Petruchio is the master, 58 That teacheth tricks eleven and twenty long 59 To tame a shrew and charm her chattering tongue.
TRANIO
I’ faith, he’ll have a lusty widow now 51
That shall be wooed and wedded in a day. 52
BIANCA
God give him joy. 53
TRANIO
Ay, and he’ll tame her. 54
BIANCA
He says so, Tranio? 55
TRANIO
Faith, he is gone unto the taming school. 56
BIANCA
The taming school? What, is there such a place? 57
TRANIO
Ay, mistress, and Petruchio is the master, 58
That teacheth tricks eleven and twenty long 59
To tame a shrew and charm her chattering tongue. 60
Footnotes
59. eleven and twenty long: i.e., exactly right (The allusion is to the card game “Thirty-one.”)
60. charm: magically silence
