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“Padua affords nothing but what is kind”
Wordplay
Act 5,
Scene 2
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An explanation of the wordplay on “kind” in Act 5, Scene 2 of myShakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew.

Petruchio

Padua affords nothing but what is kind.    

Hortensio

For both our sakes, I would that word were true.    

Hortensio’s making a little joke. Since both his and Petruchio’s wives are from Padua, it would be good for them if everything Padua produces is “kind.”