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A13360 A pleasaunt conceited historie, called The taming of a shrew As it hath beene sundry times acted by the right Honourable the Earle of Pembrooke his Seruants.; Taming of a shrew. 1607 (1607) STC 23669; ESTC S111131 27,080 54

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le try her further you shall see Come hither Kate where are thy sisters Kate. They be sitting in the bridal chamber Feran. Fetch them hither and if they wil not come Bring them perforce and make them come with thee Kate. I will Alson I promise thee Ferando I would haue sworne Thy wife would ne'r haue done so much for thee Feran. But you shal see she wil do more then this For see where she brings her sisters forth by force Enter Kate thrusting Phylema and Emelia before her and makes them come vnto their husbands cal Kate. See husband I haue brought them both Feran. T is wel done Kate. Eme. I sure and like a louing peece your worthy To haue great praise for this attempt Phyle. I for making a foole of her selfe and vs Aurel. Beshrew thee Phylema thou hast Lost me a hundred pound to night For I did lay that thou wouldst first haue come Pol. But thou Emelia hast lost me a great deale more Eme. You might haue kept it better then Who bade you lay Feran. Now louely Kate before their husbands here I prethee tel vnto these head-strong women What dewty wiues do owe vnto their Husbands Kate. Then you that liue thus by your pampered wils Now list to me and marke what I shal say Th' eternal power that with his only breath Shall cause this end and this beginning frame Not in time nor before time but with time confus'd For al the course of yeares of ages months Of seasons temperate of dayes and houres Are tun'd and stopt by measure of his hand The first world was a forme without a forme A heape confus'd a mixture al deform'd A gulfe of gulfes a body bodilesse Where al the elements were orderlesse Before the great Commander of the world The King of kings the glorious God of heauen Who in six daies did frame his heauenly worke And made al things to stand in perfect course Then to his image he did make a man Olde Adam and from his side asleepe A rib was 〈◊〉 of which the Lord did make The woe of man so termd by Adam then Woman for that by her 〈◊〉 sinne to vs And for her sinne was Adam doom● to die As Sara to her husband so should we Obey them loue them keepe and nourish them If they by any meanes do want our helpes Laying our hands vnder their feet to tread If that by that we might procure their ease And for a president I le first begin And lay my hand vnder my husbands feet She laies her hand vnder her husbands feet Feran. Inough sweet the wager thou hast won And they I am sure cannot deny the same Alfo I Ferando the wager thou hast won And for to shew thee how I am pleasd in this A hundred pounds I freely giue thee more Another dowry for another daughter For she is not the same she was before Feran. Thanks sweet father gentlemen good night For Kate and I will leaue you for to night T is Kate and I am wed and you are sped And so farewell for we will to our beds Exit Ferando Kate and Sander Alfon. Now Aurelius what say you to this Aurel. Beleeue me father I rejoyce to see Ferando and his wife so louingly agree Exeunt Aurelius and Philema and Alfonso and Valeria Emel How now Polidor in a dumpe what saist thou man Phi. I say thou arte a shrew Emel That 's better than a sheepe Pol. Well since t is done come le ts goe Exeunt Polidor and Emelia Then enter two bearing of She in his owne apparrell againe and leaues him where they found him and then goes out then enters the Tapster Tapster Now that the darkesome night is ouerpast And dawning day appeares in cristall skie Now must I haste abroade but soft who 's this What Slie O wondrous hath he laine heere all night I le wake him I thinke hee 's starued by this But that his belly was so stufft with ale What now Slie awake for shame Slie Sim giues some more wine what all the Players gone am not I a Lord Tapster A Lord with a murrin come art thou drunken still Slie Who 's this Tapster O Lord sirrha I haue had the brauest dreame to night that euer thou heardest in all thy life Tapster Yea mary but you had best get you home For your wife will course you for dreaming heere to night Slie Wil she I know now how to tame a shrew I dreamt vpon it all this night till now And thou hast wakt me out of the best dreame That euer I had in my life but I le to my wife presently and tame her too if she anger me Tapster Nay tarry Slie for I le goe home with thee And heare the rest that thou hast dreamt to night Exeunt omnes G. STEEVENS FINIS