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The Taming of the Shrew

Act IV, Scene 5

A public road.
 
[Enter PETRUCHIO, KATHERINA, HORTENSIO, and Servants]
 
PETRUCHIO
        ,    2       T     T     T      ,        2       ,
      Come on in | God's name, once | more toward our | father's:
              ,          ,            ,        ,           ,
      Good* Lord | how bright | and good|ly shines | the moon.
 
KATHERINE
            ,         ,      2    ,      T   T    T
      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.
 
PETRUCHIO
       ,           ,         ,          ,          ,
      Now by | my moth|er's son,| and that's | myself,
           ,          ,         ,         ,        ,
      It shall | be moon,| or star,| or what | I list,
          ,        ,       ,         ,          ,
      Or ere | I journ|ey to | your fath|er's house:
          ,         ,          ,        ,       ,
      Go on,| and fetch | our hors|es back | again,
       Tx    T     T             ,       ,               ,
      Ever more crossed | and crossed,| nothing | but crossed.
 
HORTENSIO
       ,            ,        ,          ,      ,
      Say as | he says,| or we | shall nev|er go.
 
KATHERINE
       ,            ,           ,          ,        ,
      Forward | I pray,| since we | have come | so far,
           ,        ,        ,         ,           ,
      And be | it moon,| or sun,| or what | you please:
       ,    2         ,          ,           ,    ,
      And if you | please to | call it | a rush-|candle,
             ,        ,         ,         ,        ,
      Henceforth | I vow | it shall | be so | for me.
 
PETRUCHIO
         ,        ,         ,
      I say | it is | the moon.
 
KATHERINE
                                   ,      3  3      ,
                               I know | it is the moon.
 
PETRUCHIO
            ,         ,        ,         ,       ,
      Nay then | you lie:| it is | the bles|sed sun.
 
KATHERINE
            ,          ,          ,         ,       ,
      Then God | be blessed,| it is | the bles|sed sun,
           ,      2    ,          ,     ,           ,
      But sun | it is not,| when you | say it | is not.
                  ,    ,      ,      ,          ,
      And the / moon chan|ges ev|en as | your mind:
            ,           ,         ,       2    ,        ,
      What you | will have | it named,| even that | it is,
           ,        ,         ,        ,      ,
      And so | it shall | be so | for Kath|erine.
 
HORTENSIO
          ,   2    ,         ,          ,         ,
      Petruch|io, go | thy ways,| the field | is won.
 
PETRUCHIO
            ,         ,          ,          ,            ,
      Well for|ward, for|ward, thus | the bowl | should run,
           ,        ,    ,       ,           x
      And not | unluck|ily | against | the bias:
            ,      ,    ,       ,        __
      But soft,| compa|ny is | coming | here.
 
[Enter VINCENTIO]
            ,       ,       ,           ,       ,
      Good mor|row gent|le mist|ress, where | away?
        ,                ,          ,        ,      ,
      Tell me | sweet* Kate,| and tell | me tru|ly too,
        ,      2     ,        ,        ,      ,
      Hast thou be|held a | fresher | gentle|woman:
            ,         ,          ,        ,           ,
      Such war | of white | and red | within | her cheeks:
             ,          ,         x            ,      ,
      What stars | do spang|le heaven | with such | beauty,
           ,           ,        ,            x        ,
      As those | two^eyes | become | that heaven|ly face?
              ,       ,           ,          ,         ,
      Fair* love|ly maid,| once^more | good day | to thee:
               ,        ,          ,          ,         ,
      Sweet* Kate,| embrace | her for | her beaut|y's sake.
 
HORTENSIO
        2       ,         ,     ,         ,       ,   2          ->
      It will make | the man | mad to | make a | woman of || him.
 
KATHERINE
        ,      ,         ,         ,            ,            ,   ->
      Young | budding | virgin,| fair, and | fresh, and || sweet,
       ,          ,          ,           2   ,
      Whi/ther a|way, or | where is | thy abode?
       ,           ,        ,        ,        ,
      Happy | the par|ents of | so fair | a child;
       ,             ,          ,    ,       ,
      Happier | the man | whom fav|ora|ble stars
         ,          ,          ,      ,   ,
      Allot | thee for | his love|ly bed|fellow.
 
