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Enter GRATIANO , LORENZO , SALARINO , and SOLANIO
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Enter GRATIANO , LORENZO , SALARINO , and SOLANIO
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LORENZO Nay, we will slink away in supper time,
Disguise us at my lodging, and return,
All in an hour.
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LORENZO Nay, we will slink away in supper time,
Disguise us at my lodging, and return,
All in an hour.
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GRATIANO We have not made good preparation.
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GRATIANO We have not made good preparation.
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SALARINO 5 We have not spoke us yet of torchbearers.
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SALARINO We have not spoke us yet of torchbearers.
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SOLANIO 'Tis vile, unless it may be quaintly ordered,
And better in my mind not undertook.
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SOLANIO 'Tis vile, unless it may be quaintly ordered,
And better in my mind not undertook.
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LORENZO 'Tis now but four o'clock. We have two hours
To furnish us.
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LORENZO 'Tis now but four o'clock. We have two hours
To furnish us.
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Enter LAUNCELOT with a letter
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Enter LAUNCELOT with a letter
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10 Friend Launcelot, what’s the news?
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Friend Launcelot, what’s the news?
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LAUNCELOT (giving LORENZO the letter)
An it shall please you to break up this, it shall seem to signify.
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LAUNCELOT (giving LORENZO the letter)
An it shall please you to break up this, it shall seem to signify.
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LORENZO I know the hand. In faith, ’tis a fair hand,
And whiter than the paper it writ on
15 Is the fair hand that writ.
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LORENZO I know the hand. In faith, ’tis a fair hand,
And whiter than the paper it writ on
Is the fair hand that writ.
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GRATIANO Love news, in faith?
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GRATIANO Love news, in faith?
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LAUNCELOT (to LORENZO) By your leave, sir.
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LAUNCELOT (to LORENZO) By your leave, sir.
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LORENZO Whither goest thou?
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LORENZO Whither goest thou?
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LAUNCELOT Marry, sir, to bid my old master the Jew to sup tonight with my new master the Christian.
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LAUNCELOT Marry, sir, to bid my old master the Jew to sup tonight with my new master the Christian.
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LORENZO Hold here, take this. Tell gentle Jessica
I will not fail her. Speak it privately.—
Go, gentlemen,
Will you prepare you for this masque tonight?
25 I am provided of a torchbearer.
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LORENZO Hold here, take this. Tell gentle Jessica
I will not fail her. Speak it privately.—
Go, gentlemen,
Will you prepare you for this masque tonight?
I am provided of a torchbearer.
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Exit LAUNCELOT the clown
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Exit LAUNCELOT the clown
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SALARINO Ay, marry, I’ll be gone about it straight.
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SALARINO Ay, marry, I’ll be gone about it straight.
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SOLANIO And so will I.
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SOLANIO And so will I.
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LORENZO Meet me and Gratiano
At Gratiano’s lodging some hour hence.
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LORENZO Meet me and Gratiano
At Gratiano’s lodging some hour hence.
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SALARINO 'Tis good we do so.
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SALARINO 'Tis good we do so.
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Exeunt SALARINO and SOLANIO
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Exeunt SALARINO and SOLANIO
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GRATIANO 30 Was not that letter from fair Jessica?
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GRATIANO Was not that letter from fair Jessica?
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LORENZO I must needs tell thee all. She hath directed
How I shall take her from her father’s house,
What gold and jewels she is furnished with,
What page’s suit she hath in readiness.
35 If e'er the Jew her father come to heaven,
It will be for his gentle daughter’s sake.
And never dare Misfortune cross her foot
Unless she do it under this excuse:
That she is issue to a faithless Jew.
40 Come, go with me.
(gives GRATIANO the letter)
Peruse this as thou goest.
Fair Jessica shall be my torchbearer.
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LORENZO I must needs tell thee all. She hath directed
How I shall take her from her father’s house,
What gold and jewels she is furnished with,
What page’s suit she hath in readiness.
If e'er the Jew her father come to heaven,
It will be for his gentle daughter’s sake.
And never dare Misfortune cross her foot
Unless she do it under this excuse:
That she is issue to a faithless Jew.
Come, go with me.
(gives GRATIANO the letter)
Peruse this as thou goest.
Fair Jessica shall be my torchbearer.
