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[3] gawds] Theobald, goods Ff Q. gards Collier (Collier MS.).

[4] pull] put Boswell.

[8] charge thee] F2 F3 F4. charge F1 Q.

[10] the] om. S. Walker conj.

[13] Is't] F1 F2 F3. It's Q. is it F4.

[14] you] Ff. thou Q.

[17] you fair] you fine Johnson conj. your fair Halliwell conj.

[18] envy me so] so envy me Pope.

[21] untie] Ff. unite Q.

[25] thy] Ff. the Q.

[29] [Flies after B.] Ff Q. Flies at B. Hanmer.

[30] [Exit B.] Exit. Ff Q.

[31] What] om. Pope.

[37] ever] never F2.

[39] Scene ii. Pope.

Petruchio ... books] Rowe. Petruchio with Tranio, with his boy bearing a Lute and Bookes. Ff Q.

[40] God save] Save Capell conj.

[42, 43] And you ... virtuous] Printed as prose in Ff Q as verse first by Capell.

[43] fair] om. Q.

[45] too] to Q.

[50] wondrous] woman's Collier MS.

[60] Licio] F2 F3 F4. Litio F1 Q.

[61] You're] Warburton. Y'are Ff Q. You 'are Theobald.

[62] Katharine] Katerine F1 Q F2. Katerina F3. Katherina F4.

[63] the more] F1 Q F2. the more's F3 F4.

[66] as] F1 Q. what F2 F3 F4.

[71-73] Saving ... forward] Steevens. Printed as prose in Ff Q; first as three lines of verse by Capell, ending let ... too ... forward, sir.

[71] I pray] pray S. Walker conj.

[73] Baccare] F2 F3 F4. Bacare F1 Q. Baccalare Theobald (Warburton).

[75-82] I doubt ... service] Printed first as prose by Pope; in Ff Q as ten lines, ending curse ... gift ... express ... been ... any ... hath ... cunning... languages, ... mathematics: ... service: by Capell as ten lines, ending wooing. ... Neighbour, ... it: ... myself, ... any,— ... scholar, ... cunning ... languages, ... mathematicks: ... service.

[75, 76] wooing. Neighbour, this] Theobald, wooing neighbors: this F1 Q. wooing neighbours: this F2 F3 F4. wooing, neighbours. This Rowe (ed. 1). wooing. Neighbours this Rowe (ed. 2).

[76] Neighbour] Neighbour [to Baptista] Capell.

To] And—to Capell.

[78] kindly] om. Capell.

beholding] beholden Pope.

freely give unto you] Edd. (Glover conj.). I freely give unto you Capell (Tyrwhitt conj.). Freely give unto F1 Q F2. Free leave give unto F3 F4.

[79] [presenting Lucentio] Rowe.

[80] Rheims] Rhemes Ff Q.

Greek, Latin] Latin, Greek Capell.

[81] mathematics] the mathematics Capell.

[82] pray] pray you Q.

[83-86] A thousand ... coming? Printed first as prose by Pope; as four lines in Ff Q, ending Gremio: ... sir, ... stranger, ... coming?

[83, 85] Signior ... walk ... so bold ...cause] good signior ... walk here ... bold ... cause too Capell, ending line 85, may I.

[89] myself] F1 Q F3 F4. thy selfe F2.

[99] packet] pack S. Walker conj.

[100] [They greet privately. Theobald.]

[101] Bap. Lucentio is your name; of whence, I pray?] Lucentio is my name. Bap. Of whence, I pray? Theobald conj.

[103] Pisa; by report] Rowe. Pisa by report, Ff Q.

[104] know] knew Rann (Capell conj.).

you are] you're Capell.

[107] within] within there Capell.

lead] shew Capell, corrected in M.S.

[107, 108] Sirrah ... both] Steevens. prints as two lines, ending lead ... both.

[108] To ... both] In to my daughters; tell them both from me Capell conj.

daughters] F1 Q. two daughters F2 F3 F4.

tell] F1 Q. then tell F2 F3 F4.

[109] [Exit ... Hor.] Theobald. Bio....] Capell.

[115] knew] F1 Q. know F2 F3 F4.

[116] solely] Rowe. solie F1 Q F2 F3. soly F4.

[122] of] for Hanmer. on Steevens conj.

[124] whatsoever] whosoever F2.

[140] shake] F2 F3 F4. shakes F1 Q.

[141] Scene iii. Pope.

[144] sooner] om. Q.

[147] to me] on me Hanmer.

[150] most] moist Q.

[151] these] them Rowe.

[156] rascal fiddler] Capell. rascal, fidler Ff Q.

[158] had she] Ff Q. she had Rowe.

