Help translate some lines from the Taming of the Shrew?

Question

I need some lines translated please. These are taken from a duologue between Katharina and Petruchio.

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KATHARINA

No such jade as you, if me you mean.

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PETRUCHIO

Should be! should--buzz!

KATHARINA

Well ta'en, and like a buzzard.

PETRUCHIO

O slow-wing'd turtle! shall a buzzard take thee?

KATHARINA

Ay, for a turtle, as he takes a buzzard.

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PETRUCHIO

What, with my tongue in your tail? nay, come again,

Good Kate; I am a gentleman.

KATHARINA

That I'll try.

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PETRUCHIO

A herald, Kate? O, put me in thy books!

KATHARINA

What is your crest? a coxcomb?

PETRUCHIO

A combless c**k, so Kate will be my hen.

KATHARINA

No c**k of mine; you crow too like a craven.

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PETRUCHIO

Nay, hear you, Kate: in sooth you scape not so.

KATHARINA

I chafe you, if I tarry: let me go.

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If you can translate any or all of these lines I would really appreciate it!!

=) Thanks

Answer 1

The best translation you can find will be on No Fear Shakespeare. The link is for the text's translation. I tried to get as close to the start of the passage you wanted.

Answer 2

I thought I would start with some definitions, but it got deep, real soon.

Jade \Jade\, n. [OE. jade; cf. Prov. E. yaud, Scot. yade, yad, yaud, Icel. jalda a mare.]

1. A mean or tired horse; a worthless nag. --Chaucer.

Tired as a jade in overloaden cart. --Sir P. Sidney.

2. A disreputable or vicious woman; a wench; a quean; also, sometimes, a worthless man. --Shak.

She shines the first of battered jades. --Swift.

3. A young woman; -- generally so called in irony or slight contempt.

A souple jade she was, and strang. --Burns.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)





Jade \Jade\, v. i. To become weary; to lose spirit.

They . . . fail, and jade, and tire in the prosecution. --South.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Turtle, I'm pretty certain is turtle dove, so a buzzard taken for a turtle dove is well, a mistake of perception.