No Fear Shakespeare: The Taming of the Shrew: Induction, Scene 1

No Fear Shakespheare

William Shakespeare

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	Original Text	Modern Text
	Enter SLY and HOSTESS	SLY and HOSTESS enter.
	SLY I’ll pheeze you, in faith.	SLY I’ll fix you, I swear.
	HOSTESS A pair of stocks, you rogue!	HOSTESS You thug! I’ll call for a pair of stocks!
5	SLY Y'are a baggage, the Slys are no rogues. Look in the chronicles—we came in with Richard Conqueror. Therefore paucas pallabris: let the world slide. Sessa!	SLY There are no thugs in my family, whore! Read your history! We Slys came over with Richard the Conqueror. Oh, the hell with it. I can’t be bothered. Shut up!
	HOSTESS You will not pay for the glasses you have burst?	HOSTESS You won’t pay for the glasses you smashed?
	SLY No, not a denier. Go by, Saint Jeronimy. Go to thy cold bed and warm thee.	SLY No, not a penny. Get out of my face. Go play with yourself.
	HOSTESS I know my remedy. I must go fetch the thirdborough.	HOSTESS I know my rights. I’ll call a policeman.
	Exit	She exits.
10	SLY Third, or fourth, or fifth borough, I’ll answer him by law. I’ll not budge an inch, boy. Let him come, and kindly.	SLY Call them all! I have a legal right to be here. I’m not moving an inch, pal. Let them come—I don’t care.
	Falls asleep	He falls asleep.
	Wind horns Enter a LORD from hunting, with his train	A hunting horn is heard. A LORD who has been hunting enters with his hunstmen.