PETRUCHIO
           ,          ,        ,          ,         ,
      Why how | now Kate,| I hope | thou art | not mad,
             2     ,   ,      ,         ,       ,
      This is a / man old,| wrinkled,| faded,| withered,
           ,       ,        ,          ,         ,
      And not | a maid|en, as | thou sayst | he is.
 
KATHERINE
       ,             ,      ,       ,        ,
      Pardon | old fath|er my | mistak|ing eyes,
             ,          ,      ,         ,         ,
      That have | been so | bedaz|zled with | the sun,
            ,      ,         ,         ,        ,
      That eve|rything | I look | on seem|eth green:
       ,   2      ,           ,       ,          ,
      Now I per|ceive thou | art a | reverend | father:
       ,    2      ,    ,              ,       ,
      Pardon I | pray thee / for my | mad mis|taking.
 
PETRUCHIO
       ,              ,     ,             ,           ,
      Do good | old grand|sire, and | withal | make^known
             ,          ,     2      ,      ,          ,
      Which way | thou trav|ellest, if | along | with us,
       ,             ,       ,        ,     ,
      We shall | be joy|ful of | thy comp|any.
 
VINCENTIO
        T   T    T     ,        ,       ,
      Fair sir, and | you my | merry | mistress,
        ,                 ,          ,        ,      ,      ,
      That with | your strange | encount|er much | amaz|ed me:
             x        ,        ,  2         ,        ,     o
      My name is | called Vin|centio,| my dwel|ling Pi|sa,    (hex with prev)
            ,        ,       ,  2     ,          x
      And bound | I am | to Pad|ua, there | to visit
         ,         ,            ,              ,    ,
      A son | of mine,| which long | I have / not seen.
 
PETRUCHIO
        ,             ,
      What is | his name?
 
VINCENTIO
                             ,   2   ,       ,
                          Lucen|tio gent|le sir.
 
PETRUCHIO
       ,        ,         ,   2    ,         ,
      Happi|ly met,| the hap|pier for | thy son:
           ,        ,         ,         ,        ,
      And now | by law,| as well | as reve|rend age,
         ,        x           ,    ,        ,
      I may | entitle | thee my | loving | father,
           ,        2       ,     ,     ,      ,
      The sis|ter to my / wife, this | gentle|woman,
           ,         ,          ,         ,       ,
      Thy son | by this | hath mar|ried: wond|er not,
       ,         ,        ,            ,       ,
      Nor be | grieved,| she is | of good | esteem,
           ,       ,        ,         ,       ,
      Her dow|ry wealth|y, and | of worth|y birth;
          ,         ,     ,        ,        ,
      Beside,| so qual|ified,| as may | beseem
             ,        ,     ,      ,      ,
      The spouse | of an|y nob|le gent|leman:
       ,           ,           ,        ,    ,
      Let me | embrace | with old | Vincen|tio,
            ,      ,       ,         ,       ,
      And wand|er we | to see | thy hon|est son,
            ,        ,       ,    2     ,     ,
      Who will | of thy | arriv|al be full | joyous.
 
VINCENTIO
           ,        ,         ,     ,   2         ,
      But is | it true,| Or else | is it your | pleasure,
             ,        ,       ,         ,         ,
      Like pleas|ant tra|vellers,| to break | a jest
        ,         ,     ,       ,      ,
      Upon | the comp|any | you ov|ertake?
 
HORTENSIO
         ,       ,          ,       ,       ,
      I do | assure | thee fath|er so | it is.
 
PETRUCHIO
            ,      ,         ,          ,          ,
      Come go | along | and see | the truth | hereof,
       ,          ,    ,    2             ,           ,
      For our | first mer/riment hath | made thee | jealous.
 
[Exeunt all but HORTENSIO]
 
HORTENSIO
        ,      ,   2      ,         ,            ,
      Well Pe|truchio,| this has | put me | in heart;
        ,           ,             ,  ,     ,
      Have to | my wid|ow, and / if she | froward,
             ,            ,         ,   3 3    ,        ,
      Then hast | thou taught | Hortens|io to be | untoward.
 
[Exit]

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