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Tranio, Lines 85-98
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Act 2,
Scene 1
Lines 85-98

Tranio performs lines 85-98 of Act 2, Scene 1 of myShakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. 

myShakespeare | Taming of the Shrew 2.1 Performance: Tranio, Lines 85-98

Tranio-as-Lucentio

Pardon me, sir, the boldness is mine own,
That being a stranger in this city here,
Do make myself a suitor to your daughter,
Unto Bianca, fair and virtuous.
Nor is your firm resolve unknown to me
In the preferment of the eldest sister.    
This liberty is all that I request —
That upon knowledge of my parentage,
I may have welcome 'mongst the rest that woo,    
And free access and favor as the rest.
And toward the education of your daughters,
I here bestow a simple instrument,    
And this small packet of Greek and Latin books.
If you accept them, then their worth is great.