The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
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And this small packet of Greeke and Latine bookes:
If you accept them, then their worth is great: Bap. Lucentio is your name, of whence I pray Tra. Of Pisa sir, sonne to Vincentio Bap. A mightie man of Pisa by report, I know him well: you are verie welcome sir: Take you the Lute, and you the set of bookes, You shall go see your Pupils presently. Holla, within. Enter a Seruant Sirrah, leade these Gentlemen To my daughters, and tell them both These are their Tutors, bid them vse them well, We will go walke a little in the Orchard, And then to dinner: you are passing welcome, And so I pray you all to thinke your selues Pet. Signior Baptista, my businesse asketh haste, And euerie day I cannot come to woo, You knew my father well, and in him me, Left solie heire to all his Lands and goods, Which I haue bettered rather then decreast, Then tell me, if I get your daughters loue, What dowrie shall I haue with her to wife Bap. After my death, the one halfe of my Lands, |
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