No Fear Shakespeare
The Taming of the Shrew
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Act 5, Scene 1, Page 3
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PETRUCHIO
(to
VINCENTIO) Why, how now, gentleman!
Why, this is flat
knavery to take upon you another man’s name.
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PETRUCHIO
(to
VINCENTIO) What? Why this is out and
out robbery! To appropriate another man’s name.
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MERCHANT
(as
VINCENTIO) Lay hands on the villain.
I believe he means
to cozen somebody in this city under my countenance.
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MERCHANT
(as
VINCENTIO) Arrest the wretch. I think
he means to bamboozle someone in this city while pretending to be
me.
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Enter BIONDELLO
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BIONDELLO
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BIONDELLO
(aside) I have seen them in the
church together. God send
'em good shipping! But who is here? Mine old master
Vincentio! Now we are undone and brought to nothing.
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BIONDELLO
(to himself) Well, I’ve
seen them married. Good luck to them! Uh-oh. What’s this?
It’s my master’s father, Vincentio! Now
we’re in trouble. Everything’s ruined.
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VINCENTIO
(to
BIONDELLO) Come hither,
crack-hemp.
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VINCENTIO
(to
BIONDELLO) Come here, you
scoundrel.
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BIONDELLO
Hope I may choose, sir.
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BIONDELLO
I believe I have some choice in the matter, sir.
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VINCENTIO
Come hither, you rogue! What, have you forgot me?
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VINCENTIO
Come here, you wretch! What, have you forgotten me?
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BIONDELLO
Forgot you! No, sir. I could not forget you, for I never saw
you before in all my life.
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BIONDELLO
Forgotten you! No, sir. I could not forget you, since I never saw
you before in my life.
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VINCENTIO
What, you notorious villain, didst thou never see thy
master’s father, Vincentio?
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VINCENTIO
Despicable brute! Never seen your master’s father,
Vincentio?
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BIONDELLO
What, my old worshipful old master? Yes, marry, sir. See
where he looks out of the window.
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BIONDELLO
My honorable, reverend master? Yes, of course. There he is at the
window.
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VINCENTIO
Is ’t so, indeed.
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VINCENTIO
Is that so?
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Beats BIONDELLO
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He beats
BIONDELLO. |
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BIONDELLO
Help, help, help! Here’s a madman will murder me.
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BIONDELLO
Help, help, help! This madman will murder me.
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