“Who wooed in haste and means to wed at leisure”ProverbAct 3,Scene 2Lines 8-11An explanation of Katherina’s proverbial reference in Act 3, Scene 2 of myShakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. Katherina No shame but mine. I must, forsooth, be forced To give my hand, opposed against my heart, Unto a mad-brain rudesby full of spleen, Who wooed in haste, and means to wed at leisure. Katherina is playing on the proverb, “Marry in haste, and repent at leisure.”
