Tub. I spoke with fome of the failors that escaped the wreck. Shy. I thank thee, good Tubal;-Good news, good news ha ha!-Where? in Genoa? Tub. Your daughter fpent in Genoa, as I heard, one night, fourfcore ducats. Shy. Thou ftick'ft a dagger in me:-I fhall never fee my gold again: Fourscore ducats at a fitting! fourscore ducats! Tub. There came divers of Anthonio's creditors in my company to Venice, that fwear he cannot chufe but break. Shy. I am glad of it; I'll plague him; I'll torture him; I am glad of it. Tub. One of them fhewed me a ring, that he had of your daughter for a monkey. Shy. Out upon her! Thou tortureft me, Tubal: it was my turquoise; I had it of Leah, when I was a batchelor : I would not have given it for a wilderness of monkies. Tub. But Anthonio is certainly undone. Shy. Nay, that's true, that's very true: Go, Tubal, fee me an officer, befpeak him a fortnight before: I will have the heart of him, if he forfeit; for were he out of Venice, I can make what merchandize I will: Go, go, Tubal, and meet me at our fynagogue; go, good Tubal; at our fynagogue, Tubal. [Exeunt. SCENE II. Belmont. Enter Baffanio, Portia, Gratiano, and attendants. The cafkets are fet out. Por. I pray you, tarry; paufe a day or two, Before you hazard; for, in chufing wrong, I loofe 1 I lose your company; therefore, forbear a while: But left you should not understand me well, I speak too long; but 'tis to & peize the time Baff. Let me chufe; For, as I am, I live upon the rack. Por. Upon the rack, Baffanio? then confefs 'Tween fnow and fire, as treafon and my love. Prove it fo, &c.]-Should you chance to lofe me, let fortune rather go to hell for depriving you of your deferts, than I for a breach of peize]-delay, retard, piece. K my oath. VOL. II. Where Where men enforced do speak any thing. Baff. Promise me life, and I'll confefs the truth. Baff. Confefs, and love, Had been the very fum of my confeffion : Por. Away then: I am lock'd in one of them; Let mufick found, while he doth make his choice; May stand more proper, my eye fhall be the stream, Even as the flourish when true fubjects bow As are those dulcet founds in break of day, h With no less prefence.]—With like intrepidity. [Mufick within. virgin tribute]-Hefione daughter of Laomedon king of Troy defined to be devoured by a fea-monfter, but delivered by Hercules. A fong, A fong, whilft Baffanio comments on the cafkets to himself. Reply. All. Tell me, where is fancy bred, Or in the heart, or in the bead? It is engender'd in the eyes, k With gazing fed; and fancy dies In the cradle where it lies: Let us all ring fancy's knell. Baff.-'So may the outward fhows be least themselves; The world is ftill deceiv'd with ornament. In law, what plea fo tainted and corrupt, u To render them redoubted. Look on beauty, and fancy dies &c.]-alluding to love's changeableness, being excited by one object, and extinguished by another. So may &c.]-part of the argument had already paffed in his mind. feafon'd with a gracious voice,]-fet off with the charms of oratory: beauty]-artificial. And you shall fee 'tis purchas'd by the weight; Making them lightest that wear most of it: So are thofe crifped fnaky golden locks, Which make fuch wanton gambols with the wind, To be the dowry of a second head, The fcull that bred them, in the fepulchre. To a most dangerous fea; the beauteous scarf The seeming truth which cunning times put on Nor none of thee, thou "ftale and common drudge W Por. How all the other paffions fleet to air, Baff. What find I here? [Opening the leaden cafket. |