+Luc.+ What should I resolve? +Aur.+ To marry me for the safeguard of your credit, and that suddenly; for I have made a vow that, unless you will do it without delay, I'll not have you at all. +Luc.+ Some politician counsel me! There's no such torment to a woman, though she affect a thing ever so earnestly, yet to be forced to it. +Aur.+ What, are you agreed? +Luc.+ Well, you are a tyrant, lead on: what must be, must be; but if there were any other way in the earth to save my reputation, I'd never have thee. +Aur.+ Then I must do you a courtesy against your will. [_Exeunt._ _Enter +Petrucio+ and +Cook+._ +Pet.+ Come, honest cook, let me see how thy imagination has wrought, as well as thy fingers, and what curiosity thou hast shown in the preparation of this banquet; for gluttoning delights to be ingenious. +Cook.+ I have provided you a feast, sir, of twelve dishes, whereof each of them is an emblem of one of the twelve signs in the Zodiac. +Pet.+ Well said! Who will now deny that cookery is a mystery? +Cook.+ Look you, sir, there is the list of them. +Pet.+ Aries, Taurus, Gemini; good: for Aries, a dish of lamb-stones and sweet-breads; for Taurus, a sirloin of beef; for Gemini, a brace of pheasants; for Cancer, a buttered crab; for Libra, a balance--in one scale a custard, in the other a tart--that's a dish for an alderman; for Virgo, a green salad; for Scorpio, a grand one; for Sagittarius, a pasty of venison; for Aquarius, a goose; for Pisces, two mullets. Is that all? +Cook.+ Read on, sir. +Pet.+ And in the middle of the table, to have an artificial hen, made of puff-paste, with her wings displayed, sitting upon eggs composed of the same materials; where in each of them shall be enclosed a fat nightingale, well seasoned with pepper and amber-grease.[350] So then will I add one invention more of my own; for I will have all these descend from the top of my roof in a throne, as you see Cupid or Mercury in a play. +Cook.+ That will be rare indeed, sir! [_Exit._ _Enter +Duke+ and +Leonardo+._ +Pet.+ See, the guests are come; go, and make all ready. Gentles, you are welcome. +Duke.+ Is the Antiquary arrived, or no? can you tell, sir? +Pet.+ Not yet, but I expect him each minute-- _Enter +Antiquary+._ See, your word has charmed him hither already! +Duke.+ Signior, you are happily encountered, and the rather, because I have good news to tell you: the Duke has been so gracious as to release his demand for your antiquities. +Ant.+ Has he? You have filled me all over with spirit, with which I will mix sixteen glasses of wine to his health, the first thing I do. Would I knew his highness, or had a just occasion to present my loyalty at his feet!