Page 1445 - Shakespeare - Vol. 1

Enter Gremio, Lucentio [disguised as Cambio] in the habit of a mean
man; Petruchio, with [Hortensio disguised as Litio; and] Tranio [disguised

as Lucentio], with his boy [Biondello], bearing a lute and books.

GREMIO

Good morrow, neighbour Baptista.

BAPT IST A

Good morrow, neighbour Gremio. God save [40] you, gentlemen.

PET RUCHIO

And you, good sir. Pray, have you not a daughter
Call’d Katherina, fair and virtuous?

BAPT IST A

I have a daughter, sir, call’d Katherina.

GREMIO

You are too blunt, go to it orderly. [45]

PET RUCHIO

You wrong me, Signor Gremio, give me leave.
I am a gentleman of Verona, sir,
That hearing of her beauty and her wit,
Her affability and bashful modesty,
Her wondrous qualities and mild behaviour, [50]
Am bold to show myself a forward guest
Within your house, to make mine eye the witness
Of that report which I so oft have heard.
And for an entrance to my entertainment
I do present you with a man of mine, [55]

[Presents Hortensio.]
Cunning in music and the mathematics,
To instruct her fully in those sciences,
Whereof I know she is not ignorant.
Accept of him, or else you do me wrong.
His name is Litio, born in Mantua. [60]

BAPT IST A

Y’are welcome, sir, and he for your good sake.