Act V Sc. 1
“And then come back to my master.”
This is the reading of Capell, which I have followed; master’s, that of Theobald, is perhaps better. The folio has mistress: see on i. 2.
“I pray you tell signior Lucentio that his father is come from Padua.”
Tyrwhitt, who has been followed by all succeeding editors, reads Pisa, which is no doubt right; but the error was the poet’s.
“Right son unto the right Vincentio.”
“Better once than never; for never is too late.”
Sc. 2
“And time it is when raging war is done,
To smile at scapes and perils overblown.”
The folio has come; but both sense and rime demand ‘done,’ Rowe’s correction. We might also, as Mr. Collier observes, read gone; and this is perhaps the best.
“And how likes Gremio these quick-witted folks?”
So also Capell.
“What! head and butt! a hasty-witted body.”
“Let us each one send in unto his wife.”
“Oh! worse and worse; she will not come. O vile!”