The comicall Historie of
328324and other ventures he hath
squandred abroade, but
ships are but
329325boordes, Saylers but men, there be land rats, and water rats, water
330326theeues, and land theeues,
I meane Pyrats, and then there is the
331327perrill of waters, windes, and rockes: the man is notwith
standing
332328su
fficient, three thou
sand ducats,
I thinke
I may take his bond.
334330Iew. I will be a
ssurd
I may: and that
I may bee a
ssured,
I will
335331bethinke mee, may
I speake with
Anthonio?
336332Bass. Yf it plea
se you to dine with vs.
337333Iew. Yes, to
smell porke, to eate of the habitation which your
338334Prophet the Nazarit coniured the deuill into:
I wil buy with you,
339335sell with you, talke with you, walke with you, and
so following:
340336but
I will not eate with you, drinke with you, nor pray with you.
341337What newes on the Ryalto, who is he comes heere?
343339Bass. This is
signior
Anthonio.
344340Jew. How like a fawning publican he lookes.
345341I hate him for he is a Chri
stian:
346342But more, for that in low
simplicitie
347343He lends out money gratis, and brings downe
348344The rate of v
sance heere with vs in Venice.
349345Yf
I can catch him once vpon the hip,
350346I will feede fat the auncient grudge
I beare him.
351347He hates our
sacred Nation, and he rayles
352348Euen there where Merchants mo
st doe congregate
353349On me, my bargaines, and my well-wone thrift,
354350which hee calls interre
st: Cur
sed be my Trybe
356352Bass. Shyloch, doe you heare.
357353Shyl. J am debating of my pre
sent
store,
358354And by the neere ge
sse of my memorie
359355I cannot in
stantly rai
se vp the gro
sse
360356Of full three thou
sand ducats: what of that,
361357Tuball a wealthy Hebrew of my Tribe
362358Will furni
sh me; but
soft, how many months
363359Doe you de
sire? Re
st you faire good
signior,
364360Your wor
ship was the la
st man in our mouthes.
Shylocke.