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The Merchant of Venice

Act III, Scene 3

Venice. A street.
 
[Enter SHYLOCK, SALARINO, ANTONIO, and Jailer]
 
SHYLOCK
        ,        ,    2        ,         ,       ,
      Jailer,| look to him,| tell not | me of | mercy,
        ,    2        ,           T   T   T        x
      This is the | fool that | lent out mon|ey gratis.
        ,        ,    2
      Jailer,| look to him.
 
ANTONIO
                               ,        ,          ,
                             Hear me | yet good*| Shylock*.
 
SHYLOCK
             ,        ,       T    T  .   T          ,
      I'll have | my bond,| speak not against | my bond,
       2       ,          ,         ,          ,         ,
      I have sworn | an oath | that I | will have | my bond:
              ,          ,        ,           ,         ,
      Thou calldst | me dog | before | thou hadst | a cause,
            ,        ,      ,        ,         ,
      But since | I am | a dog,| beware | my fangs,
            ,            ,          ,       ,        ,     2->
      The duke | shall grant | me just|ice, I | do wond||er
             ,        ,        ,          ,         ,
      Thou naught|y jail|er, that | thou art | so fond
           ,       ,           ,        ,        ,
      To come | abroad | with him | at his | request.
 
ANTONIO
          ,           ,         ,
      I pray | thee hear | me speak.  (cut off)
 
SHYLOCK
             ,         ,        ,          ,           ,
      I'll have | my bond,| I will | not hear | thee speak,
             ,         ,          ,          ,          ,
      I'll have | my bond,| and there|fore speak | no more.
            ,         ,        ,     .    T    T    T
      I'll not | be made | a soft | and^dull-eyed fool,
           ,           ,        ,          ,          ,
      To shake | the head,| relent,| and sigh,| and yield
            ,        ,     ,         ,       ,
      To Christ|ian int|erces|sors: Fol|low not,
             ,         ,        ,          ,         ,
      I'll have | no speak|ing, I | will have | my bond.
 
[Exit]
 
SALARINO
          ,         ,       ,    ,       ,
      It is | the most | impen|etra|ble cur
            ,      ,          ,
      That ev|er kept | with men.
 
ANTONIO
                                   ,           ,
                                  Let him | alone,
            ,       ,         ,           ,          x
      I'll fol|low him | no more | with boot|less prayers:
           ,          ,          ,       ,        ,
      He seeks | my life,| his reas|on well | I know;
         ,       ,         ,         ,       ,
      I oft | deliv|ered from | his for|feitures
       ,            ,         ,       T    T   .  T
      Many | that have | at times | made moan to me,
             ,         ,
      Therefore | he hates | me.
 
SALARINO
      <- ,       ,           ,           ,       ,           ,       ,         ,
         I | am sure | the duke || will nev|er grant | this for|feiture | to hold.
 
ANTONIO
            ,        ,       ,          ,         ,
      The duke | cannot | deny | the course | of law:
       ,            ,    ,           ,         ,
      For the | commod|ity | that strang|ers have
            ,       ,        ,       ,       ,
      With us | in Ven|ice, if | it be | denied,
             ,        ,           ,       ,         ,
      Will much | impeach | the just|ice of | his state,
        ,                ,            x      ,        ,
      Since that | the trade | and profit | of the | city
          ,             ,   ,          ,         ,
      Consis|teth of / all na|tions. There|fore go,
               ,          ,              ,  ,      ,
      These griefs | and los|ses have / so bat|ed me,
           ,           ,       ,         ,          ,
      That I | shall hard|ly spare | a pound | of flesh
         ,        ,        ,       ,    ,
      Tomor|row, to | my blood|y cred|itor.
             ,       ,          ,        ,   2   ,
      Well jail|er, on,| pray* God | Bassan|io come
          ,        ,          ,       2     ,          ,
      To see | me pay | his debt,| and then I | care* not.  ??
 
[Exeunt]

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