Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	authority_n	law_n	power_n	2,872	5	4.6226	4	false

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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

the Casket there And so did mine too as the matter fals For wooing heere vntill I swet againe And sweating till my very roofe was dry With oathes of Ioue at last it promise last I got a promise of this faire one here To haue her loue prouided that your fortune Atchieu'd her Mistris Por. Is this true Nerrissa Ner. Maddam it is so you stand pleas'd withall Bass And do you Gratiano meane good faith Gra. Yes faith my Lord. Bass Our feast shall be much honoured in your marriage Gra. Wee l ' play with them the first boy for a thousand ducats Ner. What and stake downe Gra. No we shall nere win at that sport and stake downe But who comes heere Lorenzo and his infidell What and my olde venetian friend Salerio Enter Lorenzo Iessica and Salerio a messenger from Venice Bass Lorenzo and Salerio welcome hither If that the youth of my new intrest heere Haue power to bid you welcome by your leaue I bid my very friends and countrymen Sweete Portia welcome Por. So do I my Lord they are entirely welcome Lor. I thanke your Honour for my part my Lord My purpose was not to haue seene you heere But meeting with Salerio by the way He did entreate me past all saying nay To come with him along Sal. I did my Lord And I haue reason for it Signior Anthonio Commends him to you Bass Ere Iope his Letter I pray you tell me how my good friend doth Sal. Not sicke my Lord vnlesse it be in minde Nor well vnlesse in minde his Letter there Will shew you his estate He opens the Letter Gra. Nerrissa cheere you stranger bid her welcome Your hand Salerio what 's the newes from Venice How doth that royall Merchant good Anthonio I know he will be glad of our successe We are the Iasons we haue won the fleece Sal. I would you had won the fleece that he hath lost Por. There are some shrewd contents in yon same paper That steales the colour from Bassanios cheeke Some deare friend dead else nothing in the world Could turne so much the constitution Of any constant man what worse and worse With leaue Bassanio I am halfe your selfe And I must freely haue the halfe of any thing That this same paper brings you Bass O sweete Portia Heere are a few of the vnpleasantst words That euer blotted paper Gentle Lady When I did first impart my loue to you I freely told you all the wealth I had Ran in my veines I was a Gentleman And then I told you true and yet deere Lady Rating my selfe at nothing you shall see How much I was a Braggart when I told you My state was nothing I should then haue told you That I was worse then nothing for indeed I haue ingag'd my selfe to a deere friend Ingag'd my friend to his meere enemy To feed my meanes Heer 's a Letter Lady The paper as the body of my friend And euery word in it a gaping wound Issuing life blood But is it true Salerio Hath all his ventures faild what not one hit From Tripolis from Mexico and England From Lisbon Barbary and India And not one vessell scape the dreadfull touch Of Merchant-marring rocks Sal. Not one my Lord. Besides it should appeare that if he had The present money to discharge the Iew He would not take it neuer did I know A creature that did beare the shape of man So keene and greedy to confound a man He plies the Duke at morning and at night And doth impeach the freedome of the state If they deny him iustice Twenty Merchants The Duke himselfe and the Magnificoes Of greatest port haue all perswaded with him But none can driue him from the enuious plea Of forfeyture of iustice and his bond Iessica When I was with him I haue heard him sweare To Tuball and to Chus his Country-men That he would rather haue Anthonios flesh Then twenty times the value of the summe That he did owe him and I know my Lord If law authority and power deny not It will go hard with poore Anthonio Por. Is it your deare friend that is thus in trouble Bass The deerest friend to me the kindest man The best condition'd and vnwearied spirit In doing courtesies and one in whom The ancient Romane honour more appeares Then any that drawes breath in Italy Por. What summe owes he the Iew Bass For me three thousand Ducats Por. What no more pay him six thousand deface the bond Double sixe thousand and then treble that Before a friend of this description Shall lose a haire through Bassanios fault First go with me to Church and call me wife And then away to Venice to your friend For neuer shall you lye by Portias side With an vnquiet soule You shall haue gold To pay the petty debt twenty times ouer When it is paid bring your true friend along My maide Nerrissa and my selfe meane time Will liue as maides and widdowes come away For you shall hence vpon your wedding day Bid your friends welcome shew a merry cheere Since you are deere bought I will loue you deere But let me heare the letter of your friend Sweet Bassanio My ships haue all miscarried my Creditors grow cruell my estate is very low my bond to the Iew is forfet and since in paying it it is impossible I should liue all debts are cleered betweene you and I if I might but see you at my death Notwithstanding vse your pleasure if your loue doe not perswade you to come let not my Letter O Loue dispatch all businesse and be gone Bass Since I haue your good leaue to go away I will make hast But till I come againe No bed shall ere be guilty of my stay No rest be interposer twixt vs twaine Exeunt Enter the Iew and Salarino and Anthonio and the Iaylor Iew Iaylor looke to him tell not me of mercy This is the foole that lent out money gratis Iaylor looke to him An. Heare me yet good Shylocke Iew. I le haue my bond speake not against my bond I haue sworne an oath that I will haue my bond Thou cald'st me dogge before thou hadst a cause But since I am a dogge beware my fangs The Duke shall grant me iustice I do wonder Thou naughty Iaylor that thou art so fond To come abroad with him at his request An. I prethee heare me speake Iew. I le haue my bond I will not heare thee speake I le haue my bond and therefore speake no more I le not be made a soft and dull ey'd foole To shake the head relent and sigh and yeeld To Christian intercessors follow not I le haue no speaking I will haue my bond Exit Iew. Sol. It is the most impenetrable curre That euer kept with men Ant. Let him alone I le follow him no more with bootlesse prayers He seekes my life his reason well I know I oft deliuer'd from his forfeitures Many that haue at times made mone to mee Therefore he