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Petruchio and Katherina, Lines 220-237
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Act 2,
Scene 1
Lines 220-237

Petruchio and Katherina perform lines 220-237 of Act 2, Scene 1 of myShakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. 

myShakespeare | Taming of the Shrew 2.1 Performance: Petruchio and Katherina, Lines 220-237

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

A herald, Kate? O, put me in thy books!

Katherina

What is your crest, a coxcomb?

Petruchio

A combless cock, so Kate will be my hen.    

Katherina

No cock of mine, you crow too like a craven.    

Petruchio

Nay, come, Kate, come; you must not look so sour.    

Katherina

It is my fashion when I see a crab.    

Petruchio

Why, here's no crab, and therefore look not sour.    

Katherina

There is, there is.

Petruchio

Then show it me.

Katherina

                            Had I a glass, I would.    

Petruchio

What, you mean my face?

Katherina

Well aimed of such a young one.    

Petruchio

Now, by Saint George, I am too young for you.    

Katherina

Yet you are withered.    

Petruchio

                                   'Tis with cares.

Katherina

                                                            I care not.

Petruchio

Nay, hear you, Kate. In sooth, you scape not so.