Page 1484 - Shakespeare - Vol. 1
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I pray you, husband, be not so disquiet.
The meat was well, if you were so contented. [155]
PET RUCHIO Exeunt.
I tell thee, Kate, ’twas burnt and dried away,
And I expressly am forbid to touch it,
For it engenders choler, planteth anger;
And better ’twere that both of us did fast,
Since, of ourselves, ourselves are choleric, [160]
Than feed it with such over-roasted flesh.
Be patient, tomorrow’t shall be mended,
And for this night we’ll fast for company.
Come, I will bring thee to thy bridal chamber.
Enter Servants severally.
NAT HANIEL
Peter, didst ever see the like? [165]
PET ER
He kills her in her own humour.
Enter Curtis.
GRUMIO
Where is he?
CURT IS [Exeunt.]
In her chamber,
Making a sermon of continency to her,
And rails, and swears, and rates, that she, poor soul, [170]
Knows not which way to stand, to look, to speak,
And sits as one new risen from a dream.
Away, away, for he is coming hither.
Enter Petruchio.
PET RUCHIO
Thus have I politicly begun my reign,
