The Merchant of Venice (Quarto 1, 1600)

Author: William Shakespeare

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The comicall History of the Mer-
 chant of Venice.

1Enter Anthonio, Salaryno, and Salanio.

¶An. IN sooth I know not why I am so sad,
¶It wearies me, you say it wearies you;
¶But how I caught it, found it, or came by it,
5What stuffe tis made of, whereof it is borne,
¶I am to learne: and such a want-wit sadnes
¶_makes of mee,
¶That I haue much adoe to know my selfe.
¶Salarino. Your minde is tossing on the Ocean,
10There where your Argosies with portlie sayle
¶Like Signiors and rich Burgars on the flood,
¶Or as it were the Pageants of the sea,
¶Doe ouer-peere the petty traffiquers
¶That cursie to them do them reuerence
15As they flie by them with theyr wouen wings.
¶Salanio. Beleeue mee sir, had I such venture forth,
¶The better part of my affections would
¶Be with my hopes abroade. I should be still
¶Plucking the grasse to know where sits the wind,
20Piring in Maps for ports, and peers and rodes:
¶And euery obiect that might make me feare
¶Mis-fortune to my ventures, out of doubt
¶Would make me sad.
¶Salar. My wind cooling my broth,
25vvould blow me to an ague when I thought
¶vvhat harme a winde too great might doe at sea.
¶I should not see the sandie howre-glasse runne
¶But I should thinke of shallowes and of flatts,
¶And see my wealthy Andrew docks in sand
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