Taming of the Shrew

Petruchio

I swear I'll cuff you if you strike again.

Katherina

So may you lose your arms.     
If you strike me, you are no gentleman,
And if no gentleman, why then no arms.    

Petruchio

Who knows not where a wasp does wear his sting —
In his tail.    

Katherina

In his tongue.    

Petruchio

Whose tongue?

Katherina

Yours, if you talk of tales, and so farewell.    

Petruchio

O slow-winged turtle, shall a buzzard take thee?    

Katherina

Ay, for a turtle, as he takes a buzzard.

Petruchio

Come, come, you wasp, i' faith, you are too angry.

Katherina

Too light for such a swain as you to catch,
And yet as heavy as my weight should be.

Petruchio

‘Should be’? Should buzz!

Katherina

                                            Well ta'en, and like a buzzard.

Petruchio

O slow-winged turtle, shall a buzzard take thee?    

Katherina

Ay, for a turtle, as he takes a buzzard.

Katherina

Too light for such a swain as you to catch,
And yet as heavy as my weight should be.

Petruchio

‘Should be’? Should buzz!

Katherina

                                            Well ta'en, and like a buzzard.

Katherina

Too light for such a swain as you to catch,
And yet as heavy as my weight should be.

Petruchio

‘Should be’? Should buzz!

Katherina

                                            Well ta'en, and like a buzzard.

Petruchio

Myself am moved to woo thee for my wife.

Katherina

‘Moved,’ in good time! Let him that moved you hither    
Remove you hence. I knew you at the first;    
You were a moveable.    

Petruchio

Why, what's a moveable?

Katherina

A joined stool.

Katherina

You were a moveable.    

Petruchio

Why, what's a moveable?

Katherina

A joined stool.

Petruchio

Thou hast hit it. Come, sit on me.    

Katherina

Asses are made to bear, and so are you.

Katherina

You were a moveable.    

Petruchio

Why, what's a moveable?

Katherina

A joined stool.

Petruchio

Thou hast hit it. Come, sit on me.    

Katherina

Asses are made to bear, and so are you.

Petruchio

Women are made to bear, and so are you.

Petruchio

Myself am moved to woo thee for my wife.

Katherina

‘Moved,’ in good time! Let him that moved you hither    
Remove you hence. I knew you at the first;    
You were a moveable.    

Petruchio

Why, what's a moveable?

Katherina

A joined stool.

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