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Lord, Lines 26-44
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Act Introduction,
Scene 2
Lines 26-44

Lord performs lines 26-44 of Introduction 2 of myShakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. 

myShakespeare | Taming of the Shrew Introduction 2 Performance: Lord, Lines 26-44

Lord

Hence comes it that your kindred shuns your house,    
As beaten hence by your strange lunacy.    
O noble lord, bethink thee of thy birth,    
Call home thy ancient thoughts from banishment,
And banish hence these abject lowly dreams.    
Look how thy servants do attend on thee,
Each in his office ready at thy beck.    
Wilt thou have music? [Music] Hark, Apollo plays    
And twenty cagèd nightingales do sing.
Or wilt thou sleep? We'll have thee to a couch    
Softer and sweeter than the lustful bed
On purpose trimmed up for Semiramis.    
Say thou wilt walk; we will bestrew the ground.    
Or wilt thou ride? Thy horses shall be trapped,    
Their harness studded all with gold and pearl.
Dost thou love hawking? Thou hast hawks will soar
Above the morning lark. Or wilt thou hunt?
Thy hounds shall make the welkin answer them
And fetch shrill echoes from the hollow earth.