Taming of the Shrew

Katherine
Gentlemen, forward to the bridal dinner.
I see a woman may be made a fool
If she had not a spirit to resist.
Petruchio
They shall go forward, Kate, at thy command.—
Obey the bride, you that attend on her.
Go to the feast, revel and domineer,
Carouse full measure to her maidenhead,
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Fie, fie on all tired jades, on all mad masters,
and all foul ways! Was ever man so beaten? Was
ever man so ’rayed? Was ever man so weary? I am
sent before to make a fire, and they are coming
after to warm them. Now were not I a little pot and
soon hot, my very lips might freeze to my teeth,
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Curtis
Is she so hot a shrew as she’s reported?
Grumio
She was, good Curtis, before this frost. But
thou know’st winter tames man, woman, and
beast, for it hath tamed my old master and my new
mistress and myself, fellow Curtis.
Curtis
Away, you three-inch fool, I am no beast!
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Grumio
Lend thine ear.
Curtis
Here.
Grumio
There! He slaps Curtis on the ear.
Curtis
This ’tis to feel a tale, not to hear a tale.
Grumio
And therefore ’tis called a sensible tale. And
this cuff was but to knock at your ear and beseech
list’ning.
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Thus have I politicly begun my reign,
And ’tis my hope to end successfully.
My falcon now is sharp and passing empty,
And, till she stoop, she must not be full-gorged,
For then she never looks upon her lure.
Another way I have to man my haggard,
To make her come and know her keeper’s call.
That is,
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Katherine
The more my wrong, the more his spite appears.
What, did he marry me to famish me?
Beggars that come unto my father’s door
Upon entreaty have a present alms.
If not, elsewhere they meet with charity.
But I, who never knew how to entreat,
Nor never needed that I should entreat,
Am starved for meat,
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Petruchio, aside to Hortensio
Eat it up all, Hortensio, if thou lovest me.—
Much good do it unto thy gentle heart.
Kate, eat apace.
Katherine and Hortensio prepare to eat.
And now, my honey love,
Will we return unto thy father’s house
And revel it as bravely as the best,

With silken coats and caps and golden rings,
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Katherine
I never saw a better-fashioned gown,
More quaint, more pleasing, nor more commendable.
Belike you mean to make a puppet of me.
Petruchio
Why, true, he means to make a puppet of thee.
Tailor
She says your Worship means to make a puppet of her.
Petruchio
O monstrous arrogance!
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Well, come, my Kate, we will unto your father’s,
Even in these honest mean habiliments.
Our purses shall be proud, our garments poor,
For ’tis the mind that makes the body rich,
And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honor peereth in the meanest habit.

Our purses shall be proud, our garments poor,
For ’tis the mind that makes the body rich,
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Petruchio
Come on, i’ God’s name, once more toward our father’s.
Good Lord, how bright and goodly shines the moon!
Katherine
The moon? The sun! It is not moonlight now.
Petruchio
I say it is the moon that shines so bright.
Katherine
I know it is the sun that shines so bright.
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