No Fear Shakespeare
The Taming of the Shrew
Get this No Fear to go!
Induction, Scene 2, Page 5
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Now Lord be thanked for my good amends!
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Well, thank God I’m cured!
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Amen.
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Amen.
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I thank thee. Thou shalt not lose by it.
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I thank you all. You won’t regret this.
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Enter the PAGE as a lady, with
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The PAGE enters, disguised as a noble
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How fares my noble lord?
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How is my noble lord?
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SLY
Marry, I fare
well,
For here is cheer enough. Where is my wife?
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Not bad, actually. This is all quite pleasant. Where is my
wife?
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Here, noble lord. What is thy will with her?
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Here, noble lord. What is your wish with regard to her?
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Are you my wife and will not call me
“husband”?
My men should call me “lord.” I am your
goodman.
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You call yourself my wife, yet you don’t call me
“husband”? It’s my men who should
call me “lord.” I’m your man, your
fellow.
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My husband and my lord, my lord and husband,
I am your wife in all obedience.
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My husband is my lord and my lord
is my husband. For I am your all-obedient wife.
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I know it well.—What must I call her?
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Yes, I see.—(to the
LORD) What should I call her?
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LORD
“Madam.”
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“Madam.”
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“Alice Madam,” or “Joan
Madam”?
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“Madam Alice?” Or “Madam
Joan?”
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LORD
“Madam,” and nothing else. So lords call
ladies.
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LORD
Just “madam.” That’s how noblemen
address their wives.
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