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Taming of the Shrew
[Prologue, 1] |
Lord |
109 |
Go, sirrah, take them to the buttery,
And give them friendly welcome every one;
Let them want nothing that my house affords.
[Exit one with the PLAYERS]
Sirrah, go you to Bartholomew my page,
And see him dress'd in all suits like a lady;
That done, conduct him to the drunkard's chamber,
And call him 'madam,' do him obeisance.
Tell him from me- as he will win my love-
He bear himself with honourable action,
Such as he hath observ'd in noble ladies
Unto their lords, by them accomplished;
Such duty to the drunkard let him do,
With soft low tongue and lowly courtesy,
And say 'What is't your honour will command,
Wherein your lady and your humble wife
May show her duty and make known her love?'
And then with kind embracements, tempting kisses,
And with declining head into his bosom,
Bid him shed tears, as being overjoyed
To see her noble lord restor'd to health,
Who for this seven years hath esteemed him
No better than a poor and loathsome beggar.
And if the boy have not a woman's gift
To rain a shower of commanded tears,
An onion will do well for such a shift,
Which, in a napkin being close convey'd,
Shall in despite enforce a watery eye.
See this dispatch'd with all the haste thou canst;
Anon I'll give thee more instructions. Exit a SERVINGMAN
I know the boy will well usurp the grace,
Voice, gait, and action, of a gentlewoman;
I long to hear him call the drunkard 'husband';
And how my men will stay themselves from laughter
When they do homage to this simple peasant.
I'll in to counsel them; haply my presence
May well abate the over-merry spleen,
Which otherwise would grow into extremes. Exeunt
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Taming of the Shrew
[Prologue, 2] |
Lord |
255 |
Madam.
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3 |
Taming of the Shrew
[Prologue, 2] |
Christopher Sly |
256 |
Al'ce madam, or Joan madam?
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4 |
Taming of the Shrew
[Prologue, 2] |
Lord |
257 |
Madam, and nothing else; so lords call ladies.
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5 |
Taming of the Shrew
[Prologue, 2] |
Christopher Sly |
258 |
Madam wife, they say that I have dream'd
And slept above some fifteen year or more.
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Taming of the Shrew
[Prologue, 2] |
Christopher Sly |
262 |
'Tis much. Servants, leave me and her alone.
[Exeunt SERVANTS]
Madam, undress you, and come now to bed.
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Taming of the Shrew
[Prologue, 2] |
Christopher Sly |
289 |
Well, we'll see't. Come, madam wife, sit by my side and let
the world slip;-we shall ne'er be younger.
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8 |
Taming of the Shrew
[I, 1] |
Christopher Sly |
549 |
'Tis a very excellent piece of work, madam lady
Would 'twere done! [They sit and mark]
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9 |
Taming of the Shrew
[III, 1] |
Lucentio |
1294 |
Here, madam:
'Hic ibat Simois, hic est Sigeia tellus,
Hic steterat Priami regia celsa senis.'
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10 |
Taming of the Shrew
[III, 1] |
Hortensio |
1303 |
Madam, my instrument's in tune.
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Taming of the Shrew
[III, 1] |
Hortensio |
1310 |
Madam, 'tis now in tune.
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Taming of the Shrew
[III, 1] |
Hortensio |
1330 |
Madam, before you touch the instrument
To learn the order of my fingering,
I must begin with rudiments of art,
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.
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