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Petruchio, Lines 46-59
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Act 2,
Scene 1
Lines 46-59

Petruchio performs lines 46-59 of Act 2, Scene 1 of myShakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. 

myShakespeare | Taming of the Shrew 2.1 Performance: Petruchio, Lines 46-59

Petruchio

[To Baptista] I am a gentleman of Verona, sir,
That hearing of her beauty and her wit,
Her affability and bashful modesty,    
Her wondrous qualities and mild behavior,
Am bold to show myself a forward guest    
Within your house, to make mine eye the witness
Of that report which I so oft have heard.    
[Presenting Hortensio disguised as a music teacher]
And for an entrance to my entertainment,    
I do present you with a man of mine,
Cunning in music and the mathematics,    
To instruct her fully in those sciences,    
Whereof I know she is not ignorant.    
Accept of him, or else you do me wrong.
His name is Litio, born in Mantua.