To fignify th' approaching of his lord; From whom he bringeth sensible regreets : Gifts of rich value; yet I have not seen A day in april never came so sweet, Por. No more, I pray thee; I am half afraid, [Exeunt. ACT III. SCENE I. Venice. Enter Salanio, and Solarino. OW, what news on the Ryalto? : Sal. Why, yet it lives there uncheck'd, that Anthonio hath a ship of rich lading wreck'd on the narrow seas; the Goodwins, I think, they call the place; a very dangerous flat, and fatal, where the carcasses of many a tall ship lie bury'd, as they say, if my gossip report be an honest woman of her word. Sola. I would, she were as lying a gofsip in that, as ever knap'd ginger, or made her neighbours believe the wept for the death of a third husband. But it is true, without any flips of prolixity, or crossing the plain highway of talk, that the good Anthonio, the honest Anthonio - o that I had a title good enough to keep his name company! Sal. Sal. Come, the full stop. Sola. Ha, what say'st thou ? why, the end is, he hath lost a ship. Sal. I would it might prove the end of his losses ! Sola. Let me say, amen, betimes, left the devil cross my prayer; for here he comes in the likeness of a Jew. How now, Shylock, what news among the merchants? Enter Shylock. Shy. You knew (none so well, none so well as you) of my daughter's flight. Sal. That's certain; I, for my part, knew the tailor that made the wings she flew withal. Sola. And Shylock, for his own part, knew the bird was fledg'd; and then it is the complexion of them all to leave the dam. Shy. She is damn'd for it. Sal. That's certain, if the devil may be her judge. Shy. My own flesh and blood to rebel! Sola. Out upon it, old carrion! rebels it at these years? Sal. There is more difference between thy flesh and hers, than between jet and ivory; more between your bloods, than there is between red wine and rhenish: but tell us, do you hear whether Anthonio have had any loss at sea or no? Shy. There I have another bad match; a bankrupt, a prodigal, who dares scarce show his head on the Ryalto; a beggar that us'd to come so smug upon the mart! let him look to his bond; he was wont to call me ufurer; let him look to his bond; he was wont to lend money for a christian courtesy; let him look to his bond. Sal. Why, I am fure, if he forfeit, thou wilt not take his flesh: what's that good for? Shy. To bait fish withal. If it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge: he hath disgrac'd me, and hinder'd me half a million, laugh'd at my losses, mock'd at my gains, scorn'd my nation, thwarted my bargains, cool'd my friends, heated mine enemies; and what's his reason? I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, paflions? VOL. II. F fed fed with the fame food, hurt with the fame weapons, subject to the fame diseases, heal'd by the same means, warm'd and cool'd by the same summer and winter as a christian is? if you prick us, do we not bleed? if you tickle us, do we not laugh? if you poifon us, do we not die? and if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? if we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that. If a Jew wrong a christian, what is his humility? revenge. If a christian wrong a Jew, what should his fufferance be by christian example? why, revenge. The villany you teach me I will execute, and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction. Enter a Servant from Anthonio. Ser. Gentlemen, my master Anthonio is at his house, and defires to speak with you both. Sal. We have been up and down to seek him. Enter Tubal. Sola. Here comes another of the tribe; a third cannot be match'd, unless the devil himself turn Jew. [Exeunt Sala. and Solar. Shy. How now, Tubal, what news from Genoua? hast thou found my daughter? Tub. I often came where I did hear of her, but cannot find her. Shy. Why there, there, there, there! a diamond gone cost me two thousand ducats in Frankfort! the curse never fell upon our nation till now, I never felt it till now; two thousand ducats in that; and other precious, precious jewels! I would, my daughter were dead at my foot, and the jewels in her ear! O, would she were hers'd at my foot, and the ducats in her coffin! No news of them? why, so! and I know not what spent in the search! why then loss upon lofs; the thief gone with fo much; and so much to find the thief; and no fatisfaction, no revenge, nor no ill luck stirring, but what lights o'my shoulders, no fighs but o'my breathing, no tears but o' my shedding. Tub. Yes, other men have ill luck too; Anthonio, as I heard in Genoua Shy. What, what? ill luck, ill luck? Tub. Tub. Hath an argofy cast away, coming from Tripolis. ha! where? in Genoua? Tub. Your daughter spent in Genoua, as I heard, one night fourscore ducats. Shy. Thou stick'st a dagger in me; I shall never fee my gold again; fourscore ducats at a fitting! fourscore ducats! Tub. There came divers of Anthonio's creditors in my company to Venice, that swear he cannot choose but break. Shy. I am glad of it, I'll plague him, I'll torture him; I am glad of it. Tub. One of them show'd me a ring that he had of your daughter for a monkey. Shy. Out upon her! thou torturest me, Tubal; it was my turquoise; I had it of Leah when I was a bachelor; I would not have given it for a wilderness of monkies. Tub. But Anthonio is certainly undone. Shy. Nay, that's true, that's very true: go, fee me an officer, befpeak him a fortnight before. I will have the heart of him, if he forfeit; for were he out of Venice, I can make what merchandize I will: go, go, Tubal, and meet me at our synagogue; go, good Tubal; at our synagogue, Tubal. [Exeunt. Enter Bassanio, Portia, Gratiano, and attendants. The I would not lose you; and, you know yourself, I speak too long, but 'tis to piece the time, For, as I am, I live upon the rack. Por. Upon the rack, Bassanio? then confefs Baff. Confefs and love Had been the very fum of my confession. But |