Page 1482 - Shakespeare - Vol. 1

ALL SERVANTS

Here, here sir, here sir.

PET RUCHIO

Here sir, here sir, here sir, here sir! [110]
You logger-headed and unpolish’d grooms!
What, no attendance? No regard? No duty?
Where is the foolish knave I sent before?

GRUMIO

Here sir, as foolish as I was before.

PET RUCHIO

You peasant swain! You whoreson malt-horse drudge! [115]
Did I not bid thee meet me in the park,
And bring along these rascal knaves with thee?

GRUMIO

Nathaniel’s coat, sir, was not fully made,
And Gabriel’s pumps were all unpink’d i’ th’ heel;
There was no link to colour Peter’s hat, [120]
And Walter’s dagger was not come from sheathing.
There were none fine but Adam, Rafe, and Gregory,
The rest were ragged, old, and beggarly;
Yet, as they are, here are they come to meet you.

PET RUCHIO

Go, rascals, go, and fetch my supper in. [125]
Exeunt Servingmen.

[Sings.] Where is the life that late I led?
Where are those -
Sit down, Kate, and welcome. Food, food, food, food!

Enter Servants with supper.
Why, when, I say? Nay, good sweet Kate, be merry.
Off with my boots, you rogues! You villains, when? [130]
[Sings.] It was the friar of orders grey,
As he forth walked on his way -
Out, you rogue! You pluck my foot awry.
Take that, and mend the plucking off the other.

[Strikes him.]