The Merchant of Venice (Quarto 1, 1600)

Author: William Shakespeare

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The Merchant of Venice (Folio 1, 1623)
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The Merchant of Venice (Quarto 1, 1600)
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The comicall Historie of
¶Shyl. I cannot tell, I make it breede as fast,
¶_but note me signior.
¶Anth. Marke you this Bassanio,
405The deuill can cite Scripture for his purpose,
¶An euill soule producing holy witnes
¶Is like a villaine with a smiling cheeke,
¶A goodly apple rotten at the hart.
¶O what a goodly out-side falshood hath.
410Shy. Three thousand ducats, tis a good round summe.
¶Three months from twelue, then let me see the rate.
¶Ant. Well Shylocke, shall we be beholding to you?
¶Shyl. Signior Anthonio, manie a time and oft
¶In the Ryalto you haue rated me
415About my moneyes and my vsances:
¶Still haue I borne it with a patient shrug,
¶(For suffrance is the badge of all our Trybe)
¶You call me misbeleeuer, cut-throate dog,
¶And spet vpon my Iewish gaberdine,
420And all for vse of that which is mine owne.
¶Well then, it now appeares you neede my helpe:
¶Goe to then, you come to me, and you say,
¶Shylocke, we would haue moneyes, you say so:
¶You that did voyde your rume vpon my beard,
425And foote me as you spurne a stranger curre
¶Ouer your threshold, moneyes is your sute.
¶What should I say to you? Should I not say
¶Hath a dog money? is it possible
¶A curre can lend three thousand ducats? or
430Shall I bend low, and in a bond-mans key
¶With bated breath, and whispring humblenes
¶Say this: Faire sir, you spet on me on Wednesday last,
¶You spurnd me such a day another time,
¶You calld me dogge: and for these curtesies
435Ile lend you thus much moneyes.
¶Ant.J am as like to call thee so againe,
¶To spet on thee againe, to spurne thee to.
¶Yf thou wilt lend this money, lend it not
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