{"product_id":"the-taming-of-the-shrew-isbn-9780553213065","title":"The Taming of the Shrew","description":"A robust and bawdy battle of the sexes, this ever popular comedy captivates audiences with outrageous humor as Katharina, the shrew, engages in a contest of wills–and love–with her bridegroom, Petruchio. Their boisterous conflict is set off against a more conventional romantic plot involving the wooing of Katharina’s lovely and compliant sister, Bianca. Rich with the psychological themes of identity and transformation, the play is quintessentially lighthearted, filled with visual gags, witty repartee, and unmatched theatrical brilliance from Petruchio’s demand, “Kiss me, Kate!” to the final spectacle of the wedding feast.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach Edition Includes:\u003cbr\u003e• Comprehensive explanatory notes \u003cbr\u003e• Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship \u003cbr\u003e• Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English\u003cbr\u003e• Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories \u003cbr\u003e• An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmographyWilliam Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in April 1564, and his birth is traditionally celebrated on April 23. The facts of his life, known from surviving documents, are sparse. He was one of eight children born to John Shakespeare, a merchant of some standing in his community. William probably went to the King’s New School in Stratford, but he had no university education. In November 1582, at the age of eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway, eight years his senior, who was pregnant with their first child, Susanna. She was born on May 26, 1583. Twins, a boy, Hamnet ( who would die at age eleven), and a girl, Judith, were born in 1585. By 1592 Shakespeare had gone to London working as an actor and already known as a playwright. A rival dramatist, Robert Greene, referred to him as “an upstart crow, beautified with our feathers.” Shakespeare became a principal shareholder and playwright of the successful acting troupe, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men (later under James I, called the King’ s Men). In 1599 the Lord Chamberlain’s Men built and occupied the Globe Theater in Southwark near the Thames River. Here many of Shakespeare’s plays were performed by the most famous actors of his time, including Richard Burbage, Will Kempe, and Robert Armin. In addition to his 37 plays, Shakespeare had a hand in others, including \u003ci\u003eSir Thomas More\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Two Noble Kinsmen\u003c\/i\u003e, and he wrote poems, including \u003ci\u003eVenus and Adonis\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Rape of Lucrece\u003c\/i\u003e. His 154 sonnets were published, probably without his authorization, in 1609. In 1611 or 1612 he gave up his lodgings in London and devoted more and more time to retirement in Stratford, though he continued writing such plays as \u003cb\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eHenry VII\u003c\/b\u003e until about 1613. He died on April 23 1616, and was buried in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford. No collected edition of his plays was published during his life-time, but in 1623 two members of his acting company, John Heminges and Henry Condell, put together the great collection now called the First Folio.\u003cp\u003e[Dramatis Personae\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristopher sly, a tinker and beggar,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehostess of an alehouse, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea lord,  Persons in the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea page, servants, huntsmen, Induction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eplayers, \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBaptista, a rich gentleman of Padua\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKatharina, the shrew, also called Katharine and Kate, Baptista's elder daughter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBianca, Baptista's younger daughter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePetruchio, a gentleman of Verona, suitor to Katharina\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrumio, Petruchio's servant\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCurtis, nathaniel, Philip, Joseph, Nicholas, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epeter, and other servants of Petruchio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egremio, elderly suitor to Bianca\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHortensio, suitor to Bianca\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucentio, son of Vincentio, in love with Bianca\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranio, Lucentio's servant\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBiondello, Lucentio's servant\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVincentio, a gentleman of Pisa\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea pedant (or Merchant) of Mantua\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea widow, courted by Hortensio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea tailor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea haberdasher \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ean officer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther Servants of Baptista and Lucentio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003escene: Padua, and Petruchio's country house in Italy;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe Induction is located in the countryside and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eat a Lord's house in England]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInduction.1 Location: Before an alehouse and, subsequently, before the Lord's house nearby. (See lines 75, 135.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 feeze you i.e., fix you, get even with you\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 A . . . stocks i.e., I'll have you put in the stocks\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 baggage contemptible woman or prostitute.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Richard (Sly's mistake for \"William.\")\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Paucas Pallabris i.e., pocas palabras, \"few words.\" (Spanish.)  Sessa (Of doubtful meaning, perhaps \"be quiet,\" \"cease,\" or \"let it go.\")\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 denier French copper coin of little value.  Go . . . Jeronimy (Sly's variation of an often quoted line from Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy, urging caution.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8-9 go . . . thee (Perhaps a proverb; see King Lear, 3.4.46-7.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10-11 thirdborough constable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 Third (Sly shows his ignorance; the third in \"thirdborough\" derives from the Old English word frith, \"peace.\")\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13 by law in the law courts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14 kindly welcome. (Said ironically.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14.1 Wind Blow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14.2 train retinue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15 tender care for\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16 Breathe Merriman Give the dog Merriman time to recover its breath.  embossed foaming at the mouth from exhaustion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17 couple leash together.  deep-mouthed brach bitch hound with the deep baying voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18 made it good i.e., picked up the lost scent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e19 in the coldest fault when the scent was lost by a fault or break in the scent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e22 cried . . . loss bayed to signal his recovery of the scent after it had been completely lost\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[Induction.1] A Enter Beggar (Christopher Sly) and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHostess.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esly I'll feeze you, in faith. 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehostess A pair of stocks, you rogue! 2\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esly You're a baggage. The Slys are no rogues. Look in 3\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe chronicles; we came in with Richard Conqueror. 4\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTherefore paucas pallabris, let the world slide. Sessa! 5\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehostess You will not pay for the glasses you have\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eburst?