[75] _clef_] _cliffe_ F1 Q F2 F3 _cliff_ F4. _two_] _but two_ Pope. _not two_ Capell. [76] _show_] _show me_ Hanmer. [78] _I am_] _I'm_ Pope. [79] _change_]F2 F3 F4. _charge_ F1 Q. _true_ ... _ola_] Ff Q. _true_ ... _new_ Rowe (ed. 2). _true_ ... _odd_ Theobald. _old_ ... _new_ Long conj. MS. _new_ ... _old_ Malone conj. Enter a Servant.] Rowe. Enter a Messenger. Ff Q. [80] Serv.] Rowe. Nicke. F1 Q F2. Nick. F3 F4. See note (iv). [83] [Exeunt B. and S.] Capell. Ex. Rowe. Exit. Pope. [84] [Exit.] Rowe. [86] _were_] _was_ Q. [89] _that_] _who_ Pope. SCENE II. _Padua_. _Before_ BAPTISTA'S _house_. _Enter_ BAPTISTA, GREMIO, TRANIO, KATHARINA, BIANCA, LUCENTIO, _and_ others, attendants. _Bap_. Signior Lucentio [_to Tranio_], this is the 'pointed day. That Katharine and Petruchio should be married, And yet we hear not of our son-in-law. What will be said? what mockery will it be, To want the bridegroom when the priest attends 5 To speak the ceremonial rites of marriage! What says Lucentio to this shame of ours? _Kath._ No shame but mine: I must, forsooth, be forced To give my hand, opposed against my heart, Unto a mad-brain rudesby, full of spleen; 10 Who woo'd in haste, and means to wed at leisure. I told you, I, he was a frantic fool, Hiding his bitter jests in blunt behaviour: And, to be noted for a merry man. He'll woo a thousand, 'point the day of marriage, 15 Make friends, invite, and proclaim the banns; Yet never means to wed where he hath woo'd. Now must the world point at poor Katharine, And say, 'Lo, there is mad Petruchio's wife, If it would please him come and marry her!' 20 _Tra._ Patience, good Katharine, and Baptista too. Upon my life, Petruchio means but well, Whatever fortune stays him from his word: Though he be blunt, I know him passing wise; Though he be merry, yet withal he's honest. 25 _Kath._ Would Katharine had never seen him though! [_Exit weeping, followed by Bianca and others._ _Bap._ Go, girl; I cannot blame thee now to weep; For such an injury would vex a very saint, Much more a shrew of thy impatient humour. _Enter_ BIONDELLO. _Bion._ Master, master! news, old news, and such news 30 as you never heard of! _Bap._ Is it new and old too? how may that be? _Bion._ Why, is it not news, to hear of Petruchio's coming? _Bap._ Is he come? _Bion._ Why, no, sir. 35 _Bap._ What then? _Bion._ He is coming. _Bap._ When will he be here? _Bion._ When he stands where I am and sees you there. _Tra._ But say, what to thine old news? 40