BIRON Therefore meet.
[They converse apart]
DUMAIN Will you vouchsafe with me to change a word?
MARIA Name it.
DUMAIN Fair lady,--
MARIA Say you so? Fair lord,--
Take that for your fair lady.
DUMAIN Please it you,
As much in private, and I'll bid adieu.
[They converse apart]
KATHARINE What, was your vizard made without a tongue?
LONGAVILLE I know the reason, lady, why you ask.
KATHARINE O for your reason! quickly, sir; I long.
LONGAVILLE You have a double tongue within your mask,
And would afford my speechless vizard half.
KATHARINE Veal, quoth the Dutchman. Is not 'veal' a calf?
LONGAVILLE A calf, fair lady!
KATHARINE No, a fair lord calf.
LONGAVILLE Let's part the word.
KATHARINE No, I'll not be your half
Take all, and wean it; it may prove an ox.
LONGAVILLE Look, how you butt yourself in these sharp mocks!
Will you give horns, chaste lady? do not so.
KATHARINE Then die a calf, before your horns do grow.
LONGAVILLE One word in private with you, ere I die.
KATHARINE Bleat softly then; the butcher hears you cry.
[They converse apart]
BOYET The tongues of mocking wenches are as keen
As is the razor's edge invisible,
Cutting a smaller hair than may be seen,
Above the sense of sense; so sensible
Seemeth their conference; their conceits have wings
Fleeter than arrows, bullets, wind, thought, swifter things.
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