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Venice. A court of justice.
[Enter the DUKE, the Magnificoes, ANTONIO, BASSANIO, GRATIANO, SALERIO, and
others]
DUKE
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What, is | Anton|io here?
ANTONIO
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Ready,| so please | your grace? (tri with
prev)
DUKE
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I am sor|ry for thee,| thou art | come to |
answer
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A ston|y ad|versary,| an inhum|an wretch,
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uncap|able | of pit|y, void,| and emp||ty
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From an|y dram of merc|y.
ANTONIO
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I | have heard
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T ,
Your grace | hath tane | great pains to qual|ify
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His rig|orous course:| but since | he stands |
obdurate,
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And that / no law|ful means | can car|ry me
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Out of | his en|vy's reach,| I do | oppose
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My pat|ience to | his fur|y, and | am armed
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To suf|fer with | a qui|etness | of spirit,
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The ver|y tyr|anny | and rage | of his.
DUKE
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Go one | and call | the Jew | into | the court.
SALERIO
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He is read|y at | the door,| he comes | my lord.
[Enter SHYLOCK]
DUKE
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Make room,| and let | him stand | before | our
face.
T T .
T ,
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Shylock the world | thinks, and | I think | so
too
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That thou | but leadst | this fash|ion of | thy
malice
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To the / last hour | of act,| and then |'tis
thought
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Thou'lt show | thy mer|cy and re//morse more
strange,
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Than is | thy strange | appar|ent cru|elty;
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And where | thou now | exactst | the pen|alty,
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Which is | a pound | of this / poor merch|ant's
flesh,
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Thou wilt | not on|ly loose | the for|feiture,
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But touched | with hum|an gent|leness | and love:
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Forgive | a moie|ty of | the prin|cipal,
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Glancing an | eye of | pity | on his | losses
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That have | of late so hud|dled on | his back,
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Enow | to press | a roy|al merch|ant down;
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And pluck | commis|era|tion of | his state
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From bras|sy bos|oms, and / rough hearts | of
flint,
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From stub|born Turks | and Tar|tars nev|er
trained
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To of|fices | of tend|er court|esy,
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We all | expect | a gent|le ans|wer Jew?
SHYLOCK
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I have pos|sessed your | grace of | what I |
purpose,
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And by | our ho|ly Sab|bath have | I sworn
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To have | the due | and for|feit of | my bond.
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If you | deny | it, let | the dang|er light
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Upon your | charter,| and your | city's |
freedom.
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You'll^ask | me why | I rath|er choose | to have
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A weight | of car|rion flesh,| than to | receive
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Three* thous|and duc|ats? I'll | not^ans|wer
that:
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But say | it is | my hum|or; is it | answered?
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What if | my house | be troub|led with | a rat,
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T ,
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And I | be pleased | to give ten thous|and
duc||ats
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To have | it baned?| What, are | you ans|wered
yet?
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Some men | there^are | love not a gap|ing pig:
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Some that | are mad,| if they | behold | a cat:
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And oth|ers, when the // bagpipe sings | in the
nose,
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Cannot con|tain their | urine | for af|fection.
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Mistress | of pas|sion sways | it to | the mood
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Of what | it likes | or loathes,| now for your |
answer:
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As there is | no firm rea//son to be | rendered
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Why* he | cannot | abide | a gap|ing pig?
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Why* he | a harm|less nec|essar|y cat?
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Why* he | a wool|len bag|pipe: but | of force
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Must yield | to such | inev|itab|le shame,
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As to | offend | himself | being of|fended:
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T T x
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So can | I give no | reason, nor I | will not,
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More than a | lodged hate,/ and a | certain |
loathing
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I bear | Anton|io, that | I fol|low thus
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2 ,
A los|ing suit | against | him? Are you |
answered?
BASSANIO
T . T T
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This is no ans|wer thou | unfeel|ing man,
2 ,
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To excuse | the cur|rent of | thy cru|elty.
SHYLOCK
2 ,
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I am not | bound to | please thee / with my |
answers.
BASSANIO
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Do all men kill | the things | they do | not
love?
SHYLOCK
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Hates any man | the thing | he would not kill?
