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Petruchio

Nay, then you lie. It is the blessèd sun.

Katherina

Then, God be blessed, it is the blessèd sun,
But sun it is not when you say it is not,
And the moon changes even as your mind.    
What you will have it named, even that it is,    
And so it shall be so for Katherine.

Hortensio

Petruchio, go thy ways, the field is won.    

Petruchio

Nay, then you lie. It is the blessèd sun.

Katherina

Then, God be blessed, it is the blessèd sun,
But sun it is not when you say it is not,
And the moon changes even as your mind.    
What you will have it named, even that it is,    
And so it shall be so for Katherine.

Hortensio

Petruchio, go thy ways, the field is won.    

Petruchio

Well, forward, forward! Thus the bowl should run,    
And not unluckily against the bias.
[Enter Petruchio, Katherina, and Hortensio]

Petruchio

Come on, in God’s name, let’s keep going towards our father’s house. Good Lord, the moon shines so bright and beautifully!

Katherina

The moon? You mean the sun. There’s no moonlight now.

Petruchio

I say it is the moon that shines so bright.

Katherina

I know it is the sun that shines so bright.

[Enter Tranio as Lucentio, and the Merchant, dressed like Vincentio]

Tranio

Sir, this is the house. Would you like me to knock?

Merchant

Yes, of course. If I’m not wrong, Sir Baptista may remember me from almost twenty years ago, when we were both staying at the Pegasus in Genoa.

Tranio

That’s okay. Just play your part, no matter what, with the seriousness of a father.

[Enter Tranio as Lucentio and Hortensio as Litio]

Tranio

Litio, my friend, is it possible that Bianca likes anyone more than me, Lucentio? If she’s just leading me on, she’s doing it very well.

Hortensio

To convince you of what I’ve said before, just watch the way this man teaches her.

[They stand aside. Enter Bianca, and Lucentio as Cambio]

Lucentio

Now, did you learn from what you’ve been reading?

Grumio

Curse all worn-out horses, all crazy masters, all dirty roads! Has anyone ever been as beaten-up as I am? So defiled? So weary? I was sent ahead to make a fire, and Katherina and Petruchio will come along later to warm up. Now, if I weren’t so small and easy to heat up, my lips would freeze to my teeth, my tongue to the roof of my mouth, and my heart in my belly before I found a fire to thaw me. But as I make this fire, I’ll warm myself up. In this weather, a bigger man than I am would freeze. Hey, Curtis!

Brutus

For I can raise no money by vile means.
By heaven, I had rather coin my heart,
And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring
From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash
By any indirection. I did send
To you for gold to pay my legions,
Which you denied me. Was that done like Cassius?
Should I have answered Caius Cassius so?
When Marcus Brutus grows so covetous,
To lock such rascal counters from his friends,
Be ready, gods, with all your thunderbolts,
Dash him to pieces!

Brutus

Let me see, let me see — is not the leaf turned down
Where I left reading? Here it is, I think.
[Enter the Ghost of Caesar.]
How ill this taper burns! Ha! who comes here?
I think it is the weakness of mine eyes
That shapes this monstrous apparition.

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