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Enter PORTIA and NERISSA , both disguised
Enter PORTIA and NERISSA , both disguised

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.

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.
Enter GRATIANO
Enter GRATIANO

GRATIANO

(giving PORTIA BASSANIO’s ring)
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.

GRATIANO

(giving PORTIA BASSANIO’s ring)
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.

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.

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.

GRATIANO

That will I do.

GRATIANO

That will I do.

NERISSA

(to PORTIA)
   Sir, I would speak with you.
(aside to PORTIA)
I’ll see if I can get my husband’s ring,
Which I did make him swear to keep for ever.

NERISSA

(to PORTIA)
   Sir, I would speak with you.
(aside to PORTIA)
I’ll see if I can get my husband’s ring,
Which I did make him swear to keep for ever.

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.—

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.—
Away, make haste. Thou know’st where I will tarry.
Away, make haste. Thou know’st where I will tarry.
Exit PORTIA
Exit PORTIA

NERISSA

(to GRATIANO)
Come, good sir. Will you show me to this house?

NERISSA

(to GRATIANO)
Come, good sir. Will you show me to this house?
Exeunt
Exeunt

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Enter PORTIA and NERISSA , both disguised
Enter PORTIA and NERISSA , both disguised

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.

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.
Enter GRATIANO
Enter GRATIANO

GRATIANO

(giving PORTIA BASSANIO’s ring)
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.

GRATIANO

(giving PORTIA BASSANIO’s ring)
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.

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.

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.

GRATIANO

That will I do.

GRATIANO

That will I do.

NERISSA

(to PORTIA)
   Sir, I would speak with you.
(aside to PORTIA)
I’ll see if I can get my husband’s ring,
Which I did make him swear to keep for ever.

NERISSA

(to PORTIA)
   Sir, I would speak with you.
(aside to PORTIA)
I’ll see if I can get my husband’s ring,
Which I did make him swear to keep for ever.

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.—

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.—
Away, make haste. Thou know’st where I will tarry.
Away, make haste. Thou know’st where I will tarry.
Exit PORTIA
Exit PORTIA

NERISSA

(to GRATIANO)
Come, good sir. Will you show me to this house?

NERISSA

(to GRATIANO)
Come, good sir. Will you show me to this house?
Exeunt
Exeunt