Taming of the Shrew | Page 46

Information prepared by the Project Gutenberg legal advisor 46 kiss me , Kate ; we will be married o ' Sunday .
[ Exeunt PETRUCHIO and KATHERINA , severally .] GREMIO . Was ever match clapp ' d up so suddenly ?
BAPTISTA . Faith , gentlemen , now I play a merchant ' s part , And venture madly on a desperate mart .
TRANIO . ' Twas a commodity lay fretting by you ; ' Twill bring you gain , or perish on the seas .
BAPTISTA . The gain I seek is , quiet in the match .
GREMIO . No doubt but he hath got a quiet catch . But now , Baptista , to your younger daughter : Now is the day we long have looked for ; I am your neighbour , and was suitor first .
TRANIO . And I am one that love Bianca more Than words can witness or your thoughts can guess .
GREMIO . Youngling , thou canst not love so dear as I . TRANIO . Greybeard , thy love doth freeze . GREMIO . But thine doth fry . Skipper , stand back ; ' tis age that nourisheth . TRANIO . But youth in ladies ' eyes that flourisheth .
BAPTISTA . Content you , gentlemen ; I ' ll compound this strife : ' Tis deeds must win the prize , and he of both That can assure my daughter greatest dower Shall have my Bianca ' s love . Say , Signior Gremio , what can you assure her ?
GREMIO . First , as you know , my house within the city Is richly furnished with plate and gold : Basins and ewers to lave her dainty hands ; My