Digital facsimile of the Bodleian First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, Arch. G c.7
Title: Search
Petr. Hortensio, to what end are all these words?
Hor. Hor.
Hor. Sir, let me be so bold as aske you,
Hor. Did you yet euer see Baptistas daughter?
Tra. Tra.
Tra. No sir, but heare I do that he hath two:
Tra. The one, as famous for a scolding tongue,
Tra. As is the other, for beauteous modestie.
Petr. Petr.
Petr. Sir, sir, the first's for me, let her go by.
Gre. Gre.
Gre. Yea, leaue that labour to great Hercules,
Gre. And let it be more then Alcides twelue.
Petr. Sir vnderstand you this of me (insooth)
Petr. The yongest daughter whom you hearken for,
Petr. Her father keepes from all accesse of sutors,
Petr. And will not promise her to any man,
Petr. Vntill the elder sister first be wed.
Petr. The yonger then is free, and not before.