The Merchant of Venice

Shakespeare is Britain's the most outstanding Renaissance masters.Shakespeare's play, "The Merchant of Venice" explored the timeless topic of money and love. Money is the world's most valuable things .There is something even more precious than money? Rich and moving story of family ties, witty dialogue, the plot turn, exaggerated the circumstances of Comedy, romance and legend is full of color. Is intertwined with friendship, love, love the world and lead us to understanding what is important in life.

The play tells a story that happens in Italy. A moneyless young Venetian, Bassanio, is making preparations to propose to Portia, a rich beauty of Belmont. He needs money and appeals to his friend Antonio, a merchant of Venice, for help. But Antonio?s money is invested in ships at sea. To help Bassanio in his courtship, he borrows money from Shylock the Jewish usurer. Shylock, who has been insulted by Antonio and other Christians, however, agrees to lend the money on the condition that if the loan is not paid in time, he may cut a pound of flesh from Antonio?s body. With this money, Bassanio goes to Belmont and succeed in the marriage with Portia. But news comes that Antonio?s ship sank and can?t return on time so he cannot pay the loan. Shylock demands his pound of flesh. The case is brought before the court. Antonio is in danger. At the critical moment, a young doctor of law arrives at the court. He appeals to Shylock for mercy with a moving speech, but in vain. Then the doctor admits the validity of Shylock?s claim, but warns him, under pain of death, that he must fulfill the every letter of his bond, taking no more and no less than one pound of flesh, and spilling no drop of blood. Seeing himself thus cornered, the Jew has no choice but to obey the verdict of the court. To everyone?s surprise, the young doctor of law who saves the life of Antonio is Portia in disguise. Finally they live together happily. The story has a happy ending in theory. But I don?t think the end is really happy and is a kind of “grave comedy”.

In this single-minded pursuit of a pound of flesh, his frequent mentions of the cruelty he has endured at Christian hands make it hard for us to label him a natural born monster. In one of Shakespeare?s most famous monologues, for example, Shylock argues that Jews are humans and calls his quest for vengeance the product of lessons taught to him by the cruelty of Venetian citizens. On the other hand, Shylock?s coldly calculated attempt to revenge the wrongs done to him by murdering his persecutor, Antonio, prevents us from viewing him in a primarily positive light. Shakespeare gives us unmistakably human moments, but he often steers us against Shylock as well, painting him as a miserly, cruel, and prosaic figure. But I think Shylock suffers much discrimination for he is a Jew. It?s unfair. All men were born equally.

We can learn much from the play. Money is important, but there are many far more important things in this world. Do not be fooled by the surface. In our real live we should threat everyone equally and do not have color vision to look at other people. And when we meet with unexpected difficulties, we should keep calm and solve it skillfully just as Portia does......

 

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阅读提示: 以下全部是英文对白,对于想通过看本站带英文字幕flash电影提高英语水平或者想更好欣赏美国电影的网友,预先阅读英文对白是必要的,这里没有中文译文和解释,一个完全的英语语言环境,您可以通过上下文去理解每一句话是什么意思和含义.用Ctrl+F键搜索目标单词或语句。CD1Venice 15962Intolerance of the Jews was a fact of16th Century life even in Venice,3the most powerful and liberalcity state in Europe4By law the Jews were forced to live inthe old walled foundry or 'Geto' area of the city5After sundown the gate waslocked and guarded by Christians6In the daytime any man leaving the ghettohad to wear a red hat to mark him as a Jew7Usurer!8The Jews were forbidden to own property.9So they practised usury, the lending of moneyat interest. This was against Christian law10The sophisticated Venetians wouldturn a blind eye to it11but for the religious fanatics, whohated the Jews, it was another matter...12"If a man is righteous,and does what is lawful and right,13"if he has not exacted usurynor taken any increase14"but has withdrawn his handfrom all iniquity15"and executed true judgmentbetween men and men,16"if he has walked in my statutes17"and kept my judgment faithfully,then he is just and he shall surely live.18"But if he has exacted usuryand taken increase,19"shall he then live?20"No, he shall not live. If he hasdone any of these abominations... "21".. he shall surely die, says the Lord. "22And yet you liveby theft and robbery...23Antonio.24Antonio.25Bassanio.26Wind's coming back, sir.27Signior Lorenzo.28Jessica.29In truth,I know not why I am so sad.30It wearies me. I don't see it wearies you.31And such a want-wit sadness makes of methat I have much ado than know myself.32Your mind is tossing on the ocean.33Believe me, sir, had I such venture forth,34the better part of my affectionwould be with my hopes abroad.35I should be still plucking the grassto know where sits the wind,36peering in mapsfor ports and piers and roads.37And every object that might make me fearmisfortune to my ventures38out of doubt would make me sad.39My wind, cooling my broth,40would blow me to a fever if I thought whatharm a wind too great might do at sea.41Believe me, no.42Why, then you're in love.43Fie, fie, fie!44Not in love either?45Then let us say you are sad46because you are not merry.47Here comes my lord Bassanio.48- Good morrow, my good lord.- Good signiors. When shall we laugh?49We shall make our leisuresto fit in with yours.50- Bassanio.- Signior.51My lord Bassanio, since you have foundAntonio, we too will lea

ve you.52You look not well, Signior Antonio.53You have too much respectupon the world.54They lose it that do buy it with much care.55I hold the world butas the world, Gratiano -56a stage where every manmust play his part, and mine a sad one.57Come, good Lorenzo.58Fare thee well awhile.I'll end my exhortation after dinner.59Fare thee well.60Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing,61more than any man in all of Venice.62Well?63Tell me now...64that which todayyou promised to tell me of.65'Tis not unknown to you, Antonio,how much I have disabled mine estate,66but my chief care is to comesquarely out of the great debts67wherein my youth, something too prodigal,68has left me pledged.69To you, Antonio,I owe the most in money and in love,70and from your love I have a warrantyto unburden all my plots and purposes71how to get clear of all the debts I owe.72Pray, good Bassanio, let me know it.73And, if it stand, as you yourself still do,within the eye of honour,74be assured my purse, my person,my extremest means75lie all unlocked to your occasion.76In Belmont is a lady richly left -77and she is fair, and fairer than that word -78of wondrous virtues.79Sometimes, from her eyesI did receive fair...80speechless messages.81Her name is Portia, no less a beautythan Cato's daughter, Brutus' Portia.82Nor is the wide worldignorant of her worth,83for the four winds blow in from every coastrenowned suitors.84O my Antonio,85had I but the meansto hold a rival place with one of them86then I should questionless be fortunate.87Thou knowest my fortunes are at sea.88Neither have I money nor commodityto raise a present sum.89Therefore, go forth.90Try what my credit can in Venice do.91It shall be racked, even to the uttermost,to furnish you to Belmont,92and fair Portia.93I swear to you, Nerissa,94- I am weary of this great world.- You would be, sweet madam,95if your miseries were as plentifulas your good fortunes are.96And yet, from what I see,97they are as sick that have it in excessas those that starve with nothing.98If doing were as easyas knowing what were good to do,99chapels had been churches,100and poor men's cottages princes' palaces.101But this reasoning isnot in the way to choose me a husband.102O me, the word "choose"!103I may neither choose who I wouldnor refuse who I dislike.104So is the will of a living daughterruled by a dead father.105Is it not hard, Nerissa,that I cannot choose one nor refuse none?106Your father was always virtuous,107and holy men, at their death,have good inspirations.108Therefore the lottery, that he devised109in these three chestsof gold and

