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Petruchio. Fear not, sweet wench, they shall not touch thee. Kate.

I'll buckler thee against a milion

Kath. Are you content to stay? Pet. I am content you shall entreat me stay; But yet not stay, entreat me how you can. Kath. Now, if you love me, stay. Pet.

Grumio, my horse. Gru. Ay, sir, they be ready: the oats have eaten the horses.

Kath. Nay, then,

Do what thou canst, I will not go to-day; 210 No, nor to-morrow, not till I please myself. The door is open, sir; there lies your way; You may be jogging whiles your boots are green;

For me, I'll not be gone till I please myself:] 'Tis like you'll prove a jolly surly groom, That take it on you at the first so roundly.

Pet. O Kate, content thee; prithee, be not angry.

Kath. I will be angry: what hast thou to do?

Father, be quiet: he shall stay my leisure. 219 Gre. Ay, marry, sir, now it begins to work. Kath. Gentlemen, forward to the bridal dinner:

I see a woman may be made a fool,

If she had not a spirit to resist.

Pet. They shall go forward, Kate, at thy command.

Obey the bride, you that attend on her; Go to the feast, revel and domineer, [Carouse full measure to her maidenhead, Be mad and merry, or go hang yourselves:] But for my bonny Kate, she must with me. Nay, look not big, nor stamp, nor stare, nor fret;

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I will be master of what is mine own:
She is my goods, my chattels; she is my house,
[My household stuff, my field, my barn,
My horse, my ox, my ass, my any thing;]
And here she stands, touch her whoever dare;
I'll bring mine action on the proudest he
That stops my way in Padua.-Grumio,
Draw forth thy weapon, we're beset with
thieves;

Rescue thy mistress, if thou be a man.Fear not, sweet wench, they shall not touch thee, Kate:

I'll buckler1 thee against a million.

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THE TAMING OF THE SHPTW Art III Scene 2 lines 240 241

Petruchio. Fear not, sweet wench they shall not touch thee Kate

Ill buckler thee against a million