BASSANIO
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Every | offense | is not | a hate | at first.
SHYLOCK
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What* wouldst | thou have | a serp|ent sting |
thee twice?
ANTONIO
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I pray | you think | you ques|tion with | the
Jew:
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You may | as well | go stand | upon | the beach,
,
. T T T
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And bid | the main flood bate | his us|ual
height,
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You may | as well use ques|tion with | the wolf,
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The ewe | bleat for | the lamb: \\
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You may | as well | forbid | the mount|ain pines
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T T T
To wag | their high | tops, and to | make no
noise
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When they | are fret|ted with | the gusts | of
heaven:
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You may | as well | do an|ything / most hard,
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As seek | to soft|en that,| than which |
what's^harder?
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His Jew|ish heart.| Therefore I | do be|seech you
,
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Make^no | more^of|fers, use | no farth|er means,
??
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But with / all brief | and plain | conven|iency
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Let* me | have judg|ment, and | the Jew | his
will.
BASSANIO
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For thy / three thous|and duc|ats here | is six.
SHYLOCK
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If eve|ry duc|at in five | thousand | ducats
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Were in six | parts, and | every | part a |
ducat,
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I would / not draw | them, I | would have | my
bond?
DUKE
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How shalt | thou hope | for mer|cy, rende|ring
none?
SHYLOCK
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What judg|ment shall | I dread | doing no wrong?
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You have | among | you ma|ny a purch|ased slave,
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Which^like | your ass|es, and | your dogs | and
mules,
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You use | in ab|ject and | in slav|ish parts,
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Because | you bought | them. Shall | I say | to
you,
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Let them | be free,| marry | them to | your
heirs?
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Why* sweat | they und|er burd|ens? Let | their
beds
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Be made | as soft | as yours:| and let | their
palates
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Be seas|oned with / such vi|ands: you | will
ans||wer
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The slaves | are ours.| So do / I ans|wer you,
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The pound | of flesh | which I | demand | of him
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Is dear|ly bought,| 'tis mine | and I | will have
it.
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If you | deny | me; fie | upon | your law.
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There is / no force | in the de|crees of |
Venice.
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I stand | for judg|ment, ans|wer, shall | I have
it?
DUKE
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Upon | my power | I may | dismiss | this court,
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Unless | Bellar|io | a learned | doctor,
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Whom I | have sent | for to | deter|mine this,
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Come^here | today.
SALERIO
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My lord,| here* stays | without
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A mes|senger | with letters | from the | doctor,
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New* come | from Pad|ua. \\
DUKE
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Bring us | the let|ter, call | the mes|sengers.
BASSANIO
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Good* cheer | Anton|io, what | man, cour|age yet:
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The Jew | shall have | my flesh,| blood, bones,
and all,
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Ere thou | shalt lose | for me | one drop of
blood.
ANTONIO
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I am | a taint|ed weth|er of | the flock,
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Meetest | for death,| the weak|est kind | of
fruit
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Drops earl/iest to the | ground, and | so let me;
2 ,
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You cannot | better | be em|ployed Bas|sanio,
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Than to / live still,| and write | mine ep|itaph.
[Enter NERISSA, dressed like a lawyer's clerk]
DUKE
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Came you | from Pad|ua from | Bellar|io?
NERISSA
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From both.
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My lord | Bellar|io | greets your grace.
BASSANIO
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Why dost | thou whet | thy knife | so earn|estly?
SHYLOCK
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To cut | the for|feiture | from that
bank|rupt^there.
GRATIANO
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T T T
Not on | thy sole:| but on thy | soul harsh Jew
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Thou makst | thy knife | keen, but | no metal
can,
T T .
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No, not the hang|man's axe | bear* half | the
keen||ness
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Of thy / sharp en|vy. Can / no prayers | pierce
thee?
SHYLOCK
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No, none / that thou | hast wit | enough | to
make.
