The Merchant of Venice (Quarto 1, 1600)

Author: William Shakespeare

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the Merchant of Venice.
¶Anth. I pray you think you question with the Iewe,
¶you may as well goe stand vpon the Beach
¶and bid the maine flood bate his vsuall height,
¶you may as vvell vse question with the Woolfe
1905the Ewe bleake for the Lambe:
¶You may as well forbid the mountaine of Pines
¶to wag their high tops, and to make no noise
¶vvhen they are fretten with the gusts of heauen:
¶You may as well doe any thing most hard
1910as seeke to soften that then which what's harder:
¶his Iewish hart? therefore I doe beseech you
¶make no moe offers, vse no farther meanes,
¶but with all briefe and plaine conueniencie
¶let me haue iudgement, and the Iewe his will?
1915Bass. For thy three thousand ducats heere is sixe?
¶Iewe. If euery ducat in sixe thousand ducats
¶vvere in sixe parts, and euery part a ducat,
¶I would not draw them, I would haue my bond?
¶Duk. How shalt thou hope for mercy rendring none?
1920Iewe. What iudgment shall I dread doing no wrong?
¶you haue among you many a purchast slaue,
¶vvhich like your Asses, and your Dogs and Mules
¶you vse in abiect and in slauish parts,
¶because you bought them, shall I say to you,
1925let them be free, marry them to your heires?
¶vvhy sweat they vnder burthens, let their beds
¶be made as soft as yours, and let their pallats
¶be seasond with such viands, you will aunswer
¶the slaues are ours, so doe I aunswer you:
1930The pound of flesh which I demaund of him
¶is deerely bought, as mine and I will haue it:
¶if you deny me, fie vpon your Law,
¶there is no force in the decrees of Venice:
¶I stand for iudgement, aunswer, shall I haue it?
1935Duke. Vpon my power I may dismisse this Court,
¶vnlesse Bellario a learned Doctor,
¶whom I haue sent for to determine this
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