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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11981	The excellent history of the merchant of Venice VVith the extreme cruelty of Shylocke the Iew towards the saide merchant, in cutting a iust pound of his flesh. And the obtaining of Portia, by the choyse of three caskets. VVritten by VV. Shakespeare.; Merchant of Venice	Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.	1619 (1619)	STC 22297; ESTC S111195	44,114	80

wilt thou shewe the whole wealth of thy witte in an instant I pray thee vnderstand a plaine man in his plaine meaning Goe to thy Fellowes bid them couer the table serue in the meate and we will come in to dinner Clo. For the table sir it shall be seru'd in for the meate sir it shall be couered for your comming in to dinner sir why let it be as humors and conceits shall gouerne Exit Clowne Lor. O deere discretion how his words are suted The foole hath planted in his memory An army of good words and I do know A many fooles that stand in better place Garnish'd like him that for a trickfie word Defie the matter how far'st thou Iessica And now good sweet say thy opinion How dost thou like the Lord Bassanios wife Ies Past all expressing it is very meete The Lord Bassanio liue an vpright life For hauing such a blessing in his Lady He findes the ioyes of heauen heere on earth And if on earth he doe not meane it then In reason he should neuer come to heauen Why if two Gods should play some heauenly match And on the wager lay two earthly women And Portia one there must be something else Pawn'd with the other for the poore rude world Hath not her fellow Lor. Euen such a husband hast thou of me As she if for wife Ies Nay but aske my opinion to of that Lor. I will anon first let vs go to dinner Ies Nay let me praise you while I haue a stomacke Lor. No prethee let it serue for table talke Then howsoere thou speakst mong other things I shall disgest it Ies Well I le set you forth Exit Enter the Duke the Magnificos Anthonio Bassanio and Gratiano Duke What is Anthonio heere An. Ready so please your Grace Duke I am sorry for thee thou art come to answer A stony aduersary an inhumane wretch Vncapeable of pitty voide and empty From any dram of mercy An. I haue heard Your Grace hath tane great paines To qualifie his rigorous course But since he stands obdurate And that no lawfull meanes can carrie mee Out of his enuies reach I do oppose My patience to his furie and am arm'd To suffer with a quietnesse of spirit The verie tiranny and rage of his Duke Go one and call the Iew into the Court. Sal. He is ready at the doore he comes my Lord. Enter Shylocke Du. Make roome and let him stand before our face Shylocke the world thinkes and I thinke so to That thou but leadest this fashion of thy malice To the last houre of act and then t is thought Thou 'lt shew thy mercie and remorse more strange Then is thy strange apparant cruelty And where thou now exacts the penalty VVhich is a pound of this poore Merchants flesh Thou wilt not onely loose the forfeiture But touch'd with humane gentlenesse and loue Forgiue a moity of the principall Glancing an eie of pittie on his losses That haue of late so hudled on his backe Enow to presse a royall Merchant downe And plucke commisseration of his state From brassie bosomes and rough hearts of flint From stubborne Turkes and Tartars neuer train'd To offices of tender curtesie VVe all expect a gentle answer Iew. Iew. I haue possest your Grace of what I purpose And by our holy Sabbath haue I sworne To haue the due and forfet of my bond If you deny it let the danger light Vpon your Charter and your Citties freedome You 'l aske me why I rather choose to haue A weight of carrion flesh then to receiue Three thousand Ducats I le not answer that But say it is my humor is it answered What if my house be troubled with a Rat And I be pleas'd to giue ten thousand ducats To haue it baind what are you answered yet Some men there are loue not a gaping pig Some that are mad if they behold a Cat And others when the Bagpipe sings i' th nose Cannot containe their vrine for affection Masters of passion swayes it to the mood Of what it likes or loathes now for your answere As there is no firme reason to be rendred Why he cannot abide a gaping pig Why he a harmlesse necessary Cat Why he a woollen Bagpipe but of force Must yeeld to such ineuitable shame As to offend himselfe being offended So can I giue no reason nor I will not More then a lodged hate and a certaine loathing I beare Anthonio that I follow thus A losing sute against him are you answered Bass This is no answer thou vnfeeling man To excuse the currant of thy cruelty Shy I am not bound to please thee with my answere Bass Do all men kill the things they do not loue Shy Hates any man the thing he would not kill Bass Euery offence is not a hate at first Shy What wouldst thou haue a serpent sting thee twice Ant. I pray you thinke you question with the Iew You may as well go stand vpon the Beach And bid the maine flood bate his vsuall height You may as well vse question with the Wolfe Why he hath made the Ewe bleake for the Lambe You may as well forbid the mountaine of Pines To wag their high tops and to make no noise When they are fretten with the gusts of heauen You may as well do any thing most hard As seeke to soften that then which what 's harder His Iewish heart therefore I do beseech you Make no moe offers vse no farther meanes But with all briefe and plaine conueniency Let me haue iudgement and the Iew his will Bass For thy three thousand ducats here is sixe Iew. If euery ducat in six thousand ducats Were in sixe parts and euery part a ducat I would not draw them I would haue my bond Du. How shalt thou hope for mercy tendring none Iew. What iudgment shall I dread doing no wrong You haue among you many a purchast slaue Which like your Asses and your Dogs and Mules You vse in abiect and in slauish parts Because you bought them shall I say to you Let them be free marry them to your heires Why sweat they vnder burthens let their beds Be made as soft as yours and let their pallats Be season'd with such viands you will answer The slaues are ours so do I answer you The pound of flesh which I demand of him Is deerely bought t is mine and I will haue it If you deny me fie vpon your Law There is no force in the decrees of Venice I stand for iudgement answer shall I haue it Duke Vpon my power I may dismisse this Court Vnlesse Bellario a learned Doctor Whom I haue sent for to determine this Come heere to day Saler My Lord heere stayes without A messenger with letters from the Doctor New come from Padua Duke Bring vs the Letters call the Messenger Bass Good cheere Anthonio what man courage yet The Iew shall haue my flesh blood bones and all Ere thou shalt lose for me one drop of blood Antho.