silver and lead,110so that who chooses his meaningchooses you,111will no doubt only be guessed, rightly,by someone who you shall rightly love.112Right.113What warmth is therein your affection114towards any of these princely suitorsthat are already come?115Pray name them, andas you name them I will describe them,116and, accordingto my description, level at my affection.117How say you of the French lord,Monsieur Le Bon?118Oh, God.119God made him,and therefore let him pass for a man.120I know it is a sin to be a mocker, but he...!121What say you to Falconbridge,the young baron of England?122How oddly he's suited!123And the Duke of Saxony's nephew?124Very vilely in the morningwhen he is sober,125and most vilely in the afternoonwhen he is drunk.126O Nerissa!127Wait! Wait.128If he should offer to choose,and choose the right casket,129you should refuse to perform your father'swill if you should refuse to accept him.130Therefore, for fear of the worst, I pray thee,131set a deep glass of Rhenish wineon the contrary casket.132I will do anything, Nerissa,ere I will be married to a sponge.133Three thousand ducats.134Well.135Ay, sir, for three months.136For three months?137- Well...- For which, as I told you,138Antonio shall be bound.139Antonio shall be bound?140Well...141May you help me? Will you pleasure me?142Should I know your answer?143Three thousand ducats for three months,144and Antonio bound.145Your answer to that.146Antonio is a good man.147Have you heard any imputationto the contrary?148No. No, no, no, no. My meaningin saying that he is a good man149is to have you understandthat he is of good credit.150Yet his means are in question.151He hath a ship bound for Tripolis,another to the Indies.152I understand moreover, upon the Rialto,he hath a third ship at Mexico,153a fourth for England,154and other ventureshe hath squandered abroad.155But ships are but boards,156sailors are but men,157there be land rats and water rats,158water thieves and land thieves.159I mean pirates.160Then there is the peril of waters,winds and rocks.161The man is, notwithstanding,of good credit.162Three thousand ducats.163I think I may take his bond.164- Be assured you may.- May I speak with Antonio?165If it please you, dine with us.166Yes, to smell pork,167to eat of the habitation which your prophetthe Nazarite conjured the devil into.168I will buy with you, sell with you, walkwith you, talk with you, and so following,169but I will not eat with you,nor drink with you,170nor pray with you.171Who is he comes here?172This is Signior Antonio. Antonio!1

73Antonio.174How like a fawning publican he looks.175Shylock! Shylock, do you hear?176I am debating of my present store,177and by the near guess of my memory,I cannot instantly raise up the gross178of full three thousand ducats.179But Tubal, a wealthy Hebrew of my tribe,will furnish me.180Benjamin. Go, seek out Tubal.181But soft, how many months?182Rest you fair, good signior.183Your worship was the last manin our mouths.184- Is he possessed how much you would?- Ay, ay, three thousand ducats.185And for three months.186Ah, I forgot. Three months, you told me so.187But soft, erm... methought you saidyou neither lend nor borrow with interest.188- I do never use it.- Well.189Three thousand ducats,'tis a good round sum.190Launcelot.191The rates.192Three months... from twelve.193Let me see the rate.194Well, Shylock,195shall we be beholden to you?196Signior Antonio...197many a time, and oft in the Rialto,198you have reviled meabout my moneys and my usances.199Still, I have borne it with a patient shrug,200for sufferance is the badge of all our tribe.201You call me misbeliever,202cut-throat dog,203and spit upon my Jewish gaberdine.204And all for use of that which is my own.205Well, it now appears you need my help.206You come to me and you say,"Shylock, we would have money. "207You say so. You, that did voidyour rheum upon my beard208and kick me as you spurn a stranger curover your threshold.209Money is your suit.What should I say to you?210Should I not say, "Hath a dog money?211"Is it possible a cur can lendthree thousand ducats?"212Or shall I bend low213and, in a slavish voice, with bated breathand whispering humbleness say this -214"Fair sir, you spat on meon Wednesday last,215"you spurned me such a day,another time you called me dog.216"For these courtesies,I'll lend you thus much moneys. "217I'm as like to call you so again,to spit on you again, to spurn you too.218If you would lend this money,lend it not unto your friends.219For when did friendship takea breed for barren metal from his friends?220Lend it rather to your enemy who,if he break,221you may with better face exact the penalty.222Why, look how you storm.I would be friends with you223and have your love.224Forget the stainsthat you have shamed me with.225Supply your present wants, and take nota drop of interest for my moneys...226.. and you'll not hear me.227This is kind I offer.228- This is kindness.- No...229This kindness I will show.230Go with me to a notary231and seal me there your single bond.232And in a merry sport,233if you repay me not on such a day234in such a place, such a

sum or sumsas are expressed in the condition,235let the forfeit be nominated...236for an equal pound of your fair flesh237to be cut off and taken238in what part of your body pleaseth me.239Content, i'faith.240I'll seal to such a bond,241and say there is much kindness in the Jew.242You shall not seal such a bond for me.I'd rather live in my necessity.243Why, fear not, man.244I will not forfeit it.245Within these two months,that's a month before this bond expires,246I do expect return of thrice three timesthe value of this bond.247O father Abraham,what these Christians are,248whose own hard dealings teaches themsuspect the thoughts of others.249I pray you, tell me this.250If he should break his day, what shouldI gain by the exaction of the forfeiture?251A pound of a man's flesh taken from a manis not so estimable,252profitable neither,253as flesh of muttons, beefs, or goats.254I say, to buy his favour,I extend this friendship.255If he will take it, so. If not, adieu.256And, for my love, I pray you, wrong me not.257Shylock...258I will seal unto this bond.259Dislike me not for my complexion,260the shadowed livery of the burnished sun,to whom I am a neighbour and near bred.261Yallah! Yallah!262Bring me the fairest creaturenorthward born,263where the sun's firescarce thaws the icicles,264and let us make incision for your love265to prove whose blood is reddest,his or mine.266I tell thee,267lady, this aspect of minehath feared the valiant.268Yea, by my love I swear, the most regardedvirgins of our clime have loved it too.269I would not change this hue, exceptto steal your thoughts, my gentle queen.270In terms of choice, I am not solely ledby nice direction of a maiden's eyes.271Instead, the lottery of my destiny bars methe right of voluntary choosing.272But if my father had not restrained me,273and hedged me by his witto yield myself as wife274to him who wins meby that means I told you,275yourself, renowned prince,276then stood as fair as... any comerI have looked on yet for my affection.277Even for that, I thank you.278Therefore, I pray you, lead meto the caskets to try my fortune.279Yes?280I pray you, Leonardo, thesethings being bought and orderly bestowed,281return in haste, for I do feast tonightmy best esteemed acquaintance.282Let supper be readyat the latest by nine o'clock.283See that these letters are delivered.284And put the livery to the making.285Certainly my conscience would forbid meto run from this Jew, my master.286Ho!287I pray you, which way to the master Jew's?288Do you not know me, Father?289Lord, how art thou changed!290How dost thou and thy master agree

