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Modern Text |
Enter SHYLOCK , SOLANIO , ANTONIO , and the jailer
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Enter SHYLOCK , SOLANIO , ANTONIO , and the jailer
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SHYLOCK Jailer, look to him. Tell not me of mercy.
This is the fool that lent out money gratis.
Jailer, look to him.
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SHYLOCK Jailer, look to him. Tell not me of mercy.
This is the fool that lent out money gratis.
Jailer, look to him.
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ANTONIO Hear me yet, good Shylock.
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ANTONIO Hear me yet, good Shylock.
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SHYLOCK I’ll have my bond. Speak not against my bond.
5 I have sworn an oath that I will have my bond.
Thou calledst me dog before thou hadst a cause.
But since I am a dog, beware my fangs.
The duke shall grant me justice.—I do wonder,
Thou naughty jailer, that thou art so fond
10 To come abroad with him at his request.
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SHYLOCK I’ll have my bond. Speak not against my bond.
I have sworn an oath that I will have my bond.
Thou calledst me dog before thou hadst a cause.
But since I am a dog, beware my fangs.
The duke shall grant me justice.—I do wonder,
Thou naughty jailer, that thou art so fond
To come abroad with him at his request.
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ANTONIO I pray thee, hear me speak.
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ANTONIO I pray thee, hear me speak.
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SHYLOCK I’ll have my bond. I will not hear thee speak.
I’ll have my bond, and therefore speak no more.
I’ll not be made a soft and dull-eyed fool
15 To shake the head, relent and sigh, and yield
To Christian intercessors. Follow not.
I’ll have no speaking. I will have my bond.
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SHYLOCK I’ll have my bond. I will not hear thee speak.
I’ll have my bond, and therefore speak no more.
I’ll not be made a soft and dull-eyed fool
To shake the head, relent and sigh, and yield
To Christian intercessors. Follow not.
I’ll have no speaking. I will have my bond.
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Exit SHYLOCK
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Exit SHYLOCK
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SOLANIO It is the most impenetrable cur
That ever kept with men.
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SOLANIO It is the most impenetrable cur
That ever kept with men.
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ANTONIO Let him alone.
20 I’ll follow him no more with bootless prayers.
He seeks my life. His reason well I know.
I oft delivered from his forfeitures
Many that have at times made moan to me.
Therefore he hates me.
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ANTONIO Let him alone.
I’ll follow him no more with bootless prayers.
He seeks my life. His reason well I know.
I oft delivered from his forfeitures
Many that have at times made moan to me.
Therefore he hates me.
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SOLANIO I am sure the duke
25 Will never grant this forfeiture to hold.
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SOLANIO I am sure the duke
Will never grant this forfeiture to hold.
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ANTONIO The duke cannot deny the course of law.
For the commodity that strangers have
With us in Venice, if it be denied,
Will much impeach the justice of his state,
30 Since that the trade and profit of the city
Consisteth of all nations. Therefore go.
These griefs and losses have so bated me,
That I shall hardly spare a pound of flesh
Tomorrow to my bloody creditor.—
35 Well, jailer, on.—Pray God Bassanio come
To see me pay his debt, and then I care not.
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ANTONIO The duke cannot deny the course of law.
For the commodity that strangers have
With us in Venice, if it be denied,
Will much impeach the justice of his state,
Since that the trade and profit of the city
Consisteth of all nations. Therefore go.
These griefs and losses have so bated me,
That I shall hardly spare a pound of flesh
Tomorrow to my bloody creditor.—
Well, jailer, on.—Pray God Bassanio come
To see me pay his debt, and then I care not.
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Exeunt
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Exeunt
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Original Text |
Modern Text |
Enter SHYLOCK , SOLANIO , ANTONIO , and the jailer
|
Enter SHYLOCK , SOLANIO , ANTONIO , and the jailer
|
SHYLOCK Jailer, look to him. Tell not me of mercy.
This is the fool that lent out money gratis.
Jailer, look to him.
|
SHYLOCK Jailer, look to him. Tell not me of mercy.
This is the fool that lent out money gratis.
Jailer, look to him.
|
ANTONIO Hear me yet, good Shylock.
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ANTONIO Hear me yet, good Shylock.
|
SHYLOCK I’ll have my bond. Speak not against my bond.
5 I have sworn an oath that I will have my bond.
Thou calledst me dog before thou hadst a cause.
But since I am a dog, beware my fangs.
The duke shall grant me justice.—I do wonder,
Thou naughty jailer, that thou art so fond
10 To come abroad with him at his request.
|
SHYLOCK I’ll have my bond. Speak not against my bond.
I have sworn an oath that I will have my bond.
Thou calledst me dog before thou hadst a cause.
But since I am a dog, beware my fangs.
The duke shall grant me justice.—I do wonder,
Thou naughty jailer, that thou art so fond
To come abroad with him at his request.
|
ANTONIO I pray thee, hear me speak.
|
ANTONIO I pray thee, hear me speak.
|
SHYLOCK I’ll have my bond. I will not hear thee speak.
I’ll have my bond, and therefore speak no more.
I’ll not be made a soft and dull-eyed fool
15 To shake the head, relent and sigh, and yield
To Christian intercessors. Follow not.
I’ll have no speaking. I will have my bond.
|
SHYLOCK I’ll have my bond. I will not hear thee speak.
I’ll have my bond, and therefore speak no more.
I’ll not be made a soft and dull-eyed fool
To shake the head, relent and sigh, and yield
To Christian intercessors. Follow not.
I’ll have no speaking. I will have my bond.
|
Exit SHYLOCK
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Exit SHYLOCK
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SOLANIO It is the most impenetrable cur
That ever kept with men.
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SOLANIO It is the most impenetrable cur
That ever kept with men.
|
ANTONIO Let him alone.
20 I’ll follow him no more with bootless prayers.
He seeks my life. His reason well I know.
I oft delivered from his forfeitures
Many that have at times made moan to me.
Therefore he hates me.
|
ANTONIO Let him alone.
I’ll follow him no more with bootless prayers.
He seeks my life. His reason well I know.
I oft delivered from his forfeitures
Many that have at times made moan to me.
Therefore he hates me.
|
SOLANIO I am sure the duke
25 Will never grant this forfeiture to hold.
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SOLANIO I am sure the duke
Will never grant this forfeiture to hold.
|
ANTONIO The duke cannot deny the course of law.
For the commodity that strangers have
With us in Venice, if it be denied,
Will much impeach the justice of his state,
30 Since that the trade and profit of the city
Consisteth of all nations. Therefore go.
These griefs and losses have so bated me,
That I shall hardly spare a pound of flesh
Tomorrow to my bloody creditor.—
35 Well, jailer, on.—Pray God Bassanio come
To see me pay his debt, and then I care not.
|
ANTONIO The duke cannot deny the course of law.
For the commodity that strangers have
With us in Venice, if it be denied,
Will much impeach the justice of his state,
Since that the trade and profit of the city
Consisteth of all nations. Therefore go.
These griefs and losses have so bated me,
That I shall hardly spare a pound of flesh
Tomorrow to my bloody creditor.—
Well, jailer, on.—Pray God Bassanio come
To see me pay his debt, and then I care not.
|
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