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Lettered, lower left: "Paiined by Francis Wheatley, R.A." | Pet. But for my bonny Kate, she must with me, | Nay look not big, nor stamp nor stare, nor fret; | I will be master of what is mine own: | She is my goods, my chattels; she is my house, | My household stuff, my field, my barn, | My horse, my ox, my ass, my anything, | And here she stands, touch her whoever dare;"; lettered, lower right: "Engraved by J.P.Simon | I'll bring my action on the proudest he | That stops my way in Padua. --Grumio, | Draw forth thy weapon, we're beset with thieves; | Rescue thy mistress, if thy be a man: - | Fear not, sweet wench, thy shall not touch thee, Kate; | I'll buckle thee against a million."; lettered, lower center: "SHAKSPEARE. | Taming of the Shrew, | ACT III. SCENE II. | Baptista's house. --Petruchio, Katherine, Bianca, &c. | Published June 1st 1795 by JOHN & JOSIAH BOYDELL, at the Shakespeare-Gallery Pall Mall, & at No.90, Cheapside, LONDON."