?I brought him a present.291Famished in his service, Father.I'm glad you've come.292Give your present to one master Bassanio,293who indeed gives rare new liveries.294Si.295Bassanio!296Bassanio!297- Gratiano.- I have a suit to you.298- You have obtained it.- You must not deny me -299I must go with you to Belmont.300Why, then you must. But hear thee, you aretoo wild, too rude, too bold of voice,301things that become you happily enoughand in such eyes as ours appears not false.302But where you are not known, why,there they show something too... liberal.303Pray you, take pain to dilute with somecold drops of modesty your skipping spirit,304lest through your wild behaviourI be misconstrued in the place I go305and lose my hopes.306Signior Bassanio, hear me.307If I do not put on a sober habit, talk withrespect, and swear but now and then,308look demurely,nay more, while priest is saying,309hood mine eyes thus with my hat310and sigh and say, "Amen,"never trust me more.311Well, we shall see your bearing.312Oof!313Nay, but I bar tonight.314You shall not gauge meby what we do tonight.315God bless your worship.316Signior Bassanio.317Many thanks.318Would you something from me?319- Here is my son, sir, a poor boy.- Not a poor boy, sir,320but the rich Jew's man that would, sir,321as my father shall specify.322He hath a great infection, sir,as one would say, to serve.323Indeed, sir. The short and the long is,324I serve the Jew, and have a desire,as my father shall specify.325To be brief, the very truth is, as my father,being an old man, shall fruitify unto you...326I have here a dish of dovesI would bestow upon your worship.327And my suit is...328In very brief,the suit is impertinent to myself,329as your worship shall knowby this honest old man.330And, though I say it, though old man,yet poor man, my father.331One speak for both. What would you?332- Serve you, sir.- That is the very defect of the matter, sir.333You have obtained your suit,334if it be prefermentto leave a rich Jew's service335to become the followerof so poor a gentleman.336The old proverb is very well partedbetween my master Shylock and you, sir.337You have the grace of God, sir,and he has enough.338You speak it well. Give him a livery moreguarded than his fellows'. See it done.339I'm sorry you will leave my father so.340Our house is hell, and you, a merry devil,did rob it of some taste of tediousness.341And Launcelot, soon at suppershall you see Lorenzo,342who is thy new master's guest.343Give him this letter.344Do it secretly.345And so farewell.346I would not have my fathersee me talk with thee.347Ad

ieu.348Tears exhibit my tongue.Most beautiful pagan, most sweet Jew.349O Lorenzo, if thou keep promise,I shall end this strife,350becoming Christian and your loving wife.351Jessica?352Well.353You will see, your eyes will be the judge,354the difference of old Shylock and Bassanio.355You will not gourmandise with him,as you have done with me,356nor sleep and snore and wear apparel out.357Not with him.358- Jessica, I say!- Why, Jessica.359Who bids you call?360I do not bid you call.361Your worship was used to sayI could do nothing without bidding.362Oh.363Call you?364- What's your will?- I am bid forth to supper, Jessica.365There are my keys.366Wherefore should I go?367I am not bid for love.368Oh, they flatter me.369Yet I will go and feedupon the prodigal Christian.370Jessica, my girl, look to my house.371Oh, I am right loath to go.372There is some ill a-brewingtowards my rest,373for I did dream of money bags tonight.374I beseech you, sir, go.375My young master expects your reproach.376And so do I his.377And they have conspired together.378I will not say you shall see a masque,379but if you do, it was not for nothingthat my nose fell a-bleeding380on Black Monday lastat six o'clock in the morning.381What, are there masques?382Hear you me, Jessica,383clamber not you up to the casements then,384nor thrust your head into the public street385to gaze on Christian foolswith varnished faces.386Let not the sound of shallow fopperyenter my sober house.387Oh, by Jacob's staff, I swear I haveno mind of feasting forth tonight.388But I will go.389Go you before, sirrah. Say I will come.390I will go before, sir.391Mistress, look out the window for all this.392There will come a Christian boywill be worth a Jewess' eye.393What says that foolof Hagar's offspring, ha?394His words were, "Farewell, mistress. "Nothing else.395The fool is kind enough396but a huge feeder.397Snail-slow in profit,and he sleeps by day more than a tomcat.398Therefore, I part with him.399Well, Jessica, go in.Perhaps I will return immediately.400Do as I bid you.401Farewell.And if my fortune be not crossed,402I have a father, you a daughter, lost.403How do I know if I do choose the right?404The one of themcontains my picture, Prince.405If you choose that, then I am yours withal.406Some god direct my judgment!407Let me see.408"Who chooseth memust give and hazard all he hath. "409- Hmm...- Must give? For what?410For lead? Hazard for lead?411This casket, my friends, threatens.412Men who hazard alldo it in hope of fair advantages.413A golden mind stoops notto shows o

f dross, eh?414I'll then nor give nor hazardaught for lead, ah? Mm-mm.415What says the silver with her virgin hue?416"Who chooseth me...417"shall gain as much as he deserves. "418Pause there, Morocco,419and weigh thy valuewith an even hand, ha?420I do in birth deserve her, and in fortunes,421and in graces, and in qualities of breeding!422What if I stray no further but choose here?423Hmm...424"Who chooseth me...425"will gain what many men...426"desire. "427- Hmm...- Huh?428Why, that's the lady!429All of the world desires her!430From the four corners of the earth,they come to kiss this shrine,431this mortal-breathing saint.432Deliver me the key.Here do I choose, and thrive as I may.433There, take it, Prince.434And if my form lie there, I am yours.435Ha!436O hell.437What have we here?438"All that glistens is not gold.439"Often have you heard that told.440"Gilded tombs do worms enfold.441"Fare you well...442"but your suit is cold. "443For all of my fortune, Shylock,I give thanks.444To best-esteemed acquaintances.445Antonio, good health.446I know the hand. In faith, it is a fair hand,447and whiter than the paper it writ onis the fair hand that writ.448Love-news, in faith.449Meet me tonight.450This is the penthouse under whichLorenzo desired us to make stand?451His hour is almost past.452And it is a marvel he outstays his hourfor lovers always run before the clock.453That ever holds.454Who rises from a feast withthat keen appetite that he sits down?455Sweet friends,your patience for my long delay.456Ho! Who's within?457Who are you?458Tell me for more certainty,albeit I swear that I do know your tongue.459Lorenzo and thy love.460Lorenzo, certain, and my love indeed,461for who I love so much?462And now who knows but you, Lorenzo,whether I am yours?463Heaven and thy thoughts are witnessthat thou art.464Here! catch this casket.465No!466It is worth the pains.467I'm glad 'tis night. You do not look on mefor I am much ashamed of my disguise.468But love is blind and lovers cannot seethe pretty follies that themselves commit.469For if they could,Cupid himself would blush470to see me thus transformed into a boy.471Descend, for you must be my torchbearer.472Why, 'tis an office of discovery, love,and I should be obscured.473So are you, sweet,even in the lovely garnish of a boy.474But come at once,for the close night doth play the runaway.475I will gild myself with some more ducatsand be with you straight.476Contend me, but I love her, heartily.477For she is wise, if I can judge of her,478and fair, she is, if that mine eyes be true479a

