The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 3 of 9]Shakespeare, William
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The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 3 of 9]
Shakespeare, William
English drama
[193] _you_] _you_, _sir_ Hanmer. _you_ _stay_ Steevens conj.
[194] _you,_] _you_, _sir_ Hanmer. _you_ _then_ Capell. _you stay_
Steevens conj.
[198] _horse_] _horses_ Rowe (ed. 2).
[199] _Ay_, _sir_] _Sir_ Hanmer.
_oats_] _bots_ Grey conj.
_eaten_] _eaten up_ Capell.
[203] _not till_] F1 Q F2 F3. _nor till_ F4.
[205] _whiles_] _while_ Pope.
[206] _be gone_] _go_ Hanmer.
_till I_] _till_ Capell.
[214] _made_] _maide_ Q.
[220] _yourselves_] _you selves_ F2.
[224] _she is my house_] _and my house_ Hanmer. _and she is My house_
Mitforl conj.
[225] _My_] _She is my_ Hanmer.
_my barn_] _my barn_, _my stable_ Capell. _my barn_, _my grange_ S.
Walker conj. _my barn_, _my garner_ Edd. conj.
[228] _mine_] _my_ Rowe.
[230] _we are_] _we're_ Pope.
[233] [Exeunt P. K. and G.] Exeunt P. Ka. Ff Q. [Exit, hurrying
Catherine out; Grumio, with his sword drawn, bringing up the rear.
Capell.
[237] Luc. _Mistress_ ... _sister?_] Continued to Tranio by Capell.
[240] _wants_] _want_ Pope.
[242] _wants_] _want_ Grant White.
[243] _shall supply_] _supply_ Pope. _shall have_ Rann (Capell
conj.).
[246] _Come_] om. Pope. See note (XVI).
ACT IV.
SCENE I. PETRUCHIO'S _country house_.
_Enter_ GRUMIO.
_Gru._ Fie, fie on all tired jades, on all mad masters,
and all foul ways! Was ever man so beaten? was ever
man so rayed? was ever man so weary? I am sent before
to make a fire, and they are coming after to warm them.
Now, were not I a little pot, and soon hot, my very lips 5
might freeze to my teeth, my tongue to the roof of my
mouth, my heart in my belly, ere I should come by a fire
to thaw me: but I, with blowing the fire, shall warm myself;
for, considering the weather, a taller man than I will
take cold. Holla, ho! Curtis! 10
_Enter_ CURTIS.
_Curt._ Who is that calls so coldly?
_Gru._ A piece of ice: if thou doubt it, thou mayst slide
from my shoulder to my heel with no greater a run but my
head and my neck. A fire, good Curtis.
_Curt._ Is my master and his wife coming, Grumio? 15
_Gru._ O, ay, Curtis, ay: and therefore fire, fire; cast on
no water.
_Curt._ Is she so hot a shrew as she's reported?
_Gru._ She was, good Curtis, before this frost: but, thou
knowest, winter tames man, woman, and beast; for it hath 20
tamed my old master, and my new mistress, and myself,
fellow Curtis.
_Curt._ Away, you three-inch fool! I am no beast.
_Gru._ Am I but three inches? why, thy horn is a foot;
and so long am I at the least. But wilt thou make a fire, 25
or shall I complain on thee to our mistress, whose hand,
she being now at hand, thou shalt soon feel, to thy cold
comfort, for being slow in thy hot office?
_Curt._ I prithee, good Grumio, tell me, how goes the world? 30
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