Whate’er I read to her, I’ll plead for you 155 As for my patron, stand you so assured, 156 As firmly as yourself were still in place, 157 Yea, and perhaps with more successful words 158 Than you—unless you were a scholar, sir. 159 GREMIO O this learning, what a thing it is!
LUCENTIO, < as CAMBIO >
Whate’er I read to her, I’ll plead for you 155
As for my patron, stand you so assured, 156
As firmly as yourself were still in place, 157
Yea, and perhaps with more successful words 158
Than you—unless you were a scholar, sir. 159
GREMIO
O this learning, what a thing it is! 160

