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The same. A street.
[Enter GRATIANO, LORENZO, SALARINO, and SALANIO]
LORENZO
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Nay, we | will slink | away | in sup|pertime,
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Disguise us | at my lodg|ing, and re/turn all |
in an hour.
GRATIANO
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We have | not made good | prepa|ration.
SALARINO
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We have / not spoke | us yet | of torch|bearers.
SALANIO
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'Tis vile,| unless it | may be | quaintly |
ordered,
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And bet|ter in | my mind | not und|ertook.
LORENZO
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'Tis now | but four |o'clock,| we have / two
hours
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To furn|ish us;/ friend Launce|lot* what's | the
news.
[Enter LAUNCELOT, with a letter]
LAUNCELOT
And it shall please you to break up this, it shall seem to signify.
LORENZO
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I know | the hand,| in faith |'tis a / fair hand
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And whit|er than | the pap|er it / writ on,
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Is the / fair hand | that writ.
GRATIANO
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Love-news in faith.
LAUNCELOT
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By your | leave sir.
LORENZO
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Whither | goest | thou?
LAUNCELOT
Marry sir to bid my old master the Jew to sup tonight with my new master the
Christian.
LORENZO
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Hold here, take | this, tell gentle | Jessica
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I will / not fail | her, speak | it priv|ately:
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Go gent/lemen,| will you pre|pare you | for this
masque || tonight,
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I am pro|vided | of a torch-|bearer.
[Exit Launcelot]
SALANIO
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Aye* mar|ry, I'll | be gone | about | it
straight.
SALANIO
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And so | will I. \\
LORENZO
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Meet me and Gra|tian|o at Grat|ian||o's lodg|ing
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Some | hour | hence.
SALARINO
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'Tis | good we | do so.
[Exeunt SALARINO and SALANIO]
GRATIANO
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Was not | that let|ter from / fair Jes|sica?
LORENZO
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I must needs | tell thee | all, she / hath
di|rected
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How^I | shall take | her from | her fath|er's
house,
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What gold | and jew|els she | is furn|ished with,
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What page|'s suit | she hath | in read|iness:
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If ere | the Jew | her fath|er come | to heaven,
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It will | be for | his gent|le daught|er's sake;
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And nev|er dare | misfor|tune cross | her foot,
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Unless | she do | it und|er this | excuse,
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That she | is is|sue to | a faith|less Jew:
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Come go | with me,| peruse | this as | thou
goest,
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Fair Jes/sica | shall be | my torch-|bearer.
[Exeunt]