An explanation of the wordplay on “kind” in Act 5, Scene 2 of myShakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew.
Petruchio
Padua affords nothing but what is kind.
Hortensio
For both our sakes, I would that word were true.
Hortensio’s making a little joke. Since both his and Petruchio’s wives are from Padua, it would be good for them if everything Padua produces is “kind.”