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The most excellent historie of the merchant of Venice VVith the extreame crueltie of Shylocke the Iewe towards the sayd merchant, in cutting a iust pound of his flesh: and the obtayning of Portia by the choyse of three chests. As it hath beene diuers times acted by the Lord Chamberlaine his Seruants. Written by William Shakespeare.; Merchant of Venice
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
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be much bound to him for as I heare he was much bound for you Anth. No more then I am well acquitted of Por. Sir you are very welcome to our house it must appeare in other wayes then words therefore I scant this breathing curtesie Gra. By yonder moone I sweare you doe me wrong infaith I gaue it to the Iudges Clarke vvould he were gelt that had it for my part since you doe take it Loue so much at hart Por. A quarrell hoe already what 's the matter Grati. About a hoope of gold a paltry ring that she did giue me whose posie was for all the world like Cutlers poetry vpon a knife Loue me and leaue me not Ner. What talke you of the posie or the valew You swore to me when I did giue you that you would weare it till your houre of death and that it should lie with you in your graue though not for me yet for your vehement oathes you should haue beene respectiue and haue kept it Gaue it a Iudges Clarke no Gods my Iudge the Clarke will nere weare haire on s face that had it Gra. He will and if he liue to be a man Nerrissa I if a woman liue to be a man Gra. Now by this hand I gaue it to a youth a kind of boy a little scrubbed boy no higher then thy selfe the Iudges Clarke a prating boy that begd it as a fee I could not for my hart deny it him Por. You were to blame I must be plaine with you to part so slightly with your wiues first gift a thing stuck on with oaths vpon your finger and so riueted with faith vnto your flesh I gaue my Loue a ring and made him sweare neuer to part with it and heere he stands I dare be sworne for him he would not leaue it nor pluck it from his finger for the wealth that the world maisters Now in faith Gratiano you giue your wife too vnkind a cause of griefe and t were to me I should be mad at it Bass Why I were best to cut my left hand off and sweare I lost the ring defending it Gra. My Lord Bassanio gaue his ring away vnto the Iudge that begd it and indeede deseru'd it to and then the boy his Clarke that tooke some paines in writing he begd mine and neither man nor maister would take ought but the two rings Por. What ring gaue you my Lord Not that I hope which you receau'd of me Bass If I could add a lie vnto a fault I would deny it but you see my finger hath not the ring vpon it it is gone Por. Euen so voyd is your false hart of truth By heauen I will nere come in your bed vntill I see the ring Ner. Nor I in yours till I againe see mine Bass Sweet Portia if you did know to whom I gaue the ring if you did know for whom I gaue the ring and would conceaue for what I gaue the ring and how vnwillingly I left the ring vvhen naught would be accepted but the ring you would abate the strength of your displeasure Por. If you had knowne the vertue of the ring or halfe her worthines that gaue the ring or your owne honour to containe the ring you would not then haue parted with the ring vvhat man is there so much vnreasonable if you had pleasd to haue defended it vvith any termes of zeale wanted the modesty to vrge the thing held as a ceremonie Nerrissa teaches me what to beleeue I le die for 't but some woman had the ring Bass No by my honour Madam by my soule no woman had it but a ciuill Doctor vvhich did refuse three thousand ducats of me and begd the ring the which I did denie him and sufferd him to goe displeasd away euen he that had held vp the very life of my deere friend What should I say sweet Lady I was inforc'd to send it after him I was beset with shame and curtesie my honour would not let ingratitude so much besmere it pardon me good Lady for by these blessed candels of the night had you been there I think you would haue begd the ring of me to giue the worthy Doctor Por. Let not that Doctor ere come neere my house since he hath got the iewell that I loued and that which you did sweare to keepe for me I will become as liberall as you I le not deny him any thing I haue no not my body nor my husbands bed Know him I shall I am well sure of it Lie not a night from home Watch me like Argos if you doe not if I be left alone now by mine honour which is yet mine owne I le haue that Doctor for mine bedfellow Nerrissa And I his Clark therefore be well aduisd how you doe leaue me to mine owne protection Gra. Well doe you