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Gru.

And that his bags shall prove.

Hor.

Gremio, ’tis now no time to vent our love;

Listen to me, and if you speak me fair,

I’ll tell you news indifferent good for either,

Here is a gentleman whom by chance I met,

Upon agreement from us to his liking,

Will undertake to woo curst Katherine,

Yea, and to marry her, if her dowry please.

Gre.

So said, so done, is well.

Hortensio, have you told him all her faults?

Pet.

I know she is an irksome brawling scold.

If that be all, masters, I hear no harm.

Gre.

No, say’st me so, friend? What countryman?

Pet.

Born in Verona, old [Antonio’s] son.

My father dead, my fortune lives for me,

And I do hope good days and long to see.

Gre.

O sir, such a life, with such a wife, were strange;

But if you have a stomach, to’t a’ God’s name;

You shall have me assisting you in all.

But will you woo this wild-cat?

Pet.

Will I live?

Gru.

Will he woo her? ay—or I’ll hang her.

Pet.

Why came I hither but to that intent?

Think you a little din can daunt mine ears?