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They’re busy within. You were best knock louder.
Pedant looks out of the window.
PEDANT
What’s he that knocks as he would beat down the gate? [15]
VINCENT IO
Is Signor Lucentio within, sir?
PEDANT
He’s within, sir, but not to be spoken withal.
VINCENT IO
What if a man bring him a hundred pound or two to make merry withal?
PEDANT
Keep your hundred pounds to yourself. He shall [20] need none so long as
I live.
PET RUCHIO
Nay, I told you your son was well beloved in Padua. Do you hear, sir? To
leave frivolous circumstances, I pray you tell Signor Lucentio that his father
is come from Pisa, and is here at the door to speak with [25] him.
PEDANT
Thou liest. His father is come from Mantua, and here looking out at the
window.
VINCENT IO
Art thou his father?
PEDANT
Ay, sir, so his mother says, if I may believe her. [30]
PET RUCHIO
[To Vincentio.] Why, how now, gentleman! Why, this is flat knavery, to
take upon you another man’s name.
PEDANT
