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much sadness hath congeal ' d your blood , And melancholy is the nurse of frenzy : Therefore they thought it good you hear a play , And frame your mind to mirth and merriment , Which bars a thousand harms and lengthens life .
SLY . Marry , I will ; let them play it . Is not a commonty a Christmas gambold or a tumbling-trick ?
PAGE . No , my good lord ; it is more pleasing stuff . SLY . What ! household stuff ? PAGE . It is a kind of history .
SLY . Well , we ' ll see ' t . Come , madam wife , sit by my side and let the world slip : we shall ne ' er be younger .
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ACT I . SCENE I . Padua . A public place . [ Enter LUCENTIO and TRANIO .]
LUCENTIO . Tranio , since for the great desire I had To see fair Padua , nursery of arts , I am arriv ' d for fruitful Lombardy , The pleasant garden of great Italy , And by my father ' s love and leave am arm ' d With his good will and thy good company , My trusty servant well approv ' d in all , Here let us breathe , and haply institute A course of learning and ingenious studies . Pisa , renowned for grave citizens , Gave me my being and my father first , A merchant of great traffic through the world , Vincentio , come of the Bentivolii . Vincentio ' s son , brought up in Florence , It shall become to serve all hopes conceiv ' d , To deck his fortune with his virtuous deeds : And therefore , Tranio , for the time I study , Virtue and that part of philosophy Will I apply that treats of happiness By virtue specially to be achiev ' d . Tell