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tion, thwarted my bargaines, cooled my friendes, heated mine enemies, and what's his reafon, I am a lewe. Hath nos a lewe eyes? hath not a lew hands? organs,dimenfions, fenfes, affections, paffions: fed with the fame food? hurt with the fame weapons? fubiect to the fame diseases? healed by the fame meanes? warmed and cooled by the fame winter and fummer, as a Chriftian is? If you pricke vs, do we not bleede ?If you tickle vs,do we not laugh? If you poyfon vs, do wee not dye? And if you wrong vs, thall we not reuenge? If wee are like you in the reft, we will refemble you in that. If a Iew wrong a Chriftian, what is his humility, Reuenge? If a Chriftian wrong a lewe, what fhould his fufferance be by Chriftian example, why Reuenge? The villany you teach me I will execute, and it shall goe hard, but I will better the inftruction.

Enter a man from Anthonio.

Gentlemen, my master Anthonio is at his house, and defires to fpeake with you both.

Salar. We haue bene vp and downe to secke him.

Enter Tuball.

Salan. Here comes another of the Tribe, a third cannot bee matcht, vnleffe the diuell himselfe turne Iew.

Exeunt Gentlemen. Shy. How now Tuball, what newes from Genowa? haft thou found my daughter?

Tuball I often came where I did heare of her, but cannot finde her.

Shy. Why there, there, there, there, a Diamond gone coft metwo thousand ducats in Frankford. The curfe neuer fell vpon our Nation till now, I neuer felt it till now: two thoufande ducats in that,and other precious precious iewels. I would my daughter were dead at my foote, and the jewels in her care: Ó would fhee were hearft at my foote, and the ducats in her coffin. No newes of them, why fo: and I know not whats spent in the fearch: why thou loffe vpon loffe, the theefe gone vvith fo much,

much, and so much to finde the Theefe, and no fatisfaction, no reuenge, nor no ill lucke ftirring but what lights on my fhoulders, no fighes but of my breathing, no teares but of my fhed ding.

Tuball. Yes, other men haue ill luck too, Anthonio as I heard in Genoway.

Shy. What, what, what ill lucke, ill lucke?

Tuball, Hath an Argofie caft away comming from Tripolis. Shy. I thanke God, I thanke God, ift true? ift true? Tuball. I spoke with fome of the Saylers that escaped the wracke.

Shy. I thanke the good Tuball, good newes,good newes: ha ha, heere in Genoway.

Tuball. Your daughter spent in Genoway, as I heard, in one night, fourefcore ducats.

Shy. Thou ftick'ft a dagger in me, I fhall neuer fee my golde againe; fourefcore ducates at a fitting! Fourefcore ducats!

Tuball. There came diuers of Anthonies Creditours in my company vnto Venice, that sweare that hee cannot choose but breake.

Shy. I am very glad of it, ile plague him, ile torture him, I am glad on't.

Tuball. One of them fhewed me a ring that hee had of your daughter for a Monkey.

Shy. Out vpon her: thou tortur'ft me Tuball,it was my Turkies, I had it of Leab when I was a Batchellor.I would not haue giuen it for a wilderneffe of Monkies.

Tuball. But Anthonio is certainly vndone.

Shy. Nay, that's true, that's very true: go Tuball,fee mee an Officer, befpeake him a fortnight before, I will haue the heart of him if he forfeit. For were he out of Venice I can make what merchandize I will go: go Tuball, and meete me at our Synagogue, go good Tuball at our Synagogue Tuball.

Ester Baffanio, Portia, Gratiano, and all

Exeunt

ther Traines.

Per. I pray you carry, paufe a day or two
Before you hazard: for in choofing wrong
I loofe your company, therefore forbeare a while,
There's fomething tels me (but it is not loue)
I would not lofe you, and you know your felfe,
Hate counfels not in fuch a quality.