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esly No, not a denier. Go by, Saint Jeronimy, go to thy 8\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecold bed and warm thee. 9\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehostess I know my remedy; I must go fetch the third- 10\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eborough. [Exit.] 11\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esly Third, or fourth, or fifth borough, I'll answer him 12\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eby law. I'll not budge an inch, boy. Let him come, and 13\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ekindly. Falls asleep. 14\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWind horns [within]. Enter a Lord from hunt-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eing, with his train.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elord\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHuntsman, I charge thee, tender well my hounds. 15\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBreathe Merriman--the poor cur is embossed-- 16\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd couple Clowder with the deep-mouthed brach. 17\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSaw'st thou not, boy, how Silver made it good 18\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the hedge corner, in the coldest fault? 19\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI would not lose the dog for twenty pound.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efirst huntsman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy, Bellman is as good as he, my lord.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe cried upon it at the merest loss, 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e27 sup them well feed them a good supper\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e34 image likeness (since sleep was regarded as a likeness of death).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e35 practice on play a joke on\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e37 sweet perfumed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e38 banquet light repast\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e39 brave finely arrayed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e41 cannot choose is bound to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e43 fancy flight of imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e47 Balm Bathe, anoint\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd twice today picked out the dullest scent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrust me, I take him for the better dog.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elord\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThou art a fool. If Echo were as fleet,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI would esteem him worth a dozen such.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut sup them well and look unto them all. 27\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTomorrow I intend to hunt again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efirst huntsman I will, my lord.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elord [seeing Sly]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat's here? One dead, or drunk? See, doth he\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e breathe?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esecond huntsman [examining Sly]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe breathes, my lord. Were he not warmed with ale,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis were a bed but cold to sleep so soundly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elord\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOh, monstrous beast, how like a swine he lies!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrim death, how foul and loathsome is thine image! 34\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSirs, I will practice on this drunken man. 35\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat think you, if he were conveyed to bed,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWrapped in sweet clothes, rings put upon his fingers, 37\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA most delicious banquet by his bed, 38\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd brave attendants near him when he wakes, 39\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWould not the beggar then forget himself?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efirst huntsman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBelieve me, lord, I think he cannot choose. 41\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esecond huntsman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt would seem strange unto him when he waked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elord\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven as a flatt'ring dream or worthless fancy. 43\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen take him up, and manage well the jest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarry him gently to my fairest chamber,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd hang it round with all my wanton pictures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBalm his foul head in warm distilld waters, 47\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd burn sweet wood to make the lodging sweet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProcure me music ready when he wakes,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e50 dulcet melodious\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e51 straight at once\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e52 reverence bow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e56 ewer jug, pitcher.  diaper towel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e60 horse horses\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e61 disease i.e., mental derangement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e63 when . . . is i.e., when he says he must be mad indeed. (The is is stressed.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e65 kindly naturally (and thus persuasively).  gentle kind\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e66 passing surpassingly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e67 husbanded with modesty managed with decorum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e69 As so that.  by as a result of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e72 office duty\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e73 Sirrah (Usual form of address to inferiors.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e74 Belike Perhaps\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e76 An't If it\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo make a dulcet and a heavenly sound. 50\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd if he chance to speak, be ready straight, 51\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd with a low submissive reverence 52\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSay, \"What is it Your Honor will command?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLet one attend him with a silver basin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull of rosewater and bestrewed with flowers;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnother bear the ewer, the third a diaper, 56\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd say, \"Will 't please Your Lordship cool your\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e hands?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomeone be ready with a costly suit,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd ask him what apparel he will wear;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnother tell him of his hounds and horse, 60\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd that his lady mourns at his disease. 61\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePersuade him that he hath been lunatic,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd when he says he is, say that he dreams, 63\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor he is nothing but a mighty lord.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis do, and do it kindly, gentle sirs. 65\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt will be pastime passing excellent, 66\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf it be husbanded with modesty. 67\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efirst huntsman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy lord, I warrant you we will play our part\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs he shall think by our true diligence 69\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is no less than what we say he is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elord\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTake him up gently, and to bed with him,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd each one to his office when he wakes. 72\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[Some bear out Sly.] Sound trumpets [within].