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Luc.

Basta, content thee; for I have it full.

We have not yet been seen in any house,

Nor can we be distinguish’d by our faces

For man or master. Then it follows thus:

Thou shalt be master, Tranio, in my stead;

Keep house and port and servants, as I should.

I will some other be, some Florentine,

Some Neapolitan, or meaner man of Pisa.

’Tis hatch’d, and shall be so. Tranio, at once

Uncase thee; take my color’d hat and cloak.

When Biondello comes, he waits on thee,

But I will charm him first to keep his tongue.

Tra.

So had you need.

In brief, sir, sith it your pleasure is,

And I am tied to be obedient—

For so your father charg’d me at our parting;

“Be serviceable to my son,” quoth he,

Although I think ’twas in another sense—

I am content to be Lucentio,

Because so well I love Lucentio.

Luc.

Tranio, be so, because Lucentio loves,

And let me be a slave, t’ achieve that maid

Whose sudden sight hath thrall’d my wounded eye.

Enter Biondello.

Here comes the rogue. Sirrah, where have you been?