In all my lands and leafes whatsoever : Bap. Ay, when the fpecial thing is well obtained, This is,-her love; for that is all in all. Pet. Why, that is nothing; for I tell you, father, I am as peremptory as the proud-minded; And where two raging fires meet together, They do confume the thing that feeds their fury; Though little fire grows great with little wind, Yet extream gufts will blow out fire and all: So I to her, and fo fhe yields to me; For I am rough, and woo not like a babe. Bap. Well may'ft thou woo, and happy be thy fpeed! But be thou arm'd for fome unhappy words. Pet. Ay, to the proof; as mountains are for winds, That shake not, though they blow perpetually. Re-enter Hortenfio with his head broke. Bap. How now, my friend? why dost thou look fo pale? Hor. For fear, I promise you, if I look pale. Bap. What, will my daughter prove a good mufician? Hor. I think, fhe'll fooner prove a foldier; Iron may hold with her, but never lutes. Bap. Why, then thou canst not break her to the lute? Hor. Why, no; for fhe hath broke the lute to me. I did but tell her, the mistook her frets", And bow'd her hand to teach her fingering; When, with a moft impatient devilish fpirit, Frets, call you thefe? quoth fhe: I'll fume with them: And, with that word, the ftruck me on the head, 4-her frets] A fret is that ftop of a mufical inftrument which caufes or regulates the vibration of the ftring. JOHNSON. And through the inftrument my pate made way; As on a pillory, looking through the lute; And-twangling Jack+; with twenty fuch vile terins, Pet. Now, by the world, it is a lufty wench; Bap. Well, go with me, and be not fo difcomfited: Pet. I pray you do; I will attend her here, [Exit Baptifta with Gremio, Hortenfio, and Tranio. Say, that the frown; I'll fay, the looks as clear When I fhall afk the banns, and when be married :- 4 And-twangling Jack;-] Of this contemptuous appellation I know not the precife meaning. Something like it, however, occurs in Magnificence an ancient folio interlude by Skelton, printed by Raftell: 66 ye wene I were fome hafter, "Or ellys fome jangelynge jacke of the vale." STEEVENS. Enter Enter Katharine. Good-morrow, Kate'; for that's your name, I hear, Kath. Well have you heard, but fomething hard of hearing; 5 Good-morrow Kate; &c] Thus in the original play; Kate. Hands off, I fay, and get you from this place; "Or I will fet my ten commandements in your face. "Feran I prithy do, Kate; they fay thou art a fhrew, "And I like thee the better, for I would have thee so. "Kate. Let go my hand, for feare it reach your eare. "Feran No, Kate, this hand is mine, and I thy love. Kate. Yfaith, fir, no; the woodcoke wants his taile. "Feran. But yet his bil will ferve, if the other faile. "Alfon. How now, Ferando? what [fays] my daughter? "Feran. Shee's willing, fir, and loves me as her life. Kate. 'Tis for your fkin then, but not to be your wife, "Alfon. Come hither, Kate, and let me give thy hand, "To him that I have chosen for thy love; "And thou to-morrow fhall be wed to him. "Kate. Why father, what do you mean to do with me, "To give me thus unto this brainficke man, "That in his mood cares not to murder me? [She turns afide and speaks. "But yet I will confent and marry him, "Here Ferando, take her for thy wife, "And Sunday next fhall be your wedding-day. Feran. Why fo, did not I tel thee I fhould be the man ? "Father, I leave my lovely Kate with you. Provide yourselves against our marriage day, For I mult hie me to my country house In hafte, to fee provifion may be made To entertaine my Kate when the doth come, &c. STEEVENS. They call me-Katharine, that do talk of me. Pet. You lye, in faith; for you are call'd plain And bonny Kate, and fometimes Kate the curft; Kath, Mov'd! in good time: let him that mov'd you hither, Remove you hence; I knew you at the first, Pet. Why, what's a moveable? Pet. Thou haft hit it: come, fit on me. Kath. Well ta'en, and like a buzzard, Pet. Oh, flow-wing'd turtle! fhall a buzzard take thee? 6 A joint fool.] This is a proverbial expreffion: Cry you mercy, I took you for a join'd stool" See Ray's Collection. It is likewife repeated as a proverb in Mother Bombic, a comedy by Lilly, 1594, and by the Fool in King Lear. STEEVENS. 7 No fuch jade, fir.] Perhaps we fhould read jack. However there is authority for jade in a male fenfe. So, in Soliman and Perfida, Pilon fays of Bafilico, "He juft like a knight! He'll jaft like a jade." FARMER. Kath. Kath. Ay, for a turtle; as he takes a buzzard'. Pet. Come, come, you wafp; i'faith you are too angry. Kath. If I be wafpifh, beft beware my fting. Kath. Ay, if the fool could find it where it lies. Pet. Who knows not where a wafp doth wear his fting? In his tail. Kath. In his tongue, Pet. Whofe tongue ? Kath. Yours, if you talk of tails; and fo farewel, Pet. What with my tongue in your tail? nay, come again, Good Kate; I am a gentleman. Kath. That I'll try. [She frikes him, Pet. I wear, I'll cuff you, if you Itrike again. Kath. So may you lofe your arms : If you ftrike me, you are no gentleman; Pet. A herald, Kate? oh, put me in thy books. Pet. A comblefs cock, fo Kate will be my hen. Kath. No cock of mine, you crow too like a craven 9 Ay, for a turtle, as he takes a buzzard.] Perhaps we may read better: Ay, for a turtle, and he takes a buzzard. That is, he may take me for a turtle, and he fhall find me a hawk, JOHNSON. This kind of expreffion likewife feems to have been proverbial, So, in the Three Lords of London, '590: 9 haft no more fkill, "Than take a faulcon for a buzzard?" STEEVENS. a craven.] A craven is a degenerate, difpirited cock. So, in Rhedon and Iris, 1631; That he will pull the craven from his neft." STEEVENS. Craven was a term alfo applied to those who in appeals of battle became recreant, and by pronouncing this word, called for quarter from their opponents; the confequence of which was, that they for ever after were deemed infamous. See Note on 'Tis Pity he's a Whore. Dodley's Collection of Old Plays, vol. viii. p. 10. edit. 1780. EDITOR. Hh 4 Pet. |