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a briefer sort , More pleasant , pithy , and effectual , Than hath been taught by any of my trade : And there it is in writing , fairly drawn .
BIANCA . Why , I am past my gamut long ago . HORTENSIO . Yet read the gamut of Hortensio .
BIANCA . ' Gamut ' I am , the ground of all accord , ' A re ,' to plead Hortensio ' s passion ; ' B mi ,' Bianca , take him for thy lord , ' C fa ut ,' that loves with all affection : ' D sol re ,' one clef , two notes have I ' E la mi ,' show pity or I die . Call you this gamut ? Tut , I like it not : Old fashions please me best ; I am not so nice , To change true rules for odd inventions .
[ Enter a SERVANT .]
SERVANT . Mistress , your father prays you leave your books , And help to dress your sister ' s chamber up : You know to-morrow is the wedding-day .
BIANCA . Farewell , sweet masters , both : I must be gone . [ Exeunt BIANCA and SERVANT .] LUCENTIO . Faith , mistress , then I have no cause to stay . [ Exit .]
HORTENSIO . But I have cause to pry into this pedant : Methinks he looks as though he were in love . Yet if thy thoughts , Bianca , be so humble To cast thy wand ' ring eyes on every stale , Seize thee that list : if once I find thee ranging , Hortensio will be quit with thee by changing .
[ Exit .]
SCENE II . The same . Before BAPTISTA ' S house .