so let not me take him then for if I doe I le mar the young Clarks pen. Anth. I am th' vnhappy subiect of these quarrells Por. Sir greeue not you you are welcome notwithstanding Bass Portia forgiue me this enforced wrong and in the hearing of these many friends I sweare to thee euen by thine owne faire eyes vvherein I see my selfe Por. Marke you but that In both my eyes he doubly sees himselfe In each eye one sweare by your double selfe and there 's an oath of credite Bass Nay but heare me Pardon this fault and by my soule I sweare I neuer more will breake an oath with thee Anth. I once did lend my body for his wealth vvhich but for him that had your husbands ring had quite miscaried I dare be bound againe my soule vpon the forfet that your Lord vvill neuer more breake faith aduisedly Por. Then you shall be his surety giue him this and bid him keepe it better then the other Antho. Here Lord Bassanio sweare to keepe this ring Bass By heauen it is the same I gaue the Doctor Por. I had it of him pardon me Bassanio for by this ring the Doctor lay with me Nerrissa And pardon me my gentle Gratiano for that same scrubbed boy the Doctors Clarke in liew of this last night did he with me Grati. Why this is like the mending of high wayes in Sommer where the wayes are faire enough What are we cuckolds ere we haue deseru'd it Por. Speake not so grosly you are all amaz'd Heere is a letter reade it at your leasure It comes from Padua from Bellario there you shall finde that Portia was the Doctor Nerrissa there her Clarke Lorenzo heere shall witnes I set foorth as soone as you and euen but now returnd I haue not yet enterd my house Anthonio you are welcome and I haue better newes in store for you than you exspect vnseale this letter soone there you shall finde three of your Argosies are richly come to harbour sodainly You shall not know by what strange accident I chaunced on this letter Antho. I am dumb Bass Were you the Doctor and I knew you not Gra. Were you the Clark that is to make me cuckold Ner. I but the Clarke that neuer meanes to doe it vnlesse he liue vntill he be a man Bass Sweet Doctor you shall be my bedfellow vvhen I am absent then lie with my wife An. Sweet Lady you haue giuen me life and lyuing for heere I reade for certaine that my ships are safely come to Rode Por. How now Lorenzo my Clarke hath some good comforts to for you Ner I and I le giue them him without a fee. There doe I giue to you and Iessica from the rich Iewe a speciall deede of gift after his death of all he dies possest of Loren. Faire Ladies you drop Manna in the way of starued people Por. It is almost morning and yet I am sure you are not satisfied of these euents at full Let vs goe in and charge vs there vpon intergotories and we will aunswer all things faithfully Gra. Let it be so the first intergory that my Nerrissa shall be sworne on is vvhether till the next night she had rather stay or goe to bed now being two houres to day But were the day come I should wish it darke till I were couching with the Doctors Clarke Well while I liue I le feare no other thing so sore as keeping safe Nerrissas ring Exeunt FINIS
Duke shall graunt me iustice I do wonder thou naughtie Iaylor that thou art so fond to come abroade with him at his request An. I pray thee 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 eyde foole to shake the head relent and sigh and yeeld to christian intercessers follow not I le haue no speaking I will haue my bond Exit Iew. Sol. It is the most impenitrable curre that euer kept with men An. Let him alone I le follow him no more with bootlesse prayers hee seekes my life his reason well I know I oft deliuerd from his forfeytures many that haue at times made mone to me therefore he hates me Sal. I am sure the Duke will neuer grant this forfaiture to hold An. The Duke cannot denie the course of law for the commoditie that strangers haue vvith vs in Venice if it be denyed will much impeach the iustice of the state since that the trade and profit of the citty consisteth of all Nations Therefore goe these griefes and losses haue so bated me that I shall hardly spare a pound of flesh to morrow to my bloody Creditor Well Iaylor on pray God Bassanio come to see me pay his debt and then I care not Exeunt Enter Portia Nerrissa Lorenzo Iessica and a man of Portias Lor. Maddam although I speake it in your presence you haue a noble and a true conceite of god-like amitie which appeares most strongly in bearing thus the absence of your Lord. But if you knew to whom you show this honour how true a gentleman you send releefe how decre a louer of my Lord your husband I know you would be prouder of the worke then customarie bountie can enforce you Por. I neuer did