Kath. Young budding virgin, fair and fresh and sweet,

[Whither away, or where] is thy abode?

Happy the parents of so fair a child;

Happier the man, [whom] favourable stars

[Allot] thee for his lovely bed-fellow!

Pet. Why, how now, Kate! I hope thou art not mad:

This is a man, old, wrinkled, faded, wither'd;

And not a maiden, as thou say'st he is.

Kath. Pardon, old father, my [mistaking] eyes,