But leaft you should not vnderstand me well,
And yet a maiden hath no tongue, but thought,
I would detaine you heere fonie moneth or two
Before you venture for me. I could teach you
How to choose right, but I am then forfworne,
So will I neuer be, fo may you miffe me,
But if you do, you'l make me with a finne,
That I had bene forfworne. Befhrew your eyes,
They haue ore lookt me, and diuided me,
One halfe of me is yours,the other halfe yours,
Mine owne I would fay; but if mine then yours,
And fo all yours. O thefe naughty times
Puts barres betweene the owners and their rights.
And fo though yours, not yours (proue it fo)
Let fortune go to hell for it, not 1.

I fpeake too long, but tis to peize the time,
To eck it, and to dravy out in length,
To ftay you from election.

Baff. Let me choose,

For as I am, I liue vpon the racke.

Por. Vpon the racke Baffanie, then confeffe
What treason there is mingled vvith your loue.
Baff. None but that vgly treafon of miftrust,
Which makes me feare th'inioying of my loue,
There may as well be amity and life
Tweene fnow and fire, as treason and my loue.
Por. I but I feare you fpeake vpon the racke,
Where men enforced do fpeake any thing.
Baff. Promife me life,and ile confeffe the truth,
Por. Well then,confeffe and liuc.

Bagf

Baff.Confeffe and loue,

Had bene the very fum of my confeffion:
Ohappy torment, when my torturer
Doth teach me anfweres for deliuerance:
But let me to my fortune and the Caskets.
Portia. Away then, I am lockt in one of them,
If you do loue me,you will finde me out.
Nerriffa and the reft,ftand all aloofe,

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Let muficke found while he doth make his choise,
Then if he lofe, he makes a Swan-like end,
Fading in muficke. That the comparison
May stand more proper,my eye fhall be the streame
And watry death-bed for him : he may win,
And what is muficke then? Then muficke is
Euen as the flourish,when true fubiects bow
To a new crownd Monarch: Such it is,
As are thofe dulcet founds in breake of day,
That creepe into the dreaming Bridegroomes eare,
And fummon him to marriage.Now he goes
With no leffe prefence,but with much more loue
Then young Alcides, when he did redeeme
The virgin tribute,payd by howling Troy,
To the fea-monfter: I ftand for facrifice,
The reft aloofe are the Dardanian wiues,
With bleared vifages come foorth to view
The iffue of th'exploit: Goe Hercules,
Liue thou, I liue with much more difmay
To view the fight, then thou that mak'ft the fray.

Afong the whilft Baffanio comments on the
Caskets to himfelfe.

Tell me where is fancy bred,
Or in the beart,or in the head?
How begot, bow nourished?
It is engendered in the eye,

Replie, reply.

With gazing fed, and Fancie dies :

In the cradle where it lyes,

Let us all ring Fancies knell.

Ile begin it.

Ding, dong, bell.

All. Ding, dong, bell.

Baff.So may the outward fhowes be leaft thefelues
The world is ftill deceiu'd with ornament.
In Law, what plea fo tainted and corrupt,
But being feafon'd with a gracious voice,
Obfcures the show of euill. In religion
What damned error but fome fober brow
Will bleffe it,and approue it with a text,
Hiding the grofenes with faire ornament:
There is no voice fo fimple, but affumes
Some of vertue on his outward parts;
How many cowards whofe hearts are all as falfe
As ftaiers of fand,weare yet vpon their chins
The beards of Hercules, and frowning Mars,
Who inward fearcht,haue lyuers white as milke,
And these affume but valours excrement,
To render them redoubted. Looke on beauty,
And you shall fee tis purchaft by the weight,
Which therein works a miracle in nature,
Making them lighteft that weare most of it:
So are thofe crifped fnaky golden locks
Which maketh fuch wanton gambals with the wind,
Vpon fuppofed faireneffe,often knowne

To be the dowry of a second head,

The skull that bred them in the Sepulcher.
Thus ornament is but the guiled fhore.
To a most dangerous fea: the beautious scarfe
Vailing an Indian beauty; In a word,
The feeming truth which cunning times put on
To intrap the wifeft. Therefore thou gaudy gold,

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