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Katherina and Bianca, Lines 1-22
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Act 2,
Scene 1
Lines 1-22

Katherina and Bianca perform lines 1-22 of Act 2, Scene 1 of myShakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. 

myShakespeare | Taming of the Shrew 2.1 Performance: Katherina and Bianca, Lines 1-22

[A room in Signor Baptista’s house. Enter Katherina and Bianca (with her hands tied)]

Bianca

Good sister, wrong me not, nor wrong yourself,
To make a bondmaid and a slave of me,   
That I disdain. But for these other goods,
Unbind my hands, I'll pull them off myself,
Yea, all my raiment to my petticoat;    
Or what you will command me will I do,    
So well I know my duty to my elders.

Katherina

Of all thy suitors — here I charge thee — tell    
Whom thou lovest best. See thou dissemble not.    

Bianca

Believe me, sister, of all the men alive
I never yet beheld that special face
Which I could fancy more than any other.

Katherina

Minion, thou liest. Is't not Hortensio?    

Bianca

If you affect him, sister, here I swear    
I'll plead for you myself, but you shall have him.    

Katherina

O then, belike you fancy riches more.    
You will have Gremio to keep you fair.    

Bianca

Is it for him you do envy me so?
Nay, then you jest and now I well perceive
You have but jested with me all this while.
I prithee, sister Kate, untie my hands.    

Katherina

[Striking her] If that be jest, then all the rest was so.