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The Merchant of Venice

Act II, Scene 8

Venice. A street.
 
[Enter SALARINO and SALANIO]
 
SALARINO
           ,       ,        ,  2   ,       ,
      Why man | I saw | Bassan|io und|er sail,
            ,        ,     ,     ,       ,
      With him | is Gra|tian|o gone | along;
           ,           ,     2     ,       ,    2    ,
      And in | their ship | I am sure | Loren|zo is not.
 
SALANIO
             x       ,          T   T      T           ,
      The villain | Jew with | outcries raised | the duke.
            ,          ,          ,         ,    2    ,
      Who went | with him | to search | Bassan|io's ship.
 
SALARINO
       .   T   T    T          ,         ,       ,
      He came too late,| the ship | was und|er sail;
            ,           ,          x         ,      ,
      But there | the duke | was given | to und|erstand
            ,       ,    ,          ,        ,     2->
      That in | a gond|ola | were seen | togeth||er
         ,      ,         ,  2     ,     ,
      Loren|zo and | his am|orous Jes|sica.
          ,        ,   2   ,     ,          ,
      Besides,| Anton|io cert|ified | the duke
        ,          ,             ,  2   ,         ,
      They were | not with | Bassan|io in | his ship.
 
SALANIO
         ,       ,        ,        ,        ,
      I nev|er heard | a pas|sion so | confused,
            ,          ,         ,        ,   2 ,
      So strange,| outra|geous, and | so var|iable,
                ,   ,         ,      ,          ,
      As the / dog Jew | did ut|ter in | the streets;
            ,       ,       ,       ,         ,       o
      My daught|er, O | my duc|ats, O | my daught|er,
        ,             ,         ,        ,         ,       o
      Fled with | a Chris|tian, O | my Chris|tian duc|ats!   (hex with prev)
        ,            ,     ,  ,          2        ,
      Justice,| the law,| my duc/ats, and my | daughter;
           ,      T    T     T       ,        ,
      A sealed | bag, two sealed | bags of | ducats,
           ,      ,         x        ,        ,        ,
      Of doub|le duc|ats, stolen | from me | by my | daughter,
           ,        ,       T     T    T          ,          ,
      And jew|els, two | stones, two rich | and prec|ious stones, (hex with prev)
         x              ,         ,         ,          ,
      Stolen by | my daught|er: Just|ice, find | the girl,
            ,           ,      x          ,         ,
      She hath | the stones | upon her,| and the | ducats.
 
SALARINO
           ,          ,        ,       ,       ,
      Why all | the boys | in Ven|ice fol|low him,
       ,    2         ,            ,         ,         ,
      Crying his | stones, his | daughter,| and his | ducats.
 
SALANIO
            ,       ,   2   ,         ,         ,
      Let good | Anton|io look | he keep | his day
          ,          ,       2
      Or he | shall pay | for this.
 
SALARINO
                                     ,       ,       ,        ->
                                    Mar|ry well | remem||bered.
      ,     ,            2     ,         ,     ,
      I | reasoned | with a French|man yest|erday,
            ,         ,        ,        ,           ,
      Who told | me, in | the nar|row seas | that part
             ,          ,          ,         ,     ,
      The French | and Eng|lish, there | miscar|ried
         ,       ,         ,        ,        ,
      A ves|sel of | our count|ry rich|ly fraught:
           ,       x       ,  2     ,         ,
      I thought | upon An|tonio | when he | told me,
             ,         ,         ,               ,   ,
      And wished | in sil|ence that | it were / not his.
 
SALANIO
         2       ,         ,       ,  2    ,          ,
      You were best | to tell | Anton|io what | you hear.
           ,        ,      ,      x            ,
      Yet do | not sud|denly,| for it may*| grieve him.
 
SALARINO
          ,       ,             ,    ,          ,
      A kind|er gent|leman / treads not | the earth,
         ,        ,  2   ,       ,  2    ,
      I saw | Bassan|io and | Anton|io part,
          ,   2   ,         ,           ,           ,
      Bassan|io told | him he | would make | some speed
          ,        ,        ,          ,        ,
      Of his | return:| he ans|wered, do | not so,
         x           ,              ,     ,       ,  2
      Slubber not | business | for my | sake Bas|sanio,
            ,         ,     ,       ,         ,
      But stay | the ve|ry rip|ing of | the time,
       ,              ,       T    T    .   T        ,
      And for | the Jew's | bond which he hath | of me,
       T   .  T   T      ,          ,         ,
      Let it not ent|er in | your mind | of love:
          ,       ,        ,           ,           ,
      Be mer|ry, and | employ | your chief|est thoughts
           ,                 ,    ,        ,          ,
      To court|ship, and / such fair | ostents | of love
           ,         ,       ,       ,          ,
      As shall | conven|iently | become | you there;
           ,      ,          ,      2    ,           ,
      And ev|en there | his eye | being big | with tears,
        ,    2        ,         ,          ,       ,
      Turning his | face, he | put his | hand be|hind him,
            ,       ,         ,        ,     ,
      And with | affec|tion wond|rous sen|sible
           ,         ,   2     ,         ,          ,     2->
      He wrung | Bassan|io's hand,| and so | they part||ed.
 
SALANIO
          ,         ,      ,           ,          ,
      I think | he on|ly loves | the world | for him,
          ,          ,        ,         ,         ,
      I pray | thee let | us go | and find | him out
            ,       ,        ,       ,     ,
      And quick|en his | embrac|ed heav|iness
             ,        ,         ,
      With some | delight | or oth|er.
 
SALARINO
                                        ,       ,
                                       Do | we so.
 
[Exeunt]

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