Act 5 Scene 1

This is a scene of great activity, as the different strands of the play are brought together: Bianca and Lucentio go off to church# Petruccio brings Katherine to Padua# the disguised Vincentio meets the real one, and Biondello gets a beating. Tranio attempts to continue the deception of Baptista, until the married Lucentio returns and all is made plain. All the characters leave to share in the wedding-feast# but before they go, Katherine kisses her husband.
os.d.	Gremio: In 4, 4, 52 Baptista complained that “old Gremio is hearkening still”, and now the Folio text indicates that the suspicious old man should be “out before” to listen to what is going on.
4	see . . . back: get you to the church.
6	Gremio does not recognize Lucentio, who is no longer disguised as the tutor.
8	My father’s: i.e. Baptista’s house.
bears more toward: is more in the direction of.
9	must I: must I go.
10	You . . . drink: you must have a drink.
11	I think I shall: I’m sure I shall be able to.
12	some cheer is toward: there will be some refreshments available# Vincentio speaks with suitable formal courtesy.
13	within: inside there# Gremio is interfering.
14	as he: as if he.
24 	leave frivolous circumstances: forget about minor details.
32	flat: downright.
34	a means: he means.
cozen: cheat.
35	under my countenance: by impersonating me.
37	good shipping: all success.
39 	brought to nothing: utterly ruined.
40	crackhemp: A term of abuse, referring to one fit only for hanging, who would stretch the hempen rope on the gallows.
41	choose: i.e. whether to come or go (= don’t order me around).
46	notorious: exceptional.
56	offer: presume.
59, 60	a velvet hose: pair of velvet breeches.
60	a copintank hat: Such hats were not to be worn by servants.
61	play . . . husband: manage my money carefully.
66	sober ancient: respectable old.
by your habit: to judge by your clothes.
68	what ’cerns it you: what does it concern you.
69	maintain: afford.
71	Bergamo: A small town in northern Italy, Bergamo was not a sea-port and has never been known for sail-making# it is famous as the traditional home of Harlequin, the intriguing clown of the commedia dell’arte, and for its rough dialect.
86	forthcoming: brought to trial.
91	cony-catched: cheated, made a fool of.
95	I dare not: Gremio’s courage deserts him.
98	dotard: imbecile.
99	haled: dragged about.
abused: misused.
109	supposes: suppositions# in this word, Shakespeare alludes to the narrative from which he took the story of Bianca and Lucentio, George Gascoigne’s Supposes (which was a translation of Ariosto’s I Suppositi)
bleared thine eyne: dimmed your eyes.
110	packing: conspiracy.
with a witness: and no mistake.
112	faced and braved: defied# compare 4, 3, 122–5.
116	state: rank.
117	bear my countenance: impersonate me.
118	happily: luckily.
124	do you hear: look here.
126	go to: stop worrying.
127	in: go in (presumably he intends to beat Tranio).
128	sound the depth: learn the full extent.
130	My cake is dough: I’ve certainly lost# compare 1, 1, 108.
131	Out of hope of all: not hoping for anything.
134	kiss me, Kate: compare 2, 1, 320.
141	Petruccio combines two proverbs, “Better late than never” and “It is never too late to mend”.