WILL.
I warrant her a shrew, whosoever be another,
God make the daughter good, I like not the mother. [_Aside_.
WIT.[396]
Yet would not I for no good to have forgone her. [_Aside_.
WILL.
Marry, sir, indeed she talks and takes on her,
Like a dame, nay, like a duchess or a queen,
With such a solemnity as I have not seen.
REASON.
She is a queen, I tell thee, in her degree.
WILL.
Let her be what she list, with a vengeance, for me!
I will keep me out of her reach, if I can. [_Aside_.
REASON.
If this marriage go forward, thou must be her man.
WILL.
Marriage or marriage not, beshrew me then,
I have but one master, and I will serve no mo,
And if he anger me, I will forsake him too.
REASON.
She shall not hurt thee, unless her cause be juster.
WILL.
By the faith of my body, sir, I intend not to trust her.
REASON.
Why?
WILL.
Take[397] me this woman, that talks so roundly,
That be so wise, that reason so soundly:
That look so narrow, that speak so shrill:
Their words are not so cursed, but their deeds are ill.
REASON.
It is but thy fancy, I see no such thing in her.
WILL.
Perhaps you had never occasion to try her?
REASON.
That were great marvel in so many years.
WILL.
She hath won the mastery of you, it appears.
WIT.
Well, quiet yourself; thou shalt take no wrong,
Methink our three companions tarry very long.
ACT III, SCAENA 3.
INSTRUCTION, STUDY, DILIGENCE, REASON, WIT, WILL.
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