文档介绍：THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
THE TAMING OF THE
SHREW
William Shakespeare
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THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
ACT I.
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THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
SCENE I. Padua. A public place
Enter LUCENTIO and his man TRANIO
LUCENTIO. Tranio, since for the great desire I had To see fair Padua,
nursery of arts, I am arriv'd for fruitful Lombardy, The pleasant garden of
great Italy, And by my father's love and leave am arm'd With his good will
and thy pany, My trusty servant well approv'd in all, Here let us
breathe, and haply institute A course of learning and ingenious studies.
Pisa, renowned for grave citizens, Gave me my being and my father first,
A merchant of great traffic through the world, Vincentio, come of the
Bentivolii; Vincentio's son, brought up in Florence, It shall e to
serve all hopes conceiv'd, To deck his fortune with his virtuous deeds. And
therefore, Tranio, for the time I study, Virtue and that part of philosophy
Will I apply that treats of happiness By virtue specially to be achiev'd. Tell
me thy mind; for I have Pisa left And am to e as he that leaves
A shallow plash to plunge him in the deep, And with satiety seeks to
quench his thirst. TRANIO. Mi perdonato, gentle master mine; I am in all
affected as yourself; Glad that you thus continue your resolve To suck the
sweets of sweet philosophy. Only, good master, while we do admire This
virtue and this moral discipline, Let's be no Stoics nor no stocks, I pray, Or
so devote to Aristotle's checks As Ovid be an outcast quite abjur'd. Balk
logic with acquaintance that you have, And practise rhetoric in your
common talk; Music and poesy use to quicken you; The mathematics and
the metaphysics, Fall to them as you find your stomach serves you. No
profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en; In brief, sir, study what you most
affect. LUCENTIO. Gramercies, Tranio, well dost thou advise. If,
Biondello, thou e ashore, We could at once put us in readiness,
And take a lodging fit to entertain Such frien