GRATIANO
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O be | thou damned,| inex|ecra|ble dog,
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And for | thy life | let just|ice be | accused:
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Thou al|most makst | me wav|er in | my faith;
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To hold | opin|ion with | Pytha|goras,
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That souls | of an|imals | infuse | themselves
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Into | the trunks | of men.| Thy cur|rish spirit
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Governed a | wolf, who | hanged for | human |
slaughter,
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T T
Even from the | gallows | did his | fell soul
fleet;
T T
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And, whilst thou | layst in thy | unhal|lowed
dam,
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Infused | itself | in thee:| for thy | desires
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Are wolv|ish, blood|y, starved,| and rav|enous.
SHYLOCK
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Till thou | canst rail | the seal | from off | my
bond
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Thou but | offendst | thy lungs | to speak | so
loud:
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Repair | thy wit | good^youth,| or it | will fall
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To cure|less ruin.| I stand here | for law.
DUKE
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This let|ter from | Bellar|io doth | commend
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A young | and learn|ed doc|tor to | our court;
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Where is / he?
NERISSA
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T T
He at|tendeth here hard by
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To know | your ans|wer, wheth|er you'll | admit
him.
DUKE
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With all | my heart.| Some three | or four | of
you
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Go give | him court|eous cond|uct to | this
place.
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Meantime | the court | shall hear | Bellar|io's
letter.
CLERK
Your grace shall understand, that at the receipt of your letter I am very
sick: but in the instant that your messenger came, in loving visitation, was
with me a young doctor of Rome, his name is Balthasar: I acquainted him with
the cause in controversy, between the Jew and Antonio the merchant: we
turned ore many books together: he is furnished with my opinion, which
bettered with his own learning, the greatness whereof I cannot enough
commend, comes with him at my importunity, to fill up your grace's request
in my stead. I beseech you, let his lack of years be no impediment to let
him lack a reverend estimation: for I never knew so young a body, with so
old a head. I leave him to your gracious acceptance, whose trial shall
better publish his commendation.
DUKE
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You hear | the learned | Bellar|io what | he
writes,
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And here |(I take | it) is | the doc|tor come.
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Give me your | hand: Come / you from | old
Bel|lario?
PORTIA
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I did | my lord.
DUKE
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You are wel|come: take | your place;
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Are you | acquaint|ed with | the dif|ference
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That holds | this pres|ent quest|ion in | the
court.
PORTIA
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I am | inform|ed thor|oughly | of the cause.
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Which is | the merch|ant here?| And which | the
Jew?
DUKE
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T
Anton|io and old | Shylock*,| both stand forth.
PORTIA
,
T T T
Is your | name Shylock?
SHYLOCK
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Shylock* is | my name.
PORTIA
2 ,
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Of a strange | nature | is the | suit you |
follow,
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Yet in / such rule,| that the | Vene|tian law
, ,
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Cannot | impugn | you as | you do | proceed.
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You stand | within | his dang|er, do | you not?
ANTONIO
T T . T
Aye, so he says.
PORTIA
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Do you | confess | the bond?
ANTONIO
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I do.
PORTIA
, ,
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Then must | the Jew | be mer|ciful.
SHYLOCK
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On what | compuls|ion must | I? Tell | me that.
PORTIA
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The qual|ity | of mer|cy is / not strained,
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It drop|peth as | the gent|le rain | from heaven
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Upon | the place | beneath.| It is / twice
blessed,
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It bles|seth him | that gives,| and him | that
takes,
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'Tis might|iest in | the might|iest, it | becomes
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The thron|ed mon|arch bet|ter than | his crown.
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His scep|ter shows | the force | of temp|oral
power,
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The at|tribute | to awe | and maj|esty,
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Wherein | doth sit | the dread | and fear | of
kings:
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But mer|cy is | above | this scep|tered sway,
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It is | enthron|ed in | the hearts | of kings,
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It is | an at|tribute | to God | himself;
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And earth|ly power | doth^then / show lik|est
God's
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When mer|cy seas|ons just|ice. There|fore Jew,
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Though just|ice be | thy plea,| consid|er this,
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That in | the course | of just|ice, none | of us
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Should see | salva|tion: we | do pray | for
mer||cy,
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And that / same prayer,| doth teach us | all to |
render
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The deeds | of mer|cy. I | have spoke | thus^much
,
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To mit|igate | the just|ice of | thy plea:
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Which if thou | follow,| this strict | court of |
Venice
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Must needs | give^sent|ence 'gainst | the
merch|ant there.
