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1

Taming of the Shrew
[Prologue, 2]

Christopher Sly

247

Marry, I fare well; for here is cheer enough.
Where is my wife?

2

Taming of the Shrew
[Prologue, 2]

Christopher Sly

284

Marry, I will; let them play it. Is not a comonty a
Christmas gambold or a tumbling-trick?

3

Taming of the Shrew
[I, 1]

Hortensio

415

Marry, sir, to get a husband for her sister.

4

Taming of the Shrew
[I, 1]

Tranio

479

Ay, marry, am I, sir, and now 'tis plotted.

5

Taming of the Shrew
[I, 2]

Grumio

626

Nay, look you, sir, he tells you flatly what his mind is.
Why, give him gold enough and marry him to a puppet or an
aglet-baby, or an old trot with ne'er a tooth in her head, though
she has as many diseases as two and fifty horses. Why, nothing
comes amiss, so money comes withal.

6

Taming of the Shrew
[I, 2]

Hortensio

727

Gremio, 'tis now no time to vent our love.
Listen to me, and if you speak me fair
I'll tell you news indifferent good for either.
Here is a gentleman whom by chance I met,
Upon agreement from us to his liking,
Will undertake to woo curst Katherine;
Yea, and to marry her, if her dowry please.

7

Taming of the Shrew
[II, 1]

Petruchio

1117

Marry, so I mean, sweet Katherine, in thy bed.
And therefore, setting all this chat aside,
Thus in plain terms: your father hath consented
That you shall be my wife your dowry greed on;
And will you, nill you, I will marry you.
Now, Kate, I am a husband for your turn;
For, by this light, whereby I see thy beauty,
Thy beauty that doth make me like thee well,
Thou must be married to no man but me;
For I am he am born to tame you, Kate,
And bring you from a wild Kate to a Kate
Conformable as other household Kates.
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Here comes your father. Never make denial;
I must and will have Katherine to my wife.

8

Taming of the Shrew
[III, 2]

Katherina

1371

No shame but mine; I must, forsooth, be forc'd
To give my hand, oppos'd against my heart,
Unto a mad-brain rudesby, full of spleen,
Who woo'd in haste and means to wed at leisure.
I told you, I, he was a frantic fool,
Hiding his bitter jests in blunt behaviour;
And, to be noted for a merry man,
He'll woo a thousand, 'point the day of marriage,
Make friends invited, and proclaim the banns;
Yet never means to wed where he hath woo'd.
Now must the world point at poor Katherine,
And say 'Lo, there is mad Petruchio's wife,
If it would please him come and marry her!'

9

Taming of the Shrew
[III, 2]

Baptista Minola

1474

But thus, I trust, you will not marry her.

10

Taming of the Shrew
[III, 2]

Tranio

1489

But to her love concerneth us to add
Her father's liking; which to bring to pass,
As I before imparted to your worship,
I am to get a man- whate'er he be
It skills not much; we'll fit him to our turn-
And he shall be Vincentio of Pisa,
And make assurance here in Padua
Of greater sums than I have promised.
So shall you quietly enjoy your hope
And marry sweet Bianca with consent.

11

Taming of the Shrew
[III, 2]

Gremio

1584

Ay, marry, sir, now it begins to work.

12

Taming of the Shrew
[IV, 2]

Hortensio

1837

Quick proceeders, marry! Now tell me, I pray,
You that durst swear that your Mistress Bianca
Lov'd none in the world so well as Lucentio.

13

Taming of the Shrew
[IV, 2]

Tranio

1858

And here I take the like unfeigned oath,
Never to marry with her though she would entreat;
Fie on her! See how beastly she doth court him!

14

Taming of the Shrew
[IV, 2]

Tranio

1912

Of Mantua, sir? Marry, God forbid,
And come to Padua, careless of your life!

15

Taming of the Shrew
[IV, 3]

Katherina

1958

The more my wrong, the more his spite appears.
What, did he marry me to famish me?
Beggars that come unto my father's door
Upon entreaty have a present alms;
If not, elsewhere they meet with charity;
But I, who never knew how to entreat,
Nor never needed that I should entreat,
Am starv'd for meat, giddy for lack of sleep;
With oaths kept waking, and with brawling fed;
And that which spites me more than all these wants-
He does it under name of perfect love;
As who should say, if I should sleep or eat,
'Twere deadly sickness or else present death.
I prithee go and get me some repast;
I care not what, so it be wholesome food.

16

Taming of the Shrew
[IV, 3]

Petruchio

2060

Marry, and did; but if you be rememb'red,
I did not bid you mar it to the time.
Go, hop me over every kennel home,
For you shall hop without my custom, sir.
I'll none of it; hence! make your best of it.

17

Taming of the Shrew
[IV, 3]

Grumio

2084

Marry, sir, with needle and thread.

18

Taming of the Shrew
[V, 1]

Biondello

2396

What, my old worshipful old master? Yes, marry, sir; see
where he looks out of the window.

19

Taming of the Shrew
[V, 2]

Petruchio

2614

Marry, peace it bodes, and love, and quiet life,
An awful rule, and right supremacy;
And, to be short, what not that's sweet and happy.