FERANDO

Good morrow gentlemen to all at once. How now Polidor, what man still in love? Ever wooing and canst thou never speed, God send me better luck when I shall woo. Why sirrah, are you so cunning? Faith I am even now a going. To bony Kate, the patientest wench alive The devil himself dares scarce venture to woo her, Signior Alfonsos eldest daughter, And he hath promised me six thousand crowns If I can win her once to be my wife, And she and I must woo with skoulding sure, And I will hold his toot till she be weary, Or else I'll make her yield to grant me love. Faith presently, do you but stand aside, And I will make her father bring his hither, And she, and I, and he, will talk alone. Ho Signiour Alfonso, whose within there? Then when I have talked a word or two with his, Do you step in and give her hand to me, And tell her when the marriage day shall be, For I do know she would be married feign, And when our nuptial rites be once performed Let me alone to tame his well enough, Now call her forth that I may speak with his. Twenty good morrows to my lovely Kate. I tell thee Kate I know thou lovest me well. My mind sweet Kate does say I am the man, Must wed, and bed, and marry bonny Kate. I, to stand so long and never get a kiss. I prethe do kate; they say thou art a shrew, And I Like thee the better for I would have thee so. No kate, this hand is mine and I thy love. But yet his bil will serve, if the other fail. She's willing sir and loves me as his life. Why so, did I not tell thee I should be the man Father, I leave my lovely Kate with you, Provide your selves against our marriage day, For I must High me to my country house In hast, to see provision may be made, To entertain my Kate when she doth come. So, all thus far goes well. Ho Sander. Why didst thou think that I did not speak well to his? Well sirrah, & yet thou seest I have God her for all this. Well sirrah leave your jesting and go to Polidors house, The young gentleman that was here with me, And tell him the circumstance of all thou knowest, Tell him on sunday next we must be married, And if he ask thee whither I am gone, Tell him into the country to my house, And upon Sunday I'll be here again. Godmorow father, Polidor well met, You wonder I know that I have stayed so long. Thus richly father you should have said, For when my wife and I am married once, She's such a shrew, if we should once fall out, Sheele pull my costly suits over mine ears, And therefore am I thus attired awhile, For many things I tell you's in my head, And none must know thereof but Kate and I, For we shall live Like lammes and Lions sure, Nor lammes to Lions never was so tame, If once they lie within the Lions paws As Kate to me if we were married once, And therefore come let us to church presently. Tush Polidor I have as many suits Fantastic made to fit my humour so As any in Athens and as richly wrought As was the Massy Robe that late adorned, The stately legate of the Persian King, And this from them have I made choice to wear. Not for the world if I might gain it so, And therefore take me thus or not at all, But soft see where my Kate does come, I must salute his: how fares my lovely Kate? What art thou ready? shall we go to church? Tush Kate these words adds greater love in me And makes me think thee fairrer then before, Sweet Kate the lovelier then Diana's purple robe, Whiter then are the snowy Apenis, Or icy hair that groes on Boreas chin. Father I swear by Ibis golden beak, More fair and Radiente is my bony Kate, Then silver Zanthus when he does embrace, The ruddy Simies at Ida's feet, And care not thou sweet Kate how I be clad, Thou shalt have garments wrought of Median silk, Enchased with precious Jewels fetched from far, By Italian Merchants that with Russian stemes, Plous up huge sorrows in the Terren Main, And better far my lovely Kate shall wear, Then come sweet love and let us to the church, For this I swear shall be my wedding suit. Father farewell, my Kate and I must home, Sirrah go make ready my horse presently. Tut Kate I tell thee we must needs go home, Villain hast thou saddled my horse? Sounes you slave stand you prating here? Saddell the bay gelding for your Mistress. Here villain go pay him straight. Out slave and bring them presently to the door Sounes villain art thou here yet? Come Kate our dinner is provided at home. I Kate so thou shalt but at some other time, When as thy sisters here shall be espoused, Then thou and I will keep our wedding day, In better sort then now we can provide, For here I promise thee before them all, We will ere long return to them again, Come Kate stand not on terms we will away, This is my day, to morrow thou shalt rule, And I will do what ever thou commands. Gentlemen farewell, wele take our leves, It will be late before that we come home. Now welcome Kate: wher'es these villains Here, what? not supper yet upon the board: Nor table spread nor nothing done at all, Where that villain that I sent before. Come hither you villain I'll cut your nose, You Rogue: help me of with my boots: wilt please You to lay the cloth? sounes the villain Hurts my foot? pull easily I say; yet again. Sounes? burned and skorcht who dressed this meat? Go you villains bring you me such meat, Out of my sighed I say and bear it hence, Come Kate wele have other