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BAPTISTA. I ' ll after him and see the event of this.
[ Exeunt BAPTISTA, GREMIO and ATTENDENTS.]
TRANIO. But to her love concerneth us to add Her father ' s liking; which to bring to pass, As I before imparted to your worship, I am to get a man,--whate ' er he be It skills not much; we ' ll fit him to our turn,-- And he shall be Vincentio of Pisa, And make assurance here in Padua, Of greater sums than I have promised. So shall you quietly enjoy your hope, And marry sweet Bianca with consent.
LUCENTIO. Were it not that my fellow schoolmaster Doth watch Bianca ' s steps so narrowly, ' Twere good, methinks, to steal our marriage; Which once perform ' d, let all the world say no, I ' ll keep mine own despite of all the world.
TRANIO. That by degrees we mean to look into, And watch our vantage in this business. We ' ll over-reach the greybeard, Gremio, The narrow-prying father, Minola, The quaint musician, amorous Licio; All for my master ' s sake, Lucentio.
[ Re-enter GREMIO.] Signior Gremio, came you from the church? GREMIO. As willingly as e ' er I came from school. TRANIO. And is the bride and bridegroom coming home?
GREMIO. A bridegroom, say you? ' Tis a groom indeed, A grumbling groom, and that the girl shall find.
TRANIO. Curster than she? Why, ' tis impossible. GREMIO. Why, he ' s a devil, a devil, a very fiend.