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As Kate this chamber with her princely gait?
O be thou Dian, and let her be Kate,
And then let Kate be chaste and Dian sportful.
KAT HERINA
Where did you study all this goodly speech? [255]
PET RUCHIO
It is extempore, from my mother-wit.
KAT HERINA
A witty mother, witless else her son.
PET RUCHIO
Am I not wise?
KAT HERINA
Yes, keep you warm.
PET RUCHIO
Marry, so I mean, sweet Katherine, in thy bed.
And therefore, setting all this chat aside, [260]
Thus in plain terms: your father hath consented
That you shall be my wife; your dowry ’greed on;
And will you, nill you, I will marry you.
Now, Kate, I am a husband for your turn,
For by this light, whereby I see thy beauty, [265]
Thy beauty that doth make me like thee well,
Thou must be married to no man but me.
For I am he am born to tame you, Kate,
And bring you from a wild Kate to a Kate
Conformable as other household Kates. [270]
Enter Baptista, Gremio, Tranio.
Here comes your father. Never make denial;
I must and will have Katherine to my wife.
BAPT IST A
Now, Signor Petruchio, how speed you with my daughter?
PET RUCHIO