meat provided, Is there a fire in my chamber sir? Did you so you damned villain. This humour must I hold me to a while, To bridle and hold back my headstrong wife, With curbs of hunger: ease: and want of sleep, Nor sleep nor meat shall she enjoy to night, I'll mew her up as men do mew their hawks, And make her gently come unto the lure, Were she as stuborne or as full of strength As were the Thracian horse Alcides tamde, That King Egeus fed with flesh of men, Yet would I pull her down and make her come As hungry hawks do fly unto there lure. See here Kate I have provided meat for thee, Here take it: what is't not worthy thanks, Go sirrah? take it away again you shall Thankful for the next you have. Nay now 'tis not worth a pin go sirray and take It hence I say. Well sirrah set it down again. I, when you're meek and gentle but not Before, I know your stomach is not yet come down, Therefore no marvel thou canst not eat, And I will go unto your Father's house, Come Polidor let us go in again, And Kate come in with us I know ere long, That thou and I shall lovingly agree. Come hither sirrah: what have you there? Who spoke for it? didst thou Kate? Oh monstrous: why it becomes thee not, Let me see it Kate: here sirrah take it hence, This cap is out of fashion quite. Why true he means to make a fool of thee, To have thee put on such a curtald cap, sirrah begun with it. Let me see it Taylor: what with cuts and iagges? Sounes you villain, thou hast spoiled the gown. Come hither sirrah: Taylor read the note. Well sir go forward. Go I say and take it up for your masters use. Well sir: whats your conceit of it. Tailor come hither: for this time take it Hence again, and I'll content thee for thy pains. Come Kate we now will go see thy father's house Even in these honest mean abiliments, Our purses shall rich, our garments plain, To shroud our bodies from the winter rage, And thats enough, what should we care for more. Thy sisters Kate to morrow must be wed, And I have promised them thou shouldst be there The morning is well up lets hast away, It will be nine a clock ere we come there. I say 'tis but nine a clock in the morning. It shall be nine then ere we go to your father's, Come back again, we will not go to day. Nothing but crossing of me still, I'll have you say as I do ere you go. Sirrah go fetch our horses forth, and bring Them to the back gate presentile. Come Kate the Moon shines clear to night methinks. Yet again: come back again it shall be The moon ere we come at your father's. Jesus save the glorious moon. I am glad Kate your stomach is come down, I know it well thou knowest it is the sun, But I did try to see if thou wouldst speak, And cross me now as thou hast done before, And trust me kate hadst thou not nam the moon, We had gone back again as sure as death, But soft whose this thats coming here. Why so Kate this was friendly done of thee, And kindly too: why thus must we two live, One mind, one heart, and one content for both, This good old man dos think that we are mad, And glad he is I am sure, that he is gone, But come sweet Kate for we will after him, And now persuade him to his shape again. Come gentlemen now that suppers done, How shall we spend the time till we go to bed? 'Tis well for you that have such gentle wives, Yet in this trial will I not fit out, It may be Kate will come as soon as yours. Why true I dare not lay indeed; But how, so little money on so sure a thing, A hundred pound: why I have laid as much Upon my dog, in running at a Dear, She shall not come so far for such a trifle, But will you lay five hundred marks with me, And whose wife soonest comes when he does call, And shows her self most loving unto him, Let him enjoy the wager I have laid, Now what say you? dare you adventure thus? Tush father were it ten times more, I durst adventure on my lovely Kate, But if I loose I'll pay, and so shall you. Then fit we down and let us send for them. I pray God you have not laid too much already. Why so, did not I tell you this before, She is busy and cannot come. Well well: Polidor send you for your wife. I so so he desires her to come. O monstrous intolerable presumption, Worse then a blazing star, or snow at midsummer, Earthquakes or any thing unseasonable, She will not come: but he must come to her. Sirrah, command your Mistress to come To me presently. The Moors the pity: then I must loose. But I have wone for see where Kate does come. I did my love I sent for thee to come, Come hither Kate, whats that upon thy head Pull it of and tread it under thy feet, 'Tis foolish I will not have thee wear it. This is a token of her true love to me, And yet I'll try her further you shall see, Come hither Kate where are thy sisters. Fetch them hither and if they will not come, Bring them perforce and make them come with thee. But you shall see she will do more then this, For see where she brings her sisters forth by force. 'Tis well done Kate. Now lovely Kate before there husbands here, I prethe tell unto these headstrong women, What duty wives do owe unto their husbands. Enough sweet, the wager thou hast wone, And they I am sure cannot deny the same. Thanks sweet father, gentlemen goodnight For Kate and I will leave you forto night, 'Tis Kate and I am wed, and you are sped. And so farewell for we will to our beds.