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PAGE. My lord, ' tis but begun.
SLY. ' Tis a very excellent piece of work, madam lady: would ' twere done! [ They sit and mark.]
SCENE II. Padua. Before HORTENSIO ' S house. [ Enter PETRUCHIO and his man GRUMIO.]
PETRUCHIO. Verona, for a while I take my leave, To see my friends in Padua; but of all My best beloved and approved friend, Hortensio; and I trow this is his house. Here, sirrah Grumio, knock, I say.
GRUMIO. Knock, sir! Whom should I knock? Is there any man has rebused your worship?
PETRUCHIO. Villain, I say, knock me here soundly.
GRUMIO. Knock you here, sir! Why, sir, what am I, sir, that I should knock you here, sir?
PETRUCHIO. Villain, I say, knock me at this gate; And rap me well, or I ' ll knock your knave ' s pate.
GRUMIO. My master is grown quarrelsome. I should knock you first, And then I know after who comes by the worst.
PETRUCHIO. Will it not be? Faith, sirrah, an you ' ll not knock, I ' ll ring it; I ' ll try how you can sol, fa, and sing it.
[ He wrings GRUMIO by the ears.] GRUMIO. Help, masters, help! my master is mad. PETRUCHIO. Now, knock when I bid you, sirrah villain!