repent for dooing good nor shall not now for in companions that doe conuerse and wast the time together vvhose soules doe beare an egall yoke of loue there must be needes a like proportion of lyniaments of manners and of spirit vvhich makes me thinke that this Anthonio beeing the bosome louer of my Lord must needes be like my Lord. If it be so How little is the cost I haue bestowed in purchasing the semblance of my soule From out the state of hellish cruelty This comes too neere the praising of my selfe Therefore no more of it heere other things Lorenso I commit into your hands The husbandry and mannage of my house Vntill my Lords returne for mine owne part I haue toward heauen breath'd a secret vowe To liue in prayer and contemplation Onely attended by Nerrissa heere Vntill her husband and my Lords returne There is a Monastry two miles off And there we will abide I doe desire you not to denie this imposition the which my loue and some necessity now layes vpon you Lorens Madame with all my hart I shall obey you in all faire commaunds Por. My people doe already know my mind And will acknowledge you and Jessica in place of Lord Bassanio and my selfe So far you well till we shall meete againe Lor. Faire thoughts and happy houres attend on you Iessi I wish your Ladiship all harts content Por. I thank you for your wish and am well pleasd to wish it back on you far you well Jessica Exeunt Now Balthaser as I haue euer found thee honest true So let me find thee still take this same letter and vse thou all th'indeuour of a man In speede to Mantua see thou render this into my cosin hands Doctor Belario And looke what notes and garments he doth giue thee bring them I pray thee with imagin'd speede vnto the Tranect to the common Ferrie vvhich trades to Venice vvast no time in words but get thee gone I shall be there before thee Baltha Madam I goe with all conuenient speede Portia Come on Nerrissa I haue worke in hand That you yet know not of wee le see our husbands before they thinke of vs Nerrissa Shall they see vs Portia They shall Nerrissa but in such a habite that they shall thinke we are accomplished vvith that we lacke I le hold thee any wager vvhen we are both accoutered like young men I le proue the prettier fellow of the two and weare my dagger with the brauer grace and speake betweene the change of man and boy vvi'h a reede voyce and turne two minsing steps into a manly stride and speake of frayes like a fine bragging youth and tell quaint lyes how honorable Ladies sought my loue vvhich I denying they fell sicke and dyed I could not doe withall then I le repent and wish for all that that I had not killd them And twenty of these punie lies I le tell that men shall sweare I haue discontinued schoole aboue a twelue-moneth I haue within my minde a thousand raw tricks of these bragging lacks vvhich I will practise Nerriss Why shall we turne to men Portia Fie what a question 's that if thou wert nere a lewd interpreter But come I le tell thee all my my whole deuice vvhen I am in my coach which stayes for vs at the Parke gate and therefore hast away for we must measure twenty miles to day Exeunt Enter Clowne and Jessica Clowne Yes truly for looke you the sinnes of the Father are to be laid vpon the children therefore I promise you I feare you I was alwaies plaine with you and so now I speake my agitation of the matter therefore be a good chere for truly I thinke you are damnd there is but one hope in it that can doe you any good and that is but a kinde of bastard hope neither Iessica And what hope is that I pray thee Clowne Marry you may partly hope that your Father got you not that you are not the Iewes daughter Jessica That were a kind of bastard hope in deede so the sinnes of my mother should be visited vpon me Clowne Truly then I feare you are damnd both by father and mother thus when I shun Scilla your father I fall into Caribdis your mother well you are gone both wayes Iessica I shall be sau'd by my husband he hath made me a Christian Clowne Truly the more to blame he we were Christians enow before in as many as could well liue one by another this making of Christians will raise the price of Hogs if we grow all to be pork eaters we shall not shortly haue a rasher on the coles for mony Enter Lorenzo Iessi I le tell my husband Launcelet what you say here he come Loren. I shall grow iealious of you shortly Launcelet if you thus get my wife into corners Jessica Nay you neede not feare vs Lorenzo Launcelet and I are out he tells me flatly there 's no mercy for mee in heauen because I am a Iewes daughter and he sayes you are no good member of the common-wealth for in conuerting Iewes to Christians you raise the price of porke Loren. I shall