TAMING OF THE SHREW.

PERSONS REPRESENTED.

A LORD.
CHRISTOPHER SLY, a drunken Tinker.) Persons in
Hostess, Page, Players, Huntsmen, and
other Servants attending on the Lord.

BAPTISTA, a rich Gentleman of Padua.
VINCENTIO, an old Gentleman of Pisa.

the Induction.

LUCENTIO, Son to Vincentio, in love with Bianca. PETRUCHIO, a Gentleman of Verona, a suitor to Katharina.

GREMIO, Suitors to Bianca.

HORTENSIO,

TRANIO,

Servants to Lucentio.

BIONDELLO,

GRUMIO, Servants to Petruchio.

CURTIS,

PEDANT, an old fellow set up to personate Vincentio.

KATHARINA, the Shrew;

BIANCA, her Sister,

Daughters to Baptista.

WIDOW.

Tailor, Haberdasher, and Servants attending on Baptista and Petruchio.

Scene, sometimes in Padua; and sometimes in Petruchio's House in the Country.

CHARACTERS IN THE INDUCTION

To the original Play of The Taming of a Shrew, entered on the Stationers' books in 1594, and printed in quarto in 1607.

A Lord, &c.

SLY.

A Tapster.

Page, Players, Huntsmen, &c.

PERSONS REPRESENTED.

ALPHONSUS, a Merchant of Athens.
JEROBEL, Duke of Cestus.

AURELIUS, his Son,

FERANDO,

POLIDOR,

VALERIA, Servant to Aurelius.

SANDER, Servant to Ferando.

PHYLOTUS, a Merchant who personates the Duke.

KATE,

EMELIA,

PHYLEMA,

Daughters to Alphonsus.

Tailor, Haberdasher, and Servants to Ferando and

Alphonsus.

Scene, Athens; and sometimes Ferando's Country. house.

TAMING OF THE SHREW.

INDUCTION.

SCENE 1.-Before an Alehouse ou a Heath.

Enter HosTESS and SLY.

Sly. I'll pheese you, in faith.

Host. A pair of stocks, you rogue!

Sly. Y'are a baggage; the Slies are no rogues: look in the chronicles, we came in with Richard Conqueror. Therefore, paucas pallabrist, let the world slide: Sessa!

Host. You will not pay for the glasses you have burst §?

Sly. No, not a denier :-Go by, says Jeronimy:Go to thy cold bed, and warm thee ||.

Host. I know my remedy, I must go fetch the

thirdborough..

[Exit.

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.

[Lies down on the ground, and falls asleep

Wind Horns. Enter a LORD from hunting, with Huntsmen and Servants.

Lord. Huntsman, I charge thee, tender well my

hounds:

Brach Merriman, -the poor cur is emboss'd **,
And couple Clouder with the deep-mouth'd brach.
Saw'st thou not, boy, how Silver made it good
At the hedge corner, in the coldest fault?
I would not lose the dog for twenty pound.
1 Hun. Why, Belman is as good as he, my lord;
He cried upon it at the merest loss,

* Beat or knock.

‡ Be quiet.

+ Few words.

§ Broke.

This line and the scrap of Spanish is used in

burlesque from an old play called Hieronymo, or

the Spanish Tragedy.

Bitch.