nd true she is, as she hath proved herself.480And therefore, like herself,wise, fair and true,481shall she be placed in my constant soul.482No!483Who's there?484- Signior Antonio!- Fie, fie, Gratiano.485'Tis ten o'clock, our friends all wait for you.486No masque tonight.487The wind has come about,Bassanio soon will come aboard.488I have sent twenty out to seek for you.489Jessica!490Jessica!491Jessica!492I will make some speed of my return.493Hurry not business for my sake,but stay the very riping of the time.494And for the Jew's bond that he hasof thee, let it not enter your mind of love.495- Leva i remi.- Rema.496Avanti!497Be merry and employyour chiefest thoughts to courtship,498such fair displays of loveas may conveniently become you there.499No!500No!501No, no.502Jessica!503No.504I never hearda passion so confused,505so strange, outrageous and so variable506as the dog Jew did utter in the streets.507"My daughter! O my ducats!O my daughter!"508The villain Jew with outcriesraised the Duke509who went with himto search Bassanio's ship.510He came too late, the ship was under sail.511Let good Antonio look he keep his dayor he shall pay for this.512Marry, well remembered.513I reasoned with a Frenchman yesterday514who told me, in the narrow seasthat part the French and English515there miscarried a vessel of our countryrichly fraught.516I thought upon Antonio when he told meand wished in silence that it were not his.517Madam! Madam!518Madam!519Oh... Madam!520Quick! Quick!521I pray you, the Prince of Aragonhath taken his oath522and comes to his election presently.523Musica!524"Who chooses memust give and hazard all he has. "525You shall look fairer ere I give or hazard.526What says the golden chest?527Ha! Let me see.528"Who chooses me shall gainwhat many men desire. "529I will not choose what many men desire530because I will not jumpwith common spirits531and rank me with the barbarous multitude.532"Who chooses me533"shall get as much as he deserves. "534And well said, too.535I will assume desert.536Give me a key for this537and instantly unlock my fortunes here.538Too long a pausefor that which you find there.539What's here?540The portrait of a blinking idiotpresenting me a schedule?541Did I deserve no more than a fool's head?542Is that my prize?543Are my deserts no better?544To offend and judge are distinct officesand of opposed natures.545With one fool's head546I came to woo.547But I go away with two.548Antonio's ship is wrecked,gone down with all hands,549all merchandise lost.550Come o

n up! Come on up.551Who is that there?552- Jew!- The Jew! Hey!553Take some pleasure with us!554Taste my Christian flesh!555- What news on the Rialto?- Why, yet it lives there unchecked556that Antonio hath a ship of rich ladingwrecked on the narrow seas -557the Goodwins, I think they call the place,a very dangerous flat and fatal -558where the carcasses ofmany a tall ship lie buried.559What say you?560I would it might provethe end of his losses.561How now, Shylock?562What news amongst the merchants?563You knew of my daughter's flight.564None so well.565None so well as you.566And Shylock for his own partknew the bird was fledged567and then it is the complexion of them allto leave the dam.568She be damned for it.569Tell us, do you hear whether Antoniohave had any loss at sea or no?570Let him look to his bond.571He was wont to call me usurer.Let him look to his bond.572He was wont to lend moneyfor Christian courtesy.573Let him look to his bond.574Hello, Jew!575I'm sure if he forfeit you'll not takehis flesh. What's that good for?576To bait fish withal.577If it will feed nothing else,it will feed my revenge.578He hath disgraced me579and hindered me half a million,580laughed at my losses, mocked at my gains,581scorned my nation, thwarted my bargains,582cooled my friends, heated mine enemies,and what's his reason?583I am a Jew!584Hath not a Jew eyes?585Hath not a Jew hands?586Organs, dimensions?587Senses, affections, passions?588Fed with the same food?589Hurt with the same weapons?590Subject to the same diseases?591Healed by the same means?592Warmed and cooled by the samewinter and summer as a Christian is?593If you prick us, do we not bleed?594If you tickle us, do we not laugh?595If you poison us, do we not die?596And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?597If we are like you in the rest,we will resemble you in that.598If a Jew wrong a Christian,what is his humility? Revenge.599If a Christian wrong a Jew,600what should his sufferance beby Christian example?601Why, revenge.602The villainy you teach me I will execute.603And it shall go hardbut I will better the instruction.604Antonio is at his house.We should speak with him.605How now, Tubal?606What news from Genoa?607- Have you found my daughter?- I often came where I did hear of her608but cannot find her.609Why...610there, there, there.611A diamond gone.612Cost me two thousand ducats in Frankfurt.613The curse never fell upon our nationtill now.614I never felt it.615Till now.616I would my daughter were dead at my foot617and the jewel in her ear.618No news of

them?619Loss upon loss.620The thief gone with so muchand so much to find the thief.621And no satisfaction, no revenge,622no luck stirring623but what lights on my shoulders.624No sighs625but of my breathing.626No tears but of my shedding.627Yes, other men have ill luck, too.628Antonio, as I heard in Genoa.629What?630What, what? Ill luck?631There's a ship, wrecked,coming from Tripolis.632Oh, I thank God.633I thank God.634Oh!635Heard you in Genoa what?636Your daughter spent in Genoa,637as I heard,638one night, four score ducats.639Oh, you stick a dagger in me.640I shall never see my gold again.641Four score ducats!642At a sitting!643Four score ducats!644There came various of Antonio's creditorsin my company to Venice645- that swear he cannot choose but break.- I am very glad of it.646I'll plague him.647I'll torture him. I am glad of it.648One of them showed me a ringhe had of your daughter649for a monkey.650How dare her!651Tubal, you torture me.652It was my turquoise.653I had it of Leah, her mother,when I was a bachelor.654I would not have given it awayfor a wilderness of monkeys.655But Antonio is certainly undone.656That is true.657Tubal, go, find me an officer.658Bespeak him a fortnight before.659I will have Antonio's heart if he forfeit.660Go, go, Tubal -at our synagogue, good Tubal.661Madam!662There is alighted at your gatea young Venetian,663one who comes to signifythe approaching of his lord.664I have not seenso likely an ambassador of love!665A day in April never came so sweetto show how costly summer was at hand666as this... oh! forerunnercomes before his lord.667No more, I pray you. I'm half afraidyou will say anon he is some kin to you,668you spin such high-day wit in praising him.669Come. Come, Nerissa,670for I long to see quick Cupid's postthat comes so mannerly.671Bassanio, lord Love, if your will it be.672There's something tells me,but it is not love.673I would not lose you.674And yourself knowshate counsels not in such a quality.675I would detain you here a monthor two before you venture for me.676I could teach youhow to choose right677but then I'd break my oath.678That will I never do.679So may you miss me680and if you do, you make me wish that sinthat I had broke my oath.681Contend me with your eyes682for they have o'erlooked meand divided me.683One half of me is yours, the other halfyours, mine own, I would say,684but if mine, then yours and so...685all yours.686Let me choose,for as I am, I live upon the rack.687Upon the rack, Bassanio?688Then confess whattreason there is

