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KATHERINA . Young budding virgin , fair and fresh and sweet , Whither away , or where is thy abode ? Happy the parents of so fair a child ; Happier the man whom favourable stars Allot thee for his lovely bed-fellow .
PETRUCHIO . Why , how now , Kate ! I hope thou art not mad : This is a man , old , wrinkled , faded , wither ' d , And not a maiden , as thou sayst he is .
KATHERINA . Pardon , old father , my mistaking eyes , That have been so bedazzled with the sun That everything I look on seemeth green : Now I perceive thou art a reverend father ; Pardon , I pray thee , for my mad mistaking .
PETRUCHIO . Do , good old grandsire , and withal make known Which way thou travellest : if along with us , We shall be joyful of thy company .
VINCENTIO . Fair sir , and you my merry mistress , That with your strange encounter much amaz ' d me , My name is called Vincentio ; my dwelling Pisa ; And bound I am to Padua , there to visit A son of mine , which long I have not seen .
PETRUCHIO . What is his name ? VINCENTIO . Lucentio , gentle sir .
PETRUCHIO . Happily met ; the happier for thy son . And now by law , as well as reverend age , I may entitle thee my loving father : The sister to my wife , this gentlewoman , Thy son by this hath married . Wonder not , Nor be not griev ' d : she is of good esteem , Her dowry wealthy , and of worthy birth ; Beside , so qualified as may beseem The spouse of any noble gentleman . Let me embrace with old Vincentio ; And wander we to see thy honest son , Who will of thy arrival be full joyous .
VINCENTIO . But is this true ? or is it else your pleasure , Like pleasant travellers , to break a jest Upon the company you overtake ?
HORTENSIO . I do assure thee , father , so it is .