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Venice. A Street. | |
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Enter SHYLOCK, SALARINO, ANTONIO, and Gaoler. | |
| Shy. Gaoler, look to him: tell not me of mercy; | |
| This is the fool that lent out money gratis: | |
| Gaoler, look to him. | 5 |
| Ant. Hear me yet, good Shylock. | |
| Shy. I’ll have my bond; speak not against my bond: | |
| I have sworn an oath that I will have my bond. | |
| Thou call’dst me dog before thou hadst a cause, | |
| But, since I am a dog, beware my fangs: | 10 |
| The duke shall grant me justice. I do wonder, | |
| Thou naughty gaoler, that thou art so fond | |
| To come abroad with him at his request. | |
| Ant. I pray thee, hear me speak. | |
| Shy. I’ll have my bond; I will not hear thee speak: | 15 |
| 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. | 20 |
| Salar. It is the most impenetrable cur | |
| That ever kept with men. | |
| Ant. Let him alone: | |
| I’ll follow him no more with bootless prayers. | |
| He seeks my life; his reason well I know. | 25 |
| I oft deliver’d from his forfeitures | |
| Many that have at times made moan to me; | |
| Therefore he hates me. | |
| Salar. I am sure the duke | |
| Will never grant this forfeiture to hold. | 30 |
| Ant. The duke cannot deny the course of law: | |
| For the commodity that strangers have | |
| With us in Venice, if it be denied, | |
| ’Twill much impeach the justice of the state; | |
| Since that the trade and profit of the city | 35 |
| 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 | 40 |
| To see me pay his debt, and then I care not! [Exeunt. | |
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