Act 2
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Enter SHYLOCK the Jew and his man
LAUNCELOT that was the clown
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SHYLOCK and LAUNCELOT
enter
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SHYLOCK Well, thou shalt see, thy eyes shall be thy judge,
The difference of old Shylock and Bassanio.—
What, Jessica!—Thou shalt not gormandize
As thou hast done with me.—What, Jessica!—
5And sleep and snore, and rend apparel out—
Why, Jessica, I say!
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SHYLOCK Well, you’ll see it with your own eyes. You’ll see the difference
between working for Shylock and working for
Bassanio.—(calling for his daughter)
Jessica!—You won’t eat like a pig like you used to do at my
place.—Jessica!—And sleep, and snore, and wear your clothes
out.—Jessica, I’m calling you!
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LAUNCELOT Why, Jessica!
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LAUNCELOT Jessica!
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SHYLOCK Who bids thee call? I do not bid thee call.
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SHYLOCK Who asked you to call her? I’m not asking you to call her.
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LAUNCELOT Your worship was wont to tell me that I could do nothing
without bidding.
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LAUNCELOT You always loved to tell me I couldn’t do anything without being told.
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Enter JESSICA
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JESSICA enters.
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JESSICA
10Call you? What is your will?
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JESSICA Did you call me? Do you need something?
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SHYLOCK I am bid forth to supper, Jessica.
There are my keys.—But wherefore should I go?
I am not bid for love. They flatter me.
But yet I’ll go in hate to feed upon
15The prodigal Christian.—Jessica, my girl,
Look to my house. I am right loath to go.
There is some ill a-brewing towards my rest,
For I did dream of money bags tonight.
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SHYLOCK I’ve been invited to supper, Jessica. Here are my keys.—But why
should I go? I wasn’t invited because they like me. They’re just
flattering me. But I’ll go out of spite, to feed off the wasteful
Christian.—Jessica, my girl, watch the house. I don’t feel like going.
Things aren’t going my way right now. I know because I dreamed of money bags last
night.
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