...ill-seeming, thick, bereft of beauty, And while it is so, none so dry or thirsty Will deign to sip, or touch one drop of it. Thy husband is thy lord, thy life,...keeper, Thy head, thy sovereign, one that cares for thee [. . .] Such duty as the subject owes the prince Even such a woman oweth to her husband. And when she...

...smoking as she feeds on her prey. Katherine, repentant shrew, flatters the ears of uxorious husbands — Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy head, thy sovereign. . . . Boding peace and love, best of all "quiet life," this domestic comedy vindicates the playwright,...