SHYLOCK
,
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My deeds | upon | my head,| I crave | the law,
,
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The pen|alty | and for|feit of | my bond.
PORTIA
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Is he | not able / to dis|charge the | money?
BASSANIO
T T T ,
2 , 2
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Yes, here I | tender it | for him | in the court,
T T
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Yea, twice the sum,| if that | will not |
suffice,
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I will | be bound | to pay it | ten times ore,
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On for|feit of | my hands,| my head,| my heart:
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If this | will not | suffice,| it must | appear
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T T T ,
2 ,
That malice | bears down truth.| And I be|seech
you
T T .
T ,
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Wrest once the law | to your | author|ity.
, .
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To do | a great right, do | a lit|tle wrong,
,
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And curb | this cru|el dev|il of | his will.
PORTIA
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, ->
It must not be;| there is | no pow/er in ||
Venice
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Can alt|er a decree | estab|lished:
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'Twill be | record|ed for | a prec|edent,
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And ma|ny an er|ror by | the same example,
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Will rush | into | the state:| it can|not be.
SHYLOCK
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A Dan|iel come | to judg|ment, yea | a Dan||iel.
, T T
T , 2
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O | wise young judge,| how I do | honor thee.
PORTIA
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I pray | you let | me look | upon | the bond.
SHYLOCK
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Here 'tis | most reve|rend doc|tor, here | it is.
PORTIA
T T
T , ,
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Shylock, there's | thrice thy | money | offered
thee.
SHYLOCK
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An oath,| an oath,| I have | an oath | in heaven:
,
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Shall I | lay per/jury | upon | my soul?
T T . T
2
No not for Ven|ice.
PORTIA
, , ,
Why this | bond is | forfeit,
, ,
, , ,
And law|fully | by this | the Jew | may claim
,
, ,
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A pound | of flesh,| to be | by him | cut^off
,
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Nearest | the merch|ant's heart;| Be mer|ciful,
, ,
, ,
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Take* thrice | thy mon|ey, bid | me tear | the
bond. ??
SHYLOCK
, 2
, ,
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When it is | paid ac|cording | to the | tenor.
,
, ,
, ,
It doth | appear | you are | a worth|y judge:
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, , , ,
You know | the law,| your ex|posi|tion
,
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Hath been | most^sound.| I charge | you by | the
law,
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Whereof | you are | a well-|deserv|ing pillar,
,
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Proceed | to judg|ment: by | my soul | I swear,
,
, , , ,
There is / no pow|er in | the tongue | of man
,
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To alt|er me:| I stay | here^on | my bond.
ANTONIO
,
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Most heart|ily | I do | beseech | the court
,
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To give | the judg|ment.
PORTIA
, ,
,
Why | then thus | it is:
,
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,
You must | prepare | your bos|om for | his knife.
SHYLOCK
,
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, ,
O nob|le judge,| O ex|cellent / young man.
PORTIA
,
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For the | intent | and pur|pose of | the law
,
, ,
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Hath full | rela|tion to | the pen|alty,
, ,
, , ,
Which here | appear|eth due | upon | the bond.
SHYLOCK
, ,
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T
'Tis ver|y true:| O wise | and upright judge,
,
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,
How much | more^eld|er art | thou than | thy
looks?
PORTIA
,
, ,
Therefore | lay* bare | your bos|om.
SHYLOCK
, ,
Aye,| his breast,
T T .
T T . T T ,
So says the bond,| doth it not nob|le judge?
,
, ,
, ,
Nearest | his heart,| those are | the ver|y
words.
PORTIA
2 ,
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, ,
It is so.| Are there bal|ance here | to weigh |
the flesh?
SHYLOCK
,
,
I have | them read|y. \\
PORTIA
,
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,
Have by | some sur|geon Shy|lock^on | your charge
,
, ,
, ,
To stop | his wounds,| lest^he | do bleed | to
death.
