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VINCENTIO . You shall not choose but drink before you go . I think I shall command your welcome here , And by all likelihood some cheer is toward .
[ Knocks .] GREMIO . They ' re busy within ; you were best knock louder . [ Enter PEDANT above , at a window .] PEDANT . What ' s he that knocks as he would beat down the gate ? VINCENTIO . Is Signior Lucentio within , sir ? PEDANT . He ' s within , sir , but not to be spoken withal .
VINCENTIO . What if a man bring him a hundred pound or two to make merry withal ?
PEDANT . Keep your hundred pounds to yourself : he shall need none so long as I live .
PETRUCHIO . Nay , I told you your son was well beloved in Padua . Do you hear , sir ? To leave frivolous circumstances , I pray you tell Signior Lucentio that his father is come from Pisa , and is here at the door to speak with him .
PEDANT . Thou liest : his father is come from Padua , and here looking out at the window .
VINCENTIO . Art thou his father ? PEDANT . Ay , sir ; so his mother says , if I may believe her .
PETRUCHIO . [ To VINCENTIO ] Why , how now , gentleman ! why , this is flat knavery to take upon you another man ' s name .