:17:01
Antonio, my father, is deceas'd,
:17:06
And I have... thrust myself into this maze,
:17:10
Haply as best I may to... thrive and wive.
:17:16
To...?
:17:17
Thrive and wive.
:17:20
Wive... saidst thou?
:17:41
Her father is Baptista Minola,
An affable and courteous gentleman.
:17:46
Her name is... Katharina Minola.
:17:50
There.
:17:53
Petruchio, shall I then come roundly to thee,
And wish thee to a shrewd ill-favour'd wife?
:18:01
Thou'dst thank me but a little for my counsel,
And yet I promise thee she shall be rich,
:18:07
And very rich.
:18:10
But then, th'art too much my friend,
And I'll not wish thee to her.
:18:15
O' my word, and she knew him as well as I do,
she'd think scolding would do him little good.
:18:21
Signor Hortensio, 'twixt such friends as we
Few words suffice;
:18:27
And therefore, if you know
One rich enough to be Petruchio's wife -
:18:31
Since wealth's the burden of my wooing dance -
:18:38
Be she as foul as was Florentius' love,
:18:41
As old as Sibyl, and as curst and shrewd
As Socrates' Xanthippe, or a worse,
:18:46
She moves me not, or not removes at least
Affection's edge in me,
:18:50
Were she as rough
As are the swelling Adriatic seas.
:18:55
I come to wive it wealthily in Padua;
If wealthily, then happily in Padua.