SHYLOCK
, , , ,
,
Is it / so nom|inat|ed in | the bond?
PORTIA
,
, ,
, ,
It is / not so | expressed:| but what | of that?
, ,
, , ,
'Twere good | you do | so much | for char|ity.
SHYLOCK
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I can|not find | it, 'tis | not in | the bond.
PORTIA
, ,
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You merch/ant, have | you an|ything | to say?
ANTONIO
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But lit|tle: I | am armed | and well | prepared.
,
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, ,
Give me | your hand | Bassan|io, fare | you well.
, ,
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Grieve not / that I | am fallen | to this | for
you:
,
, ,
, ,
For here|in Fort|une shows | herself | more* kind
,
, ,
, ,
Than is | her cust|om. It | is still | her use
,
, , ,
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To let | the wretch|ed man | outlive | his
wealth,
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To view | with hol|low eye,| and wrink|led brow
,
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->
An age | of pov|erty. From | which ling|ering
pen||ance
,
, , ,
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Of / such mise|ry, doth | she cut | me off:
,
, , , ,
Commend | me to | your hon|ora|ble wife,
, ,
, , 2 ,
Tell her | the proc|ess of | Anton|io's end:
,
, , ,
,
Say* how | I loved | you; speak | me fair | in
death:
,
, ,
, ,
And when | the tale | is told,| bid^her | be
judge,
,
, 2 , ,
,
Whether | Bassan|io had | not* once | a love:
,
, , ,
,
Repent | but you | that you | shall lose | your
friend,
,
, ,
, ,
And he | repents | not that | he pays | your
debt.
, ,
, , ,
For if | the Jew | do cut | but deep | enough,
,
, , ,
,
I'll pay | it pres|ently,| with all | my heart.
BASSANIO
, 2 ,
, ,
,
Anton|io, I | am mar|ried to | a wife,
,
, , ,
,
Which^is | as dear | to me | as life | itself,
,
, , ,
,
But life | itself,| my wife,| and all | the
world,
,
, ,
, ,
Are not | with me | esteemed | above | thy life.
, ,
, , ,
I would / lose all,| aye* sac|rifice | them all
T . T T
, , ,
Here to this dev|il, to | deliv|er you.
PORTIA
,
, , ,
,
Your wife | would give | you lit|tle thanks | for
that
,
, ,
, , ->
If she | were by | to hear | you make | the
of||fer.
GRATIANO
, 2 ,
, ,
,
I | have a wife | whom I | protest | I love,
,
, , ,
,
I would | she were | in heav|en, so | she could
,
T Tx . T
, ,
Entreat | some power to change | this cur|rish
Jew.
NERISSA
,
, , ,
,
'Tis well | you of|fer it | behind | her back,
,
, ,
, ,
The wish | would make | else an | unqui|et house.
SHYLOCK
, 2
, ,
, 2 ,
These be the | Christian | husbands.| I have a |
daughter
, , 2
, 2 ,
Would an|y of the | stock of Bar|rabas
, ,
, ,
, ,
Had been || her hus|band, rath|er than | a
Christ|ian,
,
, ,
2 , ,
We trif|le time,| I pray | thee pursue |
sentence.
PORTIA
,
, , ,
,
A pound | of that / same merch|ant's flesh | is
thine,
,
, , ,
x
The court | awards | it, and | the law | doth
give it.
SHYLOCK
,
,
Most^right|ful judge. (cut off)
PORTIA
,
, , ,
,
And you | must cut | this flesh | from off | his
breast,
,
, ,
, x
The law | allows | it, and | the court | awards
it.
SHYLOCK
, ,
, , ,
Most^learn|ed judge,| a sent|ence, come |
prepare.
PORTIA
,
, ,
, ,
Tarry | a lit|tle, there | is some|thing else,
,
, , T T
. T
This bond | doth^give | thee here | no jot of
blood,
,
, ,
, ,
The words | express|ly are | a pound | of flesh:
T T
. T ,
, ,
Take then thy* bond,| take thou | thy pound | of
flesh,
,
, , . T T
T
But in | the cut|ting it,| if thou dost shed
T T .