mingled with your love.689None but that ugly treason of mistrust690which makes me fearthe enjoying of my love.691Ay but I fear you speak upon the rack,692when men enforced do speak anything.693Promise me life694and I'll confess the truth.695Well, then,696confess and live.697Confess and love has beenthe very sum of my confession.698But let me to my fortune and the caskets.699Away, then.700I am locked in one of them.701So may the outward showsbe least themselves.702The world is still deceivedwith ornament.703In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt704but being seasoned with a gracious voiceobscures the show of evil?705In religion,706what damned errorbut some sober brow will bless it707and approve it with a text,708hiding the grossness with fair... ornament?709Look on beauty710and you shall see711'tis purchased712by the weight.713Therefore, thou gaudy gold,I will none of you.714Nor none of you, O pale and commondrudge between man and man.715But you716Omeagre lead,717which rather threatenestthan dost promise aught,718your paleness moves me more...719than eloquence.720Here choose I.721Joy be the consequence.722O love, be moderate, allay your ecstasy,723I feel too much your blessing -make it less for fear I surfeit.724What find I here?725Fair Portia's counterfeit.726Oh, what demi-goddesscomes so near creation?727Move these eyes?728Or whether, riding onthe balls of mine, seem they in motion?729But her eyes -how could he see to do them?730But look how farthe substance of my praise731does wrong this shadowin underpraising it,732so far this shadowdoth limp behind the substance.733Here's the scroll -the continent and summary of my fortune.734"You that choose not by the view735"Chances fair and chooses true736"Since this fortune falls on you737"Be content and seek no new738"If you be well pleased with this739"Then hold your fortune for your bliss740"Turn you where your lady is741"And claim her with a loving kiss"742A gentle scroll!743Fair lady,744by your leave, I come by note745to give.746And to receive.747Like one of two contending in a prize748That thinks he has done wellin people's eyes749Hearing applause and universal shout750Giddy in spirit, still gazing in a doubt751As doubtful whether what I see be true752Until confirmed, signed, ratified753by you754You see me, lord Bassanio,where I stand, such as I am.755Though for myself alone756I would not be ambitious in my wishto wish myself much better,757yet for you,758I would be treble twenty times myself.759A thousand times more fair,760ten thous

and times more rich,761that only to stand high in your account,I might in virtues, beauties,762livings, friends,763exceed account.764But the full sum of me765is sum of somethingwhich, to term in gross,766is an unlessoned girl,767unschooled, unpractised.768Happy in this,she is not yet so old that she may learn.769Happier than this,she is not bred so dull that she may learn.770Happiest of all,771is that her gentle spiritcommits itself to yours to be directed772as by her governor,773her lord,774her king.775This house, these servants,776and this same myself777are yours,778my lord's.779I give them with this ring,780which when you part from,lose or give away,781let it presage the ruin of your love.782And give me vantage to exclaim on you.783Madam,784you have bereft me of all words.785Only my blood speaks to you in my veins,786there is such confusion in my powers.787But when this ring parts from this finger788then parts life from hence -789O, then be bold to say Bassanio's dead.790My lord Bassanio, my gentle lady,791I wish you all the joy that you can wish792and when your honours mean to solemnizethe bargain of your faith,793I do beseech you even at that time,I may be married, too.794With all my heart.795If you can get a wife.796I thank you, your lordship,you have got me one.797My eyes, my lord,can look as swift as yours.798You saw the mistress,799I beheld the maid.800Is it true, Nerissa?801- Madam, it is!- Oh!802And do you, Gratiano, mean good faith?803Yes, faith, my lord.804Our feast shall be much honouredin your marriage.805We'll play with themthe first boy for a thousand ducats.806- What, with stake down?- No.807We shall never win at that sportwith stake down.808Ho, there! Ho!809But who comes here?810There are some shrewd contentsin yond same paper,811that do steal the colourfrom Bassanio's cheek.812Some dear friend dead, else nothingin the world could turn the constitution813of any constant man.814What, worse and worse!815With leave, Bassanio,816I am half yourself817and I must freely have half of anythingthat this same letter brings you.818O sweet Portia,819they are a few of the unpleasantest wordsthat ever blotted paper.820Gentle lady,821when I did first impart my love to you,822I freely told youall the wealth I had ran in my veins -823I was a gentleman and then I told you true.824And yet, dear lady,825rating myself at nothing,826you shall see how much I was a braggart.827When I told you my estate was nothing,828I should have told youI was worse than nothing,829for, indeed, I have engaged myselft

o a dear friend,830who engaged my dear friendto his mere enemy831to feed my means.832Here is a letter, lady.The paper is the body of my friend833and every word in it a gaping woundissuing life-blood.834But is it true, Salerio? What,all his ventures failed? What, not one hit?835From Tripolis, from Mexico, from England?836Not one, my lord.837Besides it appears that if he hadthe present money to discharge the Jew,838he would not take it.839He plies the duke at morning and at nightand doth impeach the freedom of the state840if they deny him justice.841Twenty merchants, the duke himself842and the magnificoes of greatest porthave all persuaded with him843but none can drive him from the enviousplea of forfeiture, of justice, and his bond.844When I was with him,845I have heard him swearto Tubal and to Cush, his countrymen,846that he would rather have Antonio's flesh847than twenty times the value of the sumthat he did owe him.848And I know, my lord,849if law, authority and power deny not,850it will go hard with poor Antonio.851Is it your dear friendthat is thus in trouble?852The dearest friend to me.853What sum owes he the Jew?854For me, three thousand ducats.855No more?856Pay him six thousand and deface the bond.857Double six thousand and then treble that858before a friend of this description shouldlose a hair through Bassanio's fault.859Let me hear the letter of your friend.860"Sweet Bassanio, my ships haveall miscarried, my creditors grow cruel,861"my estate is very low.862"My bond to the Jew is forfeit and sincein paying it, it is impossible I should live,863"all debts are cleared between you and I,864"if I might but see you at my death.865"Notwithstanding, use your pleasure -866"if love do not persuade you to come,let not my letter. "867O love,868dispatch all business and be gone!869First...870go with me to church and call me wife.871Then away to Venice, to your friend.872For never shall you lie by Portia's sidewith an unquiet soul.873You shall have gold to paythe petty debt twenty times over.874When it is paid,bring your true friend along.875Meantime, myself and Nerissawill live as maids and widows.876Come, away,877for you shall hence878upon your wedding day.879Gaoler, look to him, tell me not of mercy.880This is the fool that lent out money gratis.Gaoler, look to him.881Hear me yet, good Shylock.882I'll have my bond.Speak not against my bond.883I have sworn an oaththat I will have my bond.884You called me dog before you had a cause.885But since I am a dog, beware my fangs.886The duke will grant me justice.887I do wonder, you wicked gaolers,888you are so fond

