Reading The Taming of the Shrew — William Shakespeare

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Pardon me sir, the boldnesse is mine owne,

That being a stranger in this Cittie heere,

Do make my selfe a sutor to your daughter,

Vnto Bianca, faire and vertuous:

Nor is your firme resolue vnknowne to me,

In the preferment of the eldest sister.

This liberty is all that I request,

That vpon knowledge of my Parentage,

I may haue welcome 'mongst the rest that woo,

And free accesse and fauour as the rest.

And toward the education of your daughters:

I heere bestow a simple instrument,

And this small packet of Greeke and Latine bookes:

If you accept them, then their worth is great:

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