[162] discomfited] discomforted Capell conj.

[167] I will] Rowe. Ile F1 Q. I F2 F3 F4.

[Exeunt....] Exit. Manet Petruchio. Ff Q.

[179] banns] Johnson. banes Ff Q.

[185] bonny] F4. bony F1 Q F2 F3.

[188] Kates] cates Pope.

[191] sounded] founded F2.

[197] join'd] joint Capell.

[200] jade as you] F1 Q. jade, sir, as you F2 F3 F4. jack, sir, as you Farmer conj. jade as you—bear! Jackson conj. load, sir, as you Singer. jade to bear you Collier MS. jade as bear you Dyce. jade as to bear you Collier (ed. 2). load as you Grant White. a jade as you S. Walker conj.

[205-232] Should be ... care not] Put in the margin as spurious by Pope.

[205] Should ... buzz!] Shold be, should: buzze. F1 Q. Should be, should: buzze. F2 F3. Should be, should: buz. F4. Should be! should! buz. Rowe. Should bee;—should buz.—Theobald. Should! Bee: should! ... buz. Hanmer.

[209] best] 'best F3 F4.

[211] Ay] Ah Theobald.

find it] find out Collier MS.

[212] does] doth Rowe (ed. 2).

[212, 213] Who ... tail] Printed as prose in Ff Q.

[213] Kath. In his tongue. Pet. Whose tongue?] Cat. In his tail! in his tongue. Pet. In his tongue? whose tongue? Capell.

[214] tails] Rowe (ed. 2). tailes Q. tales Ff.

[215, 216] nay ... gentleman] Pope. Printed as one line in Ff Q.

[218-222] So ... coxcomb?] Printed by Capell is four lines, ending me ... gentlemen ... put ... coxcomb?

[227] sour] so sour Theobald.

[240] askance] Capell. a sconce F1 Q a scance F2 F3 F4. ascance Rowe (ed. 2).

[245] does] doth Rowe.

[250] keep'st] keepest, those Hanmer.

[257] witless] witness Capell.

else] elfe Theobald conj.

[258] keep] to keep Rann.

[259] Marry] Why Pope.

[269] wild Kate] wilde Kate F1 Q. wild Kat F2 F3 F4. wild cat Rowe.

[270] Kates] cats Theobald conj.

[273] Scene v. Pope.

Re-enter....] Enter.... Pope. Enter... Ff Q (after line 267).

... Tranio.] Q. Trayno. Ff.

Now] om. Hanmer.

[277] Kath.] Pet. Theobald.

[278] You have] You've Pope.

[286] morn] moon Collier MS.

[287] Grissel] Grizelde Capell.

[289] we have] we've Pope.

[291] on] o' Capell.

[292] Hark] Hark, hark Hanmer.

hang'd] hang'd o' Sunday Capell.

[293] nay] om. Hanmer.

part] pact Collier (Collier MS.).

[294] gentlemen] sirs Pope.

[301] vied] ply'd Johnson conj. vent Bubier conj.

[308] Provide the feast, father] Father, provide the feast, Pope.

[310] me] om. Pope.

[316] we will be married] we'll marry Hanmer.

o' Sunday] Hanmer. a sonday F1 Q F2. a Sunday F3 F4.

[Exeunt P. and K. severally] Theobald. [Exit P. and K. Ff Q.

[317] Scene vi. Pope.

[322] in] Rowe (ed. 2). me Ff Q.

[336] my Bianca's love.] F1 Q. Bianca's love. F2 F3 F4. Bianca's love.—And, first, to you; Capell.

[343] arras] Ff Q. arras, Rowe (ed. 2).

counterpoints] counterpanes Rowe (ed. 2).

[346] Valance] Pope. Vallens Ff Q.

[347] belong] Rowe. belongs Ff Q.

[351] portion] proportion Theobald conj.

[352] struck] F3 F4. strooke F1 Q F2. stuck Rowe (ed. 1).

[362] jointure] Rowe. ioynter F1 Q. joynter F2 F3 F4.

[365] not to] but to Warburton. yet to Staunton conj.

[367] Marseilles'] Marcellus F1 Q. Marsellis F2 F3 F4.

[384-389] Well ... Gremio] Printed by Hanmer as five lines, ending resolv'd: ... Catharine ... following ... if you ... Gremio.

[384, 385] Well ... resolved] Capell; as one line in Ff Q.

[384] gentlemen] gentlemen, then Pope, ending lines 384, 385 resolv'd ... know.

[387] the] om. Hanmer.

shall Bianca] Bianca shall Hanmer.

[388] to you] to you, Lucentio Capell.

make this assurance] Th' assurance make Hanmer.