to come abroad with him at his request.889- I pray you, hear me speak!- I'll have my bond,890I will not hear you speak.891I'll have my bond, therefore speak no more.892I'll not be made a soft and dull-eyed fool,893to shake their head, relent and sighand yield to Christian intercessors.894I'll have no speaking, follow not.895I will have my bond.896It is the most impenetrable curthat ever kept with men.897Let him alone.898I'll follow him no morewith bootless prayers.899He seeks my life.900His reason well I know.901I'm sure the duke will never grantthis forfeiture to hold!902The duke cannot deny the course of law.903For the commodity that strangers havewith us in Venice, if it be denied,904will much impeach the justice of the state.905Therefore, go.906Oh!907These griefs and losses have so bated me908that I shall hardly find a pound of fleshtomorrow for my bloody creditor.909Pray God Bassanio cometo see me pay his debt.910Then I care not.911Madam, if you knewto whom you show this honour,912how true a gentleman you send relief,913how dear a lover of my lord your husband,914I know you would be prouder of the workthan customary kindness would allow you.915I never did repent for doing good,I shall not now.916For in companions that doconverse and waste the time together917there needs must be a like proportionof lineaments, of manners and of spirit.918Which makes me think that this Antonio,being the bosom lover of my lord,919must needs be like my lord.920If it be so, how littleis the cost I have bestowed921in purchasing the semblance of my soulfrom out of this state of hellish cruelty.922This comes too nearthe praising of myself.923Therefore, no more of it. Hear other things.924Lorenzo, I commit into your handsthe husbandry and manage of my house925until my lord's return.926For my own part, I have towards heavenbreathed a secret vow927to live in prayer and contemplation,only attended by Nerissa here,928- until my husband and her lord's return.- Madam, with all my heart,929I shall obey you in all fair commands.930Fair thoughts and happy hoursattend on you.931Go, speed to Padua, render thisinto my cousin's hands, old Bellario.932Go!933Is it not so, cousin Bellario?934See, Jessica.935Look how the floor of heaven isthick inlaid with patterns of bright gold.936Is not the smallest orb that you beholdbut in his motion like an angel sings?937Such harmony is in immortal souls.938But whilst this muddy vesture of decaydoth grossly close it in,939- we cannot hear it.- Hm.940I am never merry when I hear sweet music.941The reason is your spirits are attentive.942The man that hath no music in himse

lf943nor is not movedwith concord of sweet sounds944is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils.945The motions of his spirit areas dull as night946and his affections are as dark as Erebus.947Let no such man be trusted.948Mark the music.949We shall see our husbandsbefore they think of us.950Shall they see us?951They shall, Nerissa,952but in such a habit that they shall thinkwe are accomplished with what we lack.953I'll hold you any wager, when we are bothaccoutred like young men,954I'll prove the prettier fellow of the two.955Go one and call the Jewto the court.956Make room and let him standbefore our face.957He is come, my lord.958Shylock, the world thinks,and I think so, too,959that you but lead'st this fashionof your malice to the last hour of the act960and then 'tis thoughtyou'll show your mercy and remorse,961more strange than isyour strange apparent cruelty.962What say you, Jew?963We all expect a gentle answer.964I have informed your graceof what I purpose965and by our holy Sabbath have I swornto have the due and forfeit of my bond.966If you deny it,967let the danger light upon your charterand your city's freedom.968You'll ask me why I rather chooseto have a weight of human flesh969than to receive three thousand ducats.970I'll not answer that.971But, say, it is my humour - is it answered?972What if my house be troubled by a rat973and I am pleased to giveten thousand ducats to have it killed?974- What, are you answered yet?- No.975Some men there are love not a gaping pig,976some that are mad if they behold a cat977and others when the bagpipe singsin the nose cannot contain their urine.978For affection, master of passion, sways it979to the mood of what it likes or loathes.980Now for your answer.981As there is no firm reason to be renderedwhy he cannot abide a gaping pig,982why he, a harmless, necessary cat,983why he a woollen bagpipe,984but of force must yieldto such inevitable shame985as to offend himself being offended,986so can I give no reason,987nor will I not,988more than a lodged hateand a certain loathing I bear Antonio,989that I follow thusthis losing suit against him.990- Are you answered?- No!991This is no answer, you unfeeling man,to excuse the current of your cruelty.992I am not bound to please youwith my answers.993Do all men kill the things they do not love?994Hates any man the thing he would not kill?995Every offence is not a hate at first.996You would have a serpent sting you twice?997I pray you,998think you question with the Jew:.999you may as well go stand upon the beach1000and bid the main flood lowerits usual height.1001You m

ay as well question with the wolf1002why he has madethe ewe bleat for the lamb.1003You may as well do anything most hard1004as seek to soften that1005than which what's harder, his Jewish heart.1006Therefore I do beseech you, makeno more offers, use no farther means,1007but with all just and plain conveniencylet me have judgment1008and the Jew his will.1009No! No!1010You loaned three thousand ducats.1011Here is six.1012If every ducat in six thousand ducats1013were in six parts and every part a ducat1014I would not draw them,I would have my bond.1015How shall you hope for mercy,giving none?1016What judgment should I fear,doing no wrong?1017You have among youmany a purchased slave,1018which like your assesand your dogs and mules,1019you use in abject and in slavish partsbecause you bought them.1020Shall I say to you, let them be free?1021Marry them to your heirs.1022Why sweat they under burdens?1023Let their beds be made as soft as yours.1024Their palates seasoned with your food.1025You will answer, "The slaves are ours. "1026So do I answer you.1027The pound of flesh that I demand of him1028is dearly bought.1029'Tis mine.1030'Tis mine!1031'Tis mine.1032And I will have it.1033If you deny me, fie upon your law.1034There is no force in the decrees of Venice.1035I stand for judgment.1036Answer.1037Shall I have it?1038Silence! Silence!1039Silence! Upon my powerI may dismiss this court1040unless Bellario, a learned doctorthat I have sent for to determine this,1041- come here today.- My lord!1042Here stays without a messengerwith letters from the doctor1043new come from Padua.1044Come you from Padua, from old Bellario?1045From both, my lord.Bellario greets your grace.1046Why do you whet your knife so earnestly?1047To cut the forfeiturefrom that bankrupt there.1048Can no prayers pierce you?1049No, none that you havewit enough to make.1050Be you damned, inexecrable dogand for your life let justice be accused.1051Till you can rail the seal from off my bond,1052you but offend your lungsto speak so loud.1053Prepare your wit, good youth,or it will fall to cureless ruin.1054I stand here for law.1055- I stand for law!- Silence! Silence!1056This letter does commenda young and learned doctor to our court.1057- Well, where is he?- He attendeth here hard by1058to know your answer,whether you'll admit him.1059Go, give himcourteous conduct to this place.1060Meantime, the courtshall hear Bellario's letter.1061"Your grace shall understand thatat the receipt of your letter, I am very sick1062"but in the instant your messenger camethere was with me a young docto

