Leo. Like enough so.

Ant. And in my conceit I am as honourable.

Duke. If you are not, you deserve to be.

Ant. Where's Signor Petrucio?

Enter Petrucio and Gasparo.

Pet. Nay, good father, do not trouble me now; 'tis enough now, that I have promised you to go to the duke with me; in the meantime, let me work out matters; do not clog me in the way of my preferment. When I am a nobleman, I will do by you, as Jupiter did by the other deities; that is, I will let down my chair of honour, and pull you up after me.[352]

Gas. Well, you shall rule me, son. [Exit.

Duke. Signor, where have you been?

Pet. I have been forcing my brain to the composition of a few verses, in the behalf of your entertainment, and I never knew them flow so dully from me before: an exorcist would have conjured you up half-a-dozen spirits in the space.

Leo. Indeed, I heard you make a fearful noise, as if you had been in travail with some strange monster.