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Exeunt
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Exeunt
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Original Text |
Modern Text |
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Enter GRATIANO , LORENZO , SALARINO , and SOLANIO
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Enter GRATIANO , LORENZO , SALARINO , and SOLANIO
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LORENZO Nay, we will slink away in supper time,
Disguise us at my lodging, and return,
All in an hour.
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LORENZO Nay, we will slink away in supper time,
Disguise us at my lodging, and return,
All in an hour.
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GRATIANO We have not made good preparation.
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GRATIANO We have not made good preparation.
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SALARINO 5 We have not spoke us yet of torchbearers.
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SALARINO We have not spoke us yet of torchbearers.
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SOLANIO 'Tis vile, unless it may be quaintly ordered,
And better in my mind not undertook.
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SOLANIO 'Tis vile, unless it may be quaintly ordered,
And better in my mind not undertook.
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LORENZO 'Tis now but four o'clock. We have two hours
To furnish us.
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LORENZO 'Tis now but four o'clock. We have two hours
To furnish us.
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Enter LAUNCELOT with a letter
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Enter LAUNCELOT with a letter
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10 Friend Launcelot, what’s the news?
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Friend Launcelot, what’s the news?
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LAUNCELOT (giving LORENZO the letter)
An it shall please you to break up this, it shall seem to signify.
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LAUNCELOT (giving LORENZO the letter)
An it shall please you to break up this, it shall seem to signify.
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LORENZO I know the hand. In faith, ’tis a fair hand,
And whiter than the paper it writ on
15 Is the fair hand that writ.
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LORENZO I know the hand. In faith, ’tis a fair hand,
And whiter than the paper it writ on
Is the fair hand that writ.
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GRATIANO Love news, in faith?
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GRATIANO Love news, in faith?
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LAUNCELOT (to LORENZO) By your leave, sir.
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LAUNCELOT (to LORENZO) By your leave, sir.
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LORENZO Whither goest thou?
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LORENZO Whither goest thou?
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LAUNCELOT Marry, sir, to bid my old master the Jew to sup tonight with my new master the Christian.
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LAUNCELOT Marry, sir, to bid my old master the Jew to sup tonight with my new master the Christian.
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LORENZO Hold here, take this. Tell gentle Jessica
I will not fail her. Speak it privately.—
Go, gentlemen,
Will you prepare you for this masque tonight?
25 I am provided of a torchbearer.
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LORENZO Hold here, take this. Tell gentle Jessica
I will not fail her. Speak it privately.—
Go, gentlemen,
Will you prepare you for this masque tonight?
I am provided of a torchbearer.
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Exit LAUNCELOT the clown
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Exit LAUNCELOT the clown
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SALARINO Ay, marry, I’ll be gone about it straight.
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SALARINO Ay, marry, I’ll be gone about it straight.
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SOLANIO And so will I.
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SOLANIO And so will I.
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LORENZO Meet me and Gratiano
At Gratiano’s lodging some hour hence.
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LORENZO Meet me and Gratiano
At Gratiano’s lodging some hour hence.
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SALARINO 'Tis good we do so.
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SALARINO 'Tis good we do so.
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Exeunt SALARINO and SOLANIO
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Exeunt SALARINO and SOLANIO
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GRATIANO 30 Was not that letter from fair Jessica?
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GRATIANO Was not that letter from fair Jessica?
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LORENZO I must needs tell thee all. She hath directed
How I shall take her from her father’s house,
What gold and jewels she is furnished with,
What page’s suit she hath in readiness.
35 If e'er the Jew her father come to heaven,
It will be for his gentle daughter’s sake.
And never dare Misfortune cross her foot
Unless she do it under this excuse:
That she is issue to a faithless Jew.
40 Come, go with me.
(gives GRATIANO the letter)
Peruse this as thou goest.
Fair Jessica shall be my torchbearer.
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LORENZO I must needs tell thee all. She hath directed
How I shall take her from her father’s house,
What gold and jewels she is furnished with,
What page’s suit she hath in readiness.
If e'er the Jew her father come to heaven,
It will be for his gentle daughter’s sake.
And never dare Misfortune cross her foot
Unless she do it under this excuse:
That she is issue to a faithless Jew.
Come, go with me.
(gives GRATIANO the letter)
Peruse this as thou goest.
Fair Jessica shall be my torchbearer.
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Exeunt
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Exeunt
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