r of Rome1063"whose name is Balthasar.1064"He comes at my asking to take my place.1065"I beseech you,let his lack of years be no impediment,1066"for I never knew so young a bodywith so old a head.1067"I leave him to your gracious acceptance. "1068You heard Bellario, what he writes.Oh, and here, I take it, is the doctor come.1069You are welcome.1070Take your place.1071Are you acquainted with the difference thatholds this present question in the court?1072I am informed thoroughly of the case.1073Which is the merchant hereand which the Jew?1074Antonio and old Shylock, both stand forth.1075- Is your name Shylock?- Shylock is my name.1076Of a strange nature is the suit you follow,1077yet in such rule that the Venetian lawcannot deny you as you do proceed.1078- You stand within his power, do you not?- Ay, so he says.1079- Do you confess the bond?- I do.1080Then must the Jew be merciful.1081On what compulsion must I? Tell me that.1082The quality of mercy is not strained,1083it droppeth as the gentle rain from heavenupon the place beneath.1084It is twice blessed -1085it blesseth him that givesand him that takes.1086'Tis mightiest in the mighty.1087It becomes the throned monarchbetter than his crown.1088His sceptre shows the forceof temporal power,1089the attribute to awe and majesty whereindoth sit the dread and fear of kings.1090But mercy is above this sceptred sway.1091It is enthroned in the heart of kings.1092It is an attribute to God himself1093and earthly power doth then showlikest God's1094when mercy seasons justice.1095Therefore, Jew,though justice be your plea,1096consider this.1097That in the course of justice,none of us should see salvation.1098We do pray for mercy1099and that same prayer doth teach us allto render the deeds of mercy.1100I have spoke thus muchto mitigate the justice of your plea,1101which if you followthis strict course of Venice1102must needs give sentenceagainst the merchant there.1103My deeds upon my head.1104I crave the law,1105the penalty and forfeit of my bond.1106- Is he not able to discharge the money?- Yes, here I tender it for him in court,1107yea, twice the sum.1108If that is not enough,I will be bound to pay it ten times o'er1109on forfeit of my hands, my head, my heart!1110If this is not enough it must appearthat malice bears down on truth.1111I beseech you,wrest once the law to your authority -1112to do a great right, do a little wrongand curb this cruel devil of his will.1113It must not be. There is no power in Venicecan alter a decree established.1114'Twill be recorded for a precedent1115and many an error of the same examplewill rush into the st

ate.1116- It cannot be.- A Daniel come to judgment.1117Yea, a Daniel.1118O wise young judge, how I do honour you.1119I pray you, let me look upon the bond.1120Most reverend doctor, here it is.1121Shylock, there is twice the moneyoffered you.1122An oath, an oath.1123I have an oath in heaven.1124Shall I lay perjury upon my soul?1125No. Not for Venice.1126Why, this bond is forfeit1127and lawfully at this timethe Jew may claim a pound of flesh1128to be by him cut offnearest the merchant's heart.1129Be merciful.1130Take twice your money,bid me tear the bond.1131When it is paid, according to the terms.1132Most heartily I do beseech the court1133to give the judgment.1134Then thus it is. You must prepareyour bosom for his knife.1135O noble judge, excellent young man.1136For the intent and purpose of the lawhas full relation to the penalty1137which here appeareth due upon the bond.1138'Tis very true, O wise and upright judge.1139How much more elder are youthan you look.1140- Therefore, lay bare your bosom.- Ay, his breast.1141So says the bond, does it not,noble judge?1142Nearest the heart.1143- Those are the very words.- It is so.1144Are there balances hereto weigh the flesh?1145I have them here.1146Have by some surgeon, Shylock,on your charge1147to stop his woundslest he should bleed to death.1148Is it so nominated in the bond?1149It is not so expressed but what of that?'Twere good you do so much for charity.1150I cannot find it. 'Tis not in the bond.1151You, merchant, have you anything to say?1152But little.1153I am armed and well prepared.1154Give me your hand, Bassanio.1155Fare thee well.1156Grieve not that I am fallen to this for you.1157For herein doth Fortune show herselfmore kind than is her custom.1158Commend me to thy honourable wife.1159Tell her the process of Antonio's end.1160Say how I loved you,speak me fair in death.1161And when the tale is told,1162bid her be judgewhether Bassanio had not once a love.1163Repent but youthat you shall lose your friend1164and you repent not that he pays your debt.1165For if the Jew do cut but deep enough1166I'll pay it instantly with all my heart.1167Antonio, I am married to a wife1168which is as dear to me as life itself.1169But life itself, my wife and all the world1170are not with me esteemed above your life.1171I would lose all, ay, sacrifice them all,here to this devil1172to deliver you.1173I have a wife, whom, I protest, I love -1174I would she were in heaven,so she could entreat some power1175to change this cursed Jew!1176I have a daughter!1177Would that any of the stock of Barrabasbeen her hus

band1178rather than a Christian.1179We trifle time. I pray you, pursue sentence.1180You may proceed.1181A pound of that samemerchant's flesh is yours.1182The court awards itand the law does give it.1183Most rightful judge.1184And you must cut this fleshfrom off his breast.1185The court awards it and the law allows it.1186Most learned judge.1187A sentence.1188Come.1189Prepare.1190- Tarry a little!- Aah!1191There is something else.1192This bond does give you hereno drop of blood.1193The words expressly are a pound of flesh.1194Take then your bond,take then your pound of flesh,1195but in the cutting of it,if you do shed one drop of Christian blood,1196your lands and goodsare by the laws of Venice confiscate1197unto the state of Venice.1198O upright judge!1199Mark, Jew. Learned judge!1200Is that the law?1201Yourself shall see the act.1202For as you urge on justice,1203be assured you shall have justicemore than you desire.1204Well.1205I take the offer, then.1206Pay the bond twice1207and let the Christian go.1208- Here is the money.- Soft. The Jew shall have all justice.1209No haste. He shall have nothingbut the penalty.1210Therefore, prepare you to cut off the flesh.1211Shed then no blood1212nor cut you less nor morebut just a pound of flesh.1213If you take more or less than a just pound1214be it but so muchas makes it light or heavy1215in the substance or divisionof the twentieth part of one poor scruple,1216nay, if the scale do turnbut in the estimation of a hair,1217you die1218and all your goods are confiscate.1219A second Daniel!1220Now, infidel, I have you on the hip!1221Why does the Jew pause?1222Shall I not have even my principal?1223You shall have nothing but your forfeiture,to be so taken at your peril, Jew.1224Why, then the devil give him good of it.1225- I'll stay no longer question.- Tarry, Jew.1226The law has yet another hold on you.1227It is enacted in the laws of Venice,1228if it be proved against an alienthat by direct or indirect attempts1229he seek the life of any citizen,1230the party 'gainst which he does contriveshall seize one half of his goods.1231The other half comesto the privy coffer of the state1232and the offender's lifelies in the mercy of the Duke only,1233'gainst all other voice.1234In which predicament, I say you stand.1235Down, therefore,1236and beg mercy of the Duke.1237Beg that you may have leaveto hang yourself.1238That you shall see the differencein our spirit, I pardon you your life1239before you ask it.1240For half your wealth, it is Antonio's, theother half shall come to the general state.1