T ,
, ,
One drop of Christ|ian blood,| thy lands | and
goods
,
, , ,
,
Are by | the laws | of Ven|ice, conf|iscate
, 2 ,
, 2
Unto the | state of | Venice.
GRATIANO
T T T
O | upright judge,
T T T
, ___ oo
Mark Jew, O | learned | judge.|
SHYLOCK
,
,
Is that | the law?
PORTIA
, ,
,
Thyself | shalt see | the act:
,
, ,
, ,
For as | thou urge|st just|ice, be | assured
, ,
, , ,
2->
Thou shalt | have just|ice more | than thou |
desir||est.
GRATIANO
x
T T T
, ,
O learned | judge, mark Jew,| a learn|ed judge.
SHYLOCK
,
, , T
. T T
I take | this^of|fer then,| pay the bond thrice,
,
, ,
And let | the Chris|tian go.
BASSANIO
, 2 ,
Here is the | money.
PORTIA
,
, , ,
, , ,
Soft, the Jew shall have all justice, soft, no
haste, ????
,
, , ,
,
He shall | have noth/ing but |the pen|alty.
GRATIANO
, .
T T T ,
,
O Jew,| an upright judge,| a learn|ed judge.
PORTIA
,
, T . T T
,
Therefore | prepare | thee to cut off | the
flesh,
, ,
, ,
,
Shed thou | no* blood,| nor cut | thou less | nor
more
,
, , ,
,
But just | a pound | of flesh:| if thou / takst
more
,
, , 2 ,
,
Or less | than a / just pound,| be it but | so
much
x
, , ,
,
As makes it | light or | heavy | in the |
substance,
,
, ,
, 2 ,
Or the | divis|ion of | the twen|tieth part
. T T
T ,
2 , ,
Of one poor scrup|le, nay | if the scale | do
turn
,
, , ,
,
But in | the est|ima|tion of | a hair,
x
, , ,
,
Thou diest,| and all | thy goods | are
conf|iscate.
GRATIANO
, ,
, , ,
A sec|ond Dan|iel,| a Dan|iel Jew,
,
, , ,
,
Now in|fidel | I have | thee on | the hip.
PORTIA
,
. T T T
, ,
Why doth | the Jew pause, take | thy for|feiture.
SHYLOCK
,
, , ,
,
Give me | my prin|cipal | and let | me go.
BASSANIO
,
, , ,
,
I have | it read|y for | thee, here | it is.
PORTIA
,
, ,
, ,
He hath | refused | it in | the op|en court,
, ,
, , ,
He shall | have mere|ly just|ice and | his bond.
GRATIANO
, ,
, , ,
2->
A Dan|iel still | say I,| a sec|ond Dan||iel,
,
, ,
, ,
I thank | thee Jew | for teach|ing me | that
word.
SHYLOCK
,
T T T 2 ,
,
Shall I | not have bare|ly my prin|cipal?
PORTIA
,
, , ,
,
Thou shalt | have noth|ing but | the for|feiture,
,
, ,
, ,
To be | so tak|en at | thy per|il Jew.
SHYLOCK
,
, , ,
,
Why then | the dev|il give | him good | of it:
,
, ,
I'll stay | no long|er quest|ion.
PORTIA
, ,
Tar|ry Jew,
,
, ,
, ,
The law | hath yet | anoth|er hold | on you.
,
, , ,
x
It is | enact|ed in | the laws | of Venice,
,
, ,
, ,
If it | be proved | against | an al|ien,
,
, , ,
,
That by | direct | or in|direct | attempts
,
, , ,
,
He seek | the life | of an|y cit|izen,
,
, , ,
,
The part|y 'gainst | the which | he doth |
contrive,
, T T
. T ,
,
Shall seize | one half his goods,| the oth|er
half
,
, , ,
,
Comes to | the priv|y cof|fer of | the state,
, 2 ,
, , ,
And the of|fender's | life lies / in the | mercy
,
, ,
, ,
Of the / duke on|ly, 'gainst | all oth|er voice.
