Shakespeare, William · published 1631 · first performed or written 1592 [c.1590-1604] (Annals) comedy · Pembroke's Men · Blackfriars unassigned nearest T49 Wooing a mistress: suitors, go-betweens · 497 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T49: mistress, gentleman, love, lady, woman, pray, gentlewoman, hear, honest, way.
Tranio, I saw her coral lips to move, And with her breath she did perfume the air, Sacred and sweet was all I saw in her. Nay, then 'tis time to stir him from his trance: I pray you awake sir: if you love the Maid, bend thoughts and wits to achieve her. Thus it stands: Her elder sister is so cursed and shrewd, That till the Father rid his hands of her, Master, your love must live a maid at home, And therefore has he closely moved her up, Because she will not be annoyed with suitors. Ah Tranio, what a cruel Fathers he: But art thou not advised, he took some care To get her cunning Schoolmasters to instruct her. I marry am I sir, and now 'tis plotted. I have it Tranio. Master, for my hand, Both our inventions meet and jump in one, Tell me thine first. You will be schoolmaster, And undertake the teaching of the maid: That's your device. It is: May it be done? Not possible: for who shall bear your part, And be in Padua here Vincentio's son, Keep house and ply his book, welcome his friends, Visit his Countrymen, and banquet them? Basta, content thee: for I have it full. We have not yet been seen in any house, Nor can we be distinguished by our faces, For man or master: than it follows thus; Thou shalt be master, Tranio in my stead: Keep house, and port, and servants as I should, I will some other be, some Florentine, Some Neapolitan, or meaner man of Pisa. 'Tis hatched, and shall be so: Tranio at once Uncase thee: take my Conlord hat and cloak, When Biondello comes, he waits on thee, But I will charm him first to keep his tongue. So had you need: In brief Sir, sith it your pleasure is, And I am tied to be obedient, For so your father charged me at our parting; Be serviceable to my son (quoth he) Although I think 'twas in another sense, I am content to be Lucentio, Because so well I love Lucentio. Tranio be so, because Lucentio loves, And let me be a slave, t'achieve that maid, Whose sudden sight hath thralled my wounded eye. Hear comes the rogue. Sirrah, where have you been? Where have I been? Nay how now, where are you? Master has my fellow Tranio stolen your clothes, or you stolen his or both? Pray what's the news? Sirrah come hither, 'tis no time to jest, And therefore frame your manners to the time Your fellow Tranio here to save my life, Puts my apparel, and my countenance on, And I for my escape have put on his: For in a quarrel since I came ashore, I killed a man, and fear I was descried: Wait you on him, I charge you, as becomes: While I make way from hence to save my life: You understand me? I sir ne'er a whit.
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Tranio, I ſaw her corrall lips to moue, And with her breath ſhe did perfume the ayre, Sacred and ſweete was all I ſaw in her. Nay, then 'tis time to ſtirre him from his trance: I pray you awake ſir: if you loue the Maide, Bend thoughts and wits to atchieue her. Thus it ſtands: Her elder ſiſter is ſo curſt and ſhrew'd, That till the Father rid his hands of her, Maſter, your loue muſt liue a maide at home, And therefore has he cloſely meu'd her vp, Becauſe ſhe will not be annoy'd with ſuiters. Ah Tranio, what a cruell Fathers he: But art thou not aduiſ'd, he tooke ſome care To get her cuning Schoolemaſters to inſtruct her. I marrie am I ſir, and now 'tis plotted. I haue it Tranio. Maſter, for my hand, Both our inuentions meet and iumpe in one, Tell me thine firſt. You will be ſchoole-maſter, And vndertake the teaching of the maid: That's your deuice. It is: May it be done? Not poſſible: for who ſhall beare your part, And be in Padua heere Vincentio's ſonne, Keepe houſe and ply his booke, welcome his friends, Viſit his Countriemen, and banquet them? Baſta, content thee: for I haue it full. We haue not yet bin ſeene in any houſe, Nor can we be diſtinguiſh'd by our faces, For man or maſter: then it followes thus; Thou ſhalt be maſter, Tranio in my ſted: Keepe houſe, and port, and ſeruants as I ſhould, I will ſome other be, ſome Florentine, Some Neapolitan, or meaner man of Piſa. 'Tis hatch'd, and ſhall be ſoe: Tranio at once Vncaſe thee: take my Conlord hat and cloake, When Biondello comes, he waites on thee, But I will charme him firſt to keepe his tongue. So had you neede: In breefe Sir, ſith it your pleaſure is, And I am tied to be obedient, For ſo your father charg'd me at our parting; Be ſeruiceable to my ſonne (quoth he) Although I thinke 'twas in another ſence, I am content to be Lucentio, Becauſe ſo well I loue Lucentio. Tranio be ſo, becauſe Lucentio loues, And let me be a ſlaue, t'atchieue that maide, Whoſe ſodaine ſight hath thral'd my wounded eye. Heere comes the rogue. Sirra, where haue you bin? Where haue I beene? Nay how now, where are you? Maſter ha's my fellow Tranio ſtolne your clothes, or you ſtolne his or both? Pray what's the newes? Sirra come hither, 'tis no time to ieſt, And therefore frame your manners to the time Your fellow Tranio heere to ſaue my life, Puts my apparell, and my countenance on, And I for my eſcape haue put on his: For in a quarrell ſince I came aſhore, I kil'd a man, and feare I was deſcried: Waite you on him, I charge you, as becomes: While I make way from hence to ſaue my life: You vnderſtand me? I ſir ne're a whit.