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1

Taming of the Shrew
[Prologue, 2]

First Servant

191

Say thou wilt course; thy greyhounds are as swift
As breathed stags; ay, fleeter than the roe.

2

Taming of the Shrew
[Prologue, 2]

Christopher Sly

235

Ay, the woman's maid of the house.

3

Taming of the Shrew
[Prologue, 2]

Page

260

Ay, and the time seems thirty unto me,
Being all this time abandon'd from your bed.

4

Taming of the Shrew
[Prologue, 2]

Christopher Sly

272

Ay, it stands so that I may hardly tarry so long. But I would be
loath to fall into my dreams again. I will therefore tarry in
despite of the flesh and the blood.

5

Taming of the Shrew
[I, 1]

Tranio

479

Ay, marry, am I, sir, and now 'tis plotted.

6

Taming of the Shrew
[I, 2]

Grumio

747

Will he woo her? Ay, or I'll hang her.

7

Taming of the Shrew
[II, 1]

Baptista Minola

971

Ay, when the special thing is well obtain'd,
That is, her love; for that is all in all.

8

Taming of the Shrew
[II, 1]

Petruchio

983

Ay, to the proof, as mountains are for winds,
That shake not though they blow perpetually.

9

Taming of the Shrew
[II, 1]

Katherina

1057

Ay, for a turtle, as he takes a buzzard.

10

Taming of the Shrew
[II, 1]

Katherina

1061

Ay, if the fool could find it where it lies.

11

Taming of the Shrew
[III, 2]

Baptista Minola

1435

Ay, that Petruchio came.

12

Taming of the Shrew
[III, 2]

Gremio

1519

Tut, she's a lamb, a dove, a fool, to him!
I'll tell you, Sir Lucentio: when the priest
Should ask if Katherine should be his wife,
'Ay, by gogs-wouns' quoth he, and swore so loud
That, all amaz'd, the priest let fall the book;
And as he stoop'd again to take it up,
This mad-brain'd bridegroom took him such a cuff
That down fell priest and book, and book and priest.
'Now take them up,' quoth he 'if any list.'

13

Taming of the Shrew
[III, 2]

Grumio

1572

Ay, sir, they be ready; the oats have eaten the horses.

14

Taming of the Shrew
[III, 2]

Gremio

1584

Ay, marry, sir, now it begins to work.

15

Taming of the Shrew
[IV, 1]

Grumio

1636

O, ay, Curtis, ay; and therefore fire, fire; cast on no
water.

16

Taming of the Shrew
[IV, 1]

Grumio

1690

Ay, and that thou and the proudest of you all shall find
when he comes home. But what talk I of this? Call forth
Nathaniel, Joseph, Nicholas, Philip, Walter, Sugarsop, and the
rest; let their heads be sleekly comb'd, their blue coats brush'd
and their garters of an indifferent knit; let them curtsy with
their left legs, and not presume to touch a hair of my mastcr's
horse-tail till they kiss their hands. Are they all ready?

17

Taming of the Shrew
[IV, 1]

First Servant

1765

Ay.

18

Taming of the Shrew
[IV, 1]

Petruchio

1799

Thus have I politicly begun my reign,
And 'tis my hope to end successfully.
My falcon now is sharp and passing empty.
And till she stoop she must not be full-gorg'd,
For then she never looks upon her lure.
Another way I have to man my haggard,
To make her come, and know her keeper's call,
That is, to watch her, as we watch these kites
That bate and beat, and will not be obedient.
She eat no meat to-day, nor none shall eat;
Last night she slept not, nor to-night she shall not;
As with the meat, some undeserved fault
I'll find about the making of the bed;
And here I'll fling the pillow, there the bolster,
This way the coverlet, another way the sheets;
Ay, and amid this hurly I intend
That all is done in reverend care of her-
And, in conclusion, she shall watch all night;
And if she chance to nod I'll rail and brawl
And with the clamour keep her still awake.
This is a way to kill a wife with kindness,
And thus I'll curb her mad and headstrong humour.
He that knows better how to tame a shrew,
Now let him speak; 'tis charity to show. Exit

19

Taming of the Shrew
[IV, 2]

Tranio

1880

Ay, and he'll tame her.

20

Taming of the Shrew
[IV, 2]

Tranio

1884

Ay, mistress; and Petruchio is the master,
That teacheth tricks eleven and twenty long,
To tame a shrew and charm her chattering tongue.