that be jeft, then all the reft was fo. [Strikes her. Enter Baptifta. Bap. Why, how now, dame, whence grows this infolence? Bianca, ftand afide; poor girl, fhe weeps; Go ply thy needle, meddle not with her. 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 muft 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 babit 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. bilding-] The word bilding, or hinderling, is a low wretch; it is applied to Ca I tharine for the coarfenefs 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. 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. Bap You're welcome, Sir, and he for your good fake. But for my daughter Catharina, this I know, She is not for your turn, the more's my grief. Pet. I fee you do not mean to part with her; Or else you like not of my company. Bap. Miftake me not, I speak but what I find. Whence are you, Sir? what may I call your name? Pet. Petruchio is my name, Antonio's fon, A man well known throughout all Italy. Bap. Iknow him well: you are welcome for his fake. Gre. Saving your tale, Petruchio, I pray, let us, that are poor petitioners, fpeak too. Baccalare! you are marvellous forward. Baccare, you are marvellous forward.] We muft read, Baccalare; by which the Italians mean, thou arrogant, prefump tuous man! the word is ufed fcornfully, upon any one that would affume a port of grandeur. D 2 WARBURTON. Pet Pet. Oh, pardon me, Signior Gremio, I would fain be doing. 9 Gre. I doubt it not, Sir, but you will curfe 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 ftudying 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 ftranger in this city here, Do make myself a fuitor to your daughter, Unto Bianca, fair and virtuous : Nor is your firm refolve unknown to me, That, upon knowledge of my parentage, I may have welcome 'mongst the reft that wooe, And, toward the education of your daughters, And this small 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 you will curfe your wooing. Neigh bour, this is a gift, &c. addreffing himself to Baptifta. WARBURTON. Bap. |