I do wonder,
Thou naughty gaoler, that thou art so fond
To come abroad with him at his request.
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,
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]
SALARINO It is the most impenetrable cur
That ever kept with men.
ANTONIO Let him alone:
I'll follow him no more with bootless prayers.
He seeks my life; his reason well I know:
I oft deliver'd from his forfeitures
Many that have at times made moan to me;
Therefore he hates me.
SALARINO 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;
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
To-morrow to my bloody creditor.
Well, gaoler, on. Pray God, Bassanio come
To see me pay his debt, and then I care not!
[Exeunt]
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
ACT III
SCENE IV Belmont. A room in PORTIA'S house.
[Enter PORTIA, NERISSA, LORENZO, JESSICA, and
BALTHASAR]
LORENZO Madam, although I speak it in your presence,
You have a noble and a true conceit
Of godlike amity; which appears most strongly
In bearing thus the absence of your lord.
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