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TRANIO. Pardon me, sir, the boldness is mine own, That, being a stranger in this city here, Do make myself a suitor to your daughter, Unto Bianca, fair and virtuous. Nor is your firm resolve unknown to me, In the preferment of the eldest sister. This liberty is all that I request, That, upon knowledge of my parentage, I may have welcome ' mongst the rest that woo, And free access and favour as the rest: And, toward the education of your daughters, I here bestow a simple instrument, And this small packet of Greek and Latin books: If you accept them, then their worth is great.
BAPTISTA. Lucentio is your name, of whence, I pray? TRANIO. Of Pisa, sir; son to Vincentio.
BAPTISTA. A mighty man of Pisa: by report I know him well: you are very welcome, sir. [ To HORTENSIO.] Take you the lute, [ To LUCENTIO.] and you the set of books; You shall go see your pupils presently. Holla, within!
[ Enter a SERVANT.]
Sirrah, lead these gentlemen To my two daughters, and tell them both These are their tutors: bid them use them well.
[ Exit SERVANT, with HORTENSIO, LUCENTIO, and BIONDELLO.]
We will go walk a little in the orchard, And then to dinner. You are passing welcome, And so I pray you all to think yourselves.
PETRUCHIO. Signior Baptista, my business asketh haste, And every day I cannot come to woo. You knew my father well, and in him me, Left solely heir to all his lands and goods, Which I have bettered rather than decreas ' d: Then tell me, if I get your daughter ' s love, What dowry shall I have with her to wife?
BAPTISTA. After my death, the one half of my lands, And in possession twenty thousand crowns.