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In Baptista’s home, the two disguised suitors, Lucentio and Hortensio, compete for Bianca’s attention. Lucentio asks Hortensio to go away to tune his instrument, and Bianca seconds him.
Lucentio reads an excerpt from Ovid’s Heroides to Bianca. He tells her, in between lines of Latin poetry and in place of a translation, that he intends to court her. Bianca plays coy and does not reject Lucentio outright.
Hortensio returns and Bianca sends him off again, saying that his treble strings jar the harmony. Hortensio returns shortly, and hands...
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