241Nay, take my life and all -1242pardon not that.1243You take my house when you take the propthat doth sustain my house.1244You take my life1245when you take the means whereby I live.1246What mercy can you render him, Antonio?1247A halter gratis,nothing else, for God's sake.1248So please my lord the Dukeand all the court1249forego the fine of one half of his goods.1250I am content so he will let me usethe other half, in trust,1251relinquish it upon his death1252unto the gentlemanthat lately stole his daughter.1253One thing provided more,that, for this favour,1254he shall presently become a Christian.1255He shall do thisor else I do recant the pardon1256I late pronounced here.1257Are you contented, Jew?1258What do you say?1259Oh...1260I am contented.1261Clerk, prepare a deed of gift.1262I pray you, give me leave to go from hence.1263I... I am not well.1264I will... Send a deed after meand I will sign it.1265Get you gone, then, but do it.1266Court dismissed.1267Most worthy gentleman,1268I and my friend have by your wisdom1269been this day acquittedof most grievous penalties,1270in lieu whereof, three thousand ducats,due unto the Jew1271we freely pay your courteous pains withal.1272- Mm.- And stand indebted, over and above,1273in love and service to you ever more.1274He is well paid that is well satisfied1275and I, delivering you, am satisfied1276and therein do account myself well paid -fare you well.1277Dear sir, of forceI must attempt you further.1278Take some remembrance of us,as a tribute, not as a fee.1279Run me two things, I pray you.1280Not to deny me and to pardon me.1281You press me far, therefore I will yield.1282Give me your gloves.I'll wear them for your sake.1283And for your love,I'll take this ring from you.1284Do not draw back your hand,I'll take no more,1285and you, in love, shall not deny me this.1286This ring... Good sir, alas, it is a trifle,I would not shame myself to give you this.1287I will have nothing else but only this.1288There's more depends on thisthan on the value.1289The dearest ring in all of Venice will I giveto you, and find it out by proclamation,1290only for this, I pray you, pardon me.1291Oh, I see, sir.1292You are liberal in offers,you taught me first to beg,1293and now methinks you teach mehow a beggar should be answered.1294This ring was given me by my wife.1295Oh!1296And when she put it on she made me vowthat I should neither sell nor give1297nor lose it.1298That 'scuse serves many mento save their gifts1299and if your wife be not a madwoman,1300then know her wellI have deserved this ring.1301She would no

t hold out enemy foreverfor giving it to me.1302My lord Bassanio, let him have the ring.1303Let not his deserving and my love as well1304be valued 'gainstyour wife's commandment.1305Enquire the Jew's house out.Give him this deed and let him sign it.1306Ho! My lord Bassanio upon more advicehas sent you here this ring.1307He does entreat your company at dinner.1308That cannot be.1309His ring I do accept most thankfully.1310I pray you tell him.1311Furthermore, I pray you show my youthto old Shylock's house.1312That will I do.1313I'll see if I can get my husband's ring whichI did make him swear to keep forever.1314Dear ladies, welcome home.1315We have been prayingfor our husbands' welfare,1316whose speedwe hope the better for our words.1317This night, methinks,is but the daylight sick.1318It looks a little paler.1319'Tis a day such as the day iswhen the sun is hid.1320- Ho!- Peace.1321You're welcome home, my lord.1322I thank you, madam.Give welcome to my friend.1323This is the man, this is Antonioto whom I am so infinitely bound.1324You should in all sensebe much bound to him,1325for as I hear he was much bound for you.1326No more than I am well acquitted of.1327Sir, you are welcome to our house.1328It must appear in other ways than wordsso I cut short this breathing courtesy.1329By yonder moon,I swear you do me wrong.1330In faith I gave it to the judge's clerk.1331Would he were geldedthat had it, for my part,1332since you do take it, love,so much at heart.1333A quarrel, ho, already? What's the matter?1334About a hoop of gold,a paltry ring that she did give me,1335whose motto was for all the worldlike cutler's poetry upon a knife.1336"Love me and leave me not. "1337What talk you of the mottoor the value?1338You swore to me when I did give it you1339that you would wear ittill your hour of death1340and that it should lie with youin your grave.1341Though not for meyet for your vehement oaths1342you should have been respectiveand have kept it.1343- Gave it to a judge's clerk!- I gave it to a youth,1344a kind of boy, a little scrubbed boy,no higher than thyself, the judge's clerk.1345You were to blame,I must be plain with you,1346to part so slightly with your wife's first gift.1347I gave my love a ringand made him swear never to part with it.1348And here he stands.1349I dare be sworn for him,he would not lose it1350nor pluck it from his fingerfor all the wealth that the world masters.1351Why, I were best to cut my left hand offand swear I lost the ring defending it.1352- My lord Bassanio gave his ring away.- Hm?1353Unto the judge that begged itand indeed deserved it, too.1354A

nd then the boy, his clerk, that tooksome pain in writing, he begged mine1355and neither man nor masterwould take aught but the two rings.1356If I could add a lie onto a faultI would deny it1357but you see my fingerhas not the ring upon it, it is... gone.1358Even so void is your false heart of truth.1359By heaven, I will ne'er come into your beduntil I see the ring.1360Nor I in yours till I again see mine.1361Sweet Portia, if you did knowto whom I gave the ring,1362if you did know for whom I gave the ring,1363and would conceivefor what I gave the ring1364and how unwillingly I left the ring whennought would be accepted but the ring,1365you would abate the strengthof your displeasure.1366If you had known the virtue of the ring1367or half her worthinesswho did give the ring,1368or your own honour to contain the ring,1369you would not thenhave parted with the ring.1370Nerissa teaches me what to believe.1371I'll die for it but some woman has that ring.1372No, by honour, madam,by my soul, no woman had it1373but a civil doctor,1374which did refuse three thousand ducatsof me and begged the ring1375the which I did refuse him,and suffered him, displeased, to go away,1376even he that had held upthe very life of my dear friend.1377What should I say, sweet lady?1378I was enforced to send it after him.1379Let not that doctor come near my house.1380Since he has got the jewel that I loved andthat which you did swear to keep for me,1381I will become as liberal as you -1382I'll not deny him anything I have.1383No, not since my body,nor my husband's bed,1384know him I shall, I am sure of that.1385Portia, forgive me this enforced wrong1386and in the hearing of these many friends,I swear to you, even by thine own fair eyes,1387I never more will break an oath with thee.1388I once did lend my bodyfor his wealth.1389I dare be bound again,my soul upon the forfeit,1390that your lord...1391will never more break faith advisedly.1392Then you shall be his surety.1393Give him this.1394And bid him keep it better1395than the other.1396My lord Bassanio, swear to keep this ring.1397By heaven, 'tis the same I gave the doctor.1398I had it of him. Pardon me, Bassanio,1399for, by this ring, the doctor lay with me.1400And pardon me, my gentle Gratiano,1401for that same scrubbed boy,the doctor's clerk,1402in lieu of this last night did lie with me.1403Why...1404This is likethe mending of the highways in summer,1405when the ways are fair enough.1406What, are we cuckoldsere we have deserved it?1407Speak not so grossly.1408You are all amazed.1409Bassanio...1410Here is a letter,it comes from Padua, from old Bellar

io.1411There you shall readthat Portia was the doctor,1412Nerissa there her clerk.1413Lorenzo here shall witnessI set forth as soon as you1414and only just now returned.1415Were you the doctor and I knew you not?1416Were you the clerkthat is to make me a cuckold?1417Ay, but the clerk that never means to do itunless he live to be a man.1418Sweet doctor,1419you shall be my bedfellow.1420When I am absent, then lie with my wife.1421How now, Lorenzo?1422My clerk has some good comforts toofor you.1423Ay, there do I give to you and Jessicafrom the rich Jew1424a special deed of gift after his deathof all he dies possessed of.1425Oh!1426Fair ladies, you drop mannain the way of starved people.1427It is almost morning1428and yet, I am sure you are not satisfiedwith these events at full.1429Let us go in.1430And I will answer all things faithfully.1431Well, let it be so.1432The first inter'gatorythat my Nerissa shall be sworn on is1433whether till the next nightshe had rather stay or go to bed now,1434being two hours today.1435But were the day come,I should wish it dark1436till I were couching the doctor's clerk.1437Well, while I live I'll fear no other thingso sore as keeping safe Nerissa's ring.