\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSirrah, go see what trumpet 'tis that sounds. 73\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[Exit a Servingman.]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBelike some noble gentleman that means, 74\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTraveling some journey, to repose him here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnter [a] Servingman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow now? Who is it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eservingman An't please Your Honor, players 76\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat offer service to Your Lordship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e81 So please If it please.  duty expression of respect and dutiful service.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e89 happy opportune\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e90 The rather for the more so since\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e91 cunning professional skill\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e93 doubtful apprehensive.  modesties discretion, self-control\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e94 overeyeing of witnessing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e96 merry passion outburst of laughter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e100 veriest antic oddest buffoon or eccentric\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e101 buttery pantry, or a room for storing liquor (in butts) and other provisions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnter Players.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elord\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBid them come near.--Now, fellows, you are welcome.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eplayers We thank Your Honor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elord\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDo you intend to stay with me tonight?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efirst player\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo please Your Lordship to accept our duty. 81\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elord\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith all my heart. This fellow I remember\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince once he played a farmer's eldest son.--\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Twas where you wooed the gentlewoman so well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI have forgot your name, but sure that part\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWas aptly fitted and naturally performed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esecond player\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI think 'twas Soto that Your Honor means.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elord\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Tis very true. Thou didst it excellent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWell, you are come to me in happy time, 89\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe rather for I have some sport in hand 90\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWherein your cunning can assist me much. 91\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is a lord will hear you play tonight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut I am doubtful of your modesties, 93\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLest, overeyeing of his odd behavior-- 94\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor yet His Honor never heard a play--\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou break into some merry passion 96\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd so offend him; for I tell you, sirs,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you should smile, he grows impatient.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efirst player\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFear not, my lord, we can contain ourselves,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWere he the veriest antic in the world. 100\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elord [to a Servingman]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGo, sirrah, take them to the buttery, 101\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd give them friendly welcome every one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e103 want lack\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e105 in all suits in every detail. (With a pun on suits of clothes.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e107 do him obeisance show him dutiful respect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e108 him i.e., the page Bartholomew.  as he will if he wishes to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e111 by them accomplished performed by the ladies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e121 him himself\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e125 shift purpose\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e126 napkin handkerchief.  close secretly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e127 in despite i.e., notwithstanding a natural inclination to laugh rather than cry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e129 Anon Soon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e130 usurp assume\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e133 And how i.e., and to see how\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e135 I'll in I'll go in\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLet them want nothing that my house affords. 103\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExit one with the Players.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSirrah, go you to Barthol'mew my page,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd see him dressed in all suits like a lady. 105\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat done, conduct him to the drunkard's chamber,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd call him \"madam,\" do him obeisance. 107\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTell him from me, as he will win my love, 108\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe bear himself with honorable action\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuch as he hath observed in noble ladies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnto their lords by them accomplishd. 111\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuch duty to the drunkard let him do\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith soft low tongue and lowly courtesy,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd say, \"What is't Your Honor will command,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWherein your lady and your humble wife\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMay show her duty and make known her love?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd then with kind embracements, tempting kisses,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd with declining head into his bosom,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBid him shed tears, as being overjoyed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo see her noble lord restored to health,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho for this seven years hath esteemed him 121\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo better than a poor and loathsome beggar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd if the boy have not a woman's gift\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo rain a shower of commanded tears,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn onion will do well for such a shift, 125\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhich in a napkin being close conveyed 126\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShall in despite enforce a watery eye. 127\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSee this dispatched with all the haste thou canst.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnon I'll give thee more instructions. 129\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExit a Servingman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI know the boy will well usurp the grace, 130\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVoice, gait, and action of a gentlewoman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI long to hear him call the drunkard husband,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd how my men will stay themselves from laughter 133\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen they do homage to this simple peasant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'll in to counsel them. Haply my presence 135\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e136 spleen mood. (The spleen was the supposed seat of laughter and anger.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInduction.2 Location: A bedchamber in the Lord's house.