The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
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Affection is not rated from the heart:
If loue haue touch'd you, naught remaines but so, Redime te captam quam queas minimo Luc. Gramercies Lad: Go forward, this contents, The rest wil comfort, for thy counsels sound Tra. Master, you look'd so longly on the maide, Perhaps you mark'd not what's the pith of all Luc. Oh yes, I saw sweet beautie in her face, Such as the daughter of Agenor had, That made great Ioue to humble him to her hand, When with his knees he kist the Cretan strond Tra. Saw you no more? Mark'd you not how hir sister Began to scold, and raise vp such a storme, That mortal eares might hardly indure the din Luc. Tranio, I saw her corrall lips to moue, And with her breath she did perfume the ayre, Sacred and sweet was all I saw in her Tra. Nay, then 'tis time to stirre him fro[m] his trance: I pray awake sir: if you loue the Maide, Bend thoughts and wits to atcheeue her. Thus it stands: Her elder sister is so curst and shrew'd, That til the Father rid his hands of her, Master, your Loue must liue a maide at home, And therefore has he closely meu'd her vp, |
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