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Enter PORTIA and NERISSA , both disguised
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Enter PORTIA and NERISSA , both disguised
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PORTIA Inquire the Jew’s house out. Give him this deed,
And let him sign it. We’ll away tonight,
And be a day before our husbands home.
This deed will be well welcome to Lorenzo.
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PORTIA Inquire the Jew’s house out. Give him this deed,
And let him sign it. We’ll away tonight,
And be a day before our husbands home.
This deed will be well welcome to Lorenzo.
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Enter GRATIANO
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Enter GRATIANO
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GRATIANO Fair sir, you are well o'erta'en.
My Lord Bassanio upon more advice
Hath sent you here this ring, and doth entreat
Your company at dinner.
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GRATIANO Fair sir, you are well o'erta'en.
My Lord Bassanio upon more advice
Hath sent you here this ring, and doth entreat
Your company at dinner.
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PORTIA That cannot be.
10 His ring I do accept most thankfully.
And so I pray you tell him. Furthermore,
I pray you show my youth old Shylock’s house.
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PORTIA That cannot be.
His ring I do accept most thankfully.
And so I pray you tell him. Furthermore,
I pray you show my youth old Shylock’s house.
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GRATIANO That will I do.
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GRATIANO That will I do.
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NERISSA (to PORTIA)
Sir, I would speak with you.
I’ll see if I can get my husband’s ring,
Which I did make him swear to keep for ever.
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NERISSA (to PORTIA)
Sir, I would speak with you.
I’ll see if I can get my husband’s ring,
Which I did make him swear to keep for ever.
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PORTIA (aside to NERISSA)
Thou mayst, I warrant. We shall have old swearing
20 That they did give the rings away to men.
But we’ll outface them, and outswear them too.—
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PORTIA (aside to NERISSA)
Thou mayst, I warrant. We shall have old swearing
That they did give the rings away to men.
But we’ll outface them, and outswear them too.—
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Away, make haste. Thou know’st where I will tarry.
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Away, make haste. Thou know’st where I will tarry.
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Exit PORTIA
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Exit PORTIA
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NERISSA (to GRATIANO)
Come, good sir. Will you show me to this house?
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NERISSA (to GRATIANO)
Come, good sir. Will you show me to this house?
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Exeunt
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Exeunt
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Original Text |
Modern Text |
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Enter PORTIA and NERISSA , both disguised
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Enter PORTIA and NERISSA , both disguised
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PORTIA Inquire the Jew’s house out. Give him this deed,
And let him sign it. We’ll away tonight,
And be a day before our husbands home.
This deed will be well welcome to Lorenzo.
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PORTIA Inquire the Jew’s house out. Give him this deed,
And let him sign it. We’ll away tonight,
And be a day before our husbands home.
This deed will be well welcome to Lorenzo.
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Enter GRATIANO
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Enter GRATIANO
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GRATIANO Fair sir, you are well o'erta'en.
My Lord Bassanio upon more advice
Hath sent you here this ring, and doth entreat
Your company at dinner.
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GRATIANO Fair sir, you are well o'erta'en.
My Lord Bassanio upon more advice
Hath sent you here this ring, and doth entreat
Your company at dinner.
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PORTIA That cannot be.
10 His ring I do accept most thankfully.
And so I pray you tell him. Furthermore,
I pray you show my youth old Shylock’s house.
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PORTIA That cannot be.
His ring I do accept most thankfully.
And so I pray you tell him. Furthermore,
I pray you show my youth old Shylock’s house.
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GRATIANO That will I do.
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GRATIANO That will I do.
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NERISSA (to PORTIA)
Sir, I would speak with you.
I’ll see if I can get my husband’s ring,
Which I did make him swear to keep for ever.
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NERISSA (to PORTIA)
Sir, I would speak with you.
I’ll see if I can get my husband’s ring,
Which I did make him swear to keep for ever.
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PORTIA (aside to NERISSA)
Thou mayst, I warrant. We shall have old swearing
20 That they did give the rings away to men.
But we’ll outface them, and outswear them too.—
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PORTIA (aside to NERISSA)
Thou mayst, I warrant. We shall have old swearing
That they did give the rings away to men.
But we’ll outface them, and outswear them too.—
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Away, make haste. Thou know’st where I will tarry.
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Away, make haste. Thou know’st where I will tarry.
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Exit PORTIA
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Exit PORTIA
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NERISSA (to GRATIANO)
Come, good sir. Will you show me to this house?
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NERISSA (to GRATIANO)
Come, good sir. Will you show me to this house?
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Exeunt
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Exeunt
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