Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 1 (nony, tailors, butler, mall, jesu, massinissa…). Matches are highlighted.
yearly send you from my father's court, Chests of refined sugar severally, Ten tun of tunis wine, sucket sweet drudges, To celibrate and solemnise this day, And custom free your merchants shall converse: And interchange the profits of your land, Sending you gold for brass, silver for lead, Casses of silk for packs of will and
Full speech
My lord, how if the Duke your father should By some means come to Athens for to see How you do profit in these public schools, And find me clothed thus in your attire, How would he take it then think you my lord? If that sweet mistress were your hearts content, You should command a greater thing then that, Although it were ten times to my disgrace. Why mistress do you mock me? Well, will you play a little? That stop was false, play it again. What, do you bid me kiss your arse? Hold mistress, souns will you break my lute? Souns, teach his to play upon the lute? The devil shall teach her first, I am glad she's gone, For I was near so fraid in all my life, But that my lute should fly about mine ears, My master shall teach her his self for me, For I'll keep me far enough without his reach, For he and Polydor sent me before To be with her and teach her on the lute, While they did court the other gentlewomen, And here methinks they come together. At the vengeance I think and no where else. Yes byr'lady she has learned too much already, And that I had felt had I not spoke his fair, But she shall near be learned for me again. Fear not my Lord I'll fetch him straight to you, For he'll do any thing that you command, But tell me my Lord, is Ferando married then? The taming school why is there such a place? Thats rare: but what decorum dos he use? Then come my Lord and I will bring you to him straight. Thanks good Alfonso: but I did come to see When as these marriage rites should be performed, And if in these nuptials you vouchsafe, To honour thus the prince of Cestus friend, In celebration of his spousal rites, He shall remain a lasting friend to you, What says Aurelius father. Come then Aurelius I will go with you. Sounes it is the Duke what shall I do, Dishonour thee why, knowest thou what thou sayest? I will my Lord. She is something busy but she'll come anon. I will sir and stay your coming at Alfonsos house. The senseless trees by music have been moved And at the found of pleasant tuned strings, Have savage beasts hung down their listening heads, As though they had been cast into a trance. Then it may be that she whom nought can please, With musics found in time may be surprised, Come lovely mistress will you take your lute, And play the lesson that I taught you last? I would sweet mistress that it lay in me, To help you to that thing thats your delight. He says so. And for to honour him and this fair bride, I'll yearly send you from my father's court, Chests of refined sugar severally, Ten tun of tunis wine, sucket sweet drudges, To celibrate and solemnise this day, And custom free your merchants shall converse: And interchange the profits of your land, Sending you gold for brass, silver for lead, Casses of silk for packs of will and cloth, To bind this friendship and confirm this league.
Plot summary
Plot — The Taming of a Shrew
Forcibly ejected from an alehouse, Sly is sleeping off his drunkenness when he is found by a lord, who brings him home and tricks him into thinking himself a nobleman. A play is performed for him: The Taming of a Shrew. In the play, Aurelius of Sestos, newly arrived in Athens, falls in love with Philema; his friend Polidor already loves her sister, Emelia. To pursue his love, Aurelius pretends to be a wealthy merchant’s son and has his man Valeria assume his aristocratic identity. However, the girls’ father Alfonso has decreed that his eldest daughter Kate, a shrewish scold, must be married before them. The two wooers decide to persuade Ferando to marry Kate, but Alfonso has already promised him six thousand crowns to undertake the same task He and Kate meet unchaperoned, and they wrangle, but the marriage is arranged for the following Sunday; Kate seems outwardly unwilling but consents in an aside. Ferando goes to prepare his country house. Valeria is sent to teach Kate the lute, but she behaves aggressively. On the wedding day Ferando arrives in base clothes and forces Kate to leave with him immediately after the ceremony. When they arrive in the country, he claims that the dinner is burnt, and beats his servants. She is kept hungry, and denied her choice of clothing. Aurelius has Philotus pose as his father to persuade Alfonso that he is wealthy enough to marry Philema. He and Polidor are married to Kate’s younger sisters. Kate and Ferando visit them, after Kate submits to Ferando’s will. On the way, they meet the Duke of Sestos (who has come to Athens in disguise to spy on his son), and mock him. The Duke exposes Aurelio’s pretence and proposes to have those involved sent to prison, but Sly intervenes in the performance to prevent this. The three new husbands bet on whose wife will come when called. Ferando wins, and Kate explains to her sisters their duty as wives. Sly falls asleep during the performance. The lord puts him back where he was found. He returns home intending to tame his own wife.