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e0.1 aloft i.e., in the gallery over the rear facade of the stage\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 small weak (and therefore cheap)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 sack sweet Spanish wine (suited for a gentleman to drink).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 conserves candied fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 conserves of beef preserved (salted) beef.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 doublets men's jackets\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 as that\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 overleather upper leather of the shoe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13 idle humor foolish whim\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18 Burton-heath (Perhaps Barton on the Heath, about sixteen miles from Stratford, the home of Shakespeare's aunt.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e19 cardmaker maker of cards or combs used to prepare wool for spinning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e20 bearherd keeper of a performing bear.  tinker pot mender.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e21 alewife woman who keeps an alehouse.  Wincot small village about four miles from Stratford. (The parish register shows that there were Hackets living there in 1591.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMay well abate the overmerry spleen 136\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhich otherwise would grow into extremes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[Exeunt.]\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[Induction.2] A Enter aloft the drunkard [Sly], with attendants; some with apparel, basin, and ewer and other appurtenances; and Lord.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esly For God's sake, a pot of small ale. 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efirst servingman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill't please Your Lordship drink a cup of sack? 2\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esecond servingman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill't please Your Honor taste of these conserves? 3\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethird servingman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat raiment will Your Honor wear today?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esly I am Christophero Sly. Call not me \"Honor\" nor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Lordship.\" I ne'er drank sack in my life; and if you\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egive me any conserves, give me conserves of beef. 7\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNe'er ask me what raiment I'll wear, for I have no\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emore doublets than backs, no more stockings than 9\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elegs, nor no more shoes than feet--nay, sometimes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emore feet than shoes, or such shoes as my toes look 11\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethrough the overleather. 12\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elord\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeaven cease this idle humor in Your Honor! 13\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOh, that a mighty man of such descent,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf such possessions and so high esteem,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShould be infused with so foul a spirit!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esly What, would you make me mad? Am not I Christo-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epher Sly, old Sly's son of Burton-heath, by birth a 18\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epeddler, by education a cardmaker, by transmutation 19\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea bearherd, and now by present profession a tinker? 20\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAsk Marian Hacket, the fat alewife of Wincot, if she 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e22-3 on the score in debt (since such reckonings were originally notched or scored on a stick)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e23 sheer nothing but.  score me up for reckon me to be\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e24 bestraught distracted\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e29 As as if\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e31 ancient former\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e34 beck nod.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e35 Apollo i.e., as god of music\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e39 Semiramis legendary queen of Assyria, famous for her voluptuousness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e40 bestrew i.e., scatter rushes on\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e41 trapped adorned\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e45 welkin sky, heavens\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e47 course hunt the hare\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e48 breathed in good physical condition, with good wind.  roe small, swift deer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e50 Adonis a young huntsman with whom Venus is vainly in love. (See Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book 10, and Shakespeare's poem, Venus and Adonis.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eknow me not. If she say I am not fourteen pence on 22\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe score for sheer ale, score me up for the lyingest 23\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eknave in Christendom. What, I am not bestraught: 24\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehere's--\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethird servingman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOh, this it is that makes your lady mourn!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esecond servingman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOh, this is it that makes your servants droop!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elord\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHence comes it that your kindred shuns your house,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs beaten hence by your strange lunacy. 29\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOh, noble lord, bethink thee of thy birth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCall home thy ancient thoughts from banishment, 31\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd banish hence these abject lowly dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLook how thy servants do attend on thee,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach in his office ready at thy beck. 34\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilt thou have music? Hark, Apollo plays, Music. 35\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd twenty caged nightingales do sing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr wilt thou sleep? We'll have thee to a couch,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSofter and sweeter than the lustful bed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn purpose trimmed up for Semiramis. 39\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSay thou wilt walk; we will bestrew the ground. 40\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr wilt thou ride? Thy horses shall be trapped, 41\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir harness studded all with gold and pearl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDost thou love hawking? Thou hast hawks will soar\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbove the morning lark. Or wilt thou hunt?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThy hounds shall make the welkin answer them 45\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd fetch shrill echoes from the hollow earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efirst servingman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSay thou wilt course, thy greyhounds are as swift 47\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs breathed stags, ay, fleeter than the roe. 48\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esecond servingman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDost thou love pictures? We will fetch thee straight\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdonis painted by a running brook, 50\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bantam Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303131009253,"sku":"NP9780553213065","price":5.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780553213065.jpg?v=1767741780","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-taming-of-the-shrew-isbn-9780553213065","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}