[400] Must] May Rowe.

[401] wonder] wonders Q.

[402] wooing] winning Collier (Capell conj.).

[403] cunning] doing Rann (Steevens conj.). See note (xiii).

ACT III.

Scene I. Padua. Baptista's house.

Enter Lucentio, Hortensio, and Bianca.

Luc. Fiddler, forbear; you grow too forward, sir:
Have you so soon forgot the entertainment
Her sister Katharine welcomed you withal?
Hor. But, wrangling pedant, this is
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The patroness of heavenly harmony:
Then give me leave to have prerogative;
And when in music we have spent an hour,
Your lecture shall have leisure for as much.
Luc. Preposterous ass, that never read so far
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To know the cause why music was ordain'd!
Was it not to refresh the mind of man
After his studies or his usual pain?
Then give me leave to read philosophy,
And while I pause, serve in your harmony.
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Hor. Sirrah, I will not bear these braves of thine.
Bian. Why, gentlemen, you do me double wrong,
To strive for that which resteth in my choice:
I am no breeching scholar in the schools;
I'll not be tied to hours nor 'pointed times,
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But learn my lessons as I please myself.
And, to cut off all strife, here sit we down:
Take you your instrument, play you the whiles;
His lecture will be done ere you have tuned.
Hor. You'll leave his lecture when I am in tune?
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Luc. That will be never: tune your instrument.
Bian. Where left we last?
Luc. Here, madam:
'Hic ibat Simois; hic est Sigeia tellus;
Hic steterat Priami regia celsa senis.'
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Bian. Construe them.
Luc. 'Hic ibat,' as I told you before,—'Simois,' I am
Lucentio,—'hic est,' son unto Vincentio of Pisa,— 'Sigeia
tellus,' disguised thus to get your love;—' Hic steterat,' and
that Lucentio that comes a-wooing,—'Priami,' is my man
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Tranio,—'regia,' bearing my port,—'celsa senis,' that we
might beguile the old pantaloon.
Hor. Madam, my instrument's in tune.
Bian. Let's hear. O fie! the treble jars.
Luc. Spit in the hole, man, and tune again.
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Bian. Now let me see if I can construe it:
'Hic ibat Simois,' I know you not,—'hic est Sigeia tellus,'
I trust you not;—'Hic steterat Priami,' take heed he hear
us not,—'regia,' presume not,—'celsa senis,' despair not.
Hor. Madam, 'tis now in tune.
Luc. All but the base.
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Hor. The base is right; 'tis the base knave that jars.
[Aside] How fiery and forward our pedant is!
Now, for my life, the knave doth court my love:
Pedascule, I'll watch you better yet.
Bian. In time I may believe, yet I mistrust.
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Luc. Mistrust it not; for, sure, Æacides
Was Ajax, call'd so from his grandfather.
Bian. I must believe my master; else, I promise you,
I should be arguing still upon that doubt:
But let it rest. Now, Licio, to you:
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Good masters, take it not unkindly, pray,
That I have been thus pleasant with you both.
Hor. You may go walk, and give me leave a while:
My lessons make no music in three parts.
Luc. Are you so formal, sir? well, I must wait,
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[Aside] And watch withal; for, but I be deceived,
Our fine musician groweth amorous.
Hor. Madam, before you touch the instrument,
To learn the order of my fingering,
I must begin with rudiments of art;
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To teach you gamut in a briefer sort,
More pleasant, pithy, and effectual,
Than hath been taught by any of my trade:
And there it is in writing, fairly drawn.
Bian. Why, I am past my gamut long ago.
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Hor. Yet read the gamut of Hortensio.
Bian. [reads] "'Gamut' I am, the ground of all accord,
'A re,' to plead Hortensio's passion;
'B mi,' Bianca, take him for thy lord,
'C fa ut,' that loves with all affection:
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'D sol re,' one clef, two notes have I:
'E la mi,' show pity, or I die."
Call you this gamut? tut, I like it not:
Old fashions please me best; I am not so nice,
To change true rules for old inventions.
Enter a Servant.
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Serv. Mistress, your father prays you leave your books,
And help to dress your sister's chamber up:
You know to morrow is the wedding-day.
Bian. Farewell, sweet masters both; I must be gone.
[Exeunt Bianca and Servant.
Luc. Faith, mistress, then I have no cause to stay. [Exit.
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Hor. But I have cause to pry into this pedant:
Methinks he looks as though he were in love:
Yet if thy thoughts, Bianca, be so humble,
To cast thy wandering eyes on every stale,
Seize thee that list: if once I find thee ranging,
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Hortensio will be quit with thee by changing. [Exit.

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