,
, , ,
,
In which | predic|ament | I say | thou standst:
, 2 ,
, , ,
For it ap|pears by | mani|fest pro|ceeding,
, ,
, , ,
That in|direct|ly, and | direct|ly too,
,
, ,
, ,
Thou hast | contrived | against | the ver|y life
, ,
, ,
,
Of the | defen|dant: and | thou hast | incurred
,
, , ,
,
The dang|er form|erly | by me | rehearsed.
, ,
, ,
,
Down there/fore, and | beg mer/cy of | the duke.
GRATIANO
,
, , ,
,
Beg that | thou mayst | have leave | to hang |
thyself,
,
, 2 ,
, ,
And yet | thy wealth | being for|feit to | the
state,
,
, ,
, ,
Thou hast | not left | the val|ue of | a cord,
,
, ,
, ,
Therefore | thou must | be hanged | at the /
state's charge.
DUKE
,
, ,
, x
That thou | shalt see | the diffe|rence of | our
spirit,
, ,
, ,
x
I pard|on thee | thy life | before | thou ask it:
,
, ,
, ,
For half | thy wealth,| it is | Anton|io's,
,
, ,
, ,
The oth|er half | comes to | the gene|ral state,
, , ,
, ,
Which humb|leness | may drive | unto | a fine.
PORTIA
,
, ,
, ,
Aye for | the state,| not for | Anton|io.
SHYLOCK
T T .
T , ,
,
Nay, take my life | and all,| pardon | not that,
,
, , ,
,
You take | my house,| when you | do take | the
prop
,
, , ,
,
That doth | sustain | my house:| you take | my
life
,
, , ,
,
When you | do take | the means | whereby | I
live.
PORTIA
,
, x ,
, 2
What mer|cy can | you render | him, An|tonio?
GRATIANO
,
x ,
T . T T
A halt|er gratis,| nothing | else for God's sake.
ANTONIO
,
, , ,
,
So please | my lord | the duke,| and all | the
court
,
, ,
, ,
To quit | the fine | for one | half of | his
goods,
,
, , ,
,
I am | content:| so he | will let | me have
,
, , ,
,
The oth|er half | in use,| to rend|er it
, ,
, , ,
Upon | his death,| unto | the gent|leman
,
, ,
That late|ly stole | his daught|er. \\
,
, ,
2 , ,
Two* things | provi|ded more,| that for this |
favor
, ,
, , ,
He pres|ently | become | a Chris|tian:
,
, ,
, ,
The oth|er, that | he do | record | a gift
, ,
, , ,
Here in | the court | of all | he dies |
possessed
, 2
, , ,
,
Unto his | son Lo|renzo,| and his | daughter.
DUKE
,
, ,
, ,
He shall / do this,| or else | I do | recant
, ,
, , ,
The pard|on that | I late | pronoun|ced here.
PORTIA
,
, , ,
,
Art thou | content|ed Jew?| What dost | thou say?
SHYLOCK
,
,
I am | content.
PORTIA
T T . T
,
Clerk, draw a deed | of gift.
SHYLOCK
,
, ,
, ,
I pray | you give | me leave | to go | from
hence,
, ,
, , ,
I am / not well,| send the | deed aft/er me,
, ,
And I | will sign | it.
DUKE
, , x
Get | thee gone,| but do it.
GRATIANO
,
2 , , ,
,
In christ|ening shalt | thou have / two
god-|fathers,
, ,
, , ,
Had I | been judge,| thou shouldst | have had /
ten more,
, ,
, , ,
To bring | thee to | the gal|lows, not | the
font.
[Exit SHYLOCK]
DUKE
, 2 ,
, ,
,
Sir I en|treat you | home with | me to | dinner.
PORTIA
,
, , ,
x
I humb|ly do | desire | your grace | of pardon,
,
, , , ,
I must | away | this night | toward Pad|ua,
,
, , ,
,
And it | is meet | I pres|ently / set forth.
DUKE
2 ,
, , , ,
I am sor|ry that | your leis|ure serves | you
not:
, 2 ,
, , ,
Anton|io, grat|ify | this gent|leman,
,
, , ,
,
For in | my mind | you are / much bound | to him.
