THE TAMING OF THE SHREW

Act AP Scene E

	[[The conclusion.]]
	(Then enter two bearing of Sly in his own apparel again and leaves him where they found him and then goes out. Then enter the Tapster)
l1l	Tapster	 Now that the darksome night is overpast
l2l		And dawning day appears in crystal sky,
l3l		Now must I haste abroad. But soft, who’s this?
l4l		What, Sly! O wondrous, hath he lain here all night?
l5l		I’ll wake him. I think he’s starved by this,
l6l		But that his belly was so stuffed with ale.
l7l		What ho, Sly, awake, for shame!
l8l	Sly	 Sim, gi ’s some more wine. What, ’s all the players
l9l		gone? Am not I a lord?
l10l	Tapster	 A lord with a murrain! Come, art thou drunken still?
l11l	Sly	Who’s this? Tapster? O Lord, sirrah, I have had
l12l		The bravest dream tonight that ever thou
l13l		Heardest in all thy life.
l14l	Tapster	Ay, marry, but you had best get you home,
l15l		For your wife will course you for dreaming here tonight.
l16l	Sly	Will she? I know now how to tame a shrew.
l17l		I dreamt upon it all this night till now,
l18l		And thou hast waked me out of the best dream
l19l		That ever I had in my life. But I’ll to my
l20l		Wife presently and tame her too,
l21l		An if she anger me.
l22l	Tapster	Nay, tarry, Sly, for I’ll go home with thee
l23l		And hear the rest that thou hast dreamt tonight. 
		(Exeunt omnes)