[Exeunt Duke and his train]
BASSANIO
,
, , ,
,
Most worth|y gent|leman,| I and | my friend
,
, ,
, ,
2->
Have by | your wis|dom been | this day |
acquit||ted
, ,
, , ,
Of griev|ous pen|alties,| in lieu | whereof,
, , ,
, ,
Three* thous|and duc|ats due | unto | the Jew
,
, , 2 ,
,
We free|ly cope | your court|eous pains | withal.
ANTONIO
,
, , ,
,
And stand | indebt|ed ov|er and | above
,
, , , ,
In love | and serv|ice to / you ev|ermore.
PORTIA
, , ,
, ,
He is / well paid | that is / well sat|isfied,
,
, 2 ,
, ,
And I | deliv|ering you,| am sat|isfied,
,
, , . T
T T
And there|in do | account | myself well paid,
,
, , ,
x
My mind | was nev|er yet | more mer|cenary.
,
, ,
, ,
I pray | you know | me when | we meet | again,
,
, ,
, ,
I wish | you well,| and so | I take | my leave.
BASSANIO
,
, , 2 ,
,
Dear* sir,| of force | I must^at|tempt you |
further,
, 2
, ,
, ,
Take some re|membrance | of us | as a | tribute,
, 2 T
T . T ,
,
Not as a | fee: grant me* two | things, I | pray
you
, ,
, ,
,
Not to | deny | me, and | to pard|on me.
PORTIA
,
, , ,
,
You press | me far,| and there|fore I | will
yield,
,
, , ,
,
Give me | your gloves,| I'll wear | them for /
your sake,
,
, , ,
,
And for | your love | I'll take | this ring |
from you,
. T T
T , ,
,
Do not draw back | your hand,| I'll take | no
more,
,
, , ,
,
And you | in love | shall not | deny | me this?
BASSANIO
,
, ,
, x
This ring | good sir,| alas | it is | a trifle,
,
, , ,
,
I will / not shame | myself | to give | you this.
PORTIA
,
, , ,
,
I will | have noth|ing else | but on|ly this,
,
, ,
, 2
And now | methinks | I have | a mind | to it.
BASSANIO
<- ,
, , , ,
,
There's || more de|pends on | this than | on
the | value,
,
, x
, ,
The dear|est ring | in Venice | will I | give
you,
,
, ,
, ,
And find | it out | by proc|lama|tion,
, ,
, , ,
Only | for this | I pray | you pard|on me.
PORTIA
,
, , 2 ,
,
I see | sir you | are lib|eral in | offers,
,
, , ,
,
You taught | me first | to beg,| and now |
methinks
,
, , ,
, 2->
You teach | me how | a beg|gar should | be
ans||wered.
BASSANIO
,
, x ,
,
Good sir,| this ring | was given | me by | my
wife,
,
, , ,
,
And when | she put | it on,| she made | me vow
,
, , ,
x
That I | should neith|er sell,| nor give,| nor
lose it.
PORTIA
, T
Tx T , ,
That 'scuse | serves many men | to save | their
gifts,
,
, ,
, ,
And if | your wife | be not | a mad|woman,
,
, , ,
,
And know | how well | I have | deserved | the
ring,
, ,
, , x
She would / not hold | out^en|emy | for ever
,
2 , ,
, ,
For giv|ing it to | me: Well,| peace be | with
you.
[Exeunt Portia and Nerissa]
ANTONIO
,
, , ,
,
My Lord | Bassan|io, let | him have | the ring,
,
, , ,
,
Let^his | deserv|ings and | my love | withal
, , ,
, ,
Be val/ued a|gainst your | wife's com|mandment.
BASSANIO
, , ,
, ,
Go Gra|tiano,| run and | over|take him,
, ,
, , ,
Give him | the ring,| and bring | him if | thou
canst,
,
, 2 , . T
T T
Unto | Anton|io's house,| away, make haste.
[Exit Gratiano]
T T .
T , , ,
Come, you and I | will thith|er pres|ently,
,
, ,
, ,
And in | the morn|ing ear|ly will | we both
T T T
, , ,
Fly toward Bel|mont, come | Anton|io.
[Exeunt]